Post by: UncleBob on August 02, 2006, 06:33:45 PM
Assuming a mod doesn't veto this idea, I'm thinking I'll rent out my avatar space at a rate of fifty cents for 24 hours (discount rate of $3 for 7 days).
Regular forum rules would apply, of course, but outside of that, interested users could submit to me whatever avatar they want (insulting me even!).
Whatta say? Who's up for the idea?
If I can raise $66.65* then the money will go to purchase me One share of Nintendo Co., LTD Stock
*The price will vary depending on the stock price at the time of purchase.
Post by: ShyGuy on August 02, 2006, 06:59:55 PM
Post by: UncleBob on August 02, 2006, 07:05:53 PM
PM me the address for the avatar (or e-mail it to me). Either way, I'll move the avatar to my photobucket account and change my Avatar address for a minimum of 24 hours.
Post by: IceCold on August 02, 2006, 09:03:09 PM
Post by: ShyGuy on August 02, 2006, 09:13:17 PM
2 things:
Have our Mod Overlords approved this yet?
Do I get a guarantee of a minimum number of posts per advertising period?
Post by: Athrun Zala on August 02, 2006, 09:35:36 PM
Post by: Arbok on August 02, 2006, 10:03:41 PM
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Originally posted by: Athrun Zala
when I saw your avatar, I thought you were simply joking o_O
He very well could have been before ShyGuy took him up on it...
Post by: UncleBob on August 03, 2006, 05:32:15 AM
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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
Have our Mod Overlords approved this yet?
Do I get a guarantee of a minimum number of posts per advertising period?
Well, they haven't *not* approved it.
If a moderator decides this isn't going to work after someone has paid, if that person hasn't received their entire 24 hour rental period, I'll refund them their Fifty Cents.
I cannot guarantee a minimum number of posts simply because I don't want to have to start spamming the boards with useless topics in order to meet a "quota" - Two things to keep in mind though is that; a) all previous posts will change to your selected avatar and b) I tend to make enough useless topics anyway.
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Originally posted by: IceCold
Wow. You went from giving people a gift for finding you an avatar to charging them for the same thing.
Yeah, but this way, I don't have to go through the painful selection and non-approval process...
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Originally posted by: Athrun Zala
when I saw your avatar, I thought you were simply joking o_O
I don't honestly expect to raise enough money to buy me a share of Nintendo stock, but whatever I do raise by the end of the year will probably go toward that. While the entire process is in jest (and thus the low, low price of Fifty Cents!), I thought it'd be kinda neat to see what happens.
Post by: stevey on August 03, 2006, 06:17:22 AM
Post by: UncleBob on August 03, 2006, 06:24:41 AM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 03, 2006, 07:33:06 AM
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Originally posted by: stevey
How much to make you use
QuoteWhats the discounted rate to make it stick till Wii launch? the rest of the year?
Originally posted by: UncleBob
Fifty Cents for a 24 hour period.
Post by: UncleBob on August 03, 2006, 06:22:57 PM
Damn, PayPal took 31 cents out of the Fifty cents... no more PayPal - I'll never get Nintendo stock at 19 cents a day!
Post by: vudu on August 03, 2006, 06:33:16 PM
Domo-Kun.
Post by: Ceric on August 03, 2006, 06:33:33 PM
Post by: UncleBob on August 03, 2006, 07:03:13 PM
As far as long term discounts, just the $3/week - I want to give everyone the chance to rent my avatar space.
Post by: Svevan on August 03, 2006, 09:02:40 PM
Post by: UncleBob on August 04, 2006, 04:21:10 AM
Okay now, PayPal is ticking me off - no more PayPal payments for the time being.
My second renter sent his payment of $3 overnight and PayPal took 39 cents from it - after they told me my account had been downgraded to a personal account and that I should now not be charged any fees. I've sent them an angry e-mail, but for now, no more PayPal - although after vudu's time is up tonight, there's a new poster who will have the avatar for a week. Who is it? Stay tuned to find out!
Post by: couchmonkey on August 04, 2006, 12:29:27 PM
(I also think this is freaking awesome.)
Post by: UncleBob on August 04, 2006, 02:51:28 PM
Post by: Ceric on August 04, 2006, 03:03:08 PM
Post by: UncleBob on August 04, 2006, 03:46:12 PM
Post by: ShyGuy on August 04, 2006, 04:31:18 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropayment
Check out the links at the bottom of the article for links to micropayment service providers
Post by: UncleBob on August 04, 2006, 05:22:36 PM
In about an hour, my Avatar will be changing again, however that person told me they just wanted seven days, they didn't have to be consecutive, so if you want to get an avatar in for the day after tommrow or such, let me know...
Post by: ShyGuy on August 04, 2006, 08:07:19 PM
Post by: UncleBob on August 05, 2006, 04:14:27 PM
I believe the PayPal thing is taken care of, so let me know if you want tommrow's Avatar space.
Post by: UncleBob on August 06, 2006, 09:31:39 AM
Folks, I'm not sure I've done an adequate job letting you all know what kind of great deal this is!
With UncleBob's Avatar Rental Service, you get all this:
*A picture of your choosing beside every single post I've ever made for a period of 24 hours or more!
*No bandwidth costs - I'll host the image so you don't have to pay for the bandwidth!
*A special message in my signature mentioning you as the provider of the day's avatar!
*Your forum name will be included inside the frame of the share of stock that I buy - so when I take over the world and start killing everyone, I'll remember who was kind enough to help me and I'll make sure your deaths are practically painless!
*The knowledge that you took part in this great community effort to bring a little bit more Nintendo into the House of Bob!
Where else can you get all of this for only Fifty Cents a day? Sure, you could feed a starving child or put some money back for your Wii, but would that bring you and all of those around you the great happiness that sponsoring my avatar for a day would do?
As an extended service, I'm now taking avatar sponsorships up to one month in advance! Here's how this'll work. Say, for example, that Pryo's birthday is September 8th (which it is). Say you want to wish him a "Happy Birthday" in style! Drop me a line with your payment and avatar picture file, along with the date you wish to reserve. If that date isn't already taken, it's yours! If it is taken, you'll get the choice of another day (with another picture, if you'd like) or have your money refunded to you.
Where else can you find value like this?
Post by: Arbok on August 06, 2006, 09:52:08 AM
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Originally posted by: UncleBob
Where else can you find value like this?
Goonies II
1 cent, plus free shipping... better deal get.
Post by: UncleBob on August 06, 2006, 09:57:30 AM
Post by: vudu on August 06, 2006, 10:56:00 AM
Post by: Ceric on August 06, 2006, 02:49:09 PM
Post by: UncleBob on August 06, 2006, 06:28:10 PM
As per updating the first post... naw. I have an idea that I'm going to put together for every $10 worth of Sponsored Avatars...
What's that idea? Guess you'll have to wait until I've raised my first ten dollars to find out.
Post by: Requiem on August 06, 2006, 10:30:30 PM
(cool idea though)
Post by: UncleBob on August 08, 2006, 01:26:11 PM
Post by: UncleBob on August 09, 2006, 06:03:03 AM
Don't forget, you can rent your avatar space up to 30 days in advance!
Post by: vudu on August 09, 2006, 09:13:58 AM
Maybe you should buy some advertising space on PGC--you know, get more people to know about your crusade.
Post by: UncleBob on August 09, 2006, 05:31:05 PM
Post by: vudu on August 09, 2006, 05:44:30 PM
Post by: Arbok on August 09, 2006, 06:00:08 PM
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Originally posted by: vudu
If you're blocking PGC's ads you're stealing bandwidth. You wouldn't want to do that, now would you?
Come on Vudu... everyone does it...
*peer pressure ahoy*
Post by: stevey on August 09, 2006, 06:20:15 PM
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Originally posted by: ArbokQuote
Originally posted by: vudu
If you're blocking PGC's ads you're stealing bandwidth. You wouldn't want to do that, now would you?
Come on Vudu... everyone does it...
*peer pressure ahoy*
I dont, I even click on some of them... intellitxt dosen't count right
How far are you willing to go for avatar money, would you let some one make "kill me I'm a godfather" avatar on day one in the next mafia?
Post by: Zach on August 09, 2006, 07:42:52 PM
Post by: Ceric on August 10, 2006, 07:59:58 AM
Edit:
Nope because if he signs up his Avatar will Say "Vote 18 Days. For there can only be one."
Post by: UncleBob on August 10, 2006, 05:38:13 PM
About my Avatar - I've done my math wrong, ShyGuy's seven-day run is up tommrow, not tonight.
But don't let that stop you from getting in to rent some space. Come on, ya know you want to!
Post by: UncleBob on August 11, 2006, 01:35:25 PM
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on August 11, 2006, 01:40:02 PM
Post by: Ceric on August 11, 2006, 01:46:07 PM
Post by: ShyGuy on August 11, 2006, 04:04:25 PM
"This is you brain on drugs"
Post by: UncleBob on August 11, 2006, 04:30:14 PM
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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
Might a suggest a PSA for the lull times?
"This is you brain on drugs"
I was thinking something like this...
Post by: UncleBob on August 11, 2006, 07:01:02 PM
Post by: UncleBob on August 13, 2006, 03:41:03 PM
Post by: Khushrenada on August 13, 2006, 09:31:41 PM
Post by: Athrun Zala on August 13, 2006, 09:33:50 PM
Quoteonly if you rent his avatar space
Originally posted by: Khushrenada
The game is afoot tomorrow! (And I might have gotten UncleBob's hopes up too).
Post by: Khushrenada on August 13, 2006, 09:42:58 PM
Post by: Athrun Zala on August 13, 2006, 09:45:22 PM
Quotemaybe...
Originally posted by: Khushrenada
Yeah, but he'll see people have posted and that will be enough to get his hopes up.
but still...
Post by: Khushrenada on August 13, 2006, 09:57:51 PM
Trolling placeholder message.
Post by: Athrun Zala on August 13, 2006, 09:59:29 PM
oops, wrong topic
Post by: Khushrenada on August 13, 2006, 10:09:06 PM
Post by: Athrun Zala on August 14, 2006, 09:13:56 AM
Post by: animecyberat on August 23, 2006, 07:04:48 PM
But I do have to point one thing out to you mr. bob, most large coorperations do not allow you to purchase a single sharem, they usualy have a minimum number of shares or dollars they require you to invest. S
o I advise you to read their corporate info or talk to your ivestment representative before you get your shopes up.
I did have a question regarding the avatar space for rent. can I make an avatar that advertises MY website and get out of paying PGCs fee or is that grounds for bannination? you might wanna check into that.
Better yet Ill make a trade. You put my avatar up for a week and Ill place your ad on my site for the same amount of time.
Deal?
Post by: Arbok on August 23, 2006, 10:48:16 PM
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Originally posted by: animecyberat
Better yet Ill make a trade. You put my avatar up for a week and Ill place your ad on my site for the same amount of time.
Deal?
"It's a trap!"
Post by: UncleBob on August 24, 2006, 02:17:53 PM
Anywhoo, no, I don't really want to "trade" my avatar space for anything besides money...
