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Thread ID: 62149	2005-09-28 06:10:00	Another funny TradeMe auction!	CYaBro (73)	PC World Chat

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391645	2005-09-29 11:12:00	www.trademe.co.nz check this one out........... beetle Oh my God!!!!! I just couldn't believe it!!!!	Mr Wetzyl (362)
391646	2005-09-30 02:55:00	Viewing counter was at 15,690 and climbing when I just looked - incredible!!	rad_s4 (7401)
391647	2005-09-30 03:38:00	Someone is selling that auction www.trademe.co.nz	Rob99 (151)
391648	2005-09-30 04:21:00	Do you have a perpetual motion machine for sale? Of course not! Everyone knows this is impossible! Have you not read the laws of Thermodynamics? :lol: Then why is he selling a time machine?	bob_doe_nz (92)
391649	2005-09-30 08:18:00	www.trademe.co.nz check this one out........... beetle :D and people will pay $ for it?!?! mind you it was a bit long reading all the questions about the auction, gave up in the end.	Sleepy (7202)
391650	2005-10-01 00:29:00	Here is some news on this auction: From Stuff.co.nz - www.stuff.co.nz Bidders sent on a wild dolphin chase 01 October 2005 By LANE NICHOLS Wildlife protection agencies are furious after wasting three days investigating a hoaxer who claimed to be selling a wild dolphin called Skippy over the internet. But the Auckland man at the centre of the stunt says it was only a joke and he is surprised at how gullible New Zealanders are. Mark Lorrigan, 30, an advertising industry worker of New Lynn, set a reserve price of $100,000 for the non-existent mammal, which he said he had caught accidentally while fishing. Trade Me official Mike O'Donnell said the hoaxer - whom he described as having a "brain the size of a pea" - posted a photo on the website of a dolphin in a backyard swimming pool, saying he was feeding it pilchards and that it would ideally suit a commercial aquarium. The image was later found to have been electronically altered. Mr O'Donnell said Trade Me stopped the auction about an hour after it began on Tuesday, but not before bidding reached $10,500. "It was a hoax auction. We removed it immediately and sent the guy a warning. "Clearly, we think it's, one, wasting people's time; two, it's in bad taste; and three, if it's legitimate it's potentially breaking the law." Wildlife Enforcement Group senior investigator Peter Younger said authorities were inundated with calls from dolphin lovers. Conservation Department officers visited Mr Lorrigan. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also spoke to him. He received a warning but no charges would be laid because he had done nothing illegal, Mr Younger said. "A lot of people are absolutely appalled. He's an advertising executive who did this sort of thing just for fun and wasted three days of everyone's time in the process. "It's been time-consuming and bloody annoying, not to put too fine a point on it. We're not impressed." Contacted by The Dominion Post, Mr Lorrigan said the auction was only a joke. He was surprised by all the fuss and the gullibility of so many people. He regretted any inconvenience his actions had caused and said he planned to make a "substantial donation" to the SPCA. "Most people just think it was quite funny. I'm surprised how liked dolphins are." He is having one final laugh. His latest offering on the auction website is a Save Skippy the Dolphin child's jumpsuit.	stu161204 (123)
391651	2005-10-01 01:19:00	People need to lighten up, It was well done. They even had a report on the radio this morning.....	Metla (12)
391652	2005-10-01 02:12:00	Bravo! Thats excellent I hope they leave it up :)	netchicken (4843)
391653	2005-10-01 08:10:00	Just check the time machine auction number 36725938 tonite and it was closed by the seller, and the bid for it was in their billions!!! Good God!!! Is this something that might show up on the news like that paperclip????	Mr Wetzyl (362)
391654	2005-10-01 09:16:00	what happened to the trademe member of the auction? i mean do you get your accounts disabled or removed?	Sleepy (7202)
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