Worth More Than I Thought
07 Jun 2010 6 Comments
The company who now owns my old domain squeakyweasel.net has it up for sale. Naturally, I bid what I thought the domain would be worth (it still gets 60 hits a month, apparently, most likely spam bots), $10. To me, a company who got it for free or whatever once I didn’t renew it, $10 is a reasonable price for a domain that barely gets any hits anymore. Well, the site’s minimum bid is $60. OK, really pricey but I’m working overtime right now, I could fork out $60 for nostalgia value. The company who owns the domain now (Sedo) is asking at least $5000 for it. Seriously 5 grand? That’s way more than I thought the domain was even worth. I mean, the site never even took off beyond being a personal blog. Maybe it’s the fact that I had it so long some business person somewhere thinks it’s got a “huge web presence” or something.
I got a deal on a Sharp Aquos LC46LE700UN 46″ LED 120Hz that I just couldn’t pass up. This means I’m going to donate my “old” Sony Bravia KDL-40V4100 to my brother and his wife with almost immaculate timing as he’s going to do a lot of sitting around in-between surgeries and can’t do much. Plus, the TVs they’ve been given are pretty old and most of them have burned out leaving them with a little 25″ or so. And trying to play video games on that just doesn’t fly. Now, I just need a way to get it over there once my TV comes…
There’s no doubt you’ve heard about the iPhone 4 coverage at the WWDC and that AT&T is offering some customers early upgrade prices. I think I’m one of these people but my account was setup as a Microsoft business account and, as such, I’m taken to a special Microsoft page whenever I click on the upgrade eligibility thing which only offers Windows Mobile phones (like the Samsung Jack or iPaq). Despite others experiences, I’ve had an extremely positive experience with AT&T and very negative ones with both Verizon and Sprint but I’d be lying if I didn’t say the HTC Evo 4G and HTC HD2 (Hey, look! T-Mobile finally got something worthwhile!) didn’t look awesome. Not to mention, Android is making some real leaps and bounds lately. I think I’m going to see if I’m eligible for the iphone 4 come the 15th and, if I am, pre-order it.
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Jun 08, 2010 @ 09:08:14
Haha, I know the feeling! I’d point to the original blog post (somewhat similar to first part of this one…) but my old site is no longer online, but despite the fact that I can almost count the number of people with my last name in the world on my hands, the squatters holding riekeberg.com hostage wanted as much as nearly $15,000. I just wanted it for an email address… Uh, no thanks, I’ll pass.
Jun 08, 2010 @ 10:04:10
Your last name would certainly be more available than mine. ^_^ I just inquired on husband.com for the heck of it… but I’m sure they’re thinking 5-6 figures.
Cursed multi-usage last name!
Jun 08, 2010 @ 10:07:49
Also, I inquired on squeakyweasel.net a $100000 just for the heck of it. ^_^ Maybe I can get their attention, and THEN reason with them for you. Hehe.
Jun 08, 2010 @ 10:09:48
ACK! Spoke too soon. ‘Binding offer’ sounded like a bad idea in this context…
Jun 08, 2010 @ 13:49:45
Nice on the TV man, new LED should be super thin, and light! I’d love to see it once you get it, I’ve never seen an LED up-close.
I’m sure you’re eligible for the upgrade pricing, AT&T moved everyone’s eligibility up to now so I’m sure, even if they don’t list it you could pick one up. I certainly will be also. Only question in my mind is whether I should go for the 32 gig or not. I could fit all my music on there with plenty of room to spare.
If you need help getting the TV to Chases I’d be willing to help. I’d certainly like to stop by some time and see him.
Jun 08, 2010 @ 21:20:12
@Steve: $15k?! That’s madness! I thought $5k for squeakyweasel was insane…
@Jordan: Thanks, I appreciate it but I’d rather not have you forking over $100k on my behalf just so I can get a domain I think is worth $10 back. Hehe.
@Deric: Yeah, the Sharp isn’t very thin (it’s a full array back-lit instead of the thin side-lit ones) but it is light and only weighs like 40 pounds. It doesn’t have some of the features other LED TVs have, like local dimming, so it’s not a whole lot like other LED TVs out there. But it’s got an insane amount of options for tweaking and should display colors/picture better than my current Bravia. Not that there’s anything wrong with how it handles anything, the Sharp’s “just better”.
I don’t listen to music or put anything on my phone that’s not silly pictures I take, apps, or something that gets accidentally synced so I’m going for the bare bones. My iPhone 3G’s the 8gig version if that’s any indication.
Cool, thanks. I’m not sure when he’ll be back home, he’ll be in the hospital any time from 4 – 7 days before they release him and even then, he’ll probably be really medicated up since they’re putting him on stronger stuff than he was taking.