Though anyone can register a Gmail account for free without an invite, some people are still selling Gmail invitations on eBay.
And looking at the bids, it is obvious that there are buyers for Gmail invites on eBay as well though the selling price is generally less than a dollar.
Am not sure if selling free digital products on eBay is considered “scam” but it is surprising to see that eBay also maintains a special page (search.ebay.com/gmail) dedicated to such Gmail “products” – and this page enjoys a pretty good rank in Google.
Related: Before Signing Up for a Gmail Account..
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/some-people-still-buy-gmail-invites-from-ebay/3510/
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Reader Comments
Its surprising that there are buyers, given the fact that anyone can sign up now.
When GMail was launched, I remember selling off a GMail account for $200. (But then.. it was available only through an invite :) )
Written by Ritesh on 06.09.08
At least the shipping is free! Ha!
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick on 06.09.08
Most people who buy cheap digital items at eBay is buying not for the products but buying to get reviewed. (Basically getting the account to be reputable).
Written by Mike Lau on 06.09.08
ppl also buy it to increase feedback score.
Written by wong bater on 06.09.08
Isn’t this a case of scammers building up positive feedback? They used to do the same thing selling recipes back and forth to one another.
Written by Larry Cebula on 06.09.08
Oh my god this is very funny , but don’t you think that this is against Google TOS and even they can take any action for this too .
Written by Digital I.T Blog on 06.11.08
OMG! There are people who actually don’t know Gmail is open to all. When I visited the search link you provided look what I found. Google, Yahoo and Hotmail on Sale. Here is the link .
Ed: They are selling web templates with a design similar to that of hotmail or Yahoo - that auction is not about the actual websites.
Written by V on 06.11.08
Theres simply no limit to human stupidity. Jeez, the States is becoming the home of the nitwits
Written by DaFirstBro on 10.22.08