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I'm embarrassed to admit that I bought a Gmail invite on eBay for $6 when it was still invite-only.
by bobchadwick 3y ago
I'm embarrassed to admit that I bought a Gmail invite on eBay for $6 when it was still invite-only.
- agumonkey 3y agoYielding a priceless anecdote
- blagie 3y agoshrug It probably gave you months of fun.
- jprete 3y agoThat's not entirely a waste, it would have given you a better chance for an email address you wanted.
- CydeWeys 3y agoYeah. I ended up with an eight letter @gmail.com because I dithered, but if I'd signed up by any means necessary when I'd first heard of it, I would've gotten a four letter one.
- rocketbop 3y agoNothing to be ashamed of. I think I might have bought a Google Wave invite a couple of years later :/
- spiffytech 3y agoI bartered on gmailswap.com, sending someone a bicentennial 50¢ US coin in exchange for an invite. The envelope made it to the recipient, but the coin fell out in transit because I was young and had no idea how to mail coinage. They graciously gave me the invite anyway.
- ssteeper 3y agoAh, to be young and clueless about coinage mailing.
- LouisSayers 3y agoWell they did promise unlimited space - remember how it kept growing? I guess until it didn't... But still, compared to Hotmail etc the free storage space (something like 1GB vs 10MB) was well worth $6