by main monkey
on May 12th, 2006
on May 12th, 2006
Thievery: New Zealand not for sale
Awesome:
SYDNEY, Australia — New Zealand is not for sale, despite somebody in neighboring Australia trying to offload the nation of 4 million to the highest online bidder.
With a starting offer of just one cent, brisk bidding for the prime chunk of South Pacific real estate quickly boosted the price to 3,000 Australian dollars (US$2,330) before eBay pulled the plug on the auction this week.
“Clearly New Zealand is not for sale,” eBay Australia spokesman Daniel Feiler told the New Zealand Press Association, adding that 22 bids had been made before the company acted.
The rivalry between the two countries is intense and in his advertisement the man said New Zealand had “very ordinary weather.” (AP)
DAAAAAAAAAAAAYMMMM… er hem … DARN IT! And I wanted to diversify my portfolio with some real estate holdings.