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Selling My MacBook For $10
By admin | June 24, 2007
Update 4: Another $10 ticket was bought directly via paypal.
Update 3: Someone just paid for two more tickets via PayPal. It seems the widget on the right shows up in Dutch for some of you. I’ve mailed chipin and paypal to see if I can get this resolved. 294 tickets available.
Update 2: I have just sold 2 tickets offline to a co-worker. 296 tickets available. the chipin only has to go to $2980 now.
Update 1: After some thought I have decided to make the raffle more interesting. I’m introducing a second prize: A Nintendo Wii with 4 games, two remotes and a nunchuck. Your chances just doubled up and now it’s a 1 in 150 that you will get a macbook or a nintendo Wii for just $10!
As some of you know, I currently live my online life mainly through my trustworthy macbook. I absolutely love the speed, reliability and easy of traveling with it. The coolness factor and handy remote control for FrontRow aren’t bad either 
(The remote is great when you hook up the notebook to your TV set!)
My online activities have grown beyond her capabilities however. Photoshop, multiple browsers, Coda, Mail, Adium, iTunes, iPhoto, Azureus and a terminal are just a few of the things I have open pretty much all of the time. My screen is too small for serious photoshop editing and I need a higher resolution for Coda. And I’m planning on running Windows with Parallels.
After drooling for hours over the macbook pro pages on Apple.com I decided I need to upgrade from my current configuration. From a white Macbook with Intel Core Duo 2GHZ, 13″ Glossy Widescreen, 1GB DDR2, 80GB hdd, SuperDrive, Airport Extreme and Bluetooth to a Macbook Pro 17″.
Sure, I could sell the macbook with the cool second skin, exclusive crumpler bag and amazing mighty mouse to someone for around $1000 but why not give it away to someone for just $10? That’s right, I’m a nice guy. I will sell you my current macbook and a permanent link on one of my PR5 posts for just $10!
What’s the catch? - Well, because I’m such a nice guy, I’m making this offer not just to you but to 299 other people too. Problem is I only have one macbook, bag and mighty mouse to sell
You might have guessed; It’s a raffle. With just $10 you buy one of 300 tickets to win this fantastic laptop or Nintendo Wii.
Everytime one of you uses the Chipin widget in the sidebar and donates $10 or a multiple of that, I will note the email address on the paypal payment details. This will be your ticket for the raffle! I don’t think I can make it any simpler. To at least give you something concrete for your $10, I’ll give you a permanent linkback from one of my inner PageRank 5 posts. You can find the PR5 links here: http://www.johncow.com/links.txt
The raffle ends on the first of January 2008, or when I have sold all 300 tickets. If for some reason I don’t make the $3000 I need by January 1st, I will pick a random name and share all the money I made 50/50. How’s that for a great deal?
Needles to say, the sooner I sell the 300 tickets, the sooner you could be the lucky winner. So spread the word to your friends and family. Your chance is 1 in 300 to win back your $10×100! Oh, and don’t worry about the shipping costs. I’ll cover those, wordwide
Payment is only valid if done through the chipin widget on the sidebar!
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June 24th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
How old is it?
June 24th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
just under 10 months, still under warranty. and the possibility to purchase applce care for an additional 3 years
June 24th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
What a unique idea, I hope it goes well for ya!!
June 24th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Thanks Roberta, why not help me make it go well and buy that permanent PR5 link and a ticket to win the macbook ?
June 25th, 2007 at 1:56 am
[…] from bobmeetsworld.com, is running a raffle on his site where, for $10, you have a chance to win his white Macbook with a 2GHZ processor, a 13? Glossy Widescreen, 1GB DDR2, 80GB hdd, SuperDrive, Airport Extreme and […]
June 25th, 2007 at 2:00 am
Good idea, Bob. While I think Macs are basically Fisher-Price computers, I posted your contest on my little happy site for all to see.
Oh yeah, you forgot the space between “shipping” and “costs.”
My mom likes Macs, for some reason.
June 25th, 2007 at 4:37 am
I’ve never been good at lucky draws.. That would make me really apprehensive to donate 10$..
June 25th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Good idea.
http://www.ebooksbay.org
June 25th, 2007 at 10:00 am
yeah “you’re such a nice guy” but you win 2000$ for an old mac book… For you it would be cool, but I won’t bet on that. I don’t even know if its safe !I didn’t wonder as I saw 0$ donate.
June 25th, 2007 at 10:21 am
J.D: Fisher-Price? I think a mac is more PC than a PC
Vijay, with that mentality you’d not win
Steph, you make it sound so negative
Is that how you talk to the shopkeeper where you buy your lotto tickets too ?
I’m offering my macbook for $10 and obviously you missed the humor in my nice guy post. As for the $0 donation, this raffle just started yesterday, what did you expect? Besides, with that $10 you get a permanent PR5 linkback which is worth way more than what ou have to pay.
And I don’t understand what you mean by safe. You can ask the winners of all my previous contests if I delivered what I promised.
June 25th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
The link back will be on a future blog post?
June 25th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Great idea. Just got a Mac and well worth it!
June 25th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Looks like I’m the first to “ChipIn” and have a go.
Good luck Bob, it’s a great idea.
June 25th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Text Generator: the linkback will be placed permanently on one of my existing pagerank 5 posts.
Steve, Thanks for being number 1! let me know what linkback you want
June 25th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
[…] Bob’s “buy my macbook for $10 contest gave me an idea. […]
June 25th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Oh Bob, bob, bob.
You should not have tempted me.
http://jeffdavisishere.com/2007/06/25/exclusive-pre-release-next-gen-apple-macbook-and-iphone-pictures/
Exclusive, pre-release, next-gen pictures of the next Macbook and iPhone. And iBike.
June 25th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Sweet, nice blog. Im adding it to my favorites!
June 25th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
ja goed idee wanneer komt de nederlandse versie?
June 25th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Great idea Bob! you’re so creative with these things
I’ll write about this in my blog .. hopefully it’ll help you reach alittle bit towards your goal
June 26th, 2007 at 1:02 am
If STEPH does not like it, DON’T PAY! RIGHT?
BOB has the right idea and anyone is welcome - BE POSITIVE!
It is not an unique idea, but WHY NOT?
I have a MAC also, PC’s … and I would like the MAC BOOK, but I must DOWN-SIZE! So 4 now I can’t try, but I just left an email to my best friend, who can benefit from this idea.
ALSO, I have a computer club that I’ve started in 1984 and I’ll show this to all!
GO BOB GO!
Don’t let negative remarks (also freedom, but the OTHER SIDE) discourage you!
Tony
June 26th, 2007 at 6:38 am
Thanks Dee and Tony. How big is your computer club anyway Tony. Does it have 300 members ?
June 27th, 2007 at 8:40 am
[…] Here’s a guy putting his Apple Macbook in a raffle. Full story here. […]
June 27th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Okay, count me in Bob. That $20 I just gave you (which you’re putting in the kitty for this thing) gets me two tickets, right? Good. I like that. That just cut the odds against me in two….Don’t correct my math, I know it’s flawed but ignorance is bliss yadda yadda. Now, get back to work. Gilberticus
June 27th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Great! But my blog is Chinese.
June 27th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Evan, it doesn’t matter where your blog is from, everyone can participate
June 27th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
[…] To Enter: Visit Bob’s site and use the ChipIn widget along the right sidebar to pay $10 for your raffle […]
June 30th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Done.
July 2nd, 2007 at 8:11 am
Very nice competition
No doubt you’ll hit the target before January!
July 2nd, 2007 at 8:53 am
[…] Link: Bob meets World & Macbook for $10 Competition […]
July 2nd, 2007 at 9:17 am
Thanks for joining Adam, let me know what two links you’d like.
July 2nd, 2007 at 1:06 pm
[…] is currently holding an online raffle where for just $10 you can buy a ticket to be in with a chance to win a MacBook or a Nintendo Wii with 4 games, two remotes and a nunchuck. That’s right…unlike most competitions on the […]
July 2nd, 2007 at 11:34 pm
I just entered the raffle today!. So keep your donations coming in. The sooner the tickets are sold the sooner we can get a Wii, wohoooo!. Besides I like the site and Bob so $10 bucks is worth it, not to mention the PR5 link!.
July 3rd, 2007 at 7:01 am
That’s right Alan, spread the word. The more people know, the sooner I hit the goal and give away the prizes
Thanks for joining.
July 3rd, 2007 at 7:01 pm
I want a Macbook and a PR5 link!
Entering soon…
July 3rd, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Good luck Joshua
July 4th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
[…] Oh, and if books don’t tickle your fancy, have a look over at Bobmeetsworld.com, who is giving away a Nintendo Wii and a MacBook! […]
July 5th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
I might not be the best in math, Bob, but if I’m not mistaken, $10×1000 = 10.000$
I think you placed a 0 too much there. Or is your MacBook really worth 10k? 
I might be willing to reconsider my decision not to participate in that case.
July 5th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
[…] someone is already guaranteed the other $125. At this rate I need 120 more days before I can give away my Wii and Macbook to two of you. Competition deadline is about another 170 I think which should be a good buffer for […]
July 5th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Celebrienne, I have no idea what you are talking about
July 7th, 2007 at 8:17 am
how much is the MacBook gonna cost, Bob?
July 7th, 2007 at 10:40 am
About $4000 since I have to pay in Euros
July 7th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
[…] Bonus Tickets: Increase your chances, enter the “Win a Wii or MacBook” raffle! (Limited availability) You can enter in as many ways and times as you’d like, […]
July 8th, 2007 at 3:22 am
What a groovy idea. Wonder if its legal?
July 8th, 2007 at 8:19 am
This is really great! I’m interested in seeing what happens over the course of the next few months.
July 8th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Yeah, so far it’s going pretty well, nearly at 10% of the goal in under two weeks
July 8th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
for some reason it thinks I am from the Netherlands. I will try it again a bit later.
July 8th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
It’ll keep thinking that, I’ve emailed you
July 9th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
[…] (PS, Don’t forget to enter one of our other contests to win $100 or a Nintendo Wii and a MacBook!) […]
July 12th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Good luck with the contest.
July 14th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Great idea bob. I’m surprised I haven’t seen more of this… certainly got me thinking
July 14th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Thinking of participating I hope?
July 14th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
We’ll see
July 17th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
[…] Bonus Tickets: Increase your chances, enter the “Win a Wii or MacBook” raffle! (Limited […]
July 24th, 2007 at 4:54 am
Wow, I shoulda thought of something like this! What a great idea Bob!!
August 3rd, 2007 at 6:48 am
[…] Meets World is raffling off two prizes: a souped-up MacBook and Nintendo Wii with a bunch of extras. He’s selling raffle tickets […]
August 4th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
[…] Bob Meets World is raffling off his MacBook and a Nintendo Wii. This one will cost $10, but think of it as buying a link back from a Google PageRank 5 blog (this is helpful, trust me). Details are on the site. […]
August 14th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
[…] a know of a certain cow that’s just dying to get his hooves on one of these, so I feel it my duty to point out just how cool this thing […]
September 6th, 2007 at 4:45 am
December 18th, 2007 at 12:46 am
If it was still earlier in the year, I would have purchased this.
Josh Day
www.abigarcade.com