This is getting beyond ridiculous - it’s very clear that this clown is just in it for the money (and always has been), and Microsoft should have litigated him into the ground. His letter from MS (cease/desist) was up for auction at Ebay, and was up to $250,000 - which is great, i mean, you know he’s not likely to get that amount because people are just bidding it up to see what happens, but now he’s gone and become a total retard:
This is your chance to own a piece of Internet history. This is the book shown on TV, Internet, magazines and talked about on the radio and seen by millions of people world-wide. I am selling the WIPO book with the 25-page letter I received from Microsoft’s lawyers on January 14/2004. I have two copies of these and I will be keeping one for my own personal memoirs. This inch-thick book contains copies of web pages, registrations, trade marks, other WIPO cases, emails between me and Microsoft’s lawyers and much more. There are 27 annexes filled with information. This package also comes with the 25-page complaint transmittal coversheet that was sent with the inch-thick book. In this letter you can find policies, rules, supplemental rules, model responses, copy of complaint and much more. Take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity.On Jan-28-04 at 11:50:04 PST, seller added the following information:
Sorry, I will not be accepting bidders with 0 feedback. If you have 0 feedback and are serious, please contact me via the contact seller link at the top of this auction so that I may verify your intentions.
On Jan-28-04 at 15:40:27 PST, seller added the following information:
I have been receiving a lot of questions asking if I am really Mike Rowe. For verification of this eBay auction visit my website @ www.mikeroweforums.com and refer to the top of the page where it links you back to this auction. Thanks.
On Feb-02-04 at 12:23:35 PST, seller added the following information:
All bids will now be pre-approved only. Serious bidders can email me @ mike@icyhost.com for approval terms. Pre-approvals will stop 12 hours before the end of the auction. There will be no further approvals accepted after this time.
For payment, certified check or bank transfer will now be the only form of payment accepted from winning bidder.
On Feb-02-04 at 16:35:23 PST, seller added the following information:
I have now removed all of the bids because of the amount of bogus bids this auction has received. If you were a serious bidder please contact me and I will forward you the stipulations of the auction.
OK, seriously - what the crap? All bids have to be pre-approved? If he were just doing this for fun and trying to see how far he could push MS, how much he could get out of them, and how much of a splash he could make on the int4rw3b, I have no problem with that.
But when he’s just plain being a jerk, that’s when I draw the line.