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Elsi · 01-14-2009, 08:04 PM

I was particularly curious when I saw this ad on one of the forum topics today:

I wondered... why is the Kindle being sold from a site in Ireland? ... does "ebid" mean it's an auction site? ... who would sell a new Kindle for $200?

So I fired up my browser, carefully typed in the address shown in the ad:

and got an interesting result:

So -- was the ad bogus? Did someone take down the site but not the ad? I didn't even consider clicking on the ad itself to see if it led to a different web address, but if anyone else sees this ad, how about trying it and giving me feedback.

01-14-2009, 08:04 PM	#1
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	Bogus ads? I was particularly curious when I saw this ad on one of the forum topics today: I wondered... why is the Kindle being sold from a site in Ireland? ... does "ebid" mean it's an auction site? ... who would sell a new Kindle for $200? So I fired up my browser, carefully typed in the address shown in the ad: and got an interesting result: So -- was the ad bogus? Did someone take down the site but not the ad? I didn't even consider clicking on the ad itself to see if it led to a different web address, but if anyone else sees this ad, how about trying it and giving me feedback.