500,000 dollar beer

[ross]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260145824374&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016

well, at least thats what its at as i post this. when i found it earlier today (6 hours ago) it was at 100,000.

[imaguitargod]

WOW! Awesome find my friend. Imagine spendgin half of a million dollars, gettinig it in the mail, setting up the video camera and then....PST! DRINK DRINK DRINK! Post to internet and watch the feeding frezy!! lol.

I wonder what 100+ year old beer tastes like?

[chuk hell]

Wow! I want to drink that!

[Pepper Belly]

There CANT be ANY beer that good, single malt scotch yes, beer no. And I live in the country were they brew the very best beers, and I've not even come close to trying 1/100 of them.

[chilliman64]

if that beer is so good, how come no-one has drunk it? huh? probably tastes like crap.

you drink it, no it tastes like crap - you drink it, no you drink it, no you drink it... ahhh, stick it back in the fridge, someone'll drink it

[ross]

There CANT be ANY beer that good, single malt scotch yes, beer no. And I live in the country were they brew the very best beers, and I've not even come close to trying 1/100 of them.

german beer is great, but only someone who lives there would say its the best beer..

similar to my opinion that american beer is the best. :)

[ross]

no one would drink that beer. it will be bought and put in a museum because it is now the worlds oldest bottle of beer.

and no single malt scotch is worth 500,000. you could buy a beer, or a house. and a 911 turbo. uh yeah thats really a no brainer to me

[DevilDuck]

I don't think it's the oldest bottle of beer... It's the history behind it. After 100+ years, it would be undrinkable.

It's kinda like buying a mint condition Hudson Super 8. Not the most beautiful car that was ever made, just the rarity and history will snatch top $$$.

[ross]

I don't think it's the oldest bottle of beer...

i guess you missed this part:

On Aug-04-07 at 10:03:53 PDT, seller added the following information:

Further research suggests that this is the oldest known sealed bottle of beer in the world. The bottle believed to be the oldest was a bottle of 1869 Ratcliffs, combine that with a recent high sale on the worlds oldest sealed bottle of Scotch (1858), without exceptional history, @ 14,000 GBP apx $28,650. and this sealed historic bottle of Allsopp's Arctic Ale is about as rare as they get. Use it for a great advertising promotion, put your bar, club, or restaurant on the map by having the worlds oldest and most historic known bottle of beer, a real once in a life opportunity!!! Not to mention all of the attributes to this bottles history and provenance!!

[xgrafcorex]

damn that's expensive! anyone look at the bid history? seems strange to me..

[ross]

damn that's expensive! anyone look at the bid history? seems strange to me..

yeah it does. the winner has won nothing on ebay but cds. and he suddenly buys a 500,000 dollar beer. mmmhmm

[Dethwind]

hmmm... after seeing the bid history go from $1.00 to $503,300.00 in 10 days I can't help but think this is probably a rigged auction. I may be wrong but this just seems like an attempt to massively increase the interest on ebay for the "Extremely Rare" beer. I just have a feeling that this will be relisted with a note saying the first buyer failed to pay for the item and to "get it while you can". Call me a pessimist if you will but this just seems a little strange to be a completely normal auction.

Looking at the bid history, there are several people doing repeat bids with no compitetion.
Bidder 5 US $999.99 Aug-06-07 19:34:33 PDT
Bidder 5 US $775.01 Aug-06-07 19:06:28 PDT
Bidder 5 US $753.01 Aug-06-07 19:06:17 PDT
Bidder 5 US $732.01 Aug-06-07 18:41:12 PDT
Bidder 5 US $711.11 Aug-06-07 18:40:29 PDT
Bidder 5 US $690.01 Aug-06-07 18:40:15 PDT
Bidder 5 US $669.99 Aug-06-07 18:40:04 PDT
Bidder 5 US $645.02 Aug-06-07 18:31:37 PDT
Bidder 5 US $624.04 Aug-06-07 18:31:08 PDT
Bidder 5 US $603.04 Aug-06-07 18:30:53 PDT
Bidder 5 US $583.03 Aug-06-07 18:30:40 PDT
Bidder 5 US $562.02 Aug-06-07 18:30:27 PDT
Bidder 5 US $542.01 Aug-06-07 18:30:12 PDT
Bidder 5 US $521.99 Aug-06-07 18:29:59 PDT

Bidder 23 US $210,000.00 Aug-10-07 09:43:59 PDT
Bidder 23 US $200,000.00 Aug-10-07 09:42:43 PDT
Bidder 23 US $155,000.00 Aug-10-07 09:42:28 PDT
Bidder 23 US $135,000.00 Aug-10-07 09:42:22 PDT
Bidder 23 US $125,000.00 Aug-10-07 09:42:06 PDT

Bidder 43 US $500,000.00 Aug-10-07 17:41:01 PDT
Bidder 43 US $415,000.00 Aug-10-07 17:40:16 PDT
Bidder 43 US $412,290.00 Aug-10-07 17:39:50 PDT
Bidder 43 US $411,999.00 Aug-10-07 17:39:32 PDT

[Dyce51]

pretty cool!!! but for that price it better get me drunk off the first swig!!!!!LOL....but hey some collectors or a museum will buy it!!

[ross]

hmmm... after seeing the bid history go from $1.00 to $503,300.00 in 10 days I can't help but think this is probably a rigged auction. I may be wrong but this just seems like an attempt to massively increase the interest on ebay for the "Extremely Rare" beer. I just have a feeling that this will be relisted with a note saying the first buyer failed to pay for the item and to "get it while you can". Call me a pessimist if you will but this just seems a little strange to be a completely normal auction.

Looking at the bid history, there are several people doing repeat bids with no compitetion.
Bidder 5 US $999.99 Aug-06-07 19:34:33 PDT
Bidder 5 US $775.01 Aug-06-07 19:06:28 PDT
Bidder 5 US $753.01 Aug-06-07 19:06:17 PDT
Bidder 5 US $732.01 Aug-06-07 18:41:12 PDT
Bidder 5 US $711.11 Aug-06-07 18:40:29 PDT
Bidder 5 US $690.01 Aug-06-07 18:40:15 PDT
Bidder 5 US $669.99 Aug-06-07 18:40:04 PDT
Bidder 5 US $645.02 Aug-06-07 18:31:37 PDT
Bidder 5 US $624.04 Aug-06-07 18:31:08 PDT
Bidder 5 US $603.04 Aug-06-07 18:30:53 PDT
Bidder 5 US $583.03 Aug-06-07 18:30:40 PDT
Bidder 5 US $562.02 Aug-06-07 18:30:27 PDT
Bidder 5 US $542.01 Aug-06-07 18:30:12 PDT
Bidder 5 US $521.99 Aug-06-07 18:29:59 PDT

Bidder 23 US $210,000.00 Aug-10-07 09:43:59 PDT
Bidder 23 US $200,000.00 Aug-10-07 09:42:43 PDT
Bidder 23 US $155,000.00 Aug-10-07 09:42:28 PDT
Bidder 23 US $135,000.00 Aug-10-07 09:42:22 PDT
Bidder 23 US $125,000.00 Aug-10-07 09:42:06 PDT

Bidder 43 US $500,000.00 Aug-10-07 17:41:01 PDT
Bidder 43 US $415,000.00 Aug-10-07 17:40:16 PDT
Bidder 43 US $412,290.00 Aug-10-07 17:39:50 PDT
Bidder 43 US $411,999.00 Aug-10-07 17:39:32 PDT

no one does "repeat bids with no competition". they set a max, and people bid, and if you dont topple the max it still lists you as bidding.