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My Left Arm for a Gmail Account (Wired)

  • , Thursday, May 20, 2004 12 AM
What's an invitation for a Gmail account worth? If you have an invitation to open an account on Google's new e-mail service, you could sell it on eBay for as much as $60. But if cash is a little too prosaic for you, your Gmail invitation could net you 4 pounds of fresh fudge, some Jewish mystical knowledge, a photo of a wife and a girlfriend kissing, a tarantula, Paris Hilton's phone number or any one of more than 1,000 other options.

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