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Community => Chatboard => Topic started by: Zoratunic on October 10, 2007, 08:03:57 PM

Title: Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Zoratunic on October 10, 2007, 08:03:57 PM
I saw a link on Penny Arcade today about a person who is selling a decommisioned nuclear luanch silo. It's only $1,500,000 :P, and you can remodel it for several purposes, such as opening the luanch doors foor a 100' skylight. I can't believe that they are selling it on ebay though!
Missile Silo for Sale (http://cgi.ebay.com/Titan-Missile-Base-Central-Washington_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ1607QQihZ009QQitemZ190132455924QQrdZ1)
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: DW on October 10, 2007, 08:05:26 PM
Dude, a guy sold his dead body on there once. While he was still alive, obviously.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: darkphantomime on October 10, 2007, 08:13:11 PM
How often do people sell things they don't legally own? Yep, pretty damn often.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: DW on October 10, 2007, 08:14:06 PM
JQ Pickwick's TDC account for sale, starting at twenty bucks, five hundred to buy it now!
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: darkphantomime on October 10, 2007, 08:24:08 PM
Shikamaru Nara's Fine lady Jo for sale! Let the bidding start at $00.01!
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Twilight Wolf on October 10, 2007, 08:25:31 PM
Shikamaru, I'll give you ten bucks for JQ's account. Do you accept PayPal?

I'll also throw in this free vegetable peeler.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: DW on October 10, 2007, 08:39:10 PM
Quote from: JQ Pickwick on October 10, 2007, 08:24:08 PM
Shikamaru Nara's Fine lady Jo for sale! Let the bidding start at $00.01!

Hey now, that's not fair. :(

She's at least worth a fifty :P

???

I should be ashamed...

TW, I take any form of cash. However, ten bucks is a bit low...that veggie peeler more than compensates though. I'll accept.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Twilight Wolf on October 10, 2007, 08:50:25 PM
We have a deal, then! I'll send you the money in the box with the vegetable peeler. I can only pay you in loose change, though, but you can easily get cash at a grocery store with one of those machines.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Gamefreak on October 11, 2007, 05:44:49 AM
Quote from: Shikamaru Nara on October 10, 2007, 08:14:06 PM
JQ Pickwick's TDC account for sale, starting at twenty bucks, five hundred to buy it now!

I don't have to buy it legally.  ;)
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Rev Rabies on October 11, 2007, 01:31:32 PM
Quote from: Black Belt on October 10, 2007, 08:03:57 PM
I saw a link on Penny Arcade today about a person who is selling a decommisioned nuclear luanch silo. It's only $1,500,000 :P, and you can remodel it for several purposes, such as opening the luanch doors foor a 100' skylight. I can't believe that they are selling it on ebay though!
Missile Silo for Sale (http://cgi.ebay.com/Titan-Missile-Base-Central-Washington_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ1607QQihZ009QQitemZ190132455924QQrdZ1)

i already bought that, i'm putting up motivational posters! Hang in there kitty!
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Gamefreak on October 11, 2007, 01:50:21 PM
That cat will never last until Friday.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Zoratunic on October 11, 2007, 04:03:49 PM
I can give you some remodeling tips, Dr.
Only $100 an hour...
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Commodore Axilon on October 11, 2007, 04:56:35 PM
For anyone still interested in that silo:

You better watch out for the Stalagmen.

...Oh, and Deep Crows. Deep Crows too.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Rev Rabies on October 11, 2007, 05:13:52 PM
didn't i already tell you bought it!!! don't make me show you the power of my fully functional battle station!
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: DW on October 12, 2007, 10:24:46 AM
..You had the power guys hook it up first, right?
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Commodore Axilon on October 12, 2007, 12:02:07 PM
He's not gonna answer you 'cause he's already dead. Didn't I tell you? DEEP CROWS!
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Fishalicious on October 12, 2007, 12:02:39 PM
eBay is silly. You can sell pieces of blonde hair, say they're from Britney Spears and get hundreds of dollars.

Ah, I remember seeing slaves for sale once...
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Twilight Wolf on October 12, 2007, 06:22:20 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Wright on October 11, 2007, 05:44:49 AM
Quote from: Shikamaru Nara on October 10, 2007, 08:14:06 PM
JQ Pickwick's TDC account for sale, starting at twenty bucks, five hundred to buy it now!

I don't have to buy it legally.  ;)

I already bought it, though. However, I will sell it to you if you like... I'll think of a price.

eBay can be cruel at times... For example, there are several games I'd like to get for my Sega Saturn, but they're ridiculously expensive. Perhaps it's because someone originally overcharged for a game that other folks who wanted to sell the same game saw how much they were asking and charged that much, too. However, I'll bet that most of the copies of the games I want that are on eBay are only worth maybe half of what people are asking.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Zoratunic on October 12, 2007, 06:45:54 PM
Someone who was in debt needed money fast, so he tried to sell himself and his familiy on ebay, saying they could be housekeepers and such. Only $5 million. But it got taken down before it was completed.
I do offer exterminating services to take care of those annoying Stalagmen and Deep Crows.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Rev Rabies on October 12, 2007, 10:04:52 PM
Quote from: Shikamaru Nara on October 12, 2007, 10:24:46 AM
..You had the power guys hook it up first, right?

i had the amish do it, noone knows more about electricity than the amish!
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: DW on October 12, 2007, 10:33:32 PM
That's not the only thing the Amish are good for. You see that Amish Gone Wild video? Those chicks dress real nice.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Zelda Veteran on October 13, 2007, 06:37:09 PM
You know, when I saw this topic, a certain part of me smiled, and threw a plan together. After a quick shoulder angel argument, I realized that I didn't have anywhere near that much cash, and my red shoulder angel got his butt kicked. Still, its incredible what you'll find on ebay.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: DW on October 13, 2007, 06:55:19 PM
Didn't someone sell a piece of toast with Jesus' face on it or something?
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Fishalicious on October 14, 2007, 05:18:03 PM
Probably Virgin Mary. She's really popular on toast.

Majora's Mask is ridiculously cheap on eBay.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Zoratunic on October 14, 2007, 07:07:11 PM
To bad those XBox's people are selling for a cent probably are just scams.

I'm still available for extermination services. I use humane techniques, and by humane I mean a 10 gauge shotgun.

Maybe an AK-47, too.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Pale Dim on October 15, 2007, 02:50:15 PM
I once found a dust particle on Ebay. Dead serious! It cost like, $5.06.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: DW on October 15, 2007, 09:50:17 PM
Wonder how much shipping would cost.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Twilight Wolf on October 15, 2007, 09:57:59 PM
Quote from: ZT on October 14, 2007, 07:07:11 PM
To bad those XBox's people are selling for a cent probably are just scams.

Definitely. There are other scams like that, too. For example, misleading item descriptions. They supposedly sell new X-Boxes, and they say stuff like "Included in the box is all the normal stuff; the controller, TV hookups...", intentionally leaving out any mention of the actual system. Then when they ship it, they include everything but the system. Some people also sell pictures of the X-Box, but word it so it sounds like you're getting a system, and not just a picture.

I saw something odd on eBay tonight. I found a Japanese Sega Saturn analog controller; The currency was in Australian dollars, but the item location was... Hong Kong. Sounds almost scammish, doesn't it?
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: darkphantomime on October 15, 2007, 10:35:54 PM
If it's either too good to be true or sounds like a scam, it probably is.
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Fishalicious on October 19, 2007, 02:58:48 PM
We bought MM on eBay for 5 dollars... of course, if it IS a scam, then we won't lose much on that deal...
Title: Re:Wanna buy a missile silo?
Post by: Zoratunic on October 19, 2007, 04:20:05 PM
Just remember:
Old Game= Low Price= Happy Gamer! (Unless the particular game you got sucks... like what happened to me once.)