Selling my soul
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- CALLES0
mother fucker beat me to it
New Zealand man sells his soul to 'Hell'
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A New Zealand man has sold his soul to hell -- Hell Pizza, that is.
The New Zealand pizza chain said Thursday it had struck a deal with Walter Scott, 24, to buy a deed to his soul, shortly after an online auction site that initially agreed to the sale withdrew it from the Internet because of complaints it was in bad taste.
Scott offered his soul on the TradeMe site on Wednesday, saying he had not found it to be much use.
"I can't see it, touch it or feel it, but I can sell it, so I'm going to palm it off to the highest bidder," Scott, 24, said on the sale site.
The auction attracted more than 32,000 hits and more than 100 bids before it was taken down.
TradeMe business manager Michael O'Donnell said the company had received an "overwhelming number of complaints from the TradeMe community."
"A lot of people felt it was offensive even though we thought it was there for good fun," he told The Associated Press. "So the compliance team pulled it."
He said the auction had also attracted many bogus bids -- while the last bid on the site was listed as $3,799, the last genuine bid was $456.
Rachael Allison, head of marketing for Hell Pizza, which has outlets across New Zealand and trades on a naughty image, said the company contacted Scott shortly after the auction was removed and offered him $3,800.
"The soul belongs to Hell, there is simply no better place for it," Allison told The Associated Press. "He was pretty delighted."
O'Donnell had said on Wednesday that Scott's auction complied with TradeMe's rules because a physical object -- the deed of ownership -- would change hands.
In 2001, 20-year-old U.S. university student Adam Burtle tried to sell his soul on eBay, but the auction was pulled after the company ruling that something tangible needed to be exchanged for a viable sale.
Allison said she would fly to Scott's home town of Wanganui on North Island Friday "to pick up the soul -- or at least the deed of ownership."
The deed would be hung on a wall at the company's headquarters in the northern city of Auckland and an image of it posted on the company's Web site.
- brooke0
I'd sell my soul, no problem.
- poomoo0
fuck the government.
wrong thread.
- morilla0
"All you know about me is what Ive sold you,
I sold out long before you ever heard my name."
- OBBTKN0
I don´t believe that you wanted to work for him, trust me
- brooke0
If it doesn't work out, give him my number.
- OBBTKN0
He is not jewish ;)) but loves much his money.
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kelpie
(Apr 26 07, 07:01)i think i´ve write something confusing with my baaad english ;))
- kelpie0
He is not jewish ;)) but loves much his money.
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- CALLES0
i sold my soul to the devil long time ago.... dont trust the guy he's a liar... im still waiting for my yatch and underage hot swedish twin sisters
- Daro0
Ostia!
Tell that hijo de puta that your work is worth it.Suerte!
- OBBTKN0
I´ve got in an hour a new breafing with the boss of the agency where i work now (and for the last 5 years) for negotiate more €€€...
He is not jewish ;)) but loves much his money.
Dadme ánimo chavales!
Amen
- kelpie0
it was a shit juvenile joke anyway, dinnae matter ;)
- Jaline0
I am, kelpie.
Partly.
- Peter0
Kiddies huh? I need one of those too.
- kelpie0
I thought you were a girl, Jaline?
- OBBTKN0
Very cheap, i´m sure... but i need to feed my kiddies
- Jaline0
*takes out gun leg.
- kelpie0
One really big favour, to the right guy.
- Peter0
How much does a soul go for these days?
- madirish0
i was the driver in Ronan... look for the green S8....