Can Gmail accounts be bought?

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  1. #1
    Hi!

    i am mailing this from india. i am a student at the IIT here. have be dying to try out Gmail...

    Has any one bought Gmail? is it reliable? can u change the user name after that?

    all those wise and lucky ones, please reply

    kishore
     
    hal2000, Jul 20, 2004 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    It's against Google's terms to buy/sell one, but you may want to check eBay if you really want to buy one.
     
    digitalpoint, Jul 20, 2004 IP
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    disgust Guest

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    they're really not worth nearly as much as they used to be, they're everywhere. hang around SEOChat or something (or maybe even here) and someone may give you one if you look hard enough.
     
    disgust, Jul 20, 2004 IP
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    hulkster Peon

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    It's been fairly reliable - sometimes not available, but rare. You can NOT change the username after you get it, so choose wisely. Google recently changed the TOS so you are not supposed to be able to profit from selling/bartering 'em.

    I can't give one away to you (haven't got any new invites in about 3 weeks) ... but I've been having a "clickfest contest" over at the team powder2glass google compute page ... in fact, there is one going on right now ... and I'll make the invite available 30 minutes after the timestamp on this post.
     
    hulkster, Jul 21, 2004 IP
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    schlottke Peon

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    We've been giving away about one a day on our forums too.
     
    schlottke, Jul 21, 2004 IP
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    pk_synths Peon

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    Buying and selling gmail ACCOUNTS violates the GMail TOS but buying, selling and giving away INVITES doesn't :)

    Google can easily skim ebay and ban names that are being sold so be careful
     
    pk_synths, Jul 21, 2004 IP
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    iconrate Well-Known Member

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    I believe it's always been legal to buy/sell invites just not gmail accounts.
    I bid on 250 on another forum not too long ago, then let them all expire but 1 haha.
     
    iconrate, Dec 10, 2004 IP
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    why should someone buy a FREE service? For me its reliable (excluding glitches sometimes).
     
    melfan, Dec 10, 2004 IP
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    Weirfire Language Translation Company

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    If you had been here a week ago I had 12 invites. I'm afraid they have all gone. I should have some more invites soon though. There's plenty of people with gmail accounts on DP and I'm sure there will be loads of spare invites floating around.
     
    Weirfire, Dec 10, 2004 IP
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    Design1 Active Member

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    I have some available! If you would like one go to my forum here at Free Webmasters Resource and request one and I will be more than happy to send you one.. :D
     
    Design1, Dec 10, 2004 IP
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    Weirfire Language Translation Company

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    Design1 Active Member

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    Yes indeed.. I am working very hard to get people to my new site.. Not even a day old :D
     
    Design1, Dec 10, 2004 IP
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    iconrate Well-Known Member

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    one here won't last long if it's more than 5 minutes past post time don't bother clicking probably
     
    iconrate, Dec 10, 2004 IP
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    Design1 Active Member

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    wow! i did not know you could do that.. that's cool!
     
    Design1, Dec 10, 2004 IP
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    I need a gmail account! :0)
     
    SeoPro2005, Dec 13, 2004 IP
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    Why would people buy a free email account? Gmail isn't that great.
     
    flyer, Sep 23, 2005 IP
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    I've got plenty of invites contact me if you would like one.
     
    tflight, Sep 23, 2005 IP
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    I always have gmail invitations (now 100) what is so a big deal ?

    Sent one to you , if anyone else want's PM me .
     
    seopup, Sep 23, 2005 IP
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    Nintendo ♬ King of da Wackos ♬

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    Um, try looking at the date of the thread!!! It's called beta!!! I paid $20.00 for my invite, on ebay!!! Now we all got atleast 50 invites!!!!
     
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