Golden Ball's ball up for auction

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    gooner, Jul 14, 2004 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    Hehe... only $13M (US Dollars) so far, with 8 days left on the auction. People are crazy. Probably will sell for $50M when it's done.
     
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    SEbasic Peon

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    wow, that guy must be pretty happy.
     
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    Dose he take PayPal ?
     
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    Hmmm

    am surprised that the ball would have left the stadium and the text on the ball where the date is looks a bit fuzzy around the edge's... but who knows :confused:

    Think i should start going back to football matches :D

    vagrant.
     
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  6. T0PS3O

    T0PS3O Feel Good PLC

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    What a stupid price to pay! 10M Euro now... And who says it's not one of the other 20 balls they used on that day. Investing 10M E in a ball which was made under dodgy circumstances for a few bucks and might but quite likely isn't kicked by that crap player in a not so memorable game during a shit spot kick in a shit tournament... I'd rather spend it on G stock or just give it away... I can't believe it's happening!
     
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  7. payoutwindow

    payoutwindow Well-Known Member

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    SCAM!!!

    Okay, firstly I'll be honest ... there is a posibility that its not fake. The problem I have is that in any big professional game they use more than 1 soccer ball, so that when it goes out of the field into the crowd or far, another one is readily available. There are usually a minimum of 6 ball boys around the ground, 1 more that they start the match with and about 4 or 5 more spares with the 4th official on the sideline. That makes it a total of say 11 OFFICIAL balls. These balls have to be made somewhere, so add say 5 unofficial ones made by the employees of that factory.

    Now anyone of the above 16 balls could be on sale ... I think the guy was trying to make a quick buck, and things got out of hand ... anyway I wont be surprised if more Becks's balls pop up in the coming months.
     
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    What made me chuckle is the information section - after the blurb about Beckham you get this gem.

    So that's $50M for the ball and $5 shipping. :)

    Mick
     
    Arnica, Jul 14, 2004 IP