Some guy selling his unreleased book that "toples Star Wars, Harry Potter" on eBay for $2M
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If it was so great he'd provide an excerpt :colbert:
Poor Indiana Potter, his book didn't get bought.
[QUOTE=LaserOfDoom;28229643]Ok, I've thought about how his story starts now.
Indiana Potter was just like any other kid. Except he wasn't. He was destined to defeat Lord Sauron Vadermort and his army of Storm Eaters to help the Rebel Fellowship of the Ring toss the one ring back into Mount Doom, which was in India and defended by Nazis and Orcs but loaded with ancient treasure. He went to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Jedi Training, where he learned how to use magic, as well as space magic also known as the Force.
This was his life, until one day he went to Hogwarts and there he met somebody new. He wore a long trenchcoat and dark sunglasses. He told Indiana Potter he was the one. Indie was annoyed, saying, "I'm already like 4 or 5 different chosen ones here, why do I need to be any more?" The new man, who introduced himself as Morpheus said, "What if I told you your whole life was a computer simulation and all those other chosen titles are complete bullshit?" Indie didn't know how to answer.
Morpheus continued, bringing out two different colored pills, "You take the blue pill and the story ends. Well this story anyway you have a shitton of others here I guess. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."[/QUOTE]
[i] [b] Awesome. [/b] [/i]
[QUOTE=LaserOfDoom;28229643]Ok, I've thought about how his story starts now.
Indiana Potter was just like any other kid. Except he wasn't. He was destined to defeat Lord Sauron Vadermort and his army of Storm Eaters to help the Rebel Fellowship of the Ring toss the one ring back into Mount Doom, which was in India and defended by Nazis and Orcs but loaded with ancient treasure. He went to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Jedi Training, where he learned how to use magic, as well as space magic also known as the Force.
This was his life, until one day he went to Hogwarts and there he met somebody new. He wore a long trenchcoat and dark sunglasses. He told Indiana Potter he was the one. Indie was annoyed, saying, "I'm already like 4 or 5 different chosen ones here, why do I need to be any more?" The new man, who introduced himself as Morpheus said, "What if I told you your whole life was a computer simulation and all those other chosen titles are complete bullshit?" Indie didn't know how to answer.
Morpheus continued, bringing out two different colored pills, "You take the blue pill and the story ends. Well this story anyway you have a shitton of others here I guess. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."[/QUOTE]
I would buy it.
Why is this even thread worthy? People make worse scams every day.
[QUOTE=Explosions;28237420]Why is this even thread worthy? People make worse scams every day.[/QUOTE]
Except this isn't your average scam. This story was brought to the attention of quite a lot of people, somewhat similar to that beyblade listing.
It's a transcript for this video:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs[/media]
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;28241521]It's a transcript for this video:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs[/media][/QUOTE]
So it's the original story?
:downs:
[QUOTE=rosar0980;28229686]I just checked the listing. It's been taken down by the seller because "the item is no longer available". Did someone seriously buy it?[/QUOTE]
No, it was taken down because he put up a new one without a typo in the title.
[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/a-STORY-to-topple-Star-Wars-Harry-Potter-investment_W0QQitemZ220744269251QQcategoryZ88433QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D220741487137%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7298775617235815124#ht_602wt_1139[/url]
[QUOTE=Andokool12;28242351]No, it was taken down because he put up a new one without a typo in the title.
[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/a-STORY-to-topple-Star-Wars-Harry-Potter-investment_W0QQitemZ220744269251QQcategoryZ88433QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D220741487137%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7298775617235815124#ht_602wt_1139[/url][/QUOTE]
And now it's $3 million.
[QUOTE=LaserOfDoom;28242505]And now it's $3 million.[/QUOTE]
Whoa! I better buy it now before the price goes up again! :derp:
Just for curiosity's sake, I really want to read this story. I'd read it all. Too bad he's not interested in finishing it.
[QUOTE=LaserOfDoom;28229643]Ok, I've thought about how his story starts now.
Indiana Potter was just like any other kid. Except he wasn't. He was destined to defeat Lord Sauron Vadermort and his army of Storm Eaters to help the Rebel Fellowship of the Ring toss the one ring back into Mount Doom, which was in India and defended by Nazis and Orcs but loaded with ancient treasure. He went to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Jedi Training, where he learned how to use magic, as well as space magic also known as the Force.
This was his life, until one day he went to Hogwarts and there he met somebody new. He wore a long trenchcoat and dark sunglasses. He told Indiana Potter he was the one. Indie was annoyed, saying, "I'm already like 4 or 5 different chosen ones here, why do I need to be any more?" The new man, who introduced himself as Morpheus said, "What if I told you your whole life was a computer simulation and all those other chosen titles are complete bullshit?" Indie didn't know how to answer.
Morpheus continued, bringing out two different colored pills, "You take the blue pill and the story ends. Well this story anyway you have a shitton of others here I guess. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."[/QUOTE]
Then Agent Smith shows up in his X-Wing followed by an army of dark wizards
Proxy(s), troll account, place bid?
place 200 bids
Pretty sure you can't bid an amount that high.
[QUOTE=Balrog;28222848]:20bux: says it's a 256-page flip book of Rick Astley[/QUOTE]
Can't wait for the movie adaption
I'm kind of laughing at this right now. Just watch it become a movie one day.
I thought it was going to be a "topless Star Wars, Harry Potter" erotic fan fiction.
He's got good ratings from what looks like fakes.
[editline]24th February 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=borisvdb;28255142]I thought it was going to be a "topless Star Wars, Harry Potter" erotic fan fiction.[/QUOTE]
I would buy.
Hot.
let me edit his post to make it more accurate
[code]I am selling my story that I have been creating for under one year. (not writing, but of nothing at all) It can not be compared to stories like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Indiana Jones and other titles in those categories. This is a really shit story I have. This story needs to be completed by a professional writer or Ghost Writer. I am by no means a writer. (Meaning I didn't write a fucking thing and this is a huge waste of time)
I would rather not sell it at all and just find investors to help hire a celebrity Ghost Writer, which would cost 250,000. The company that hires these writers out, guarantee the book to be a New York best seller. From my understanding, a celebrity ghost writer is someone who has written many books for others that have become "best sellers" and are at a point in their writing career to produce these best sellers often.
But for me, finding an investor seems impossible, it takes money to make money.
If George Lucas offered to sell his idea of Star Wars, would you have bought it?
Just hit the "ask seller a question link" for more info.
This is a serious auction, I'm not looking to rip anyone off. If you win this auction and decide you don't like the story, then you don't have to pay, and you will be refunded fully.
I would like to meet in person so that I can pass my works on.
I will share my story with someone in person only and not over the internet. My story is too non-existant to be spread publicly and will give a lot of new ideas for movies and book series that should belong to the buyer.
ebay requires a physical object to be purchased. This is a bag of shit. This will be exchanged person to person.
This story will bring in no fame and debt to anyone who takes it. I do not have money to hire a Ghost Writer and I do not want to die with this joke untold.
If you win the auction; we would meet in person, you would sign a nondisclosure document so i can be protected if you back out, I would share the story. Then you would choose to keep the story or refuse it. If you refuse it you would get a 0% refund and I would be protected so that you can't fuck me over in the end.
And for the people reading this post who think I'm crazy for asking this amount of money for it; I am.[/code]
$10M now
[QUOTE=LaserOfDoom;28229643]Ok, I've thought about how his story starts now.
Indiana Potter was just like any other kid. Except he wasn't. He was destined to defeat Lord Sauron Vadermort and his army of Storm Eaters to help the Rebel Fellowship of the Ring toss the one ring back into Mount Doom, which was in India and defended by Nazis and Orcs but loaded with ancient treasure. He went to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Jedi Training, where he learned how to use magic, as well as space magic also known as the Force.
This was his life, until one day he went to Hogwarts and there he met somebody new. He wore a long trenchcoat and dark sunglasses. He told Indiana Potter he was the one. Indie was annoyed, saying, "I'm already like 4 or 5 different chosen ones here, why do I need to be any more?" The new man, who introduced himself as Morpheus said, "What if I told you your whole life was a computer simulation and all those other chosen titles are complete bullshit?" Indie didn't know how to answer.
Morpheus continued, bringing out two different colored pills, "You take the blue pill and the story ends. Well this story anyway you have a shitton of others here I guess. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."[/QUOTE]
Started off well, but towards the end you just completely quoted the matrix... You lost your creativity half way through.
[editline]24th February 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE='Poesidan [GAG];28254395']I'm kind of laughing at this right now. Just watch it become a movie one day.[/QUOTE]
More like watch how a movie is made about this guy going from rags to riches by selling a shitty book idea for millions.
Write a book about a guy who writes a shitty book and sells the rights to it and becomes rich, then sell the rights to it and become rich!
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;28257007]Write a book about a guy who writes a shitty book and sells the rights to it and becomes rich, then sell the rights to it and become rich![/QUOTE]
what a great plot! only needs some michael bay spice though.
random explosions here and there in the background
[QUOTE=FreakySoup;28245601]Then Agent Smith shows up in his X-Wing followed by an army of dark wizards[/QUOTE]
[img]http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/web02/2009/8/24/9/what-a-twist-2834-1251120546-5.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Lufttygger306;28255868]$10M now[/QUOTE]
BIN was $10M to being with.
This is something that I would be interested in reading, regardless if it was good or bad. I would love to know why the writer thinks that it is worth 3-10 million dollars. If it was, I would be amazed. If it wasn't I'd get a laugh out of it. win-win for the first reader.
It's just another one of those people that think they are amazing, like the people who go on American Idle or X-Factor thinking they are amazing singers but they actually aren't.
[QUOTE=mr apple;28229737]You're a jedi, harry[/QUOTE]
Uh.. Uh.. I'm a what?
[editline]24th February 2011[/editline]
Also, back off guys. I got this.
[img]http://www.bucketmovies.com/images/batman-credit-card1.jpg[/img]
:10bux: says it's a vampire story
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