The votes have been counted, the public has spoken, tonight the winning bidder is…
Okay, so we hold our hands up and admit that most but certainly not all of the bids on us weren’t genuine. They were people having a laugh. When we were asked our “Buy It Now Price” by a rich Nigerian we kept our fingers crossed, as we demanded £2,000,000 for immediate purchase.
He did not reply.
Unfortunately, we remain unsold. On the market. In the shop window, if you will.
However, selling ourselves to the highest bidder was not the primary intention. Think of it as a good old-fashioned advertising stunt. We didn’t fancy dressing up as elderly men, it just didn’t feel that original. Our stunt was not without reason. It was designed to draw attention to two things: -
- The first is the way people get placements. It’s a funny old apprentice-like system to get a job as a creative in advertising. I doubt there is a prospective creative around who doesn’t wish that getting a job was as simple as an online auction.
- The second was … us. Okay, it’s not a pretty poster, but in 3 days we did manage to get 2 newspapers, 11 blogs and hundreds of tweeters talking about our experiment. Not to mention over 3000 views on eBay. Aside from the odd comment “shame they’re not fit,” we were proud to get people talking about something which has been a constant part of our everyday life for a year now and have received bags of support, so thank you.
However, this did originate as a bid to use the power of the online world and try to get Peter Riley at 2020London to give us a job. So Pete, did it work?!
…or do we need to chase up the mystery bidders and find out what on earth they want from us?! Watch this space, we’ll let you know, when we do.
