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Craigslist Auction for Nintendo & Apple Merger Documents Has Us Reaching for Our Wallets
Posted by Haroon Malik at 3:59 PM on April 6, 2008
We know you can find an occasional bargain on Craigslist, but this takes the biscuit: documents actually detailing a merger between Apple and Nintendo. We knew Nintendo and Apple were up to something—has no one else noticed all the plastic white styled similarities? C'mon you guys, it's just makes sense! Now, we're off to put in our bid. Expect some seriously breaking news soon. [Kotaku]
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zargap
Posted 4:40 PM 6/4/08
Yup, total BS indeed.
zargap
digitalexis
Posted 4:21 PM 6/4/08
Wii-Phone?
digitalexis
MrBlahBlah
Posted 4:21 PM 6/4/08
bah. bullshit.
MrBlahBlah
stargatefan.0418
Posted 4:15 PM 6/4/08
Its total bs. They have both been extremely successful on their own, especially with their recent products. There's no way they would want to split their profits when profits are at their highest.
In my opinion, its probably nothing more than some software (or hardware) coming out that allows you to play Nintendo games on a Mac, or maybe a service to compete with Gametap, since Mac gaming is practically nonexistent.
stargatefan.0418
mr30gZune
Posted 4:08 PM 6/4/08
Well its not April 1st...so I'm intrigued with no fear of looking like an ass
mr30gZune
stickfodder
Posted 5:01 PM 6/4/08
I sure it's total BS and besides its already been removed, the person was obviously just trying to get some quick money
stickfodder
foureight84
Posted 4:52 PM 6/4/08
@NoDeuces: some bald dude runs the hole-in-the-wall website
foureight84
NoDeuces
Posted 4:49 PM 6/4/08
What is craigslist?
NoDeuces
snitch29
Posted 5:35 PM 6/4/08
Apple should have not problems buying Nintendo out but i don't think they're for sale. I also don't think these documents are worth anything now that the guys is stating what it contains, what a dumbass
snitch29
lafond66
Posted 5:20 PM 6/4/08
hey, this guy made gizmodo, that's probably more than he could have hoped for.
lafond66
xeijix
Posted 5:19 PM 6/4/08
maybe some sort of dongle for iphones or ipod touches to act like a wiimote and nunchuck (one iphone for each) xP
xeijix
ghettoblaster
Posted 5:12 PM 6/4/08
craigslist is where you go to find tranny whores and cheap cars.
ghettoblaster
Mike918
Posted 5:11 PM 6/4/08
I give him a dollar....
Mike918
itchytooth
Posted 5:06 PM 6/4/08
It just Wiirks.
itchytooth
ph15h
Posted 5:43 PM 6/4/08
:( Nobody bought my Nintendo and Sony Merger docs back in 1999.
ph15h
sameoldoctor
Posted 5:38 PM 6/4/08
@foureight84:
you idiot. 'nuff said
sameoldoctor
paulnptld
Posted 6:32 PM 6/4/08
Anyone who believes this should check out the listing I just saw on Craigslist for the guy giving away everything he owns. What a bargain!
paulnptld
tme2nsb
Posted 6:24 PM 6/4/08
@ghettoblaster: Not true.
tme2nsb
an1m3fr33k
Posted 6:39 PM 6/4/08
it's gone. someone flagged it XD
an1m3fr33k
PenitentPenguin
Posted 7:41 PM 6/4/08
I agree, this reeks of BS
PenitentPenguin
halfpastme
Posted 9:45 PM 6/4/08
@Mike918: damnit! you cant give him a dollar, now he know you got money
(hopefully u were making a south park remark cause if not my comment must have made no sense)
halfpastme
Joseph
Posted 10:18 PM 6/4/08
@digitalexis: Yeah, then you'd not only break a 2000 dollar TV but a 300 dollar remote.
Joseph
islandhopper
Posted 10:15 PM 6/4/08
not to mention illegal as hell, even if it were remotely true, id like to see someone from Nintendo or Apple pose as a buyer and then throw him in a van and beat the ever loving crap out of this tool. If i ever caught a courier opening something from my company, he would accidentaly be run over by the A-team van
islandhopper
notnb
Posted 10:07 PM 6/4/08
craigslist fanboys?
Really?
notnb
ShockTerminal
Posted 10:30 PM 6/4/08
Total BS.
This guy would loose his job and get sued.
ShockTerminal
recklessinoz
Posted 10:52 PM 6/4/08
@lafond66: If you mention Apple, you're pretty much guaranteed to make it onto Gizmodo. That should be the least he hoped for.
recklessinoz
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 11:25 PM 6/4/08
It's filed under "humor". Plus, April 1 pranks are like going out drinking on St. Pat's - amateur hour. If this was so important, would Apple send it "by courier", or by Federal Express. My money's on FedEx. If it's on paper at all. Draft contracts are more likely in pdf, sent through the security of the tubes. So what is this post:
A guy confessing on Craigslist to grand larceny...
or (more probably)
a hoax four days late.
OMG! Ponies!
MastaFalse
Posted 11:19 PM 6/4/08
Can you imagine a laptop with a big NINTENDO on the lid? I can't. I could, however, imagine it in Nintendo's interest to borrow Apple's design, fit shit into small packages expertise, for a third gen DS ... that they're probably already working on.
MastaFalse
SpacemanSpiff
Posted 12:43 AM 7/4/08
Totally plausable. Some ibank drew up a proposal and tried to shop it to apple. It went nowhere, and maybe even got some analyst fired, so now he's trying to make a quick buck. Doesn't mean it's a deal that was actually ever going to go anywhere.
SpacemanSpiff
mferrari
Posted 1:03 AM 7/4/08
This guy is just a moron looking for a few bucks.
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mferrari
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 1:47 AM 7/4/08
@ghettoblaster: ...and cheap whores and car trannys.
92BuickLeSabre
MrBlahBlah
Posted 2:11 AM 7/4/08
@OMG! Ponies!:
dude, where have you been?
MrBlahBlah
GOKOR
Posted 2:30 AM 7/4/08
@NoDeuces: Craigslist is a site that can get you laid for cheap, get you a car for cheap, and get you an apartment and other random shit for cheap.
Check it out, there's always cool stuff on the site. You just have to dig for it at times. It's also a really good online garage sale if you got stuff you don't want.
GOKOR
digodemais
Posted 5:34 AM 7/4/08
I have a document that says a Gizmodo writer might be squandering money. heres the link
[gizmodo.com]
digodemais
Noobs-R-Us
Posted 8:16 AM 7/4/08
Pay him in Zimbabwe Dollar!!!
Noobs-R-Us
SeattleTed
Posted 4:42 PM 7/4/08
@islandhopper: Sounds pretty Michael Clayton to me.
Criagslist is where our relatives will sell all the shit they don't want after we die.
SeattleTed
uberfu
Posted 4:01 AM 8/4/08
Nah - there will be a Nintendo branded iDS Touch_ Which will be a double iPod Touch clam-shelled together in all white pearl or something retarded_
uberfu
zimstyles
Posted 8:52 AM 8/4/08
@Noobs-R-Us: play nice. zimbabwe is the only place u can be a millionaire on less than a us dollar.
zimstyles