Gmail in demand
MSNBC - Search is on for Gmail names
Years after the rush to snatch up prime "dot-com" addresses, the latest Internet land-grab is on. This one started in April, when Google surprised the Web-connected world by announcing it is getting into the free e-mail business, with a service it calls Gmail.
For something that will eventually cost nothing -- Google has not announced when the service will be available to the public -- people are willing to trade all sorts of things for the right to snag a choice e-mail identity. At one Web site that connects the Gmail haves with the have-nots, a man is offering to lend his car for a week to anyone who can connect him with an account. On eBay, that trusty barometer for what things are really worth at any moment, accounts have topped $70
People will pay for anything. I recieved 3 accounts. Gave 1 to Equality, and one to somebody at Blogger Forum. No regrets.
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