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DataCraft

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#37378 12-Jul-2009 16:41

Back when the internet was a simpler place - millions could raised on the stockmarket just by putting the word .com in your prospectus. And I was getting chqs from a company called alladvantage.com

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Some interesting sites.

http://web.archive.org/web/20030124023123/http://www.geekzone.co.nz/
http://web.archive.org/web/19961020014044/http://www.microsoft.com/
http://web.archive.org/web/19990422062834/http://www.trademe.co.nz/

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#234377 12-Jul-2009 16:59

Following the Trade Me links you find "Sam" as member #81. Sam Morgan? Follow the profile on current Trade Me and you see he's still active. I wonder how many people buying things from "Sam" realises who he is...

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#234378 12-Jul-2009 17:01

Microsoft.com: "Microsoft software and 44 PCs handle all the traffic"

How times change...

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#234470 12-Jul-2009 22:10

DataCraft:
http://web.archive.org/web/19990422062834/http://www.trademe.co.nz/

that link goes to the microsoft one, not trademe.

but yes, memory lane indeed.

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#234477 12-Jul-2009 22:21

ops fixed now- MF I wonder if I purchased an item off Sam and gave him bad feedback if I would be kicked from Trademe?

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#234488 12-Jul-2009 22:40

Naww, the good ol days :(

When it didn't cost a life to sell an item.

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