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Ugh! Flew out on Sat at 9:30 am, arrived in Madrid at 8:30 am on Sunday. Meetings Mon and Tues and then back on a plane Wed.
I haven’t caught up with all my reading and/or emails yet but I did run across Dutch Boyd’s eBay auction (thanks Will). I know Dutch has a lot of enemies due to a previous business failure and some simply don’t like his cocky attitude but if one can look beyond all of that and look at this particular auction it does bring up some interesting questions.
Is Dutch so broke he can’t afford a $2000 buy-in? Unlikely, so why would he be doing this? Scott or one of the other Crew members could easily have staked him. Is this a new market? Is there a business in lining up stakers and stakees? Am I simply jet-lagged silly and unable to think of anything interesting to say? Hmmmm . . . . you be the judge.
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April added these pithy words on Jan 13 05 at 10:05 amI, um…sorta read his blog a little (I’m bored, OK?) and he explains himself in this post. http://www.dutchboyd.com/blog/2005/01/ebay-auction-day-1.html#comments
I guess I can understand the need for a backer…but still - eBay?? Can’t wait to see who the winner is!
Bill Rini added these pithy words on Jan 13 05 at 10:41 amApril, he does address the questions but not in any sort of meaningful way. Like I said, I know some people have a beef with the guy but I’m not one of them. It just seems odd that he’s eBaying for a $3600 buy-in. I can understand that he wants to minimize his risk by looking for a backer but for someone has well known as he is, finding a $3600 backer just in his circle of friends and associates should be like asking your buddy for $5 for lunch. As for why he doesn’t ask the crew for the money, well, I don’t really think that response was a good one either. Nearly every pro working the tournament circut gets staked. Just by the very nature of the small community, you’ll be “shitting in your own backyard.”
I would actually be ok if he just said he was experimenting with a new form of matching stakers with players but his responses on his website seem a little light.
Will H. added these pithy words on Jan 13 05 at 6:23 pmMaybe Dutch just wants a free trip to Europe??? If bidding gets to $5K and the buy-in is only $3,600 he comes out ahead even if he busts out. Sounds like a good deal to me!
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