GoldenPalace.com Pays $1,209 for Pope's Hat Doritos Chip

[morea]

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GoldenPalace.com Pays $1,209 for Pope's Hat Doritos Chip
Wednesday March 23, 5:56 pm ET

SALEM, Mass., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- GoldenPalace.com, the eBay-happy Internet casino most famous for their purchase of the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich, has raised the stakes with an even cheesier purchase -- an unbelievable $1,209 for a Nacho Cheese Doritos® Chip that resembles the Pope's Mitre, otherwise known as a really tall hat.

After seeing the chip in his bag of Doritos, the seller decided that it would be unfair to not share it with the world. Following the recent trends of auctioning religious memorabilia, the chip was immediately ushered to a late-night photo session and then posted on eBay.

Incredibly, the chip received 34 bids to propel it to just over $1000 before GoldenPalace.com jumped in to win the auction. During the course of the auction, the Pope's Hat Doritos Chip eBay page received over 41,000 visitors and the seller has even created a separate website, www.PopeHatChip.com (http://www.PopeHatChip.com) to capitalize on the popularity of this eccentric item.

'We believe that this chip, like the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich, is another perfect example of American pop culture,' said Richard Rowe, CEO of GoldenPalace.com. 'In all honesty, the chip's resemblance to the Mitre is phenomenal. We felt that it would make a prefect addition to our collection. It will fit in perfectly with all our other eccentric acquisitions.'

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[Ryan8720]

Uhhh... Why? Why do they collect such things?

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[morea]

I don't know, Ryan... I just don't know. /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/shakehead.gif

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

Post Edited (morea) : 3/24/2005 12:16:21 AM GMT

[LimedDesign]

the question is, why didn't i think of that first? for being so creative I just never think of things like this.

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[morea]

I know that I have had Doritos that look like this before... and I could use a couple thousand dollars... I wonder if anyone else is buying? /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/lol.gif

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

[MD]

They bought it because of all the free publicity they get. They probably tracked the site traffic before they bought the grilled cheese and after, my guess is there was a spike. If they can buy a $1000 Dorito® and get a couple hundred new visitors it was money well spent.

The other reason is some people have too much money and nothing to do with it. This guy decided to collect religious based foodstuffs......to each their own.....

I'm poor - but even I found some money to contribute to keep GDF alive!

[uncle carbunkle]

to each their own is right, but practically EVERY bag of doritos has a 'pope chip' in it!

for the love of pete!

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