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Google wave invites going for ~$100 on ebay

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12 bids, $100: http://cgi.ebay.com/Google-Wave-Invite_W0QQitemZ320430457658...

9 bids, $102,50: http://cgi.ebay.com/Google-Wave-Invite_W0QQitemZ280403832589...

Also, this:

    Startup idea: an eBay system to sell invites you get from Google Beta programs.

- http://twitter.com/migueldeicaza/status/4506427752

They're a waste of money at any price. I hear from a friend who activated his wave account this morning, that you can't create a wave account that has the same name as a gmail account. So it seems very likely that all gmail accounts will eventually be wave accounts someday anyway.

When I got access to Wave a few months ago, it was not possible to associate Gmail accounts with Wave at the time.

I am guessing that with the new rollout, they have made it possible.

My Wave username is the same as my Gmail one.

If the wave invitation is sent to one's existing gmail account, that shouldn't be a problem. Still, people are crazy with their money!

Just today I went through the process of associating my gmail account to my wave account.

As for whether or not it's a waste, if you were a developer looking to leverage the Wave platform, and have not already gotten an invite, I'd guess $100 is a very small price to pay for access.

If you're a developer, what you really want is sandbox access (already free), not an public beta invite...

http://code.google.com/apis/wave/guide.html

I'm stupid, I had 8 this morning! Now I only have 8 happy friends ... ;)

Did your friends actually get into Wave or are they just on the (very very long) list? There's a huge amount of invite begging going on but it's not clear that these "invites" are worth anything.

As far as I know, all are on the long list.

8 happy friends are far more valuable than 800 bucks (assuming you didn't need the money). :)

People were bidding crazy money for gmail invites a while back, too.

Human herd behaviour at it's best.

I can moo better than anyone, just try me!

These are Sandbox invites. In all likelihood your gmail account will become your wave account and the sandbox accounts may or may not stay alive as developer accounts. Spending money on invites is pointless.

No. I've had a wavesandbox.com account since late May or early June. Yesterday in my wavesandbox.com account there was a Wave with a one-time-use link to create a normal Wave account.

These normal wave accounts (@gmail.com) are what everyone is getting now, and are totally separate from the previous @wavesandbox.com accounts. (Yes, one day, probably every Gmail account will be a Wave account - but not for a while).

so these are for the wavesandbox.com dev server? i got in on the first (uh..) wave of invites ages ago, but haven't received any codes today.

Yes (as far as I know). My wife got one yesterday and it was for wavesandbox.com.

Edit: I was wrong. The new invites are for the production server.

Hmm, I've had google wave for some months now, and I somehow don't see much a use for it at the moment.

Hmm. Glad I didn't pay for mine. I'm sitting here playing with myself in a solitary Wave...

Who wants an invite to my Wave? You've got to already have an Apps account @ googlewave.com.

I wouldn't mind getting on your wave. It'd be nice to have something to do besides talk at myself... :P

[username]42 at googlewave

Whats your wave account? Ive got a wave also..

Sure, just send me one of your invites ;)

brapse at googlewave

This is silly! How many degrees of separation are there from someone with wave invites...

Can anyone send me an invite please? My email is peteris.krumins---gmail.com. Thanks! (replace --- with @)

Edit: I wonder why this is getting downvoted. This seems a completely ok comment to me.

Edit2: A good person just notified me that he has sent me an invite! Thanks dan!

can you get me an invite? i'd really appreciate it. drkrool--gmail--com

Everyone wants to be one of the first.

It's not even an immediate either. They are paying to stand in line.

Like Amazon pre-orders.

Buy it now 75$ ! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=30035...

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