Homeless Man BANNED By Flippa: FEMA Mobilizes

Okay okay… so FEMA isn’t really getting involved.  I just couldn’t think of another large acronym rich organization to include in that shocking headline!

Here’s the story: If you’ve been paying attention to my emails for the past few days then you know I was in the process of selling off some web properties via a site called “Flippa.com”  Flippa, if you don’t already know, is the worlds largest site for buying and selling websites.

First off… they are a FANTASTIC place to scoop up really cool stuff for great prices.  (I bought a freaking FaceBook ap/game with about 88,000 registered users based on that crazy Twilight Movie/Book series for super cheap!)

Well MY auction didn’t go quite as smoothly!

As it turns out (and in their defense I would probably have done the same thing) due to new accounts being created and bidding like crazy…  It looked like I was gaming the system and trying to “inflate” the price.

In reality it was because I had told my subscribers and a lot of them wanted in!

So one minute everything’s going totally sweet… the bids and messages were rolling in and then I refreshed the page and saw the words:

Your Account Has Been Banned

Since this happened in the final 24 hours of the auction (which had reached #1 by a HUGE margin) I was unable to accept new bids or even access my account.

Obviously messages were sent and support tickets created…

OH THE HORROR! Yes!  They re-activated my account!   But when they did it was AFTER the technical close of the auction…

This caused the highest bidder at the time of ban to be automatically declared the winner!

Holy crap!

Next thing you know I have a TON of angry/confused messages asking me what happened and why they couldn’t bid…

The Good News: Clearly the auction was rendered null and void.  It was an honest mistake on the part of the Flippa staff and one they are fixing as we speak.

So at the time of me writing this post, IAS remains unsold.

The Bad News: Even though nobody was really at fault, I feel HORRID about the poor dude who got the “YOU WON!” email.

I can imagine it felt a lot like getting exactly what you wanted on Christmas only to open the box and find out it’s broken and the company selling it went out of business.

So I’ve gone ahead and contacted him to apologize for the misunderstanding and to offer him something really cool for his trouble.

The REALLY Good News: This is where YOU come in.

Because I received a HUGE number of messages asking me how I’m able to create these fully automated online business models I’ve decided to host a ONE TIME LIVE Webinar.

I’m actually going to show you behind the scenes of my business and give you a step by step 6 figure automated blueprint so you can actually build one of these things yourself.

As in YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY IT! Yes.  On this webinar I will actually give you the entire blueprint.

BONUS: And then I’m going to show you how to drive TONS of traffic to your sites without having a list and without any real effort.

DO NOT miss this.  Seriously.  Mega content will be taught and if you don’t register NOW you’ll miss out

Action Step: >> Click Here & Register NOW <<

I’ll see you Thursday!

Jonny

PS: Make sure you leave your comments below!

 

 

17 Responses to “Homeless Man BANNED By Flippa: FEMA Mobilizes”

 

Once again Jonny you are beyond funny! I think it’s really cool you took everything so well and are even willing to do something for the guy who won/lost.

I just registered for the webbinar can’t wait to see what you’re going to teach!

Karen

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 11:32 am

 

 

Hey Karen, thanks for registering!

Truth be told I was a touch “miffed” when the lights came back on and I found out basically everybody was totally screwed… however I did calm down pretty fast.

What they did when they (temporarily) banned my account was very understandable and I’m glad they fixed the error.

I just wish the initial “fix” hadn’t caused so many other problems! But I’m sure they’ll get everything sorted out shortly.

See you Thursday!

Jonny

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 11:35 am

 

 

Hahahahahahaha! Nice work man. Yea, I’ll get in on that webinar, sounds like the sort of thing I’m totally needing right now

Thanks!

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 11:38 am

 

 

Hey Jonny,

Well i actually looked at your auction but it was way out of my budget in any case, so anyway going to register for the webinar.

Chris

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 11:51 am

 

 

Hey Jonny,
Thanks for offering the webinar. I registered before realizing I won’t be able to attend. Will there be a replay of access to the replay afterwords?
Thanks,
Tim

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 12:07 pm

 

 

Hi Jonny,

I sort of know how you feel, I got the same sort of email from Amazon “Your account has been closed”, they just moved the goalposts.Ah well that’s my problem. Looking forward to seeing what you have in store for us.

Kindest Regards,

Martin

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 12:22 pm

 

 

It was very honourable of your to follow up and explain everything to the dude.

Nice to see in this world of madness
kt

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 12:33 pm

 

 

Well thank you!

Jonny

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 12:35 pm

 

 

Hey Jonny,

I’m sorry for laughing but I just can’t help it.
Look at the brite side.You are going to make a lot more people happy even though they can’t purchase your website.
Looking forward to the webinar.

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 12:41 pm

 

 

Cool, already registrar for the webby, I’ve bought and sold some stuff on flippa and always looking towards more ways to make $$$ on the interwebs.

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 12:42 pm

 

 

Welcome back Spooky stuff. I sent you an email voicing concern I was mortified and glad to hear all is fixed. I Thought I was going blind till I realized it was just the electricity off

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 12:46 pm

 

 

First of all, Congratulations!

When we last spoke you were working your butt off on tga, your wife wasn’t well, you were worried, working while worried, and just plain working.

I’m thrilled for you that the last few years have gone as they have.

it’s because of you and how much you give to everybody, that why I keep going!

You have to be the best marketing mentor on line!

No one is as friendly or as personable as you!!!

Enjoy your new found success and happiness Jonny, you deserve it!

And secondly, when I tried to register at Flippa,I couldn’t, the registration form was frozen!!!!!

You didn’t cause that too did you?

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 12:53 pm

 

 

Isn’t it ironic how some of these networks shut you down when you are doing exactly what they intended to have their sites allow you to do?

Goes to show, many businesses would be more successful if they didn’t allow fear to get in the way.

Perhaps they could have gave you a ring on the phone before they turned off the power… just to check things out lol.

Thanks for all you do buddy

Bob Yeager

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 3:32 pm

 

 

Hi there,

This will be very interesting. I started to love website flipping using the marketplace called Flippa.

The fact is that, I don’t really have much understanding on how it works. So, I am thinking that this might be the best opportunity for me to learn.

Thank you very much for sharing and I am looking forward to the webinar.

- Felix

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 8:28 pm

 

 

I was wondering what happened I was watching it and all of a sudden it was gone.. I’ll be on the webinar if this ISP behaves on me I’m out of the country and let me tell you. Give thanks the kind of internet access we have in The US and parts of Europe cause it sucks here hehe.

See you on the webinar
Mario

Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:44 am

 

 

thanks jonny, cant wait to smell the muler!

Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:07 am

 

 

Got here too late. Webinar over

Any chance of a replay?

Thanks

Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:32 pm