Not Affiliated with the LDS Church

February 7, 2005 4:41 PM

Tired of EBay scams? Think EBay is a haven for criminals? Maybe you ought to surf on over to MormonBid.com.
posted by mr_crash_davis (19 comments total)

(via KSL radio)
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:43 PM on February 7, 2005

Me? I'm ready for GayBay. Who's with me?
posted by ChrisTN at 4:48 PM on February 7, 2005

The Legend of Johnny Lingo?
Looks like junk. Any thievery? Scams? C'mon!
QuayBay. HayBay. SlayBay.
posted by nj_subgenius at 4:59 PM on February 7, 2005

Orin Hatch is a Mormon and he's one mean mf.
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 5:12 PM on February 7, 2005

Pentium III, 1.01Ghz, 376M RAM133mghz, 20M Hard Drive

Those are... unusual specs.
posted by Wolfdog at 5:25 PM on February 7, 2005

GayBay

Save your money. It sounds like fun, but ebay will hit you with a cease & desist before you even get the confirmation notice from your registrar. They demand to that you assign the doman to them or just not use it.

But you might try gaybay.cx and not list a US address.
posted by b1tr0t at 5:26 PM on February 7, 2005

Orin Hatch is a Mormon and he's one mean mf.

<Grinch music>
You're a mean one, Mister Hatch!
</Grinch music>
posted by ChrisTN at 5:29 PM on February 7, 2005

Dang, but don't that Souvenir Utah plate look good, though!
posted by QuietDesperation at 5:39 PM on February 7, 2005

1. Take a normal product.
2. Add Jesus
3. Profit!
4. Rinse, repeat.
posted by Arch Stanton at 8:58 PM on February 7, 2005

My understanding is that Utah is the white crime capital of the United States, due to the various scams and frauds perpetrated on Mormons by Mormons. Maybe one should look elsewhere.
posted by dragoon at 9:14 PM on February 7, 2005

ha, I love the categories - "primary aids" covers a lot of ground.
posted by madamjujujive at 9:28 PM on February 7, 2005

Dragoon's right - Jon Krakauer talked about that phenomenon - especially involving people playing on each other's Mormon faith - in his recent book.
posted by Leege at 9:35 PM on February 7, 2005

Oh My Joseph Smith...

If that isn't the most amateur-ish looking thing I've seen on the web in quite a while...
posted by Windopaene at 9:36 PM on February 7, 2005

You're a mean one, Mister Hatch!

I am so writing that song.

Utah's main trouble as far as swindin' goes seems to be MLM or out-and-out pyramid schemes. I think it's a product of a certain "success ethic", naivette/trust, and the smaller-world effect that comes about given the semi-closed nature of Mormon social networks. I've been approached too many times -- but thankfully, never involved.
posted by weston at 10:00 PM on February 7, 2005

Seems like this scamming is robbing Peter to pay Paul, given that Mormons give 10% of their income to the church, off the bat. As scams go, this site is for amusement purposes only.
posted by AlexReynolds at 10:33 PM on February 7, 2005

Can you sell your used Mormon underwear on this?
posted by Mayor Curley at 5:31 AM on February 8, 2005

Somewhere out there, Mayor Curley, there is someone with that fetish.
posted by orange swan at 5:43 AM on February 8, 2005

I was about 5 minutes into this site before I realized that it didn't say moronbid.com. I figured that LDS was learning disabled syndrome or something. "Moronbid is a value-driven auction/community site for those living the LDS lifestyle.."
posted by daHIFI at 10:53 AM on February 8, 2005

orange swan, what do you mean, somewhere out there? Mormon underwear has magical powers. You can cast a level 8 Polygamy or level 6 Permanent Grimace with used Mormon underwear.

dahifi, funny, moron is bastardization of mormon. I use them interchangably.
posted by fenriq at 8:32 PM on February 8, 2005