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Mumsnet Nickname Auction... - all proceeds for A Mile for Maude

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OliviaMumsnet · 26/04/2007 11:04

...Coming soon to Mumsnet.
We'll be auctioning off some of the best nicknames. So if there's a name that you've been hankering after, get your wallet ready and watch this space.

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foxinsocks · 26/04/2007 11:07

oooooooooh

foxinsocks · 26/04/2007 11:08

not current ones?

Ladymuck · 26/04/2007 11:14

Isn't that going to be incredibly confusing? Would love Suedonim, but don't want to confuse people by suddenly appearing as her IYSWIM? Or is this about unused names, such as Cod hankering after Dogsby?

Marina · 26/04/2007 11:15

Ladymuck, it is long unused ones I think.
So people who have yearned to be Dogsby, now can be, etc

IdrisTheDragon · 26/04/2007 11:18

I wonder how long unused they have to have been?

Marina · 26/04/2007 11:20

I think it is a bit like college lockers.
The owners get a mail saying, if you do not use this name in...a month...it's gone.
I guess they will be writing to people who have either never posted or haven't done so for a year or more.

Fubsy · 26/04/2007 11:21

Will these be names of people who have not used MN for ages? Otherwise how will we know they are not somebody's old namechange?

carriemumsnet · 26/04/2007 12:04

We're still working out the nuts and bolts of how this will work, but we will be back, hopefully later today, with a cunning plan.
There's certainly a list of names that have been registered and then never used, but there may also be scope for us to look into auctioning names that folks have hankered after... as long as the price is right of course

Will report back later

anteater · 26/04/2007 12:16

How much for Mrs Doughtfire,
or even Tootsie??

suedonim · 26/04/2007 13:20

Oi, gerroff, LadyM!!

MascaraOHara · 26/04/2007 13:25

Oooo I've always wanted fenellathekettlewitch but it was taken

Ladymuck · 26/04/2007 13:25

I hope that your internet connection is working in Lagos my dear! It would be most unfortunate if you couldn't post for a month (in every sense actually).

suedonim · 26/04/2007 13:50

It works intermittently, LadyM. Rather like the rest of Nigeria, come to think of it.

mytwopenceworth · 26/04/2007 13:52

can we donate some of our unwanted name changes? i've got loads that i'm never going to use again.

should i put them in a bin liner and leave them by the door?

Flamesparrow · 26/04/2007 14:01

I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed Flame!

Tripthelightfantastic · 26/04/2007 14:11

What if its a name you change to and only use now and then????

FiveFingeredFiend · 26/04/2007 14:16

The richest members of the mumsnet society get the pick.

JustineMumsnet · 26/04/2007 14:17

The difficulty with nicknames that have been used already is that obviously there are previous posts. And you don't really want to have a nickname with a posting history that's not your own - as said that would be confusing.

So what we think is that if you would really like a nickname and we find that it hasn't been used much - say only once or twice in March 2001 on the For Sale board - then we're happy to delete the previous posting history and transfer the nickname.

We'll publish a list of nicknames never used shortly (ie when Tech surfaces) and if the one you're desperate for isn't on the list you can let us know and we'll see if we can make it available.

Hope that makes sense.

MamaG · 26/04/2007 14:17

I'm special as I got BingoStingo for free

JustineMumsnet · 26/04/2007 14:18

Incidently all the proceeds of the auction are for a Mile for Maude (whoops we should have made that clear in the title)

MamaG · 26/04/2007 14:18

will make donation quick

SoupDragon · 26/04/2007 14:19
MamaG · 26/04/2007 14:20
JustineRoberts · 26/04/2007 14:26

This one was free.

MamaG · 26/04/2007 14:27

giggles

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