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Liliana Roman-Hamilton
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I see Jul 9, 2007

Thanks for clearing that out Tadzio, I agree with you.

To answer Ivana's question: as far as I could see, here on tv they didn't broadcast anything live (they had an extensive coverage of the Live Earth concert instead). I got the news from the Web.
 
Ritu Bhanot
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7 Wonders Sale Jul 9, 2007

Tadzio Carvallo wrote:
By the way: Ritu Bhanot, I can't see what the "sevenwonders" site is trying to sell.

TADZIO



Well, while the voting was going on, they were selling certificates that certified that you'd voted among other things. Of course, it was optional.

And now, they are selling a lot of things... just check out the site:

http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=422

BTW the brain behind this campaign is a well known business-man and for obvious reasons UNESCO has distanced itself from this campaign and just check out UNESCO has a much better list of World Heritage sites...

http://whc.unesco.org/

Just in case you want to read more:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/80027.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19652635/
http://www.indiaenews.com/india/20070705/59232.htm

And do you know that people could vote more than once, the only condition was that you voted from a separate e-mail id or phone number every time. And every time you sent an SMS from your mobile phone to vote, it was not at the normal rate but at a higher rate. Just like all those game-shows

Anyways, evidently Mr. Weber is an intelligent entrepreneur and no one can deny that

So who is the real winner?


P.S.: I guess even UNESCO list is not really complete... but it is open so new destinations can always be included if they fulfill the criteria

[Edited at 2007-07-09 06:30]
 
megane_wang
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I agree... Jul 9, 2007

... with Ritu. This is just a marketing operation.

In Spain I listened to a radio ad which invited to vote for one of those "wonders". The SMS cost was almost 2 Euros. If you take into account the radio ad costs, it's easy to imagine that there has already been big money moving around this.

I simply can't believe that so many people are interested on that. Is it SO important what 7 or 8 or 15 are the most beautiful or interesting in the world? Everyone should have their... See more
... with Ritu. This is just a marketing operation.

In Spain I listened to a radio ad which invited to vote for one of those "wonders". The SMS cost was almost 2 Euros. If you take into account the radio ad costs, it's easy to imagine that there has already been big money moving around this.

I simply can't believe that so many people are interested on that. Is it SO important what 7 or 8 or 15 are the most beautiful or interesting in the world? Everyone should have their own and free (?) opinion about that!!

Ruth @ MW ▲ Collapse
 
lingomania
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I agree Jul 10, 2007

..........and I cannot but agree with both of my colleagues above. Seriously, let's not "commercialize" the wonders of the world too.

Rob
 
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