GiveMeMoneyForMyMistake.com

An effort to squeeze lemonade from a bitter pill: Zack Preble, the Internet marketer behind CondoFiasco.com, has a plan to come up with $285,000 that he needs to complete the purchase of a Miami condo unit that he reserved with a $70,000 down payment in 2004.

His plan, outlined at the site (see Inman News), relies on other people supplying that money to complete the purchase. He says that when he sells the condo unit he plans to return the money to the folks who pay for ads at the site, but offers no guarantees. "Does this mean you won't get your $35.50 back? No. It only means I can't promise you anything. It is a chance you are taking," the Web site states.

While he had initially planned to sell shares of the condo unit for $35.50 apiece, legal complications with U.S. securities laws have blunted that sales pitch, and Preble says he is only selling pixel ads links at his Web site and associated receipts, at $35.50 per tiny pixel ad. There are spaces for 10,000 pixel ads -- Preble owns 1,971 of those based on his down payment for the condo unit.

Others have pulled off some creative Internet marketing campaigns, namely www.millionairehomepage.com and www.oneredpaperclip.com.

By the way, it looks like GiveMeMoneyForMyMistake.com is unregistered.

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