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07-27-2016, 09:47 AM
Australian man wins a tropical island in an online raffle
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For the budget price of AU$49 an Australian man has won himself a tropical bloody island. More specifically a tropical resort on the Micronesian island of Kosrae, aa place so perfectly remote and teensy that it barely registers on a world map.
SEE ALSO: For the right price, you could own an island on the Great Barrier Reef (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/keswick-island-australia-sale-great-barrier-reef/)
Australian couple Doug and Sally Beitz decided to take an unconventional route (http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/82521476/australian-couple-who-raffled-off-their-island-in-micronesia-pick-a-winner) when it came to selling off their island paradise. Instead of a super boring auction or property listing, the couple decided to raffle (https://wintheislandestates.com/enter/) off their island home online, in the hopes that they could change someone's life.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/man-wins-tropical-island/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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For the budget price of AU$49 an Australian man has won himself a tropical bloody island. More specifically a tropical resort on the Micronesian island of Kosrae, aa place so perfectly remote and teensy that it barely registers on a world map.
SEE ALSO: For the right price, you could own an island on the Great Barrier Reef (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/keswick-island-australia-sale-great-barrier-reef/)
Australian couple Doug and Sally Beitz decided to take an unconventional route (http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/82521476/australian-couple-who-raffled-off-their-island-in-micronesia-pick-a-winner) when it came to selling off their island paradise. Instead of a super boring auction or property listing, the couple decided to raffle (https://wintheislandestates.com/enter/) off their island home online, in the hopes that they could change someone's life.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/man-wins-tropical-island/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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