BIGWORDS.com and Austin Powers' Mini-Me Hold Y2K BALL DROP BETA TEST; 20,000 Balls, 10,000 Dollars, 1 Mini-Me -- It's The End Of The World...For The College Bookstore.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1999-- For a stunt of "mini" proportions, BIGWORDS.com, a leading online textbook retailer and one of the fastest growing e-commerce providers for 18-24 year-olds, announced that today at the stroke of noon a Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 BALL DROP BETA TEST A test of new or revised hardware or software that is performed by users at their facilities under normal operating conditions. Beta testing follows alpha testing. Vendors of packaged software often offer their customers the opportunity of beta testing new releases or versions, and the will take place in Washington Square Park in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Verne Troyer, also known as "Mini-Me" from the blockbuster movie Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged shag 1 n. 1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair. 2. a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth. b. Cloth having such a nap. 3. A rug with a thick rough pile. Me, will emcee this shaggadelic event and a Dick Clark
Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an Emmy Award-winning American television, radio personality, game show host and businessman, he served as look-a-like will give the countdown. 20,000 BIGWORDS orange super balls will drop at 12 o'clock noon and college students who find special blue balls blue balls Lover's nuts Sexology A popular term for testicular pain caused by prolonged sexual stimulation without ejaculation will have the opportunity to win $10,000 towards their tuition (does that make you horny horn·y adj. 1. Made of horn or a similar substance. 2. Tough and calloused, as of skin. , baby?). "BIGWORDS.com is extremely concerned about the financial ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl of the Y2K semester on students who buy their textbooks at the campus bookstore," said John Bates There is more than one person called John Bates:
With BIGWORDS BUYBACK, college students now have an alternative to campus bookstore robbery when selling back their used textbooks. Ever the textbook revolutionaries, BIGWORDS.com will pay 50 percent more(1) than campus bookstores for college students' used textbooks. And to top it off, BIGWORDS.com's new PREBUY(2) program offers students who buy their next semester's new textbooks before December 20, 1999, an additional 15 percent off(3) of BIGWORDS.com's already absurdly low prices. "As an expert in all things evil, I must say that I am quite suspicious of the campus bookstores that have been ripping college students off for so many years," said Verne Troyer, who played Dr. Evil's "Mini-Me" in Austin Powers 2. "BIGWORDS.com, on the other hand, with its BUYBACK and PREBUY programs, is clearly not evil. In fact, they are incredibly good at saving college students money. BIGWORDS.com completes me." Y2K BALL DROP BETA TEST INFORMATION: -0- -- B-roll available post event -- Photo opps and interviews with Verne Troyer a.k.a. Mini-Me -- Interviews with BIGWORDS.com's dashing and witty co-founder! For more information about the Y2K BALL DROP BETA TEST, please contact Justin Jaffe, Fleishman-Hillard, at 415/356-1088 or 415/290-7774 or via email at jaffej@fleishman.com. About BIGWORDS.com BIGWORDS.com, a leading online textbook retailer to Gen Y, launched the e-commerce revolution for college students everywhere in August 1998. Dedicated to giving students a kick-ass customer experience, BIGWORDS.com is all about not having to "check your backpack at the door." As part of the company's mission to provide students this one-of-a-kind experience, BIGWORDS.com has built the first and only integrated distribution model for textbooks. Offering a unique advantage of having all the textbooks that students need ready to ship from its 90,000 sq. foot distribution center, BIGWORDS.com can reach virtually every student in America with great value, 1-2 day delivery and the widest selection of available titles in the textbook business. This winter's on-campus "RISE" guerilla campaign will reach 2,500 campuses with an army of student representatives (500+) spreading the word to fellow students. BIGWORDS.com has partnerships with MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. Online, Den.net, United Airlines and MP3.com. BIGWORDS.com is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in San Francisco with funding from 21st Century Internet Venture Partners and Geocapital Partners. -0-
(1) Based on industry averages. Local store prices may vary.
(2) Books bought using the PREBUY discount will be shipped between
December 30, 1999 and January 4, 2000, unless a later delivery
time is requested.
(3) For orders up to $500
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