Dinner With Buffett Goes For $650k

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Could you imagine paying over $650,000 to have dinner with Warren Buffett? No? Who would you pay that kind of money to have dinner with?

Mohnish Pabrai, who will put up most of the money, said Saturday that he's going to be well-prepared by the time he meets the famed investor at a New York steakhouse. "I'll probably download the menu and see what we want so we don't waste our time looking at the menu."
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i bid on that auction..but after it got past 300k i couldnt afford :(
 
Is this tech news? Or is it hanging by a thread 'cause the winner will be downloading the restaurant's menu?
 
Now before everyone starts screaming "OVERPAID CEO OMMMGGGG!!!!!!".....read the first paragraph and you will see that the money goes towards charity.
 
If I paid that much it better be:

A) The woman of my dreams covered in whipped cream and chocolate syrup, or something to that effect (right outta 9 1/2 Weeks), or...

B) Warren Buffet... "on a stick..." (old ventroliquist joke)

$650,000... get real. :)
 
bwahahahha how about them doing the same thing except with steve jobs and also another time bill gates... I won't be surprised if the winning bit will be at 700k+ just to have lunch with one of them :)
 
nvidiapwnsati said:
bwahahahha how about them doing the same thing except with steve jobs and also another time bill gates... I won't be surprised if the winning bit will be at 700k+ just to have lunch with one of them :)
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It'd be better to be able two watch the two of them have lunch. That would be worth 650K.
 
Never heard of Warren Buffet, I thought this news was gonna be about Jimmy Buffet.

Really stupid, nonetheless, to have anyone charge anyone any amount of money to have lunch with them. It's sick people have their head up their asses so much. How this is even news on this website really sickens me. Who really cares? I'd pay money to NOT have lunch with these types of people.
 
Yeah it better be an all-you-can-eat buffet...
 
Dude he's downloading the menu. Eat as much of this lobster as you want.

[inserts NSFW pic]
 
Youn said:
Never heard of Warren Buffet, I thought this news was gonna be about Jimmy Buffet.

Really stupid, nonetheless, to have anyone charge anyone any amount of money to have lunch with them. It's sick people have their head up their asses so much. How this is even news on this website really sickens me. Who really cares? I'd pay money to NOT have lunch with these types of people.
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You haven't heard of the second richest man on the planet? You also haven't heard that he is donating almost all of his money to charity, namely the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. And on top of that all the money is going to charity from the lunch so why are you so upset again? Please, get out from under your rock before you post something so ridiculous!
 
Obi_Kwiet said:
It'd be better to be able two watch the two of them have lunch. That would be worth 650K.
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lol yea!
Jobs- " how dare you stole my idea from OSX"
Gates "what?! I did not! there not the same exact things!*lol* "
Jobs - "so you still got the idea from me"
Gates " my zune kills your ipod"
Jobs- "well my iphone owns your zune"
*both of them barely starts eating because of arguing that their os/mp3 players are better then the other... lol :)

p.s. I like mac osx/ vista and I like the iphone, ipod/ zune so Im not a fan boy..
 
Please, get out from under your rock before you post something so ridiculous!
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I was mostly responding to the OP though, which asked the question: "Who would you pay that kind of money to have dinner with?"

The fact that Buffet is the 2nd richest man doesn't change my mind about anything. I know it's charity and that great. Donate the money to the charity if that's really what you care about. Being in the presense of some rich guy wouldn't make it any more worth-while for ME! That's all I was getting at! Sorry if that was unclear.
 
he's gonna download the menu ahead of time so that they wont spend alot of time looking at the menu?


pleeaase. this is what i hate about some indian people (READ: I'M INDIAN), most of them think that if you can talk to a guy for 15 more seconds, you'll fully understand his antics and how he works, thus giving the success he has. trust me, i've seen it happen way too many times - an example i will never forget is one of my mom's friend's brother got married to a girl whose dad donated ALOT of money to the democratic national party. thus, at the wedding, Al Gore, Liebermann, Hilary Clinton and quite a few others showed up.

my little bro was 8 and tried to get a pic with al gore, but this guy seriously pushed my bro away - his hand pushed my brother's chest. he then continued the conversation as if nothing happened - thankfully, gore left and got a pic with my bro.



moral of the story: us Indian folk are suck-ups - except me of course ;)
 
nvidiapwnsati said:
lol yea!
Jobs- " how dare you stole my idea from OSX"
Gates "what?! I did not! there not the same exact things!*lol* "
Jobs - "so you still got the idea from me"
Gates " my zune kills your ipod"
Jobs- "well my iphone owns your zune"
*both of them barely starts eating because of arguing that their os/mp3 players are better then the other... lol :)

p.s. I like mac osx/ vista and I like the iphone, ipod/ zune so Im not a fan boy..
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Plus Jobs whould have all the pretty presentation material and Gates would have the support of major corporations :p

O, and I am neutral as well...Zune/iPod Owner, OSX/Vista/XP User, Motorola Talker ;)
 
I would bid 650k to go back in time and have dinner with V. C. Andrews (horror/romance novelist) a month or so before she died. While I was there I would drop another 650k on shares of MSFT, and I would set up a few other timely purchases for other companies with my broker as well. By the time I got back to modern times I would be a billionaire.
 
First thing he asks....

So, how much did it cost you to set up the Cheeseburger in Paradise chain?
 
650k is not worth any amount or quality of food (well except for wooly mammoth...almost).

because frankly i don't care how good it is or how much there is...two days later it is still going to look the same in my toilet as the 11 dollar chinese buffet
 
you're all missing the point that its time to pick a billionare's brain on whatever subjects you might want to know about. it saddens me that a forum with usually smart people took this long to look past the "oh screw dinner with a rich guy that's stupid" and actually take a look at the benefits of being able to converse with a billionare.
 
being a billionare doesn't necessarily make him worth talking to, a good sit down with Bill Gates i'd be interested in, Buffett, not so much
 
topslop1 said:
you're all missing the point that its time to pick a billionare's brain on whatever subjects you might want to know about. it saddens me that a forum with usually smart people took this long to look past the "oh screw dinner with a rich guy that's stupid" and actually take a look at the benefits of being able to converse with a billionare.
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Question. If you are well endowed enough to spend 650k to eat dinner with some dude then do you really need to talk to someone about making money? Seriously 650k, I cant even picture that much money in my head let a lone comprehend why somebody would want to spend that much on having dinner with someone. :confused:
It sounds to me like someone is really greedy. Picture it this way: 650k = 1 dinner with richest dude in the world or 650k = 650k 1 dollar hookers....:D
 
he'd have to give me one hell of a stock 'tip' for that to be worthwhile

then you buy 490584908 calls or puts and hope the feds dont find you.

lol
 
I would love for the opportunity to dine with Buffett, especially with this business ties. Most people don't know, but the way you can fall with your back into the butter in terms of business success, you need to know someone who knows someone.

If I had that kind of money, I would shell it out no questions asked... the possibilities are endless for your business.
 
if you read buffet's books you basically know his mo is "if you walk into a place and you think it's great it's probably a good investment."
 
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