Buy A $10.5M Blackberry, Get a Free Private Island

Did you know that if you buy the Blackberry 8830 from Sprint you get a free private island with your purchase? The only catch is, the phone costs $10.5 Million. OK, so this is sort of a joke, but we thought it was a clever micro-ad campaign for the 8830 World Edition smart phone. In actuality, when you try and act on this offer, you reach a check out screen that shows that the phone is actually only costing you $199.99, with the private island costing (with amenities) $10,499, 800.01. Fine, that’s all well and good, but what if you’re still interested in this fabulous offer?

Press continue and you get a message asking “Are you sure you’re a billionaire? There is no way we would sell a commodity as precious as an island on a site that just anyone could access. If you are in fact a billionaire and you’re still interested in purchasing an island, our broker would be happy to help you find one…” We’re sure they would happy to us an island… and we’d be happy if we were billionaires.