Cocktails with Ballmer and Gates, $760 on eBay

Even in the overpriced conference world, the going price to hang out with Ballmer and Gates is cheaper than two shares of Google. An eBay bidder paid just $760 for two passes (and one hotel room — hot!) at the Microsoft MSN 7th Annual Strategic Account Summit, a 3-day, 3-night conference in Redmond, Washington.
Speakers include founder Bill Gates, CEO Steve Ballmer, camera-happy ad exec Donny Deutsch, and Jay-Z. Geez, to get higher bids, why not just headline Jay-Z and drop this boring Microsoft crap?