uBid Offers Football Fans Exclusive Trip to America’s
Largest Sports Spectacle
CHICAGO,
IL – JANUARY 7, 2002 – uBid, a leading retail auction and e-commerce
marketplace and majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMGI),
is providing football fans with the chance to bid on ten, five-day/four-night
packages that include tickets to Super Bowl XXXVI for one, the bidding for which
starts at $1.00. Beginning today,
January 7, and continuing through Monday, January 21, consumers may bid on the
packages at uBid, www.ubid.com - searching
under “Travel and Events” category.
“Last
year, we provided consumers with opportunities to bid on everything from
vacation packages and cruises to packages that included tickets to some of
sports’ greatest events, including the Rose Bowl and NCAA Final Four,” said
Alan Cohen, senior vice president of marketing at uBid. “Our various
relationships increasingly allow us to offer consumers affordable,
once-in-a-lifetime deals!”
The five-day/four night (January 31 –
February 4) experience includes:
·
Four
nights/five days deluxe accommodations in New Orleans, Louisiana
·
Game
day tickets with general seating to Super Bowl XXXVI in Louisiana Superdome
(upgrades available for 50 yard-line seats lower level)
About uBid
uBid, a majority-owned operating
company of CMGI, Inc., is a leading retail auction and e-commerce marketplace
that offers consumers and businesses three ways to buy and sell. The company’s
Internet auctions feature a rotating selection of more than 12,000 products
daily in 16 different product categories, providing consumers and small to
mid-sized businesses with the opportunity to purchase a wide range of brand
name merchandise, often at greatly reduced prices, through live-action bidding.
In addition to uBid’s
own auction listings or uBid Direct, uBid features uBid Preferred Partner
auctions in which consumers will find products listed by uBid-approved
businesses and backed by uBid or brand warranties. Users can also buy or sell products through uBid’s Consumer
Exchange, in which consumers list their items for auction with no listing fee.
With more
than 3 million registered users, uBid is committed to providing its customers
with the highest quality auction experience on the Internet and offers supplier
warranties on most consumer products. uBid also meets Better Business Bureau
Online standards, which gives customers the confidence and security to bid
safely online. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.ubid.com.
uBid and
uBid.com are trademarks of uBid, Inc.
All other products and services mentioned may be trademarks or service
marks of their respective owners.
This
release contains forward-looking statements, which address a variety of
subjects including, for example, the expected ability of uBid to auction the
vacation package which includes tickets to Super Bowl XXXVI and other
products. The following important
factors and uncertainties, among others, could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: uBid’s
success depends on the continued and increased acceptance of its website and
the Internet as a medium; consumer preferences for the products offered by uBid
may change rapidly; uBid’s technologies may not successfully interoperate with
those of third parties; and increased competition and technological changes in
the markets in which uBid competes. For a detailed discussion of these and
other cautionary statements, please refer to CMGI's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including CMGI's most recent Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q.
CONTACT:
Denise Mancini
Manager, Public Relations
773-272-4562
denisem@ubid.com