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>> REPORTER:A NEW HIGH TECH
EXCLUSIVE CLUB IS EMERGING
GOOGLE IS RELEASING MORE OF
THEIR "GOOGLE GLASS" HI-
TECH GLASSES INTO THE WILD.
BUT NOT JUST ANYONE CAN GET
THEIR HANDS ON THIS HOT TECH
ITEM
THERE'S A BIG CATCH
>> REPORTER:
RIGHT NOW ABOUT 10,000
PEOPLE HAVE A GOOGLE GLASS
UNIT.
MOSTLY GOOGLE EMPLOYEES,
CELEBRITIES, AND DEVELOPERS.
>> REPORTER:GOOGLE JUST
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE GOING TO
LET THOSE TESTERS INVITE 3
OF THEIR FRIENDS TO ALSO
BECOME TESTERS.
>> REPORTER:THESE GLASSES
WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR
PUBLIC PURCHASE UNTIL 2014.
>> REPORTER:SO YOU CAN
IMAGINE THERE IS A LARGE
TECHY GEEK POPULATION WHO
CAN'T WAIT TO GET THEIR
HANDS ON A PAIR AND HAVE
THEM BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE
IN A BLOG POST GOOGLE SAID
THEY ARE DOING THE SECOND
WAVE OF GLASS GIVE OUTS THIS
WAY BECAUSE THE EXISTING
TESTERS WILL KNOW BEST WHO
WOULD MAKE GOOD TESTERS.
>> REPORTER:THEY MIGHT HAVE
A POINT. MAYBE IT IS THE
BEST WAY TO EXPAND THE
PRODUCT.
BUT PART OF ME WONDERS IF
IT'S A BRILLIANT MARKETING
PLAN TO SPREAD HYPE YOU KNOW
MAKE THIS TECH ITEM SO
EXLUSIVE. SO HARD TO GET
YOUR HANDS ON. YOU HAVE TO
KNOW SOMEONE TO GET IT
>> REPORTER:KEEP IN MIND THE
EXISTING TESTERS HAD TO PAY
$1,500 FOR A PAIR OF GOOGLE
GLASS.
AND THE NEXT WAVE OF TESTERS
WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET
AN INVITE ALSO HAVE TO PAY
$1,500.
AND HERE IS WHERE THE STORY
TAKES THE CRAZY TURN.
>> REPORTER:ON EBAY THERE
ARE OVER 60 EXISTING GOOGLE
GLASS TESTERS ACTIONING OFF
THEIR INVITES.
>> REPORTER:SO THEY THINK
PEOPLE WILL PAY FOR THE
CHANCE TO PAY GOOGLE $1,500
FOR THESE HIGH TECH GLASSES.
AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW THEIR
RIGHT
PEOPLE ARE BIDDING
>> REPORTER:HERE IS AN
AUTION WITH 14 HOURS LEFT IT
HAS 9 BIDS. CURRENTLY AT
$355 DOLLARS SO THAT'S GOING
TO END A LOT HIGHERBUT LET'S
SAY IT DOESN'T.
SO THAT MEANS RIGHT NOW
THERE ARE PEOPLE WILLING TO
$355 JUST FOR THE RIGHT TO
PAY GOOGLE $1,500 FOR GOOGLE