Bid on an Office set visit!
Friday, June 8th, 2007 | 70 comments
Note: the original listing was removed. Click the link below to go to the new listing.
The winner of this auction item and three guests will be given a V.I.P. tour of NBC’s shooting facility in Los Angeles and join the cast and crew for lunch. In addition, the winner will get to watch scenes being filmed for an actual episode.
Having visited the set myself, I guarantee that this will be one of the most exciting days of your life. :)
The auction ends June 15th.
Link: Bid on Office set visit (relisted)
Tipster: Matt
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Does it show up as ‘relisted’ for anyone? The link took me to the first auction, shown as ended. Also, the seller of the first auction did not show any items for sale.
Amazing. Congrats, Bidder 12!! I can’t for your report!!!
sigh… I tried bidding… and failed. Bidder 12, if you have any problems getting 3 other guests to go with you, I will gladly chip in for one of those passes. Congratulations!!
Bidder 12 here. Yes, I have more money than sense. Things got a little crazy with the bidding but I was dead set on winning it. You only live once and all that..you know. Anyway I will try to represent for the OT with pride! I told Jennie I’d file a full report with pics after it’s over. So expect that some time this fall.
Almost 12 grand… impressive. Man, I wish I had that kind of money to blow. (twss)
Yes, an OT reader won the auction! :)
Bidding has ended. Winning bid: $11,649.52
Bidder 12, are you here? :-)
Penny Elaine:
The “Office” set is actually in an office park out in Sherman Oaks (not to be confused with the real office they used in Van Nuys), about 5 miles north. They sometimes use an office roof adjacent to the Universal lot to shoot rooftop scenes, like in “Safety Training.” So nope, not on the tour.
(Had a friend who went on a business call to the office park and found out all this, I’m not a stalker :) )
Does anyone know if The Office set is part of the NBC tour? I haven’t gone on the tour in over 10 years and it was only The Tonight Show and Days of Our Lives, so it was quite boring.
WOW – almost $4000!!! I love this show, but I also love having a roof over my head, food on my table and a vehicle to drive.
All that PLUS airfare from the East Coast and accomodations.
Oh well – maybe a few of them will show up at the Convention and it will only cost me 2 hours worth of gas to see them :)
Good Luck to those bidding!
K -
I agree with you. Although this contest is a good way to make a few (ahem…thousand?) bucks (even though, as some people have suggested, this contest doesn’t look completely legit), there should be a creative-type contest that allows winners to at least communicate with the cast – like the Skype calls a while back (without the eBay) – if not go for a set visit. But I think right now The Office is in such hot demand (which is a good thing!) that they’re trying to milk it for all it’s worth … if it were a lesser TV show that wasn’t doing so good in the ratings they might consider a contest for people without ridiculous bank accounts. We’ll keep our fingers crossed though … and good luck to any people here who are going to bid!
damn. its up to 3000. so much for that.
Hello my fellow DunderMifflinites! =)
If anyone is seriously interested in bidding for the set visit, please let me know. I got to go to the Paleys earlier this year and that was a GREAT experience. When I saw that Tanster and GMMR got to visit the set, I made it one of my ‘life goals’ =P The opportunity is here and I’d really LOVE to give it shot. =) If anyone is interested in co-bidding with me, please let me know. I’m in northern california, so more than likely I’ll be driving to LA for this. If you’re not from california, I’d be more than happy to pick you up from the airport (you can either fly to NorCal (Oakland)and just go on a roadtrip tp SoCal with me or just fly out to SoCal and we can meet there. This is something I’d really LOVE to do and who better so share the experience with, than my fellow office-obsessors? =P send me an email @ elleinad_r@yahoo.com and we can devise up a plan. If you haven’t already checked, the auction is up to 1500. Let me know! ;)
Whoops, should have said “repeatedly.” Or maybe I should just avoid confusion and say “over and over again” (that’s what she said) :).
Yay! thanks for investigating, Tanster! Glad to hear it’s still legit – though I do agree with DMD. Still, it’s a wonderful opportunity!
No worries. I thought the exact same thing y’all did, so I immediately contacted NBC, who confirmed that this auction is legit. :)
Tanster, please disregard the previous comment i left, as i have more i’d like to add. THANKS! =)
Sara, I thought the same thing at first. Tanster has already confirmed w/ NBC that its legit. =)
As for the taxes, I believe that since this is an auction and your purchasing the set-visit as opposed to ‘winning a contest’ there shouldn’t be any taxes imposed. ..but thats just my opinion.. >.
It would be awesome if NBC offered an opportunity like this that was not just based on money…like, if they had an essay contest or something and selected a few winners. It’s really cool that they’re offering a set visit, but it would be too bad if the winner of the auction ends up just being some casual Office fan who happens to have deep pockets.
Sorry, one more post. The auction’s wording is a bit off. It starts of with “their” production, and then it starts using the phrase “our”, as though NBC is promoting this.
Isn’t there a considerable chance that this auction is a fake? For auctions such as this, an explanation of the exact prizes and explanation of taxes, exact airfare, etc. are usually added. Am I suspicious? Absolutely. Until NBC confirms this prize, I’m going to take the entire auction with a grain of salt.
Wholesies I agree with you.
Oh and guys I would love to join the group for the bid too!!