Billy McFarland bought the practice wreck that’s Fyre Pageant for over $ 245,000 on eBay after a personal deal collapsed.
The Fyre Pageant model, the one which left wealthy children crying in FEMA tents, has formally been auctioned off on eBay.
The bidding began at one cent and after 175 bids and 42 folks preventing over a model with extra lawsuits than performances, the sale wrapped at $245,300.
The winner of this digital yard sale now owns every little thing from the Fyre title to its social media accounts, domains, emblems, and advertising recordsdata.
It additionally consists of outdated promo footage and even the pageant’s SMS and electronic mail lists. The fortunate purchaser additionally will get the rights to host a celebration within the Caribbean.
McFarland initially tried to promote all this in a personal deal that was supposed to generate seven figures. However after 5 days of talks, that complete plan crumbled.
That’s when he tossed the Fyre model on eBay like a used blender.
The notorious con man continues to be buried underneath $26 million in debt to buyers from the primary time he tried to throw this catastrophe of a celebration again in 2017.
In case you one way or the other forgot, the OG Fyre Pageant promised luxurious villas, connoisseur meals, and main acts however ended with folks caught on a distant island consuming cheese sandwiches and sleeping on moist mattresses.
McFarland in the end served practically 4 years of a six-year federal sentence for fraud.
And the Fyre Pageant II—the sequel McFarland swore was occurring in Might 2025 in Mexico, was axed after officers mentioned they’d no clue what he was speaking about.
No phrase but on who threw down that quarter-mil for the model or what they plan to do with it.
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