movieguy Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Barbecue Chain Buys p*** Web Site for $6G By Associated Press July 1 2005, 9:15 PM EDT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Surfers trying to find the barbecue chain Sticky Fingers on the Internet no longer face the possibility of ending up at a much saucier Web site. The Charleston company spent $6,000 to buy the address www.stickyfingers.com from a site offering pornography. "Now we don't have to talk to angry customers calling, thinking we're perverts," said Jeff Goldstein, one of three men who own the 15-restaurant chain in the Carolinas, Florida and Tennessee. During the 10 years the restaurant tried to buy the domain name, the company received a couple of calls a day from upset people who found p*** instead of ribs and sauce, Goldstein said. Since taking over the address, site visits have more than quadrupled and online sales have doubled, co-owner Chad Walldorf said. Copyright © 2005, The Associated Press links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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