People are clever as all go get!
Kind of like the old name a star after someone silliness.
Somebody is selling land ownership in Scotland by the square foot as novelty ownership so you can officially call yourself Lord, Lady, or Laird!
$50 a square foot and you get a nice little title packet to download and they plant a tree on it. If you want them to print you a packet it will be $80!

These people are freaking genius!!

There are 43,560 square feet in an acre multiple that by $50 and one gets $2,178,000!
I can promise you this is the crappiest land possible in Scotland. Sure they have some title fees but I am guessing $178,000 easily covers the purchase of the crap acre of land and title fees. With money left over for a single social media advertising campaign!

Genius pure genius !!!!!!!!

I'd be interested in buying an OBE

I mean...well, you know

Cards Against Humanity did something similar, in 2014 they bought a private island in Maine and gave "ownership" of one sq foot to 250,000 people that bought a $15 gift box.

They raked in 3.75 Million for an island they paid 200k for.

Sounds like International Star Registry has branched out. Lol.

Not interested in purchasing but I would like to know what type of tree they might have any chance of getting to grow in 1 square foot. Of course, they just promised to plant it…

One of my brands of Scotch comes with a deed for a square foot of land in Scotland

Paul Joseph Watson was shilling for them all last year.

I know a guy who bought two plots-one for him and one for his wife (who is of Scottish ancestry) as an anniversary present. It was part their 25th year celebration and included a trip to Scotland.

They’ve had a lot of fun with it.

And yeah, pure genius on the part of the seller

Many years ago Jack Daniels had a program called Tennessee Squires where each Squire was given one square inch of Tennessee land. I used to get funny emails from them; one was from a fellow asking if he could coon hunt on my property.

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Originally posted by StarTraveler:
Not interested in purchasing but I would like to know what type of tree they might have any chance of getting to grow in 1 square foot…

I'd plant kudzu.

Feed it some cinder blocks and motor oil and it'll grow like crazy!

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Originally posted by StarTraveler:
Not interested in purchasing but I would like to know what type of tree they might have any chance of getting to grow in 1 square foot…

I'd plant kudzu.

Feed it some cinder blocks and motor oil and it'll grow like crazy!

So the 1954 F150 on blocks isn't necessary?

I've seen that since the 1990s.

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Originally posted by StarTraveler:
Not interested in purchasing but I would like to know what type of tree they might have any chance of getting to grow in 1 square foot. Of course, they just promised to plant it…

Bonsai tree.

I have a friend with whom I regularly communicate. He purchased said square foot… signs his e mails “James, Lord of Scotland.”

Santa Clause House , North Pole, Alaska selling land with a deed ( 1 square inch) for the cost of $9.95... Been there and say that is one hell of a deal if it bring joy and delight to your young children or grandchildren.......................... drill sgt.

Two years ago wife and I were on our bi-annual vacation at Folly Beach just below Charleston S.C. and few houses down I saw a strange sign posted out on the beach at low tide.



Seems back taxes were owned on this plot of land... something like 15x40 ft on the beach which is under water at high tide. I was tempted to see if I could pay the taxes on it so I could own beach property but the drive back to Charleston is too far for the trouble.

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One of my brands of Scotch comes with a deed for a square foot of land in Scotland

Laphroaig Link

Interesting tidbit. The Clans in Scotland were originally organized groups of cattle thieves who would make their last name the name of their clan. After a fair bit of time they then evolved into true family groups With clan membership being passed down to descendents. BTW, my great grandmother's maiden name was Margaret Scott and the Scott's in Pennsylvania were basically Scott's from Scotland who migrated to America.

I wonder if I could bury my ashes on my one square foot plot ?