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#126 Posted: 4/4/2010 2:59:48 AM
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#128 Posted: 4/4/2010 6:20:54 PM |
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#129 Posted: 4/4/2010 7:12:07 PM QUOTE Originally Posted by PatrickBateman:
Just look at the people they have claiming to have won items, they all looked like staged photos
Yeah, but they really dont even need to "fix" or "stage" anything.
If you actually figure out how much money the site is making on these individual items it is staggering. A computer that sells for $38 makes the company like $3,800. |
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#130 Posted: 4/4/2010 7:40:24 PM QUOTE Originally Posted by dj_destroyer:
I heard about this like 8 years ago.. though it was a slightly different concept that involved guessing the final price of the item, kind of.
Basically, it was a blind auction and you could pick any price you wanted going up/down by 1 cent increments. Whoever gets the lowest UNIQUE bid, wins it for that price.
So if you bid a penny and you're the only person to bid 1 cent, then you get the product for a penny. Of course, the company makes money off of all the other bids placed... and what's even worst is that hundreds of people could big on the same price and not even know it.
For example, there could be hundreds of bids on all the price points from 1 cent up to 100 dollars but people will keep bidding low in hopes that they were the only one to do so, because remember, you need to be the lowest UNIQUE bidder.
I forget what it's called but the whole 'lowest unique bidder' thing adds a twist.
bidjam.co.uk
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#131 Posted: 4/5/2010 10:50:15 AM |
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#132 Posted: 4/5/2010 11:00:45 AM QUOTE Originally Posted by misfit_aka:
those sites will be illegal soon FTC is already looking into them...
I have read about this as well. a few of them got caught already not actually selling the items. |
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#133 Posted: 4/5/2010 1:49:47 PM
What has me lmao, is the little phrase on the top.
"Entertainment Shopping" |
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#134 Posted: 4/5/2010 2:01:23 PM |
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#135 Posted: 4/5/2010 2:31:09 PM
http://www.swoopo.com/auction/apple-macbook-mc207ll-a-13-3-inch-laptop/302093.html |
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#136 Posted: 3/19/2011 4:30:01 PM scoreit.com
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#137 Posted: 3/19/2011 4:55:07 PM  |
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#138 Posted: 3/19/2011 5:03:34 PM QUOTE Originally Posted by samuelsosa:
Pezeveng...........I heard on Mike and Mike that if you go to SKOREIT.com and use the bonus code MIKE , that you get 50 free bids. Thats what they said.
Its 50 useless bids. Anytime you bid for something someone outbids you.
I would like to meet an actual person that won a bid. |
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#139 Posted: 3/19/2011 5:56:31 PM |
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#140 Posted: 3/19/2011 6:45:49 PM
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#141 Posted: 3/19/2011 7:36:06 PM |
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#142 Posted: 3/20/2011 11:25:22 PM QUOTE Originally Posted by pezeveng:
Its 50 useless bids. Anytime you bid for something someone outbids you.
I would like to meet an actual person that won a bid.
It is impossible.
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#143 Posted: 3/20/2011 11:26:07 PM QUOTE Originally Posted by Spitfire15:
Van are you gonna give this another try soon?
Only if someone figures out a way to get 50 free bids.
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#144 Posted: 3/20/2011 11:50:02 PM
Even with these 'free bids' they are just free bids to pay the current price, which you won't win anyway. The bids are where the $'s at - I am going to get those 50 free bids and sell them on ebay!! 
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