Swoopo.com

[Jimmy Carter]

Just read about this place online.

Talk about a rip-off. I've never heard of the place before but it sure is an ingenious business model.

How NOT to get a great deal this Christmas : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech

 

[redbenn]

We are sorry, but we are unable to offer our service in the following states:
Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Tennessee, Vermont, Puerto Rico and protectorates.

at least some states are smart

 

[OCBuckWife]

I forget where I first heard about this place but it horrified me that people didn't realize what was happening. It is truly an example of the American dream, and fits the quote "There is a sucker born every minute."

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Talk about a rip-off. I've never heard of the place before but it sure is an ingenious business model.

Someone really had their shit together when they thought this up. "Ingenious" is an understatement...

 

[buckiprof]

at least some states are smart

Yet how many of those states have lotteries? A lottery is nothing more than a tax on the mathematically illiterate.

 

[redbenn]

Yet how many of those states have lotteries? A lottery is nothing more than a tax on the mathematically illiterate.

but i know i can win

 

[exhawg]

Here's an idea. Create your own site with the exact same idea just with 50 cent bids and 25 cent increases. Find deals all over the web, list them yourself, and have the winning items drop shipped to the winner. If they are smart they have some type of calculation built into the bidding that places a fake bid until the item breaks even. I can't fault someone for coming up with this and making money. If people are stupid enough to waste money on it so be it.

 

[krazeyk]

Wow for shitz and giggles i checked out the site and people were bidding on $1000 cash voucher. It went for $230 that shows what this site does. Also there was a bid on 300 free* bids. This went for 330$. I'm still scratching my head on that one as bids cost $0.75 each

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Wow for shitz and giggles i checked out the site and people were bidding on $1000 cash voucher. It went for $230 that shows what this site does. Also there was a bid on 300 free* bids. This went for 330$. I'm still scratching my head on that one as bids cost $0.75 each

Just goes to show that the folks who came up with this site realized just how many total fucking idiots have access to the internet...

 

[martinss01]

im with buckiprof. how is this different in anyway from a casino or the lotto?