At $.60 a bid per penny. Too rich for my blood. At Swoopo, Shopping's Steep Spiral Into Addiction http://tinyurl.com/n2klhu
"...Unlike eBay, however, on Swoopo you pay 60 cents each time you make a bid. Sixty cents? Sure doesn't sound like much when a $1,000-plus camera or computer is at stake. But consider the MacBook Pro that Swoopo sold recently for $35.86. Swoopo lists its suggested retail price at $1,799. But then look at what the bidding fee does. For each "bid," the price of the computer goes up by a penny, and Swoopo collects 60 cents. To get up to $35.86, it takes a stunning 3,585 bids -- and Swoopo gets its fee for each. That means that before selling this computer, Swoopo took in $2,151 in bidding fees. Yikes." -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:14 PM To: cf-community Subject: Anybody Swoopo? BEWARE. If you don't know what this is and have any problem - even a smidgen - with gambling, and like electronics, do NOT click on the site below. Just watching the home page may cause you to dive in with huge. The latest bid for a brand new Sony BRAVIA KDL-40Z5100 40" 1080p 240Hz LCD HDTV is $25.60 But ... as usual ... there's a small catch ... http://www.swoopo.com Oh, hey, here's a brand new 3GS 32Gig iPhone for $35.04 ...that auction is going to go on for awhile is my guess. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299910 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
