Search the archive:
YaBB - Yet another Bulletin Board
 
   
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print
Anyone know of this? (Read 460 times)
Aug 17th, 2009 at 1:59am

skoker   Offline
Colonel
Jordan never wore his
safety goggles...
1G3

Gender: male
Posts: 4611
*****
 
Has anyone heard of swoopo.com?  They have $1100 items on ther for like $20.  I want to get a d90 but don't know if the site is real.  It's set up like eBay but instead of bidding a number it goes up by .02$.
 


...
IP Logged
 
Reply #1 - Aug 17th, 2009 at 4:47am

Rich H   Offline
Colonel
Sweden Jamboree 2011!
Solihull, U.K.

Gender: male
Posts: 2082
*****
 
Just a few comments from the McAfee site advisor:

MAN, AVOID this site! they will rip you off from all your money with the bid packs.

I'm not sure how to categorize this but, I remember when my uncle was infected with a trojan it led to this site. Just use eBay. There's been a better shopping experience to be had there and this site's kinda shady.

It is terrible, and impossible so each item may go for cheap but they reap the profits everytime... wondering how? Each time a bid is bought 50p and a bid is placed the time for the bid goes up, so the more bidders the more money..... But if you wish to be refunded for the bids you have not used they may agree, but I am still waiting to be refunded (its still only been half an hour though) we will see...

Be prepared to spend several hundred dollars to win an auction if you want a high end item like a tv or computer. You have to buy bids at $1.
Plus the auction may LOOK like it's ending in the next 8 seconds, but every time someone bids, time is added to the clock. There's a definite final end date but it's sually distant.
The site is legit, but if you dont read the fine print, you'll get taken advantage of. I'm lucky(?) I only lost $20 on bidding.
 

...

"Politics" is made up of two words, "Poli", which is Greek for "many", and "tics", which are blood sucking insects. - Gore Vidal
IP Logged
 
Reply #2 - Aug 17th, 2009 at 5:12am

EJW   Offline
Colonel
Lincolnshire, UK

Posts: 2786
*****
 
Yep, I've heard of it. It was on Watchdog for breaching some fair trade act or something like that.
 
IP Logged
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print