has anyone won on swoopo? merged

GoofyGAT

CHR15 wrote: »

The Brainlessness of people is staggering.

And so is their greed.

Makes a refreshing change when someone spots their mistake quickly enough, admits to it & changes, doesn't it? G

mightymole

found this auctio site which does high ended products

but it charges you 50p per bid

http://www.swoopo.co.uk/new.html

im not sure wether to join or not and i value mser's opinions

monkeysplunk

Don't bother.
Do a search and see how much money you can waste.
Just start saving.

POSSETTE

there have been loads of threads on this subject,just do a search for them on this site..stay away from them..

_sleepless_

NOOOOOO

sleepless

CHR15

mightymole wrote: »

found this auctio site which does high ended products

but it charges you 50p per bid

http://www.swoopo.co.uk/new.html

im not sure wether to join or not and i value mser's opinions

Are you for Real???

competitionscafe

I think topcashback should block swoopoo and some of the other scammy google ads they have on there - very easy to block specific sites with adsense. I realise that this is how TCB earn their money so you don't have to pay £5, but it makes them look bad when they have swoopo ads and also those scam get rich quick work from home ads on there.

jumbojuice

ive seen swoopo on pretty much every gaming site that has adsense - they must be spending a hell of a lot on adwords to get the punters in to then take their money for bids!

soolin

Also strangely advertised on the ebid site. Although it isn't actually named as swoopo until you click the link, it shows as "online auction bidding Brand New Auction Concept Winners Save 70%+ on RRP"

abargainhunter

Swoopo.Been reading a few posts on other blogs re this supposed auction site, here's one viewpoint; Any other's?

"I was told about this site by an employee( who was unsuccessful)and I've been watching couple of days now, looking at digital cameras. Previous blogger's advice to just observe a while and suss out how it works. Seems to me there's only two parties who will come out of this satisfied; 1) the winner, having bagger a bargain, to a geater or lesser extent, and of course 2) SWOOPO, having not only been paid by the winner, the sale winning price plus all bids, but also for every unsuccessful bid the dozens and dozens of "loosers" have made @ 50p over an auction period which could theoretically last for weeks.
You only have to look at the front page and watch the items ending soon have the finishing time relentlessly extended and consider how many additional bids have been made. Are these last second bids genuine of just the site robots keeping the auction going???It's been seen before!
How many times do you try to win different examples of the same item before you realise that with competitors across the globe bidding for the same item you've actually very little chance of winning. You could spend hundreds bidding for nothing.
The front page even shows a couple of auctions for 300 bids, so you're bidding for bids. Madness?? Addiction?? you decide.
The very vast majority of bidders are going to waste their money and time chasing an item and loosing. Don't waste time loosing the bid-fest, just find it on e-bay, at least you know what your getting.
Would you pay per bid at a real auction? Of course you wouldn't, the suggestion would cause a riot. This site is absolutely raking it in at the expense of a lot of people who are looking for a bargain because the need one, not because they have money to burn on bidding. The site/process isn't illegal but it's certainly unethical.
Good insight, isn't it though, into the mindset of the few winners who trumpet their success without really appreciating the bigger picture of the position of all those who lost out at some expense. We all like to see a winning format and keen business sense, but I don't like to see the little man hammered to line the pockets of the greedy.":rotfl: