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exalted512
exalted512 Posts: 10,735
edited December 2009 in The Clubhouse
Anyone use this? Is their stuff new?

I think I read you pay for each bid you make or something along those lines...?

Any info you got, let me know!
-Cody
Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited December 2009
    I wouldn't bother, looks sketchy.
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited December 2009
    It's a legit place:

    Here is how it works: our online customers buy “bids” in advance. They cost $0.60 each and are sold in packs of 40, 75, 150, 400 or 1000. Bidders have the choice of placing single bids, or, using an electronic bid assistant called the “BidButler”.
    Every bid placed, increases the price of the product by 12c and the auction countdown by up to 20 seconds. To help keep track of the money spent on bidding, each auction displays the amount spent on bids by the customer and how much the bidder would save overall, if they won the auction at that moment.
    The ‘last bidder standing’ when the countdown reaches zero, wins the auction – usually at a very low price; winners save, on average, 65% when compared to the recommended retail price.
    Jake
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited December 2009
    60 cents a bid. uh, I'll stick to craigslist, thanks. I can actually see what I'm buying before I buy it. I can try it out. And if I show up and I dont like it, I can say no thank you.
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited December 2009
    messiah wrote: »
    60 cents a bid. uh, I'll stick to craigslist, thanks. I can actually see what I'm buying before I buy it. I can try it out. And if I show up and I dont like it, I can say no thank you.

    Doesnt really compare to craigslist. Everything is brand new evidently.
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited December 2009
    It's all good Exalted, It's just not for me.
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • schnottus
    schnottus Posts: 15
    edited December 2009
    The problem is if you place a bid and someone else bids on the item then you are both invested and motivated to keep bidding up since if you don't win the item you've spent 60 cents per bid and won't receive anything. This can lead to higher than normal prices since no one wants to spend money bidding on an item and receive nothing.
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