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Swoopo: confirmation of Harlan Ellison's quote on hydrogen and stupidity
Hi all,
I've been listening to the podcasts and reading the forum for a while and saw this article on Swoopo, which prompted me to post a message. I'd love to hear Rym and Scott discuss Swoopo, which is an "entertainment auction" site that offered, among other things, the PS3 80 GB for $32.25. Before you run over there, there are some snags, with the most important being that you have to pay to make a bid (and you have to buy bids in preset amounts). The second important snag is that each time a bid is made, a certain amount of time is added to the time left to make a bid. That said, a lot of people have commented on Swoopo, with some hilarious comments. One guy warned others to stay away from Swoopo after he has been a bidder for six months. Six months??!! One person noted that the winning bid range for some item is oddly high (from $12 to $243 for a 32GB Ipod Touch), which he thinks suggests that Swoopo may have something to do with the outcome of each auction. Does anyone know of Swoopo and its entertainment auctions?
I've been listening to the podcasts and reading the forum for a while and saw this article on Swoopo, which prompted me to post a message. I'd love to hear Rym and Scott discuss Swoopo, which is an "entertainment auction" site that offered, among other things, the PS3 80 GB for $32.25. Before you run over there, there are some snags, with the most important being that you have to pay to make a bid (and you have to buy bids in preset amounts). The second important snag is that each time a bid is made, a certain amount of time is added to the time left to make a bid. That said, a lot of people have commented on Swoopo, with some hilarious comments. One guy warned others to stay away from Swoopo after he has been a bidder for six months. Six months??!! One person noted that the winning bid range for some item is oddly high (from $12 to $243 for a 32GB Ipod Touch), which he thinks suggests that Swoopo may have something to do with the outcome of each auction. Does anyone know of Swoopo and its entertainment auctions?
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