Beat the scam site - Page 3

On March 23 2009 04:36 Unforgiven_ve wrote:
Toshiba REGZA 42XV540U 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV $107.96 (instead of $1,399.99) (penny auction)

you do the math

On March 23 2009 04:47 GeneralStan wrote:


$8,097 in bids + $107.96 = $8,204.96 - 1,399.99 = $6,804 in profit for swoopo.

On March 23 2009 04:44 Unforgiven_ve wrote:
lol, and i just saw this

"If you're the second to last bidder we?ll refund your bids!"

adding some exitment is always cool! (especially creating the rampage of "ZOMG I CAN HAVE MY BIDS BACK, 2ND PLACE IS GREAT TOO, MUST BID INFINITE TIMES"

On March 20 2009 12:25 Bosu wrote:
I have won two 42" tvs and a ds lite on swoopo for $547.55 total.I bid about 15 times on each of the tvs. Got really lucky on the DS and only bid 1 time for $34.45. Ebayed one of the TVs for $750, which was actually pretty damn cheap for the guy who bought it.

Also, if you look at bidding histories you can totally get lucky on big items and get a nice HDTV for under $10.00

On March 23 2009 04:53 Adeny wrote:


Holy shit, I'mma start a site like this myself, jesus.

On March 20 2009 07:13 Manit0u wrote:


What I really don't get, is why are you asking this of us? I mean, can't you really get some people from your classes to go with it? TeamLiquid is known for beating the internet, but only when it's about competition and fun. Gathering boring data is neither (especially that even TL can't "beat" it, ffs, you don't even have to do anything, just watch and write down numbers...).

Tell me the truth. Is this "project" a homework of yours and you need somene to do all the hard work for you?

And why won't you just read some more about it first?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrational_escalation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_auction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost

The only way to beat it is to not take part in it.

On March 20 2009 08:28 R1CH wrote:
Jesus, they must make a killing. Especially on those penny auctions - $0.75 for a $0.01 bid on a $1k+ item. Lot of suckers out there...

Here's how to beat the system:

Step 1. Place bid.
Step 2. DDoS site.
Step 3. Profit.
Step 4. Jail.

On March 20 2009 12:42 randombum wrote:
I take it back, there is actually some possibility to the OP's idea. Just saw Prince of Persia (PC) go for 75 cents. True its not that great of a game, but at 75 cents which equals $3.75 in bids and another $.75 for a whopping total of $4.5 dollars profit for the cite, (i assume its a loss) and only $1.5-$3 for a new video game.

If it were possible to find items which also sold at such ridiculously low prices then it could become smart to try to beat the site. Still, these items would often be crap that no one else wants, or not worth it for the amount of man power it would take to analyze the site to find cheap good items that no one else has found. Its not very probably that one could work out a system to beat this site over time. Perhaps one or two items, but more than that is impossible because it counts on the fact that 0 other people will not be awake/looking at site.