Via CodingHorror — Penny Auctions: They’re Gambling, on “Swoopo”, a penny auction site where you need to buy credits before you can start bidding. Because Swoopo is, at its heart, thinly veiled gambling. The companies backing Swoopo and other Penny Auction sites are hoping unsophisticated regulatory agencies will buy the “It’s not a game of […]

Saw on Whirlpool about this new “auction” website, Aussie Fuel Auctions, where you can bid for Caltex fuel cards. The site design looks a bit dodgy, but $500 worth of fuel cards have been won for $14.40! Now who cares about the petrol crisis?! Everyone can now go back and buy the latest HSV E-Series […]

Earlier this morning I received an email advertising ozziebids, which claims to be “a comprehensive Australian online auction website offering an alternate method of online shopping”. It lists brand new products on its website and its members can start bidding on these items. While thinking, oh yeah, another eBay wannabe, I actually went and checked […]