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This company advertising goods at knock down prices

  • 15-11-2011 1:46pm
    #1
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭


    What's the catch? According to the ad, some fat man picked up a '42 inch TV for €26.

    Are they goods taken off criminals or faulty?


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  • #2
    Kadongy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Kadongy


    I'm guessing you mean one of those online auction sites with the very low prices?
    The catch is that you pay for each bid on an item. It's more like gambling than bidding. They appear to get many times the retail price of the goods on most sales in fees on the bids placed.


  • #3
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    ColeTrain wrote: »
    What's the catch? According to the ad, some fat man picked up a '42 inch TV for €26.

    Are they goods taken off criminals or faulty?

    LOL


  • #4
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Genghiz Cohen wrote: »
    LOL

    Sites like madbid etc charge you for every bid you make. With each bid, the price might only go up by 1 cent. This means that while the final bidder might very well get a bargain, the auction site will have taken alot on cash from the bidding process given the all the unsuccessful bidders will have contributed via there bids also.
    Fools game really.


  • #5
    mathie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭mathie


    Genghiz Cohen wrote: »
    LOL

    Widescreen LOL


  • #6
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    AH->Online Buying


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  • #7
    JustAddWater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    mathie wrote: »
    Widescreen LOL

    3D LOL - Please put your 3d glasses on NOW!!


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  • #8
    Kadongy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Kadongy


    biko wrote: »
    AH->Online Buying
    AH implies online buying? :confused::confused::confused:


  • #9
    upinthesky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭upinthesky


    ye you have to buy credits so you can place bids not my thing really ill stick to ebay


  • #10
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Its a scam, you can read about them here
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidding_fee_auction

    have to close this thread.


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