2011 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[Luke]

Just signed up at Groupon.

I could have got 10 bucks for refering you ........damn

[zY|]

How much did you get the card for?

[Luke]

I sold a motorcycle on eBay for $1000. True story. Can't remember what the fees were. This was back around '01 or so. But I don't remember them being outrageous.

ebay "motors" has alot less fees or no one would sell on there

[SPX]

I could have got 10 bucks for refering you ........damn

Well shit. I wish I had known. I would've hooked you up.

[Luke]

How much did you get the card for?

I didnt buy the staples gift card . It came as a rebate on the laptop I just bought a month ago. I got 61 dollars cash for a 75 dollar gift card .I got ripped off but I didnt need the gift card for anything

[SPX]

Have you heard of this site?

http://www.quibids.com/?

It's a penny auction site. I'm not sure yet if it's a scam or not, but you can apparently get shit for the lowest of the low if you do it right.

I'm not familiar with that site specifically, but I've heard of shit like that. I met a guy a little while back who wanted to start a site like that.

I'm intrigued by the concept, but I'm still not sure about the concept of "buying bids." Sounds kind like gambling to me.

[Luke]

Have you heard of this site?

http://www.quibids.com/?

It's a penny auction site. I'm not sure yet if it's a scam or not, but you can apparently get shit for the lowest of the low if you do it right.

I've actually looked into that .I'm just afraid I'd end up spending a lot of money in bids and never win anything . If you win the stuff you get a steal but you never know if people are going to keep bidding or not

[Luke]

Well shit. I wish I had known. I would've hooked you up.

haha no big deal. I'll just tell the lady we cant go out to eat tomorrow because X cost us the 10 bucks we were going to buy todays restaurant deal with

[Luke]

Yes...............I did it again

[SPX]

haha no big deal. I'll just tell the lady we cant go out to eat tomorrow because X cost us the 10 bucks we were going to buy todays restaurant deal with

I literally lol'd a little at this.

Fuck you.

[SPX]

Yes...............I did it again

How do you just accidentally do that shit?

[zY|]

I've actually looked into that .I'm just afraid I'd end up spending a lot of money in bids and never win anything . If you win the stuff you get a steal but you never know if people are going to keep bidding or not

Yeah, it's a lot like gambling like X said. That said are some strategies to win more often I believe. I just don't like the way it's set up. You buy bids from the site AND they sell the product. How do we know their software doesn't just shill bid until the item goes high enough to be profitable?

But yeah, I was looking at it today. Somebody got an iPad for like $25, but that just means that the site actually got $1500, 2500 bids at 60 cents a pop. What a racket.

[Luke]

How do you just accidentally do that shit?

Hold on I'll do a print screen a show ya

[Luke]

But yeah, I was looking at it today. Somebody got an iPad for like $25, but that just means that the site actually got $1500, 2500 bids at 60 cents a pop. What a racket.

Holy shit ......they must make a ton . Have you seen anything on there that has went for less than it costs them? Bids+selling price?

[SPX]

There's a PS3 on there right now. I wonder what it's going to end up going for.