Have you ever used an Online Auction?

The only web site I have ever used was ebay. I have heard of SWOOPO, but I have never bought bids. I do not have the money to but the bids. If I know anymore about it I will definately let you know. I wish I could be more help to you.

I am sorry I don't really trust those sites. I haven't personally been burned, but I've never tried the site either. I go with amazon.com as I can get gift cards or use mturk to help pay on the balance of my purchase! I would check out the seller before bidding if I were you and were going to use swoopo!

I had not heard of that one but there are at least two other sites like that--one of them is called BidCactus. It appears that some people do win objects for ridiculously low prices, but when I watched a few of the auctions I noticed that the same people were bidding over and overs, so it seemed to me one would have to be pretty good at math to keep up. One of the things they auction there is bid packages, so you are bidding to buy more bids...My, My! I am quite interested to see what other myLottians say about this.

Wow, that's a rough question. I see everyone here deals basically with Ebay too. I don't know of any other sites that are as good. I have a suggestion for you though about Swoopo. Try googling it with "swoopo scam?" and you will find plenty of answers there, good or bad. I usually do that all the time when I'm puzzled about a certain item, worksite, or job and find my answer really quick. Good luck to you. I do sell on Ebay and buy there too. One suggestion for you is to go into the Ebay stores there and check the prices. They are all Buy It Now, and alot of times it's cheaper than when it's up for auction. People get carried away with bidding so the prices go sky high because they don't want to be outbid. Watch your shipping prices too, some are really ripoffs. I do searching on Ebay all the time, so if you need any help or want me to watch for anything, just let me know. I really don't mind as I'm there every single day.

i have not heard of this one. but i have seen similar site where you can bid only if you buy a bid. for one dollar a bid. which is quite expensive i think. that is why i think that buying your bid is not worth it cause if you keep bidding and lose that bid you may end losing a good amount of money which can be big enough to buy the item by yourself. so i rather bid in ebay and other similar sites. though i have not tried so. cause i find the items i look for on ebay are very expensive like the prices on offline shops near me. and so i prefer to buy it on any near offline shops like in malls.

I am planning to do this in a few weeks. I found some websites were online auctions are being held. I think if you play it smart you will beat most other players and have a product at a very very low price :)

I only know and use Ebay. I haven't heard of any other auction sites but the big that everyone knows, I hope you find your holiday and it there is another auction that is truthworthy please pass the word along. Thank you

Yes, I have used ebay many, many times. I have both bought and sold stuff there. I find it is a great site to purchase things, quite often for a fraction of the cost they would cost in the stores. I have also been a member of other auction sites and whilst I have bought and sold stuff on these other sites quite safely and successfully, I also go back to ebay as it has the most variety.. - Derek

I've used e-bay and Yahoo auctions (long, long ago), so I know know about those two...

Hi Rose, well I never heard of SWOOPO before and never heard of you buying bids. eBay is just too expensive to either buy or sell or auction as the fees are beyond unbearable. But if you are interested you could stop by my store. There is free listings, no fees to bid and very low price credits (19 cents per credit) but I always offer new customers free credits to get you started. Have a look at my website here. http://tinyurl.com/faststore (NOT A REFERAL LINK) Plus there are plenty of Christmas gifts you can get for the grandkids at really low prices. The list of items available are here http://tinyurl.com/qualitytrades again NOT A REFERRAL LINK! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions. Cheers

Hi i have only used Ebay to sell as well to buy.I do not know anyother site that are auction sites.

I have only sold things on ebay and trust them. Some friends have told me about Craig List but I have not used them yet. I have not heard of SWOOPO so I can not tell you about it.

Ebay is the only one I trust and use. Been a member since the beginning and, have had very few problems!=)

hey rosepedal64, i used to use bidsor, until one guy scammed me. That site was really popular, but when I bought a script for $5.99, he never gave me the script and took off with he money. I was really pissed of and now I really hate online auction sites because it always reminds me of that bad time. I remember Ebay, but I found out about that after I was scammed so I never bothered to try Ebay. Although I have heard really really good things about that site, I don't want to get scammed online. So now I don't deal with online transactions and that kind of stuff. I hope that this does not happen to anyone else. But until the world is filled with these kind of people, that will continue to happen. Anyways, have a great day and happy mylotting! Punjab911

I have seen some others like the one you are describing, but I have not heard about whether or not they are okay. I would say that if you can use Pay Pal to buy your bids it might be safe, because they will stand behind you if the purchase is not valid.

I have bidded quite a few times with ebay, and was successful once in buying a chinese made mobile phone. I do not know about the other sites, but you always trust ebay, as they guarantee your money, if the product is not sent to you.