anyone try this quibids.com bidding site yet?

[nangiggles]

I hate the fact you have to pay whether you win or not....

 

[digimon7068]

The thing is to even think about winning you have to have no life (sorry feedz). It's like 1 credit per bid and a credit is like 60 cents or something.


So that camera lens for 1300x.60=$780+$13=$793 they got for that lens. and you have to have the patience to keep bidding and wait everyone else out.

i don't understand your math there copernicus...how do you know how many people were bidding on it??

 

[ceo]

sounds complicated. fuck it.

 

[miplank]

i don't understand your math there copernicus...how do you know how many people were bidding on it??

because the bidding increments are in pennies.

1300 pennies in 13 dollars homeskillet.

1 bid=1 cent

1 bid takes 1 credit

1 credit costs 60 cents

 

[digimon7068]

because the bidding increments are in pennies.

1300 pennies in 13 dollars homeskillet.

1 bid=1 cent

1 bid takes 1 credit

1 credit costs 60 cents

yeah...i kinda made the connection after i made that comment...so, how much did afeedz actually pay (beyond the $13)...i.e., how many times did she bid on the lens? (obviously, i'm asking her not you)...i'm just curious how many "credits" it took. also, i'm kinda curious as to whether any of these sites collect and remit sales tax on these sales and, if so, what do they calculate the tax on, the $13 or the $793? my guess is that everyone is getting fucked on these sales...well...except the auction site.

 

[miplank]

Yeah...still pissed I didn't think of it.


I'd also imagine there isn't much overhead as they're probably not purchasing these products until they sell.

 

[digimon7068]

Yeah...still pissed I didn't think of it.


I'd also imagine there isn't much overhead as they're probably not purchasing these products until they sell.

that being the case, how do you suppose they decide what to put in the "showroom" each day??

 

[miplank]

just random popular shit

 

[AFeedz]

yeah...i kinda made the connection after i made that comment...so, how much did afeedz actually pay (beyond the $13)...i.e., how many times did she bid on the lens? (obviously, i'm asking her not you)...i'm just curious how many "credits" it took. also, i'm kinda curious as to whether any of these sites collect and remit sales tax on these sales and, if so, what do they calculate the tax on, the $13 or the $793? my guess is that everyone is getting fucked on these sales...well...except the auction site.

I hit up the auction at the end so that I wasn't bidding from the beginning, that'd be stupid. I spent $13 on this lens, though I know quibids profited much more than that, but that's not my problem.

The system only sucks if you lose the bid war, because then you spent money and didn't get anything.

But I don't lose, sooo I don't see a problem in the system.

 

[miplank]

stfu amy!