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Penny Auctions: They're Gambling

Late last year, I encountered what may be nearly perfect evil in business plan form: Swoopo. What is Swoopo? It's a class of penny auction, where bidders pay for the privilege of bidding: [Penny auctions] offer new televisions, computers, game consoles, appliances, handbags, gold bars and more for

By Jeff Atwood ·
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Profitable Until Deemed Illegal

I was fascinated to discover the auction hybrid site swoopo.com [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoopo] (previously known as telebid.com). It's a strange combination of eBay, woot, and slot machine. Here's how it works [http://www.swoopo.com/new.html]: * You purchase bids in

By Jeff Atwood ·
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