CigarSniper Beta is open to all this weekend

[Jefft72]

Saw it this morning. I am checking it out now.

http://www.prlog.org/11703241-cigar-...r-smokers.html

[themoneycollector]

So this beta is just for testing right? Not really a purchase?

I will play for fun, but I don't like the format of these auctions. It's a sucker bet if you ask me.

[chaase321]

Yeah it is just for testing...you won't be obligated to purchase (at least that is my understanding, which seems pretty accurate to the way it was explained).

Also, I have already had bugs with it where it keeps logging me out and asking me to sign up again. It became a pain so I stopped for a while...probably get back on tonight to try some more.

[weak_link]

Looks like the beezid model?

[kelmac07]

Looked at it earlier...could not get past the "bullet sounds" as it annoyed me to no end.

[big a]

Originally Posted by kelmac07

Looked at it earlier...could not get past the "bullet sounds" as it annoyed me to no end.

+1 on that, than i saw where you could turn them off. My wallet does not need any other sites to beat it up so I'll be staying away from this one for now.

[deadrise]

Originally Posted by kelmac07

Looked at it earlier...could not get past the "bullet sounds" as it annoyed me to no end.

+2 the pop up was there and I could not turn off the sounds and watch the video so I said f it I will wait to see how it is later maybe

[themoneycollector]

I don't see there being any "deals"

There was a box of VSG's that I wasted all 250 bids on. Of course it's a beta so everyone was just clicking, but I started to think about it.

When I finished my 250 bids, it was at $13.xx.

At 60cents per bid, FSS has made 1300*.06 = $780 in bids + what the box actually sells for. As a non-winning bidder, I spent 250*.6 = $150 to not get anything.

In the end, there's 1 happy person and tons and tons of unhappy people. In this case there's over 1299 unhappy people.

Morally, these penny auctions should be illegal. I feel sorry for the CS reps who are going to be getting complaints after spending bits here and there and never having anything to show for it.

[sevans105]

Originally Posted by themoneycollector

I don't see there being any "deals"

There was a box of VSG's that I wasted all 250 bids on. Of course it's a beta so everyone was just clicking, but I started to think about it.

When I finished my 250 bids, it was at $13.xx.

At 60cents per bid, FSS has made 1300*.06 = $780 in bids + what the box actually sells for. As a non-winning bidder, I spent 250*.6 = $150 to not get anything.

In the end, there's 1 happy person and tons and tons of unhappy people. In this case there's over 1299 unhappy people.

Morally, these penny auctions should be illegal. I feel sorry for the CS reps who are going to be getting complaints after spending bits here and there and never having anything to show for it.

Yeah, penny auctions are HUGELY profitable. Especially the other ones...they usually don't even have the actual merch. They just drop ship to the "winner". You'll often see iPads going for $100 which means that the company recieved $6000 for the bids, plus the $100 winning bid. $6100 for a $600 iPad is a VERY hefty profit margin.

[Bageland2000]

+1 for these types of sites being illegal... Hopefully it's only a matter of time. They're TOTAL scams. Pure and simple scams.

[sevans105]

You need to consider the "penny auctions" to be a gambling site...which it is. Similar to slot machines. Do I play slots/poker/blackjack? Yes I do. Do I do it expecting to win anything? NO. If you view it as entertainment that may pay out, then its fine. If you view it as a way to actually buy something, you will always lose.

[Bill86]

I don't know how they got my email but I received an email from this place. I just tossed it in the trash.

By the way, the concept of this sucks.

[d'am]

Beezid gets hammered by computer programs trying to bid in the last few milliseconds before an auction closes. Beezid claims that they try to find and ban these users, but a clever programmer could make it very tough for them. And it's actually in the auction house's interest to let people game the system like this, as long as they can find suckers to continue to place meaningless bids.

So I'd be real careful before buying any cigarsniper bids. The "open beta" weekend provides a testing ground for anyone who wants to cheat, so you could very well be competing against computer programs when the site goes live.

[cmitch]

Definitely a scam. 1.00 in bids is 100 bids = 60.00. so, if an item is up to 10.00, that's $600 they made!

[hotreds]

Yup, I joined one of thyese penny sites and spent $100 until light dawned on Mr. Fog just what a rip-off it really was. Now I keep getting emails telling me how much they miss me and offering 20 free bids. Yup, I'm sure they do miss me, but not too much as PT Barnum knows.

[CigarSquid]

Originally Posted by kelmac07

Looked at it earlier...could not get past the "bullet sounds" as it annoyed me to no end.

+3

[andromalius]

Originally Posted by Bill86

I don't know how they got my email but I received an email from this place. I just tossed it in the trash.

+1

I'm not sure what cigar website sold my email address to these people, but I wasn't too happy about it, and deleted the message.

[Eleven]

It's good to see that so many people have seen these sites for what they are. You know there are still plenty of people who will funnel their money to them though.

[maninblack]

What a joke this is. And people fall for this scam. Sad.

[quantim0]

Capitalism at its finest I say.

If you put 30 sec of thought into it you realize what a waste of money it is, if you don't "a fool and his money are soon parted"