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Swoopo.co.uk Online Auctions – An Innovative eBay Alternative?
November 10, 2009
Swoopo is on the face of it, a great place for a bargain, they advertise sales such as Nintendo Wii’s for only £20-50. Sound’s great. However, as always, there’s a catch, but perhaps not one that will deter you from joining in.
Basically, Swoopo is an auction site where you buy an amount of bids before you are entitled to place any. Quite different to the likes of eBay. Bids bought directly from the site cost 50p each and can only be bought in great numbers. So that is how they make their money. So it appears a win-win situation.
However, some users have reported spending more than £70 on bids before they were successful on any items. Some claim it is impossible to win just one auction, but users are advised to monitor some auctions to see just how the site works before jumping in placing bid after bid, literally throwing money away.
Continue reading »5 Great Reasons For Adobe Air Applications
October 5, 2009
Adobe AIR, a cross-platform base for developers to…well…develop their applications. The majority of apps boast a neat user interface (UI) and are very effective. It’s free, and it runs on Windows, OS X and Linux. Surely a must for any developers or home users looking for great apps with great functionality.
With that in mind, here’s 5 great Adobe Air applications…
Continue reading »What Tech Have People Been Buying in 2008?
December 9, 2008
As the New Year looms expect to be bombarded with tonnes of lists about what has happened in the last year: the most searched word of the most visited website. However eBay have been a little ahead of themselves and have released their ‘end of year’ figures already, but although they may be a month early, they give a good indication as to what has happened in the commercial world within the last year and what is popular.
So, here is the top 15 tech toys and gadgets that were sold on eBay in the last year including related items (such as controllers):
- Nintendo Wii: 2,056,866 related items sold
- Microsoft Xbox 360: 1,297,903 related items sold
- Sony PSP: 350,591 related items sold
- iPod Touch: 281,361 related items sold
- Nintendo Wii Fit: 266,584 related items sold
- Apple iPhone 3G: 212,837 related items sold
- BlackBerry Pearl: 207,688 related items sold
- BlackBerry Curve: 193,788 related items sold
- Sony Playstation 3: 103,333 related items sold
- Guitar Hero III: 98,159 related items sold
- Halo 3: 91,067 related items sold
- Grand Theft Auto IV: 43,005 related items sold
- MacBook Air: 12,423 related items sold
- Guitar Hero Aerosmith: 3,749 related items sold
- Rock Band 2’s: 1,650 related items sold
How To Use Fat Fingers To Find eBay Bargains!
March 11, 2007
Fat Fingers can help you find eBay bargains and if it’s one thing I like, it’s a bargain and that’s what you can find on eBay.
However, a lot of the time when searching for items on eBay, you won’t be alone in doing so because most people list and search for items using the correct spellings.
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