Penny Auctions, yeah, they’re scams, Stupid!
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Some might win, but its probably NOT gonna be you!….D’you REALLY think a 42″ TV would be yours for $7?…Really?….
All penny auctions, regardless of reputation, are a bad idea and should be
avoided.
First of all, “QuiBids.com” and other penny auction sites require people to
pay for the option to bid, but don’t allow them to bid in increments of their
choosing. This means that QuiBids is forcing the price up and profiting all the
while.
Penny auction websites attract people to them by promising expensive, big
ticket items at unbelievably low prices – for example, QuiBids shows a new
iPad, which retails at $499 for the most basic model, selling for $22.54. But
this winning bid of $22.54 is misleading. This isn’t the truth of how much it
costs to win that iPad.
The way penny auctions work is that you are only able to bid a single penny
at any time during the auction. However, at QuiBids.com, you must purchase each
1 cent bid for 60 cents. So an iPad that retails for $499 but was won for the
grand total of 2,254 one cent bids (or $22.54) which actually cost 60 cents
each means that the iPad just sold for $1352.40.
Though the person who wins the item usually has paid less than retail for
what they have received, citing $22.54 as the winning bid is extremely
misleading.
On eBay, the seller and buyer have the auction monitored by the website,
which is the trusted third party. On QuiBids.com, there is no trusted third
party. QuiBids is the seller and the auctioneer. It works in their favor – and
their favor only – to drive the price up in these small 1 or 2 cent increments.
QuiBids attempts to redeem themselves by offering you the “By It Now”
option, which is when you can take the total amount of your failed bids and
apply that toward the retail price of the item you were bidding on. Say you bid
$80 total on an iPod Nano that cost $150. For the remaining $70, Quibids will
sell you a Nano. Well, $70 plus tax, fees, and shipping and handling.
With the added “fees,” tax, and S&H, that Nano will cost you more than
it would at Apple, and usually much more than it would at a discounted retailer
like Amazon.com or Target. In addition, QuiBids is not an approved retailer of
Apple – or any major brand name – products.
This means that if you get the item from them, the manufacturer warranty is
void – if it breaks within the first 60 days, you will not be able to get it
repaired or exchanged. If you have a problem within the first 30 days, QuiBids
will refund the final auction price you paid, but not a single dime of the bids
it took to win the auction.
It’s much better to stick to legitimate auction sites like eBay, instead of
spending lots of frustrating time and effort on penny auction websites like
QuiBids.com.
NFL SHOCKER!
With the NFL strike behind us, many American Football fans felt a sense of relief that Football normalcy would once again fill our Fall afternoons….This sense was a warming feeling, not too unlike the kind you get after firing in some of New Jersey’s finest Tar brand!…..OK, so maybe that’s a tad extreme.
Either warming feeling aside, the Strike ending was a blessed event in the Sports crazed circles of our World. For instance, no one was more happy to see his beloved Steelers get back on their NON-Prison practice facility, like our very own “Doc”! Like he’s always said, “Real men wear Yellow!”
Still, amongst all that “yellow-loving” jubilation, there was something missing in Doc’s life, like it was for a large number of NFL fans – I’m betting….With Ocho “Ass-hole-io” off to New England (where they are going to expect him to actually spend equal time ON Football activities as he spends on his silly-shit ass antics!) many fans were left wondering: “Who is going to be the next Asshat Wide Receiver” in the league”?…Admit it, you were concerned!
FEAR NO MORE! The next great (potentially anyway) dickhead wide receiver may be stepping forward, and just in time too!….(hold for applause to subside……still waiting,….still………OK, I’ll just press on without you) Who IS this remarkable jackass wide out in training?….
For the 3 or 4 of you who dont religiously keep up with www.JackassBitchWideRecieversOfTheNFL.com, I’ll tell you: Its former Pitt-Panther and current Kansas City wideout Jonathan Baldwin! He is, apparently, the “man” (primo bitch) who is looking to fill the vASSt void! –and, he’s off to a great start too! http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/6431/jonathan-baldwin
Yeah, nothing says “I’m COMING into my own” like a locker room fight with team mates, over shitty practice habits and a yet unearned sense of entitlement! Way to make a name for yourself, kid! Fred Biletnikoff will, someday, be proud of you!…or, continue to wonder (like I do) what in the HELL made wide receivers go “bitch” like they have!
When the media dubs you “prima dona’s”, or “Diva’s”, do you really think that’s a compliment?….”Diva Dumb?”
Cincysoftball.com – Killed in Action – 8-5-2011
If our game last night was the game of “Clue” and we had to figure out how the Cincysoftball.com softball team died, the answer would have to be it was: Fatguysports.com, with the glove, on the softball field.
R.I.P Cincysoftball.com
August 5, 2011
We’ll miss you!
You can’t stop us, you can only hope to contain us!
Well well well…..Looky here! An inevitable battle is about to take place.
While Fatguysports.com, Tigerfitness.com, and Cincysoftball.com are heavily tied in together on the internet, in real life there is a Civil war brewing. It’s going to be neighbor vs. neighbor, brother vs. brother, young pimps vs. old bitches tonight.
That’s right motha fucka’s, I called the boys in blue/white old bitches. I’m sure when the dust settles and Cincysoftball is drowning their sorrows in tubs of budlight and Ben gay we’ll all shake hands and be friends again, but between the lines we’ll be head hunting.
So to guys like Larks, Coy Baker, Phatneff and all the other “has-been’s” on that old deteriorating squad just remember that even though the Doc loves you in the same way a pimp loves his hoe’s, every now and then you gotta smack a bitch to let her know you mean biz-nazz! With that in mind – “Bitch betta have my money”!
Why is Kyle Orton still in Denver?
Wasn’t there STRONG interest from the Dolphins for Mr Orton’s services?…..and, Right or wrong, the Broncos invested good $ in drafting Tim Tebow in the 1st round.
A man from South Beach came a’ courtin’
Saying, “We’d sure like your boy Orton.”
When told of the price
He said, “Too much by twice,
But I’d like some of what you’ve been snortin’.”
Tim Teeeeeeeboooowww is the guy for this year, regardless of what some may say about him. The Broncos have to find out if he can be counted on for a full season- They are NOT a playoff team at this point, and have this year to take that look.
If you fail to trade Orton, and start Tebow, Orton’s value goes down. If you start Orton, then you have what you had last year, and lose out by carrying two guys that will net your team about the same results. The fans in Denver want Tebow to be the guy, so management has their blessing. What’s the problem?….Denver’s trying to squeeze the ‘Phish for more cookie dough? They need a QB, and the Broncos have a number of areas where help is warranted. This gets done this month!…bank on it.
Who the *&%# are these guys?…
Do you know this team? Yeah, right now they are holding your Home town Reds at bay, and probably will win the series!
Durango CF
Altuve 2B
Bourgeois RF
Lee 1B
Martinez LF
Barmes SS
Paredes 3B
Quintero C
Norris P
ANYONE?….yeah, ok, Carlos Lee – The 35 year old outfielder who is thanking GAWD he gets to play Firstbase now! — He makes “Doc” (FatGuy) look like a star outfielder!
Kobe, Bosh, Jimmer to play in Europe?!?!?!
Seems with the NFL lockout over, the same breed of Union heads from the NBA want to start talking about their brand of un-fair! They want the cash strapped sports fans to understand THEY have an injustice they are fighting too! How dare the owners of a team, or business, or ANY entity for that matter, have the GALL to expect to make money too!?!?! After all, only the players should get paid in sports!
If you’ve paid them any mind the last few weeks you already know they TOO, have a labor issue!…-THEY too, have millionaire players who are feeling slighted, and feel they are being treated unfair by the “meaners” who pay them millions! Sad!…my neighbor who lost his job, wife, and home, probably relates to both the NFLers, AND the NBAers equally! (add your own “2 out of 3 ain’t bad” joke here!)
Kobe to Play in Turkey (or China), “Douche” Bosh to play in Europe, or Dipshit AttitudeAss to play in Brasil!?…- WHO THE F*** CARES?!?!?!….Even if you can tolerate the assholes who make up the NBA for 5 straight minutes, can it really matter that they might play somewhere else? Its mostly silly faux crap talk anyway, but even if it isn’t; -can it matter turd one if they do?
The nano-second the dumbasses who pay them unbelievable amounts to play a team game, as individuals, agree on a “deal”, they’ll scurry back to the States like a crack-whore to her pimp! Why? – because only in the good ol’America is anyone dumb enough to pay big bucks for ass-hats to complain non-stop about making millions playing a game! Only in America will we call them World Champions even though they can’t win on the World level to save their Slam Dunk Contest trophies!
Isn’t it ironic, sad or some other third thing that they threaten to go run off and play in other countries(for less money) to show their unhappiness with the present labor deal? That by going to these other clubs they might actually benefit from doing so, by learning to play their game? -the team form of basketball? You remember “team” basketball?…No? -wait for the Olympics to roll around again - The Dream Team ain’t really a “team”!
This is the same league that sponsors a “Stay in School Jam” event, where nearly everyone in uniform either quit school early, or never went!
OK: The NBA (and or NFL) isn’t alone in cry-baby winy bitches who make too much money, then complain about it: There is reportedly little forward progress in Bubba Starling’s discussions with the Kansas City Royals. “I have not had any discussions,” general manager Dayton Moore admitted. “I don’t know where it’s going to go. Nothing surprises me (in negotiations with high draft picks).” Starling is currently taking part in preseason football drills at Nebraska. He is represented by Scott Boras and is thought to be seeking a $10 million signing bonus. The Royals are thought to be offering roughly $7.5 million. The signing deadline for all drafted players except college seniors is 11 p.m. Central time on Aug. 15. Yeah, you’ve never played at the Major league level, you are worth $10 million, jerk-ass! I’m sure him and his asshole agent Scott borASS are both “insulted” at the pittance the Royals are offering!
Quadriplegic dies while skydiving – Shocking!
Quadriplegic skydiver’s paralysis likely led to fatal free-fall
KALISPELL – Investigators have ruled that a quadriplegic man who fell to his death Saturday while skydiving near Marion died accidentally as a result of his paralysis, and not due to equipment failure.
Somebody get the investigators from Kalispell, MT on the phone, we gotta get these guys on the OJ killings case and possibly see if they can find out who killed JFK. These dudes are at the top of their game. I can only image the conversation between investigators was like: “So let me get this right – He has no use of his extremities and he didn’t open his parachute, are those the facts?” “Yes.” “Hmmm, was there any sperm on the body?” “No.” “Hmmmm, we have a very strange case on our hands Johnson”.
Listen, I’m all for handicapped people doing things beyond their means. But c’mon, you gotta know when to say when. I’m impressed as hell everytime I see a person with no arms feed themselves. Or a person with no legs running a marathon. But I don’t want to see Timmay jumping from a plane, that shit just isn’t going to end well.
Debt Ceiling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5igKuNF1rI&feature=player_embedded
One of these days I’ll figure out how to imbed a freakin’ video!…..
Roethlisberger is a sheep in wolves clothing
Roethlisberger wears #78 in practice to honor released teammate
“Max’s locker was next to mine for seven-eight years now,” he said. “So I saw [his jersey], I grabbed it and wore it in honor of Max.”
Is it just me, or does anyone else smell something fishy here? Like, in a couple weeks are we going to hear how he settled out of court for date raping some slut in a college park bar? Look dude, I’m not buying it. You can play the sensitive “sleepless in pittsburgh” role all you want, but in Cincinnati you’ll always be an alleged rapist.
I bet 10:1 that within 5 yrs of this punks retirement he’ll be on the neighborhood predator’s list. I mean just look at that face! I’m all about some profiling, so when I see a dude that looks like Fred Flinstone all I can think of is: