Bid for this, bid for that - no matter how bad seems to be the crisis, I guess eBay, Amazon, and the other major players in the field won't go down anytime soon. Good, they already have a solid reputation and a huge client base, but what about a startup? Having some cheap Apple products and other good offers is enough to get started these days?
I have no idea, but if Bid4That will still be standing a year from now, I guess the answer to the last question is a positive one. On the other hand, we're not talking about some eBay-clone, and here's why...
..."Burbank, California - Bid4That is a new online bidding website that allows it's members to bid on products for very low costs. Bid4That have just launched and have added a wide range of Apple iPods, and desktops to the mix for extremely low costs to celebrate the launch. Every day Bid4That sells brand new, top-name products at incredibly low prices in auctions that start at just 15 cents with no reserve."
15 cents with no reserve? Wow! I'll take a MacBook Air for that price! Unfortunately, things are not as good as it seems at first sight, because...
..."To get started, you need to buy bids from the Bid4That website. Bids cost 50 cents each and are sold in packs of 50, 100, or 150. Bidders have the choice of placing single bids, or can use an electronic bid assistant called the "BidButler". Each bid placed increases the price of the product by 1 cent and the auction countdown by up to 10 seconds. To help keep track of the money spent on bidding, each auction displays the amount spent on bids and how much has been saved overall, if they were to win the auction at that moment."
Nothing new here. Just a little math - a bid is worth 50 cents, and increases the price of the product by 1 cent, right? If we have an iPhone starting at 15 cents and selling for, let's say, 30 bucks, that means we have roughly 3,000 50 cents bids, so the real price of the product is $1,500, only that you don't pay it all...;)
These being said, you know what happens, so if you're into really cheap Apple products and you're feelin' lucky, you should give Bid4That a try! Just...be sure not to become addicted!
