You guys have inevitably seen those stupid ads for this swoopo auction site?
Ever look into it... it's pretty genius to be honest...
It's a bidding site, you purchase bids to use on any auction. The bids themselves cost $0.75, then you go to a listing and can bid as many times as you want (Using your bids you paid for), each big usually increases the actual cost of the item by $0.15 and increase the auction time by a few seconds.
So say you have an a PS3, that ends at $177 buy price. You may have only placed a couple bids, or even if you placed a lot if it's a good deal less than the $400 retail... could be a good deal.
But, this site makes MASS money... $177/.15 bids = 1180 bids * $.75 = $885!!!!! Subtract their wholesale price they pay and they still made a minimum of 100% profit...
lulz...
More here...
http://technologizer.com/2008/09/17/is-swoopo-nothing-more-than-a-well-designed-gimmick/