Olympus Evolt E620 12.3MP Live MOS DSLR Camera

Actual Savings: -38%

Makita 9.6-Volt 3/8-Inch Cordless Drill/Driver Kit

Actual Savings: -26%

"This is so fun! I'd love to pay an extra $45 for this drill!"

Apple MacBook MB466LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

Where do these people get all the bids? They can't possibly be paying for all of them. They must accumulate a lot of them over time.

Why else would someone pay $2154 in bids to buy a $1299 item for $255.29?

Overpaid: $1365.58

Actual Savings: -87%

Sony ICFCD3iP CD Clock Radio for iPod and iPhone

"I got you clock radio" (Big Daddy)

Bids: 146

Amount Overpaid (including shipping): $37.03

Actual Savings: -37%

Place Bids out the Yazoo for a 50-inch Plasma

People must have won tons of bids for free, otherwise the idiocy is truly astounding.

2989 Bids!!

Total Cost: $2150.70
Retail: $1614.93

Amount overpaid: $535.77

Actual Savings: -33%

Swoopo Idiot pays almost double for iPhone

I have never seen a worse auction. Talk about bid butler gone awry!

1617 bids: $1212.75
Price Paid: $125.31
Shipping: $12.90

Total cost: $1350.96
Retail: $699

Actual Savings: -93%

This guy/gal paid $651.96 OVER retail!

0% Savings

The way you can tell if someone is a Swoopo Idiot is if on the "Congratulations" screen you see: 0% Savings.

What this actually means is that if you add up the price someone paid for the item plus the cost of the bids the person paid for, the final cost is higher than retail! This doens't even include what they paid in shipping.

Here's an example of a person who bought a HP J4680 printer for more than retail. This guy bid 131 times! Wow.

site:swoopo.com "Savings: 0"