Fonz
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http://www.evo.co.uk/interact/evocompetitions/219444/nissan_200sx_lowest_unique_bid_auction.html
seems a bit dogy to me......someone going to bid a random £1.74 in the hope its the lowest and unique bid...hmmm
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tom_simes
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Not dodgy at all, have you never seen this done before Pete?
The point is it costs you evrytime you place a bet, and (obviously it depends on whats for sale) but the lowest unique bid is around the £6-7 mark, with everything below that having at least 2 bids on it.
say lowest is £6, that makes 599 amounts below that - 2 bids on each, makes £1198 just in that range, forgetting anything above £6, and there will also be some below that are tripled or quadrupled.
Quite clever really, but very hard to win.
Edit - just read it all, and its £1.50 per bid, and the car only cost them £1000. They are on to a big winner!
[Edited on 10-04-2008 by tom_simes]
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Tom
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They will make the cost of that car back in a few hundred entries
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tom_simes
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Exactly Tom, they only need 667 bids to be placed in total and the car is paid for, anything else is a bonus!
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Fonz
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i guess when put that way makes sense....but as you say very hard to win!
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andy1868
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a mates dad won a new focus on one of these he saw in a magazine, think he ended up paying about a tenner
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Jay
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Juice FM do it with TVs, PS3s, Laptops etc, tried a few times never won though
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Tom
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quote: Originally posted by JayM
Juice FM do it with TVs, PS3s, Laptops etc, tried a few times never won though
Think it was juice about a year back who did it with an aston vantage or 80k cash 
That would have been nice
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