# Penny auctions: any Dopers ever made it work? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-auctions-any-dopers-ever-made-it-work/568795 "2011-01-24T16:24:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-auctions-any-dopers-ever-made-it-work/568795/41 "2011-01-27T00:55:53Z")
I hadn’t actually been to the website yet. I just heard a bunch of radio commercials for it and thought it sounded cool. I’d like to think I would have noticed I was getting fucked when I actually read about the service. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-auctions-any-dopers-ever-made-it-work/568795/42 "2011-01-27T03:04:48Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I hadn’t actually been to the website yet. I just heard a bunch of radio commercials for it and thought it sounded cool. I’d like to think I would have noticed I was getting fucked when I actually read about the service. I’d like to think better of you, too, but you know, there’s that user name… :smack: How many of these: :D:D:D:D:D do I have to put in? That last post was a joke! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-auctions-any-dopers-ever-made-it-work/568795/43 "2011-01-27T03:40:29Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > I’d like to think better of you, too, but you know, there’s that user name… :smack: > > How many of these: :D:D:D:D:D do I have to put in? That last post was a joke! :smack: According to the Rules as stated in the FAQ(which you _should_ have read by now), it is proper to insert six grin smilies after such an error, eight if not corrected until the next business day. No formal warning…this time. :D:D:D:D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-auctions-any-dopers-ever-made-it-work/568795/44 "2011-01-27T04:20:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > According to the Rules as stated in the FAQ(which you _should_ have read by now), it is proper to insert six grin smilies after such an error, eight if not corrected until the next business day. No formal warning…this time. > > :D:D:D:D:D:D You should have seen what I was GOING to post… But I restrained myself, once I realized it would have been an instaban offence. So, here, just to keep you happy, are shitloads of smilies: :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Are these enough? Damn, you piss me off, sometimes, **Czarcasm**!!! You can be a real wanker, with your insistence on the rules EXACTLY AS WRITTEN! What’s yer problem? A little too much POWER?!? Ed should spank you!!! ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-auctions-any-dopers-ever-made-it-work/568795/45 "2011-01-27T10:28:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’m glad I caught this thread. I’d been planning to sign up at [SkoreIt.com](http://SkoreIt.com). My Dad phoned me up a few weeks ago talking about one of these sites that he’d seen advertised. Fortunately I was able to tell him what a scam they are. > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I hadn’t actually been to the website yet. I just heard a bunch of radio commercials for it and thought it sounded cool. I’d like to think I would have noticed I was getting fucked when I actually read about the service. I came across the article I linked before I’d seen any of these sites. If I hadn’t, I’d have probably been sceptical, but I doubt I’d have thought it through enough to realise quite how much the dice is loaded against the bidders. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-auctions-any-dopers-ever-made-it-work/568795.md?page=2)