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Swoopo.co.uk Complaints - This site is a scam

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Swoopo.co.uk
Posted: 2008-09-12 by Dave  [send email]
This site is a scam
Complaint Rating: 93 % with 342 votes
Company information:
Swoopo.co.uk
Greater London, England
United Kingdom
www.swoopo.co.uk

This site is an auction site where you bid on the specified items, you will never win!!! I bid and bid on items numerous times first i bid before the time ran out and the bid never registered thus losing the item and another time bid hundreds of pounds trying to win an item until my money had run out and as soon as it did the item sold. This site should be avoided at all costs they will they will take your money off you and you will have absolutely nothing to show for it... Please listen and tell as many people as you can to stay away from these scammers or lose your money remember www.swoopo.co.uk use and lose!!!
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 514 days ago by Fabio  [send email] +1 Votes
Swoopo web site is a scam site.you never win anything.I spent 70 dollars bidding for coffe bean and i didn`t get it.Most of the auction are manipulate from their own people
 513 days ago by Swoopo Scam  [send email] +1 Votes
Swoopo is a scam.
 512 days ago by Tester  [send email] +1 Votes
Once I saw that you have to buy "bids"
then i know its a fake

but thanks for starting this thread

People avoid this like the plague
 434 days ago by Sorry  [send email] +1 Votes
I used to work for the company, and I was recently fired for letting a couple of friends of mine win bids. I was paid to keep auctions "alive" in order to improve profitability. Save your money people.
 356 days ago by   Bill +1 Votes
What is to prevent the Company Swoopo.com from bidding against their customers if they feel that an item is under priced. They see all the bids on their system ... they see all the bidbutler orders in place. If a laptop sells for $6.21 it may be Swoopo employee or their confederate winning the auction from their suckered customer :(
 280 days ago by   Dude23 +1 Votes
I came across Swoopo on accident and it looked interesting so I browsed through it for awhile. I never joined because I instantly realized that if the site charges you to big in an auction that it controls, then the only this would work is if there was 3rd party independent verification. Anyway, it by definition is a really bad idea from the consumer point of view. Scam checklist instantly went through my head:

1) The site is vague on information and specifics.
2) The site has no 3rd party affiliations, reviews, or anything from an independent 3rd party stating they are an honest business, or that their servers have been verified to be not tampered with and that the auctions are monitored by a 3rd party and verified...nope nothing about that at all.
3) The site works off on impulse buying in a BIG TIME way...sure sign something is not right.
4) No dispute resolution information that I could find.
5) No discriptions of where the merchandise comes from, where it is shipped from, what countries it will work in, what voltage it will accept (I mean is this a NTSC or PAL TV? 110volts of 220?) - what is the story here?
6) So I went to www.nametrolley.com (a legit domain name company) and check the registry for swoopo.com;

Domain ID: D93769957-CONE
Domain Name: swoopo.com
Domain Name ACE: swoopo.com
Domain Language:
Registrar ID: CORE-39 (Knipp Medien und Kommunikation GmbH)
Created On: 2008-07-31 14:41:40 GMT
Expiration Date: 2009-07-31 14:41:40 GMT
Maintainer: netplace Telematic GmbH
Status: ok
Registrant ID: COCO-8748492
Registrant Name: Matthias Voigt
Registrant Organization: Entertainment Shopping AG
Registrant Street: Domagkstrasse 34
Registrant City: Muenchen
Registrant State/Province: BV
Registrant Postal Code: 80807
Registrant Country: DE
Registrant Phone:
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: MVoigt@swoopo.com
Admin ID: COCO-8748492
Admin Name: Matthias Voigt
Admin Organization: Entertainment Shopping AG
Admin Street: Domagkstrasse 34
Admin City: Muenchen
Admin State/Province: BV
Admin Postal Code: 80807
Admin Country: DE
Admin Phone:
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: MVoigt@swoopo.com
Tech ID: COCO-69220
Tech Name: netplace Telematic Hostmaster
Tech Organization: netplace Telematic GmbH
Tech Street: -
Tech City: Muenchen
Tech State/Province: BV
Tech Postal Code: 80335
Tech Country: DE
Tech Phone:
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: registry@netplace.de
Zone ID: COCO-69220
Zone Name: netplace Telematic Hostmaster
Zone Organization: netplace Telematic GmbH
Zone Street: -
Zone City: Muenchen
Zone State/Province: BV
Zone Postal Code: 80335
Zone Country: DE
Zone Phone:
Zone Phone Ext:
Zone Fax:
Zone Fax Ext:
Zone Email: registry@netplace.de
Name Server: nsd.netplace.com 212.125.100.70
Name Server ACE: nsd.netplace.com 212.125.100.70
Name Server: ns.netplace.de
Name Server ACE: ns.netplace.de
Name Server: ns.netplace.com 213.183.1.1
Name Server ACE: ns.netplace.com 213.183.1.1


The name servers (the hosting system) is www.netplace.com. A run of the mill web hosting company. I don't have a Phd in network computing but I would think a world-wide auction system would be hosting their own system. Seems a little small scale for me.

7) I then searched on the web for reviews of swoopo.com and this is one of the sites I came across.
8) If swoopo.com is legit, and it certainly does not look that way, then it is a gambling site. And I don't know about the rest of you people out there but I'm not in for gambling when I want to buy something.
9) Again...come on... they charge for bidding. You might as well play the lotto. You probably have the same amount of odds of winning, plus you will more and plus lottories tend to be government overseen and verified.


Anyway, I can't, legally, say for sure if this site is a scam. But at a minimum it is taking lots of money off of people and giving them nothing more than a cheap thrill (if even that). It plays on your greed and nievity. Not good signs of an honest business.

Finally, as for those on here blaming swoopo for ripping people off. Yes you are right. However, all the people who threw tons and tons (tonnes for the brits) of cash at this scheme are foolish and probably went against your gut instinct to not turn over your paypal and visa card accounts to swoopo.com. So, the blame goes both ways here. Swoopo might, indeed, exist to rip people off. But it thrives and survives off of greedy customers which allows it to continue ripping people off. Just use a bit of common sense and do not allow these sorts of businesses to exist. You work hard for your money do you not? I bet you would have a harder time giving a man in the street a tenner ($10, £10, 10 euros...take your pick) than you would throwing 10, 100 or 1000 times that at a scam. That is known as greed and it damages you.

Thank you very much for this site as it confirmed my hunches in regards to swoopo.com.
 269 days ago by   nail_swoopo +1 Votes
Okay, I heard about Swoopo a month ago. I am a scientist - wanted to check how this works. I got into this by buying two 50 bids.
My Final Conclusion is : Its SCAM / CHEATING. We can NAIL them down. All of us have been only complaining all the time. If there are some Legal Attorneys out there, they may find some thing to Sue them forever and CLOSE this SHOP.

Here is why they are cheating and here is how it is very easy to write such a Program: The World is shrinking to BOXED world - a WORLD restricted to PC. When the PC World is shown on a BIG screen it becomes a VIRTUAL world.

Swoopo's Algorithm is based on - some thing like Creating a Virtual Hotel and how to convince the customer/user/us/human that the Virtual Hotel is a REAL Hotel. On Average a human will believe if he can see around couple of other humans. If the program can create few HUMANBOTS, the HUMAN is trapped psychologically. This is exactly what they are doing in Swoopo.

They have ONLY THREE types of HUMANBOTS - SingleBid robots, BidButler Robots and Fresh Bidder robot. The advantage of Virtual World is :
a) It can Replicated according to the Programmer's Whims and Fancies.
b) Every thing is an Object in the Virtual World.
c) Every Object Parameter can be altered to our benefit.

So, SingleBid robots, BidButler robots and Fresh Bidder can be controlled, created, altered at will by SWOOPO's Technical Head - the Algorithm Fella.

With these HumanBots SWOOPO creates a live environment for a HUMAN/us. Creates a sense of Competition, Fight and frustration - Basically its Simulating the Real World where the HUMAN gets trapped to his/her emotional aspects and SUCKED/EXTRACT our BUCKs.

If you see the rules are simple:
a) First timer should WIN.
b) Second timer should Loose. (Introduce Humanbots and frustrate the User - which 95% psychologically, instigates the HUMAN to buy and get addicted).
c) and we can go on - after all its just replicating the objects, changing the parameters randomly and the past of the HUMAN BIDDER.

The Simple Way to nail them down is: Ask for the Records where we have LOST our BIDDING and go and check for the LEGALITY/REALITY of ALL the BIDDERs in that BID.

I have made a PPT of all the users in my BIDDING. I bet they are NOT REAL and are HUMANBOTS.

That could be one reason why their Servers are in Germany NOT in US. They can TWEAK every thing and any thing. However some information may not be changed, I suppose.

IT's NOT GOOD to EXPLOIT (in what ever form). We can create a Fair and Really Entertaining Shopping which Swoopo Claims but, at the least, they are NOT CLEAN. PERIOD.

If needed we can Nail them down - an Attorney can help us get back some compensation for our Frustration and Exploitation.

Thank you,
burrashiva@gmail.com
 268 days ago by   555 +1 Votes
They use bots (fake users) to bump up prices so if they have not made enough money to get rid of the item, a bnot will continue pushing up the price or win it back to recycling.
 266 days ago by   nrix +1 Votes
swoopo is a good business model used unfairly; here's where it get's sticky, when a user has placed bids up to the value of the items it "fair enough", when a user has overbid then it gets extremely unjust.

for instance, someone who has placed 500 bids on a 300 bid voucher, and still doesn't win it. There needs to be some form of cap on swoopo, where product can only be sold for "max value" (lets say 1000%), and any bids a user places over value of product should be reimbursed if the user is not successful.

it's irresponsible, there is a massive lack of "real" information on the site about what can happen and there are 2 main things to look out for.

1: timers changing when no bids are placed
2: no indication in previous auctions of "lost xxxx", only "saved xxxx"

to anybody concidering using swoopo, check the ended "auctions", and see how many bids the winner placed, more often than not it'll be in the mid xxx range.
 265 days ago by   Spanky T Smackme +1 Votes
This is an elaborate scheme to defraud people while at the same time making them think they have a good chanceand a sense of hope...
Just like the roulette wheel, slot machine or dice table, it is nothing more than an fancy gambling arena with all the odds in favor of the house, and just enough to keep the suckers baited and wishing.
If this were a true auction, there would be NO COST attached to the bid and therein lies the problem. Making people pay for each bid and maximizing the number of bids is just a carny scheme of FRAUD. Charge a flat membership fee, or flat fee per auction, but not an ENDLESS cost cycle that bleedspeople dry.
 265 days ago by   snakedoc1306 +1 Votes
Hello, I came across swoopo.com just today, and I decided to purchase 100 bids= $75. I immediately was placing bids, because I seen someone win a macbook (aluminum) for 7.50$--right in front of my eyes! And I was so upset that I didn't place a bid and steal that macbook, so I immediately started bidding on the next macbook, and before I know it I'm out $75 with nothing to show for it. I agree, I think it is a big scam, playing soley on peoples emotions. You just can't get stuff that expensive for cheap...you have to pay for it. Stick with saving up your money and spending it on Ebay...stay away from Swoopo.com
 263 days ago by   Davidnm +1 Votes
The site is a complete scam, if any body here tells you anything different then they are either in on the scam or work for the company. You dont need to be that bright to realise most of the bidding is computerised bidders made up by Swoopo themselves. I know they are being investigated. You want to lose you money go ahead and use the scam, your read about in the new sooner or later.
 259 days ago by   shut_them_down +1 Votes
Hello.
You all guys are right. This is scam. In german blogs there are also many complaints and critical comments concerning this company. If you take a look at the auctions, you see:

If the data of the auctions shown is correctly, then Swoopo would loose money with nearly every auction. The end price + the bidding price from all bidders together are very often much lower than the value of the product.

That means there must be something going on in the background we don't know.

The users play against the computer and not against other users.
question: Why is there no possibility to contact other users ?
Why don't they have any profile ?
->The users do not exist!

When i saw the page for the first time ("Telebid", only in germany at this time), i wondered about the
abnormal usernames. These names are not names that you create for yourselve when you register
at a webpage. It is just a feeling. But i'm absolutely sure. Of course people create funny and senseless names
but not names like this. The names seem like names from a random generator or invented by a bulk of
trainees.

They have a turnover of 30 million per year. They are growing...
They could become better than Maddof :-)

SHUT THEM DOWN
 256 days ago by   great1122 +1 Votes
I've never used swoopo, but once I tried and as soon as I saw you have to pay to bid, I immediately quit for I thought that was the stupidest things ever. And the computer thing might be true, who is actually winning the ended auctions, why aren't there any testimonials, and is this guy a swoopo worker -it does work if you are able to win an item! duh! otherwise the website wouldn't even be there. for the people that are complaining... its simply because they have not won a bid yet and are becoming so frustrated. if they won something, they would say that the website is amazing. i won items from it and i think it is perfect... you just need the patience and need to win a bid. ultimately, the money you save using this website really outweighs the money that you spend - http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080913160911AAxvk0g. Anyways did anyone actually win something from here?
 255 days ago by   ssssssssssssssss +1 Votes
Of course this is a scam. Anyone "bidding" on these "auctions" is an idiot...

I had to laugh at user roooy whos done quite well.

http://www.google.com/#q=roooy+swoopo&hl=en&filter=0&fp=bzg5UT93e2g

2 auctions won were for the same item - he really must like his music...

http://www.swoopo.com/auction/yamaha-mcr-230bl-micro-component-system-/174092.html

http://www.swoopo.com/auction/yamaha-mcr-230bl-micro-component-system-/176779.html

Now tell me this is not a scam with bots.
 255 days ago by   mafj +1 Votes
I have actually won a blue laser mouse. However, it's been a month and I have not received it. After two week I asked them the order status and they replied quickly that I should wait and bug them again after couple of weeks. They actually did not confirm they had it dispatched.

Well, it does not feel like delivering items is their priority.
These things make it even more obvious: On their site you cannot check the order status, you cannot track the parcel, you cannot verify the delivery address you have given nor change it.


The other side of my "winning" is that I actually paid 30 pound incl del while I could have bought it for 23 + del somewhere else. I was just saving money locked in my bids. And lost extra 5 quid paying for delivery :(.
 254 days ago by   smiley24 +1 Votes
US gal here: Won one auction out of my 40 bids ($30 in bids) @$.75. $.60 for a volleyball- $4.50 for shipping. Equals $46 for a $16 volleyball. Maybe I can recoup using my final 10 bids. Hmmm, maybe I'll try for the flying monkey next! My theory- buy a lot of bids, bid heavy on one item using bid butler and don't expect to too much in savings. Good times UK bidders! I am out in 10 bids!
 243 days ago by   ozzy_scl +1 Votes
The never ending bids!!
I kept on looking at a bid that was withing seconds of finishing, but of course never did... eventually it jumped from 5 seconds to 11 minutes!!!

How can that be possible??

I would say, if you want to bid, stick to Ebay.
 237 days ago by   baraboovintage +1 Votes
I am usually a pretty intelligent person, and I looked at the site like this. If they have a "penny auction" each bid makes the item go up in final price of 1 cent...SO when you see something thats worth $300 and someone wins it for $35 that means 3, 500 pennies went in to that and each bid costs .75 cents that means they just made over $2, 600 on the item. So I figured you just have to be the smart one at the end of the bidding. So I went ahead and bought a bid pack. My first idea was focus on winning a higher number bid pack that was being auctioned off. So I started watching and watching and I was keeping a tally on the bidders. Funny thing happend... The bid pack was worth $37.50 and contained 50 bids...There was a competitive bidder by the name of "bubbasue" on it who bid 109 times!!! So you are telling me that There is a human being out there who would actually spend $81.75 on bids to get something they could have purchased for $37??????????? I DO NOT THINK SO!!! My end comment is the company is already making stomach turning profit on ps3, ipo, cameras etc. WHY RIP OFF THE BIDDERS ON TOP OF IT??????????? HERE IS AN EXAMPLE I JUST PULLED OFF THE SITE:

It was a "penny auction" so that means each person who bids raises the final value a single cent and the bid costs 75 cents to place... L@@K

HP Pavilion HDX18-1180US 18.4-Inch Laptop

sold for $106.36

Its sells normally for $2, 178 GREAT DEAL???????

$106.36 = 10, 636 pennies (cents)=10, 636 bids x $0.75 per bid = $7, 977 is what they actually made just from

bids plus the super deal of $106.36 Plus the fake robot bidders???????? WHY SWOOPO WHY? in closing

...SWOOPO KISS MY ASS!!!
 514 days ago by Fabio  [send email] 0 Votes
Swoopo web site is a scam site.You never win anything.I spent 70 dollars bidding for coffe bean and i didn`t get it.Most of the auction are manipulate from their own people

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