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A Sucker is Born Every Day...Showbidz and Swoopbug
A Sucker is Born Every Day...Showbidz and Swoopbug
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A Sucker is Born Every Day...Showbidz and Swoopbug
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11-15-2009, 12:28 AM,
(This post was last modified: 11-15-2009, 03:30 PM by bargainbloodhound.)
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A Sucker is Born Every Day...Showbidz and Swoopbug
Here's one of the best examples ever of a site count being inflated just prior to a sale in order to drive up the value and dupe some poor sucker.
new Showbidz owner Wrote:www.ShowBidz.com has over 341,000 listings and is not even showing up on the auction site count list? http://www.powersellersunite.com/post-28...tml#283998 WHOIS shows the site changed hands 3 days ago on 11/11. Mandy and I started watching the site a few days before the sale. The current owner is in Hawaii but guess where the prior owner was located...you guessed it, Palm Bay, FL. The WHOIS on 11/10 the day prior to the sale: Quote: The reason we started watching this site was because on 11/10 (the day before the sale) the site was moved OFF of the probidhosting.org nameservers to nameservers at beenanza.com. The site is now back at probidhosting.org Did I mention the site only has 54 registered users? But wait the fun doesn't stop there... The new owner's PSU signature also contains a link to a site called swoopbug.com which is running the swoopo clone script telebidauctionscript (it doesn't take a friggin' rocket scientist to figure out which script it is when you see a listing titled "Sony PSP 3000 Now On Telebidauctionscript!" :   ). The WHOIS hasn't been updated yet to reflect the new owner of swoopbug but guess who registered the domain on October 30, 2009...yep, "Richard"....and guess who owns the swoopohost.com nameserver domain (registered on 11/9/2009)...yep, boinktard boy Ray himselfQuote: Registrant:
"Well, Jay was so giddy that someone named Jay was involved with this site we posted our first non-eBay listing in 3 years here at Lunarbid (we tried two items at Yahoo once upon a time, they bombed)" -Marie posting in a LunarBid thread at OTWA in 2005 wins the award for 'most moronic reason ever given for choosing a venue"
"thanks twat u must have nothing better 2 do. do u talk to all your members like that. will not be recomending your site. best way to put it is TULIPTOOLS.COM IS REALLY SHIT. DONT JOIN." -pubescent owner of rinky dink off2auction.com in 2011 |
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11-15-2009, 01:43 AM,
(This post was last modified: 11-15-2009, 02:28 AM by sneakymagenta.)
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Re: A Sucker is Born Every Day...
Follow this trail
a former dropshipdesign store owned by R.A. http://www.traderickswholesale.com/ R.A. calls dropshipdesign ripoff artists in the comments here on 10/1: http://www.ripoffreport.com/Miscellaneou...-2bmbd.htm and here on 9/25 http://blog.allaffiliateprograms.com/318...extortion/ and yet one month later the R.A. owned chock full o' 341,000 dropshipdesign products showbidz.com is born....go figure. ~~~~~ rewriting history dep't: neither Christenson nor Austin owned showbidz in July or September BECAUSE THE NAME WASN"T REGISTERED UNTIL LATE OCTOBER and yet there are blog articles from those 2 months raving about its great success. Who's the boinktard who edited the posts and added the showbidz name? http://my.allaffiliateprograms.com/bestbuysonline/blog/ edit: Quote: you guessed it, Palm Bay, FL.Why would anyone guess Palm BAY??? The fisherman is Palm HARBOR not BAY you boinktard bear. edit 2: Quote:The WHOIS on 11/10 the day prior to the sale:The first name, address, and telephone number on the WHOIS are right but the last name... http://www.google.com/search?q=%28321%29%20327-4018&sourceid=groowe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
OAI Moron Hall of Fame
<i>sell-thru is an irrelevant and illogical consideration.</i> -KaRay, owner of WP giving selling advice, 2006 <i>the site was 'NOT' hacked but the little script that had recipes on had the link altered</i> -Plunderhere Owner Mark Taylor after his site was hacked by a Chinese hacker gang, 2008 Some people have it like that, others dont. I do. -Probidscripts owner Spencer Osama Binweb Laden Ray bragging about his ability to scam the OAI without feeling any guilt, 2008. How does an auction site get buyers? -question asked at PSU by owner of auction site BidBeaver.ca, 2008 How do I get sales? -question asked at PSU by online store owner, 2009. I was told by my Tech. Support that my site dont really need SSL.. his servers are well protected and that info your providing to join aint really top secret information -owner of auction site TheTraderOutlet.com discussig his site's lack of basic security, 2009 |
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11-15-2009, 02:49 AM,
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Re: A Sucker is Born Every Day...
The site has 341,000 items from one seller with 3 IDs and 0 items from the other 53 52 51 members.
Quote: Warning: include(store_templates/store8/header.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/showbidz/public_html/includes/class_template.php on line 47 They must be using Ray's mods. |
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11-15-2009, 03:27 AM,
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Re: A Sucker is Born Every Day...
What kind of tard is seriously going to think that a site legitimately has over 300000 items with only 50 some members? I mean seriously.
Quote:[table][tr][td]And good luck with google, since google does not like duplicate content... and dropshipped items.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] Yes, she knows all about duplicates and dropshipped items. |
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11-15-2009, 03:53 AM,
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Re: A Sucker is Born Every Day...
Quote:The victim's (aka the new owner's) PSU signature also contains a link to a site called swoopbug.com which is running the swoopo clone script telebidauctionscript (it doesn't take a friggin' rocket scientist to figure out which script it is when you see a listing titled "Sony PSP 3000 Now On Telebidauctionscript!" The items and images, including the PSP in a Wii box  tolensmiley: , listed on swoopbug are the same ones listed on the script's demo site.http://www.swoopbug.com/productdetails.php?aid=28 http://www.telebidauctionscriptdemo.com/...php?aid=30 Some of the bidders listed on swoopscam are even the same like bidder testtest on this Starbucks gift card auction http://www.swoopbug.com/productdetails.php?aid=24 http://www.telebidauctionscriptdemo.com/...php?aid=32 Quote: A Sucker is Born Every Day... The sucker is anyone who pays $1.00 to place a bid on the non-existent products listed on Swoopbarf
OAI Moron Hall of Fame
<i>sell-thru is an irrelevant and illogical consideration.</i> -KaRay, owner of WP giving selling advice, 2006 <i>the site was 'NOT' hacked but the little script that had recipes on had the link altered</i> -Plunderhere Owner Mark Taylor after his site was hacked by a Chinese hacker gang, 2008 Some people have it like that, others dont. I do. -Probidscripts owner Spencer Osama Binweb Laden Ray bragging about his ability to scam the OAI without feeling any guilt, 2008. How does an auction site get buyers? -question asked at PSU by owner of auction site BidBeaver.ca, 2008 How do I get sales? -question asked at PSU by online store owner, 2009. I was told by my Tech. Support that my site dont really need SSL.. his servers are well protected and that info your providing to join aint really top secret information -owner of auction site TheTraderOutlet.com discussig his site's lack of basic security, 2009 |
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11-15-2009, 05:52 AM,
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Re: A Sucker is Born Every Day...
Christenson's handbagsswapmeet.com auction site which opened in July closed last week - no doubt so he could concentrate on the more lucrative penny auction business.
Quote:Some of the bidders listed on swoopscam are even the same like bidder testtest on this Starbucks gift card auction testtest and johnjohn got into a bidding war with each other on both swoopbug and the demo site . http://www.swoopbug.com/productdetails.php?aid=19 http://www.telebidauctionscriptdemo.com/...php?aid=19 Swoopbug, despite its fake items and fake bidders is being advertised on both PSU and Google Adwords http://www.powersellersunite.com/post-283176.html http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:HSLKDrIdZH8J:www.ask.com/questions-about/Free-Online-Lottery+swoopbug&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us According to a blog article, startup Swoopbug has already received an endorsement from the fictitious "AAA ( American auctions association )". : http://swoopbug.wordpress.com/2009/11/03...opulatity/ Quote: the new owner's I don't believe there was a sale YET - rather I think this is a case of a merger of two or three boinktards who believe they can bulls.hit their way to easy money by "duping some poor suckers" into buying bid packs or the auction sites. |
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11-15-2009, 09:53 AM,
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Re: A Sucker is Born Every Day...
http://www.powersellersunite.com/viewtopic.php?t=26035&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
It is a multi-level scam marketing site that was called "Profit Sharing Auction" until 11/6. So those 54 members look even more encouraging now that it took him 9 months to get them. 
"Listen up Mother****er. Try that bulls*** here and I will hand you and your head in a basket"
- Ray Romeo's alter ego Andrew Pittino responding when I signed up a new account on Wagglepop to verify the non-existence of a way to opt out of his sharing my information with third parties. |
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11-15-2009, 03:08 PM,
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Re: A Sucker is Born Every Day...
[quote author=xwpopper link=topic=19006.msg75471#msg75471 date=1258278812]
http://www.powersellersunite.com/viewtopic.php?t=26035&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0 It is a multi-level scam marketing site that was called "Profit Sharing Auction" until 11/6. So those 54 members look even more encouraging now that it took him 9 months to get them. [/quote] I should read PSU more often :-[ ...OK, I now agree with Mandy's 3 boinktards/no sale yet theory. The victim will be whoever buys the sites or registers on the sites. Besides fake bidders (i.e. shill bidding), and fake item listings, Swoopbug visitors are also being exposed to another risk: privacy violations...their IP addresses and other information is being shared with the world. Click on the AddFree stats button at the bottom of any page or just follow this link http://www9.addfreestats.com/cgi-bin/sho...r=00903453 Click on the more buttons on the stats page and the following information about every visitor is readily available: Quote:Visitor Detail: 15 November 2009 I now know that boinktard #1 in Hawaii only visits his site once a day. Hi Scot! tolensmiley: boinktard owner #2 is more active. Hi Richard! tolensmiley: Quote: Visitor Detail: 15 November 2009 additional info on that ip address from whatismyip Wrote:Geo-Location Information ...and then there's boinktard #3, the web host and owner of the swoopohost name server domain. Hi Ray! tolensmiley: Quote:Visitor Detail: 15 November 2009 additional info on that IP address from whatismyIP Wrote:Geo-Location Information
"Well, Jay was so giddy that someone named Jay was involved with this site we posted our first non-eBay listing in 3 years here at Lunarbid (we tried two items at Yahoo once upon a time, they bombed)" -Marie posting in a LunarBid thread at OTWA in 2005 wins the award for 'most moronic reason ever given for choosing a venue"
"thanks twat u must have nothing better 2 do. do u talk to all your members like that. will not be recomending your site. best way to put it is TULIPTOOLS.COM IS REALLY SHIT. DONT JOIN." -pubescent owner of rinky dink off2auction.com in 2011 |
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11-15-2009, 05:36 PM,
(This post was last modified: 11-15-2009, 06:03 PM by regic.)
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Re: A Sucker is Born Every Day...Showbidz and Swoopbug
Quote: And yest they are now just a popular as Ebay, once you have visited them you will find that to be true( not a start up but one of the fasted riseing sites on the net today�� again visit http://www.showbidz.com/�and start making money now.http://blog.allaffiliateprograms.com/311...n_the_net/ If Showbidz is just as popular as eBay why did air traffic controller Scott Christenson list his 2006 Toyota Sienna van on craigslist yesterday instead of on Showbidz? http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/cto/1465715244.html xwpopper Wrote:It is a multi-level scam marketing site that was called "Profit Sharing Auction" until 11/6. Here's the owner's description: Quote: I just opened a new business, and applied an MLM or Amway type pay system, with downlines, to an auction. http://forums.myspace.com/t/3922163.aspx...viewthread FYI, Christenson previously owned the defunct FotoAds.com http://avcosa.ning.com/forum/topics/topi...making-the Here's an old press release for FotoAds. Christenson was based out of Spokane WA at the time: http://www.spokanemicroblog.com/a87797-n...bay-by.cfm edited to add: maggie777 Wrote:They must be using Ray's mods. As of 9/10 the site had paid binarywebs almost $1800 for buggy programming services. http://www.profitsharingauction.com/comm...=41#post41 Quote: ISP: CLEARWIRE US LLC According to the site's profit and loss statement the site's sellers/"shareholders" are apparently footing the 36.63 monthly bill for Scott's Internet connection. :
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11-15-2009, 07:58 PM,
(This post was last modified: 11-15-2009, 08:03 PM by bargainbloodhound.)
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Re: A Sucker is Born Every Day...Showbidz and Swoopbug
regic Wrote:the site's sellers/"shareholders" showbidz Wrote:Stockholder showbidz Wrote:FREE Co-op where the members are part owners Ummm, the site is registered to an individual. The business is unincorporated. The business's legal business structure is 'sole proprietorship'. Sole proprietorships can not (legally) issue stock or have shareholders or issue ownership interests to others...maybe I should clarify that statement, they can violate the law and issue stock but in doing so they run afoul of several state and federal securities laws.
"Well, Jay was so giddy that someone named Jay was involved with this site we posted our first non-eBay listing in 3 years here at Lunarbid (we tried two items at Yahoo once upon a time, they bombed)" -Marie posting in a LunarBid thread at OTWA in 2005 wins the award for 'most moronic reason ever given for choosing a venue"
"thanks twat u must have nothing better 2 do. do u talk to all your members like that. will not be recomending your site. best way to put it is TULIPTOOLS.COM IS REALLY SHIT. DONT JOIN." -pubescent owner of rinky dink off2auction.com in 2011 |
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