Hot-oku.com
This is the site I was talking about when I wrote about Geekybids.com before. It has been a while since I’m active using the site. I still have some unused coins to bid but since it is a mess to get the items I won to be shipped to Malaysia from Japan, I’m taking a long break from the site.
This site is a small part of D2Pass network. You’ll need one coin for a bid. Each coin cost USD$0.49 and lower depending on the number of coins you buy. About the same price as Geekybids.com selling their bids but surely much more affordable for the Japanese as for them it is less than 1/3 of what we have to pay here for them.
The lower entrance bar surely helping with attracting more users. And if you see the site, you could see how the wide range of items offered and majority of it costs between RM50-RM200 which is pretty low for a Japanese.
A few months ago when I was active using the site, items ranging RM500-RM1500 and items with higher price tag dominating the list. I guess those price range are too high for a beginner to start spending their money on and majority of the users don’t like to gamble that kind of money to buy something even for a bargain price.
The site in my opinion adapting very well to attract more low end users which I think is good for their business while keeping top users going back to their site with enough big ticket items. Looking at the recent winners list I’m happy to see some users I spent uncountable sleepless hours trying to win the stuff I want in bidding wars with still actively using the site. That is a testimonial of a good site.
I could call them real users because in so many occasions they were using different psychology tactics to prevent other users to win the items they’re bidding. And I don’t see how a robot could read the mind of a human bidder as well as a human do.
I’ve given the proof that site such as Geekybids.com could be real. And by using PayPal you have the ease of mind if the service provided by Geekybids.com is not true as they said you could always file a complaint and get the money you spent back.
I’m not willing to put any real money to Geekybids.com just because if I lose an auction I will lose all the money just like that while when I was using hot-oku.com even if I lose, half of the amount of coins I spent to bid will be converted to points. With that points I could buy more coins or exchange it with other services they offers which I’m using anyway.
The legitimacy of Geekybids.com certainly is questionable. But I’m hoping there will be undeniable proof of truth surfaces. I can’t wait to use it and scoring some great deals.
