These emails are always troubling for me to get because while I do think the Swoopo Manual & Swoopo Analytics is a great tool for Swoopo “pros,” I’ve tried hard to maintain the language and understanding of what it’s like to not know a single thing about Swoopo.

So when I got this email from Anthony, it was great to hear him say that Swoopo Manual is a great tool for beginners too. And he has a great suggestion for a possible new chapter. In his own words:

I can’t imagine trying to understand and bid in an environment like swoopo without having a playbook like yours.

I specifically was searching Google for this type of product. Something that would give me a basic understanding of this type of auction and how I might be able to gain a slight edge on the competition by having better or more accurate information.

Your manual focuses is mostly on the technical aspects, basic understanding of the auction process, how to bid and win early, how to bid and win late, when not to bid, what days are best, what times are best, when to use BidButler etc..

One area the manual does not explore in any depth is the psychological aspects of why people bid the way they do and how to potentially exploit their behavior.

I’m sure you could devote an entire chapter to the subject. I myself almost fell victim to the urge to bid before finding your manual and swoopo analytics.. I actually had to pull myself away from the computer and force myself to do some research before bidding. I’m very glad I did or I would probably be sitting here several hundred dollars lighter.

To sum up, I believe your manual is an extremely valuable tool for beginners. Everyone should read your manual that wants to bid on swoopo. I just hope they don’t…:)

Kind Regards,

Anthony

The other day, though, I received an email from Al, who was kind enough to share his Swoopo journey from start to big victory. I’ll let Al take it from here.

Hi Matthew, A funny thing happened on the way to quitting swoopo. I kept logging onto swoopo, but not so much to bid, but to watch. I was really disgusted with swoopo bec it seemed like nothing really worked. I finally realized it was all about my attitude going in to the auctions. Let me explain.

About a month ago, I was doing really well, strategy wise, on a macbook auction, and then made a simple bid butler mistake (didn’t realize my BB ran out) and lost the auction. So I swooped it now, bec I already had $400 into it. Even though I got my computer, I was really upset. It seemed like no matter what I just couldn’t win that stinkin computer! As I was watching some auctions, I started seeing certain strategies that repeated, and I thought, maybe if I learned more about how certain successful bidders approached an auction I could give myself a better chance to win something. Well, I decided to become an expert on the macbook auctions, Not the macbookpro, the macbook. I learned avg bids to win, pricing, days, times, even the reds that frequented this particular computer auction. (Especially their strategies) I decided that if I ever got back into an auction, I was going into the auction to either win it, or swoop it now. No other attitude would suffice, and it would also help me stay the course.

I faced off against 7 different reds, 3 of which I was VERY familiar with having lost to them quite a number of times in the past. I used bid butlers exclusively, and really didn’t need swoopo analytics bec it simply didn’t matter. I was going to bid butler until the end, either way.

My stats showed that in the last two months there were 25 auctions for apple macbooks. Avg bids to win 421. It took me 422 bids to win.. How’s that for statistical accuracy! I’m not delusional, it also takes some luck in that the people I was bidding against didn’t have the same commitment to winning this particular auction on this particluar day. But at least, I now know I can win on swoopo. Oh, I HAVE won 3 different bid auctions, but that doesn ‘t compare to winning an actual item like a computer.

Thanks for your help. If you want to copy and post this somewhere on your forum to give others the incentive to keep trying, that’s fine with me. Have a good night.

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Al S.

Thanks Al for sharing…

Suppose I just hop onto a few auctions and try my hand.  Are you of the opinion that I would likely lose every one without better preparation? i.e. are there that many ‘Swooper Heroes’ out there that jo schmo, using individual bids and repeatedly waiting until the clock runs down to bid  - can’t win?

I replied honestly to Wes and I thought the answer was worth sharing with everyone…since it’s important to the existence of Swoopo Manual and heck, even Swoopo:

You absolutely have a chance without preparation. Some folks buy my guide after their first win wanting to know more…and only then realize how lucky they got Swoopo will always have a degree of luck, and the point of the Manual + Swoopo Analytics is to make it as little luck and as much skill as possible.

So there you have it folks, straight from the horse’s mouth. You DON’T need to buy the Swoopo Manual. That is, if you’re willing to cross your fingers and hope to get lucky. If you want to turn Swoopo into a game of skill (at least as much as is possible) then you should consider learning a little more about how folks are winning month after month.

I think I know where you could go for that…