PS3 Move and Xbox Kinect - Wii watch out

Wii, Xbox or PS3 - it's your MOVE!

Just in time for Christmas 2010, the competition for the family's game playing wallet is hotting up big time!

Both Xbox and PS3  are attempting to break Nintendo's stranglehold on interactive video games with their latest accessories, the Move and Kinect...but are they good enough to knock the dominant, cheaper Wii off its pedestal? What's your preference: the hands free simplicity of Kinect, the gandalf-like experience of waving your wand-like Move or the familiar Wii-mote and nunchuk.

With retail prices for complete systems from xbox and PS3  approaching £200, you need to choose carefully...or maybe not!

Penny Auction Sites, like flutteroo, are featuring loads of cheap auctions for these game systems as the festive holiday season approaches. Check out the latest auctions tonight, and pick up a cheap Wii, a cheap PS3 or a cheap Xbox for free or even pennies in time for Christmas - now you really can have your cake and eat it!

Happy Bidding!

Have Amazon beaten Apple? Kindle vs iPad

OK, so initially, like most people, I was green-eyed over anyone that I saw with an iPad. Built only the way Apple know how: smooth, elegant and slick.

I wanted one... and was close to forking out some cash on a cheap ipad auction.

But then Amazon bought out the kindle, and whilst ugly compared to it's glamourous rival, it gradually won me over. So now my auction of choice is a brand new Wifi Kindle. 

Here's my top 5 list of reasons to buy a Kindle instead of an iPad

1. You won't be worried about the overgrown slippery bar of soap that's the iPad slipping out of your hands and smashing on the floor! The Kindle is very robust
   
2. Battery life - with a month of charge you can backpack round Europe and still have enough juice left to read war and peace (if you can be bothered). The iPad would bearly do a day's commute on the tube
   
3. A book any time you want from the world's biggest book seller - Amazon. Even iTunes can't compete with that! Not to mention the many freebies they're sending out!
   
4. Free 3G in most countries you go to... blinder, take that Mr. Jobs! Even a bit of basic internet surfing thrown in!
   
5. Finally, price - at just over £100 vs £429 for the iPad (unless you win your iPad on a lowest unique bid auction), it's well worth the beer money!
   
   That's my two-penneth, but maybe you don't have to decide - you could get a cheap iPad and a cheap Kindle on a penny auction right now at flutteroo and still have change from £10. The best of both worlds ;-)

Buy it Now and Price Drop Auctions - what's the idea?

The buy it now auction is ideal for all bargain hunters who want a simple, cheap deal with no fuss and no competing with other bidders.

The ideal is simple:

• A brand new ipad, wii, LCD TV is put up for auction just below the retail price
• The price is then hidden
• Bidders pay to see the price - if they like the price, they buy, if not they put the item back to auction
• Every time the item goes back into the auction, the price falls
• The next bidder sees a lower price... this keeps happening until someone buys

Amazingly, most electronic goods go for between 20% and 25% discount off the retail price - why the person before didn't buy, who knows, but works for me. No pressure, no competition, just great bargains.

Tips on playing price drop auctions

• The longer an item has been on auction, the more people that have looked and the cheaper the price
  
• Popular and  in demand products, such as the iPad and the new Kindle  go quickly - 15% discounts are more common. A Kindle may only be on auction for a couple of hours. Auctions for electronic goods, like TomTom SatNavs and LCD TVs, which are more mature - discounts are more 20%+, but the item may be on for a week or two.
  
• Check out recently sold for prices on the auction site, and get a feel for the discounts by item. 

Interested and want to find out more? Here's a good simple guide to how it works for buy it now, reverse or price drop auctions. Want to jump straight in? Checkout flutteroo.com for some great products.