SHINY SHINY: A MacBook for £8.02: DesignerAuction has luxury goods and some great deals...

By Anna Leach on December 15, 2009

A new concept auction site takes online fashion sales to a different place: DesignerAuction.co.uk offers high-end fashion pieces at 10% discounts with the opportunity for massive 90% discounts on each item.

But there's already a big auction site: eBay. Why would I go to this one?
Well, Designer Auction differentiates itself from other auction sites like uh eBay, by dedicating itself to high-end pieces, straight from designers' collections from this season, with authenticity guaranteed. eBay has more of the garage sale ethos, some gems, some bum deals. Some weird shit.

But there are lots of fashion sites already? ASOS, figleaves...
Yeah. This specialises in designer one-off pieces and luxury items from across sections. MacBooks! they have MacBooks as well as Burberry and Prada. This isn't a place for white t-shirts, it's where you'd go for one-off pieces.

What's this 90% discount thing you mentioned?
Well, this is really where Designer Auction could take off... Adding a touch of gambling and auction-house frenzy to this site could become an addictive shopping experience.

For example, take a look at this..:
So far, Designer Auction has auctioned:
• An Apple iPhone 3GS for £0.78
• An Apple MacBook Air for £8.02
• A Louis Vuitton 'Speedy 35' for £4.38
• A pair of Ray Ban Aviators for £0.21

Yes OMG. Basically one of each luxury item is given away for auction. Auctions start at nothing, each bid increases the cost price by 1p, and extends the auction deadline by 1 minute. The maximum bid is at capped at 10% of the normal selling price. Of course only one person can win it. But that person is guaranteed to get a really good deal.


Is there a catch?
Bids cost you £1. You have to buy bids before you can, well bid on an auction piece. However, you don't entirely lose the money you put down on bids, because you can redeem it as credit against other purchases you make on the site.

If you don't win it?

Well you can just buy the item from the site's shop.

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