I am just curious to know whether bidding for items online is a better to get things at a cheap price. For example I was looking at several bidding websites like quibids, beezids and big deal, and I saw that many people won laptops, iPods, and other stuff, for a very good price. In fact, most of the winners won stuff at least 50% off the retail value. So, I am just wondering whether I should venture into the online bidding arena, I would like to know that I am not entering a scam or any sort like that, because I have heard people tell me, that you can never win in a online bidding site, or that it is very difficult, so please tell me, whether it is a good choice to venture into online bidding. Please tell your feedback, based on experience, winning something through a bidding site (if so, tell me what bidding site) or through logical explanation and last but not least careful observation. Thank you and have a nice day.