Any good at loombands?? have a look at this

[retired_member36]

I cant believe what my eyes are seeing here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Loom-Band-Dress-/251582630657?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a937e4b01


at the time of this post £153,921.00 with 126 bids and still 4 days to go

holy sh!t

 

[diablo]

I've just discovered a new hobby ;-)

 

[AssetDomains]

Surely this will never go through nuts

 

[Murray]

When you think about it, what a great and easy piece of advertising for loom bands

You make a dress, stick it on ebay, do massive fake bids = media coverage

 

[retired_member36]

I've just discovered a new hobby

My kids are pretty nifty at making these lol, i might have to set a factory up in my shed for them

 

[diablo]

When you think about it, what a great and easy piece of advertising for loom bands

You make a dress, stick it on ebay, do massive fake bids = media coverage

Don't look like fake bids to me.

Here's a piece from the Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ales-reach-almost-154000-on-ebay-9599331.html

Cue a flood of similar dresses appearing on eBay this month! Including the little black number I've started work on ;-)

 

[retired_member36]

You make a dress, stick it on ebay, do massive fake bids = media coverage

Im not sure they are fake mate, i mean i cant be 100% sure but looking at the bids these people have 100% feedback and surely they wouldn't want to get a black marker on their account.

 

[retired_member36]

Including the little black number I've started work on

Im getting the other half to work on an idea that i think could be popular hehe

 

[Murray]

Don't look like fake bids to me.

It's defo a piece of marketing

Now everyone will either go, "what are loom bands?!" + "oh snap I need to make things with loom bands £££"

See comments above

 

[KarlM]

Bit like that flappy birds app i guess, fake bids

 

[mat]

How is it marketing when "loom bands" is not the brand.

 

[tifosi]

It's rubber... that's gonna smell pretty ripe after a night out!

 

[boxerdog]

They drive me nuts! bloody things appear everywhere thanks to my daughter, I'm constantly sucking them up the hoover

 

[Murray]

How is it marketing when "loom bands" is not the brand.

They're patented I assume, only one brand? doing a quick google they're called rainbow loom

 

[AssetDomains]

Already copycats on ebay this made me chuckle though

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Loom-Band...=100009&prg=10244&rk=3&rkt=10&sd=321458502824

 

[diablo]

It's defo a piece of marketing

The marketing is by eBay. They are superb at it.

It's simply a listing that has far exceeded expectations - for whatever reason - hence the media interest. eBay always milk such events.

As for some woman in Wales being the mastermind behind the marketing of loom bands, I very much doubt it.

 

[Murray]

As for some woman in Wales being the mastermind behind the marketing of loom bands, I very much doubt it.

Couldn't be too hard to find an ordinary girl at a talent agency somewhere.

Well any which way it came about, it's still very interesting from a marketing point of view, great advertising.

 

[diablo]

Couldn't be too hard to find an ordinary girl at a talent agency somewhere.

Probably easier just to say, yes, you are right, it's a marketing scame with fake bids, so that I can concentrate on with my dressmaking ;-)

 

[mat]

This made me chuckle...

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Loom-Band-Dress-Repair-Kit-/261529352842

 

[retired_member36]

This made me chuckle...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Loom-Band-...-/261529352842

Lol thats funny

Ive just got back from the town, and there seems to have been a rush of sales on these. Literally one shop has its stand of loom bands sold out, and its not as if it was a small stand!!!