October 2009

Pposh Sold

October 23, 2009

Apparently Pposh has been sold. Here’s the message from Pposh.com: “Dear Member, PPOSH was sold today! The site will be down for a few days for maintenance and to allow the new site owners to make some changes as they see fit. Thanks for your understanding.”

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Uhh.. Biduh

October 23, 2009

Is this why they call it bid uh? http://www.biduh.com/auctions/view/2321 It’s also odd that in the testimonials they pronounce it bee-doo… Read more about Biduh: Biduh Allegedly Shill Bidding Their Penny Auctions.

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Penny Auction Biddor Goes Trick-or-Treating

October 23, 2009

Surprised to see Biddor’s new Halloween themed design? Along with the new design, penny auction Biddor.com is currently offering offering Halloween oriented items. Items that have recently ended (and with only a few bids) include “Halloween” -the movie, Wonka bottle caps candy, a “coffin fogger” decoration, “Poltergeist” dvd. Biddor plans to have more “spooky” items [...]

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Zoozle Modifies Win Limits

October 23, 2009

Zoozle has just changed their win limits. In response to user feedback, we have modified our win limit system to a much more simple two category price range. A lot of people found the previous category system confusing and sometimes a range would not have much to choose from. We have therefore decided to go [...]

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RockyBid Changes Win Limits Again

October 23, 2009

RockyBid adjusted their win limits again today. All Limits are for a 10 day period: Here are the new limits: 1 Featured Auction 3 Auctions Valued Above $200 3 Auctions Valued Below $199.99 3 Free Bid auctions Previous win limits, 7-day period: 5 auctions valued above $200 5 auctions valued below $200 1 featured item [...]

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Max Loren-Designer Penny Auctions

October 23, 2009

MaxLoren.com recently contacted us to announce that they’ve just launched their penny auction site focused on selling high-end designer handbags and accessories. MaxLoren has a $1000 guarantee on the legitimacy of their products. Auctions start at $0.06 and bids cost $0.60. MaxLoren’s first item, a Louis Vuitton Speedy 30, valued at $690, received 809 bids. [...]

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Bidstick Claims to Be Getting $5 Million in Funding

October 23, 2009

According to a recent press release, Bidstick.com is in its final stages of having the Diamond Institute of America secure a $5 Million private equity financing for the penny auction. They’ve also been giving out 100 free bids to their users. “We know that the financial crisis we are experiencing right now has permanently changed [...]

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Flutteroo New Penny Auction for UK Residents

October 22, 2009

We recently talked with new UK entertainment shopping – penny auction site Flutteroo.co.uk. Dave Hobday, chief executive officer at Flutteroo, said: “Flutteroo gives consumers new and exciting ways to get massively discounted technology, toys, leisure and home products. The potential savings for Flutteroo customers are significantly greater than other online retailers and there is an [...]

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Biduh.com Allegedly Shilling Their Penny Auctions

October 21, 2009

There’s been some pretty heated discussion in our Biduh.com thread. It seems like Biduh is shill bidding their own auctions. Now we’ll let the facts speak for themselves. Two users from Illinois have recently registered on our forum, both have posted in defense of Biduh.com.  Coincidentally Biduh.com also operates out of Illinois. One of the [...]

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Biddango Seems Legit!

October 20, 2009

Penny auction site Biddango just opened yesterday and so far Penny Auction Watch readers have already received shipping confirmations and Amazon gift cards by E-mail. Bids on Biddango cost $0.75. There have been a few technical problems but so far Biddango has been quick to fix problems and refund bids. Tonight Biddango will have a [...]

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The Auction Squirrel Has Closed

October 20, 2009

It’s a sad day when we find out that another legit penny auction has closed. “The Auction Squirrel is gone. We’re sorry. We will be sending out all of our items that have sold. We will be reassessing our financial situation and will refund all bids that have been purchased. The website will remain up [...]

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BidRivals

October 20, 2009

Has anyone tried the penny auction site BidRivals.com? BidRivals displays a “Fair Auction Guarantee” on their homepage which reads: “With our Fair Auction Guarantee you can be sure that we do not use any systems that automatically bid on our auctions (Autobids). We also guarantee that no employees of Bidrivals or their family members are [...]

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WinkBid Wii Auction Allegedly Shilled?!

October 19, 2009

It looks like today’s Wii auction on WinkBid.com wasn’t won by anyone, but WinkBid. The Facts: Nintendo Wii auction on WinkBid.com Winner: Sundip Nintendo Wii Console + 50 WinkBids Ended : 8:56 pm End price : $4.80 US $4.80 User sundip joined the Penny Auction Watch forum today, right after? He/she won the Nintendo Wii. [...]

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Japanese Penny Auction Saruok

October 19, 2009

Penny auctions have arrived in Japan with Saruok.com Saruok has a few testimonials and it looks like some items are shipped from Amazon.jp. Saruok seems to be pretty popular, so far there have been 1,673 ended auctions. According to WebsiteOutlook.com, Saruok has 1143 daily pageviews with an Alexa ranking in Japan of 34,986.

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BidMyDreams Promo

October 19, 2009

New penny auction BidMyDreams.com is having a promotional giveaway, if you share BidMyDreams on Facebook & Twitter they will send $5 to your PayPal account. Read more about the giveaway: “Want $5? All you have to do is promote us on Facebook or Twitter. THAT’S IT! Facebook (YOU MUST HAVE OVER 2OO FRIENDS): Step 1: [...]

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Beware of Phishing Attempts

October 18, 2009

Beware of phishing/spoof E-mail attempts. One of our readers just told us that he received an e-mail from someone pretending to be Swoopo, he says that the e-mail wasn’t even sent to the address he used when registering. We have also heard that this has been happening with fake e-mails from people posing to be [...]

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Bid66 Opened Today

October 17, 2009

After a slight delay Bid66.com finally opened today. (Read our interview with Bid66) First day items include a Remington shaver, 66 bids, Logitech keyboard, digital camera and a sterling silver necklace. Bid66 is one of the few penny auctions to have a chatroom. Have you tried Bid66? Discuss it in the forum.

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Interview with BidMyDreams

October 17, 2009

BidMyDreams.com is another new penny auction you may want to bookmark. Their first set of auctions are set to end on November 1st. Penny Auction Watch: What got you interested in the entertainment shopping industry? BidMyDreams: Well, like many penny auction fans and owners, we see great potentials in this new type of shopping. As the [...]

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Bite for Free on BidBugs

October 16, 2009

Based in India, the new entertainment shopping auction BidBugs promises free “bites,” their version of bids, by way of referrals, daily login, random allotment, and social networking promotion. BidBugs may appeal to penny auction bidders, but it is not like a traditional penny auction. To win items on BidBugs a user must have the most [...]

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Your Most Impressive Penny Auction Wins

October 16, 2009

A few of our readers are discussing their most impressive and favorite penny auction wins. Look at the deals they’ve been able to score: Toshiba 17-inch MSRP then: $799.99 Bids used: No more than 20 Apple I-Phone 3GS (16GB) Contract Free MSRP then: $799.99 Bids used: 7 Taylor Made R7 Irons MSRP then: $899.99 Bids [...]

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