December 2009

ViewPrice Ends Beta Testing

December 14, 2009

Reveal price auction ViewPrice has just launched out of Beta, offers gift cards. “ViewPrice has partnered with different merchants because of the volume of gift cards being sold through this platform, the merchants are subsidizing any loss on different auctions knowing that the sale of each gift card brings additional revenue to their stores that [...]

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Penny Auction Holiday Promos This Week

December 14, 2009

This week GoBid is going to give every single member of the site 5 free bids as a holiday present.  They tell us that they will probably deposit the bids and make the official announcement on Tuesday or Wednesday. Due to tremendous feedback from PAW readers signing up on BidMyDreams, they have decided to extend [...]

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When Will the Bots Stop?

December 13, 2009

Today, The Dominion Post, New Zealand published the article  Penny Auctions Trouble Watchdogs, raising the question of legality and questioning whether penny auctions are akin to gambling. A Consumer Affairs Victoria spokesman said that they had reservations about penny auctions, “In a traditional online auction transaction, the losing bidder is not out of pocket.” According [...]

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Penny Auction YooBeeDoo-UK Opening Soon

December 12, 2009

Just recently we found David‘s UK penny auction YooBeeDoo, they plan to open to US residents in the future so feel free to get on their launch list if you’re interested!

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BidBlink Extends Bid-to-Buy Window

December 12, 2009

Reverse penny auction BidBlink has just extended the bid-to-buy window from 30 minutes after auction close to 12 hours. Nobody loses on BidBlink! If you don’t win the auction, you have 12 hours after it ends to purchase the same item for the retail price minus the value of the bids you placed (discount is [...]

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Live2Bid

December 11, 2009

The owner of the new penny auction site Live2Bid.com recently introduced his site  on our forum and invited PAW members to test. Live2Bid plans on opening tomorrow after a successful night of beta testing tonight. Penny Auction Watch: What got you interested in the entertainment shopping industry? Well, I have sold on Ebay a lot [...]

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ABCPennyAuctions Needs Beta testers

December 11, 2009

Another new penny auction site, ABCPennyAuctions.com needs beta testers. They plan to have the test tomorrow (December 12th). Test items include a Rolls Royce, a yacht and a stone castle! Signup here if you would like to participate in testing.

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BargainsandFun Needs Beta Testers

December 11, 2009

Beta testers are needed on new penny auction site Bargainsandfun.com. They just posted to the forum (where all the fun stuff is at!) to tell us that they would like to run the beta test tentatively from December 14th-17th. Bargainsandfun is located in the US and that is their target market, but anyone in the [...]

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Penny Auction Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

December 10, 2009

In addition to our What is a Penny Auction? page, with the help of a great forum member (thanks!), we now have the Penny Auction Frequently Asked Questions FAQ’s. If you’re new to the penny auction scene and wondering what it’s all about, or need a way to explain just what they are to your [...]

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10 Free Bids on BidMyDreams Promo

December 9, 2009

Penny auction site BidMyDreams is running a free bid promotion exclusive to Penny Auction Watch readers & new registrants. All you have to do to be elligible for 10 free bids is select Penny Auction Watch (PAW) as the referral source when you register. This special promotion is limited to one user  per household & [...]

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RockyBid is Back!

December 9, 2009

RockyBid is back up and running with version 1.5. Auctions tonight include a Kindle 2, 1 Gram Gold Bar, MagicJack, a PS3, Nintendo Wii, bid packs & gift cards.

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Do You Like Long Timer Resets-Vote in Our Poll!

December 9, 2009

One of our forum users started a great poll to tell penny auction sites that timer resets of 1 and 2 minutes are just time consuming and boring. “I just do not get it, as much information that is here on PAW for the auction site owners regarding what the bidders want is so completely [...]

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RockyBid 1.5 Beta Test Tonight

December 8, 2009

RockyBid will be having another beta test tonight! Hopefully with your help they will be back up in running soon. Here’s the message from RockyBid: Good news Rocky Bidders (well, sort of), we are going to put up some auctions this evening for another short BETA test. So here is another chance to win some [...]

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Swoopo Offering Free Shipping on HDTV’s

December 8, 2009

Swoopo is running a promotion! Now through December 15th if you win an HDTV you can have it shipped for free. Have you tried Swoopo? Please talk about your experiences with Swoopo in our forum. Also, don’t forget to enter the Penny Auction Watch Giveaway!

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StuffBuff Interview with Robert Scoble

December 8, 2009

We recently gave out private beta invites to the new speed-auction site StuffBuff. Technological evangelist Robert Scoble, Building43 recently interviewed Michael Langer of StuffBuff at the PayPal X Innovate 09 Conference. Watch the interview: Michael tells us that StuffBuff is sniper & robot bidder proof and plans to officially open StuffBuff in January. StuffBuff is using [...]

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Saving with 6ABC Interviews DFWBID User

December 7, 2009

Amy Buckman, the wonderful deal-seeking reporter with Action News Saving with 6ABC News WPVI-TV Philadelphia, PA recently interviewed a user of the penny auction gift card site DFWBID.com. Watch the video: Read Amy Buckman’s report here. Penny Auction Watch users have received items from DFWBID! Share your experiences with DFWBID in our forum. We just [...]

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BidMyDreams More Electronics & $900 Cash Auction

December 7, 2009

Tonight, penny auction BidMyDreams.com is running  another cash auction, $300 to the winner’s PayPal account and if the auction price reaches $20 they are going to triple the win to $900. Their previous 140 auctions have been predominately for gift cards.  Auctions this week include a Nintendo Wii (tonight) and an 8 gb iPod Nano [...]

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Interview with Bidazzled.com

December 7, 2009

Readers have been telling us that they’ve won & received items from recently opened penny auction Bidazzled. Bidazzled is running a special offer just for Penny Auction Watch members:  Use Coupon code:  PAWS-DEC   and receive 10 additional bids in your account for a total of 15 to try Bidazzled for Free (We have had 2 [...]

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Fantastic Penny Auction Watch Giveaway Contest

December 6, 2009

Contest now closed! Congratulations to the 44 winners! It’s a giving time of year and in honor of Penny Auction Watch’s 6-month anniversary,  with the help of some generous penny auction, lowest unique bid & reveal price entertainment shopping site owners, we are excited to bring you the first ever Penny Auction Watch Giveaway Contest! [...]

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Penny Auction Owner of TdBids.net Admits to Shill Bidding

December 5, 2009

We recently exposed TdBids’ fraudulent shill bidding, now the owner admits to it. Read the posts in the forum here. dtr777777 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 60 Reputation: 10 Quote: Originally Posted by stewartfan Why do you bid on your own site ? I don’t bid on my site now. I trying to proof [...]

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