February 2010

The Penny Auction Watch Giveaway Ends Tomorrow!

by Amanda Lee on February 28, 2010

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Credits: Thomas Hawk

The Penny Auction Watch We Love our Members Giveaway ends tomorrow (March 1st) we have over 105 prizes and less than 95 entries. Prizes include an iPod Nano & $50 Visa Gift card from BidBanditAuctions.com and bid packs to dozens of penny auctions.

Enter now to win an iPod nano, Visa gift card & free bids to penny auctions

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Penny Auction ABCpennyauctions.com Opens Soon

February 28, 2010

ABCPennyAuctions.com officially opens tomorrow, read our interview with Cheryl, owner of ABCpennyauctions. What got you interested in the entertainment shopping industry? I sold items on Ebay  for many years. When I found penny auctions and began playing, I thought having my own site would truly be something I would love to do. How long have [...]

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Have You Bid on SwipeBids?

February 26, 2010

We just received the following comment from a user who registered on the penny auction site SwipeBids.com.  Here’s the comment from our reader: “I was scammed by the site called www.swipebids.com for $150 and $24 two days ago when I did a live chat on that site. I checked online credit card for my account [...]

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New Win Limits on Wavee

February 25, 2010

UPDATE 11/17/10: Users are now reporting charges they didn’t know about of $179, or so from Wavee.com. Has this happened to you? Let us know. New Auction Limits on Wavee.com to include Bid Bundles: Maximum of 5 wins in a 7 day period for items valued up to $500 MSRP, including bid bundles There is a [...]

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SellMoo.com Opens Tomorrow

February 25, 2010

Sellmoo.com is a new penny auction site that has been in development for many months, they are planning to open tomorrow. Read our interview with Sellmoo’s owner to learn more about how he got into penny auctions and what Sellmoo will offer. What got you interested in the entertainment shopping industry? I came across Swoopo [...]

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Have you tried Beezid.com?

February 25, 2010

BeeZid.com has been open for a few months now, they have a rather impressive Alexa Ranking too: 31,741, 5,908 in the US. BeeZid has a 2010 Ford Mustang and an iPad on queue to be auctioned TBD. Here’s Beezid’s TV Commercial: Penny Auction Watch members are discussing their experiences with Beezid in our forum, if [...]

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New Penny Auction: Skoreit.com

February 25, 2010

We recently interviewed the COO of SkoreIt.com, a new penny auction that opened on February 16th and wanted to share this with you so that you can learn more about Skoreit!. What got you interested in the entertainment shopping industry? We were enthralled with the model when we observed the first U.S. based penny auction [...]

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Giveaway of the Day: Need for Speed Shift for PSP

February 24, 2010

We’re excited to announce the next Penny Auction Watch Giveaway of the Day. Thanks to our forum member bloo123456, member #7, we’re able to offer today’s giveaway. Bloo123456  has been a member since June 18, 2009 and we would like to thank him for his support. Bloo has offered to give away  Need for Speed: [...]

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Penny Auction Watch Seal of Approval Update

February 24, 2010

Update: After much thought we’ve decided to discontinue the seal of approval program before even getting it off the ground. We cannot endorse any site because we cannot be fully 100% sure that they are legit.* This morning we sent out applications to sites interested in becoming a part of the Penny Auction Watch Seal [...]

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Another Penny Auction Startup Asks for Bots

February 24, 2010

Over on Scriptlance.com another prospective penny auction site owner is asking for autobidders, http://www.scriptlance.com/projects/1266707964.shtml -Autobidder module that can be turned on and off from the admin panel. I should be able to designate, on each auction, the number of autobids to ensure a percentage profit for each auction. This take into account the number of [...]

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PAW Spoof Email Warning

February 23, 2010

It has been brought to our attention that someone is sending threatening spoof e-mails out posing to be from pennyauctionwatch.com, so far only one penny auction site owner has brought this to our attention. If you get these e-mails please let us know.

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Introducing CoBidder.com & Surprise Giveaway!

February 23, 2010

We would  like to thank Cobidder.com for  sponsoring two prizes for today’s surprise giveaway! Congratulations are in order for our forum members Leon and iFunnyiLaugh! The two winners, chosen at random with The True Random Generator at random.org, will both get 20 bids each to try out CoBidder.com (and are still eligible to win in the drawing [...]

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Not All Penny Auctions Are Scams: Let’s Set the Record Straight

February 22, 2010

(Or at least attempt to!)  Will you win popular electronics and other desirable items for pennies? And will you always win items at 90% off? You really don’t have to read the rest, the short answer is no. Have you ever come across an ad for a penny auction site, or a news report for [...]

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Valuable Penny Auction Bidding Tips

February 22, 2010

[tweetmeme] We recently came across the blog of a penny auction bidder, JaneTalksTech.com.  Jane was able to win a laptop on Swoopo.com for $50,  but she didn’t start bidding on the HP Pavilion until 5 am. Jane gives readers some valuable penny auction bidding tips that she learned from her experience bidding on Swoopo, she was kind [...]

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Joxed.com 18,826 Penny Auctions, Really?

February 21, 2010

According to penny auction site Joxed.com, they show 18,626 ended auctions since December 30th, 2009. But were the items on Joxed auctioned off to real people or bots? It is in our opinion that it appears they have autobidders (bots) shill bidding on their auctions. Joxed.com has a very low Alexa traffic ranking of 1,874,360 [...]

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Do You Haggle?

February 21, 2010

Haggling in Marrakech / / CC BY-SA 2.0 Ok, it’s not exactly that kind of haggling. Haggle.com is a competitive shopping penny auction that InfoSpace Inc. (INSP-Seattle, WA) launched last November. Bids on Haggle can be purchased in varying amounts ranging from 20 bids for $15 ($0.75/bid) to 600 bids for $330 ($0.55/bid), and users can [...]

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Dime-Divas.com Rewards Members with New Glam Bucks Shop

February 20, 2010

Dime-Divas.com, the designer handbag and accessory penny auction site, will soon be introducing a unique rewards program. Glam Bucks For every bid placed on any auction on Dime Divas, users earn 10 Glam Bucks. So far users have been able to redeem their Glam Bucks for Spafinder.com gift certificates. New Glam Bucks Shop Now to further [...]

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Surprise Prize Giveaway of the Day!

February 20, 2010

We would like to thank our forum member, Jancye16! Jancye16 has been a valuable contributor to Penny Auction Watch and one of our first members (Our 4th member, he joined in June of last year!) Jancye was kind enough to donate two The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Blu-Ray discs for a surprise giveaway, today with [...]

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Enter the giveaway!

February 19, 2010

We want to remind everyone to enter the giveaway! 106 prizes to give away and under 2 weeks to enter, so enter now the odds of winning are pretty good so far . We would also like to thank everyone for their thoughtful entries, we’re thoroughly enjoying hearing about how our readers found penny auctions!

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Wavee 1000 Credit Promotion

February 18, 2010

UPDATE 11/17/10: Users are now reporting charges they didn’t know about of $179, or so from Wavee.com. Has this happened to you? Let us know. — Just in from Wavee.com: Wavee.com is offering the BIGGEST promotion ever! If you purchase a 1,000 credit bundle (total value of $570), Wavee will INSTANTLY send you a $100 [...]

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