February 2010

HungryHammer.com- ?

February 17, 2010

Update: February 23rd 2010, the owner of HungryHammer wrote to tell us they will be back soon. ? Remember HungryHammer.com? Some of you may remember it more than others, those of you who were victims of their shoddy penny auction business, which published dozens of press releases telling us that they planted trees, spent over [...]

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Win an iPod Touch in Beta Test!

February 17, 2010

BidFire.com, an established penny auction site needs 20 experienced testers to try out some new concepts! Testing will require everything from registering to purchasing bids (no money will be spent), to competing on auctions, inviting friends, and trying out other special features. Don’t really like beta tests? Well, you might change your mind when you [...]

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Interview with Penny Auction BidPigs.com

February 17, 2010

BidPigs.com is a new penny auction site, read our interview with BidPigs’ owners: What got you interested in the entertainment shopping industry? BidPigs: Initially we discovered the penny auction phenomenon when we saw a commercial for a site on television during a football game. We had never even heard of the term before, and it [...]

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Win Items for Canadian Pennies Soon

February 16, 2010

Ok, we already know about Swoopo Canada (Swoopo.ca) and a few other penny auction sites that ship to Canada, but here’s a new one set to launch on May 3rd, 2010: PennyAuctionsCanada.com PennyAuctionsCanada.com, on their launch page, tells prospective users, “We have very strong principals and our customers are crucial to the success of our [...]

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Looks Like Bots on CrayZbidZ.com

February 16, 2010

It is in our opinion that the penny auction site CrayZbidZ.com has the autobidder (shill bot bidder) function switched on in their phpPennyauction.com script. If they are trying to make money doing this they truly are crazy. Be careful!

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QuiBids.com in the News

February 16, 2010

News9, Oklahoma City, OK just did a story on Oklahoma based penny auction QuiBids.com, watch the segment to hear from the CEO of QuiBids.com, Matt Beckham and other penny auction bidders. News9 makes mention that users can get items for mere pennies but this is not the bids cost more than 1 penny. “Although, there [...]

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Penny Auction Scripts for Sale with Shill Bots

February 16, 2010

There are currently two penny auction sites for sale on the website marketplace Flippa.com that have autobidding shill bidders, the first is blatantly promoting the use of autobidding bots as a surefire way to make an easy profit. 1. BidStation.net The seller of BidStation.net seems to be quite proud of the fact that the site [...]

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CrazyBidNow.com HSN Meets Penny Auctions

February 15, 2010

Think Home Shopping Network meets penny auctions, that’s what came to our mind when we saw the new entertainment shopping auction CrazyBidNow.com today. Nevada based CrazyBidNow.com, on their about us page, tells us that their combined auction format, along with live streaming video, is a fresh approach to “Live Auction Entertainment and Live Shopping Online.” CrazyBidNow.com [...]

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Penny Auction Watch Forum News

February 15, 2010

The Penny Auction Watch forum has just been reorganized to help penny auction bidders & owners, yes that’s right, due to popular demand we allow site owners to post in the forum and communicate with bidders in a dedicated section. We hope that this will help you find what you’re looking for, check it out! [...]

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107 Prizes to be Won! Enter our Giveaway Now!

February 14, 2010

March 8, 2010: Winners Announced Congratulations! If you have not yet e-mailed back to claim your prize, please do so now! We’re excited to announce the Penny Auction Watch We Love Our Members Giveaway! *02/17/10-More prizes added!* To be eligible to win, join our forum and share your penny auction story with us; tell us [...]

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StuffBuff is Now Live!

February 13, 2010

Although the action-packed Blink auction format is not yet ready, StuffBuff.com is now live and users can start selling their own items on this exciting new eBay alternative. StuffBuff.com would love feedback from auction enthusiasts. They have provided us with an embed code for a live demo auction that resets every 15 minutes. You can [...]

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Famdabidosy Changes Name to Famdabidozy

February 13, 2010

FamdabidosyAuctions.com has just changed their name to FandabidozyAuctions. Here’s their explanation: “Hello all! As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Famdabidosy Auctions has been down for about 4 days. What was supposed to be a smooth transition to a new hosting company and a better, larger dedicated server has turned into a total fiasco. The problem was [...]

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Winners24.com Not Responding to Winner

February 13, 2010

Winners24.com is an Estonian penny auction site that launched in August of 2008. A reader just wrote to us to tell us about his poor experience with them. He tells us that he won a Samsung HDTV back in June of last year, Winners24.com told him that the auction had been terminated but then e-mailed [...]

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Snaglo.com to Auction Jeep Wrangler

February 12, 2010

Florida based penny auction Snaglo.com will soon be running an exclusive auction for a 2010 Jeep Wrangler, the auction is only open to the first 600 bidders to place 30 bids to reserve a place in the auction. On this special penny auction, the timer will only increase in time by 5 minutes maximum, regardless [...]

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Will We See a Spike in Auction Fraud with Penny Auctions?

February 11, 2010

In the IC3′s Annual Report for 2008, Internet auction fraud accounted for 25.5 percent of all 275,284 referred reports, which in total amount to $265 million reported. With the addition of the increasing number of online penny bidding auctions over the past year and non-receipt of items in these particular auctions as well, we think [...]

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Is Centy24.com Legit?

February 10, 2010

Today one of our forum members posted about their experience with the penny auction site Centy24.com: “Hello, everyone! I am new to the penny auction circuit, and I’m so glad to have just joined Penny Auction Watch! That being said, I just won 30 credits on Centy24.com and used them ALL on a Samsung phone. [...]

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Penny Auction Tip of The Day: Don’t Bid Late

February 10, 2010

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/ / CC BY-NC 2.0 Have you ever invested a lot of bids in an auction, but decided to wait until the timer ticked down to the last 3-1 seconds before you placed another bid? Some penny auction sites will accept your bid down to 0 seconds or even display “checking,” but unfortunately, due to [...]

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Interview with The Owner of BidTrotter.com

February 10, 2010

Last August we told you a bit about BidTrotter and of the positive feedback that all of our readers gave them on the forum. We recently spoke with Doug again, BidTrotter’s owner, unfortunately we had not interviewed him previously. We’re glad that Doug gave us the opportunity to tell you a bit more about how [...]

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We have 1,000 Members!

February 9, 2010

http://www.flickr.com/photos/migonmar25/ / CC BY 2.0 We’re proud to announce that the PAW forum now has 1,000 members! To celebrate this milestone, like promised, we will soon be launching our next giveaway. We already have a few penny auction sites sponsoring prizes, so if you would also like to sponsor a prize or a bidpack, please [...]

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Another Cash Penny Auction

February 8, 2010

“No matter what the stage of the bidding, the second-highest bidder can improve his position by almost a dollar by barely topping the current high bid. Yet the predicament of the second-highest bidder gets worse and worse! This peculiar game leads to a bad case of buyer’s remorse. The highest bidder pays far more than [...]

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