NickelBids.com Review
March 30, 2010
by Amanda Lee
Perhaps you remember our “Requesting an Explanation Post,” unfortunately we have not yet received an explanation from anyone.
Well, take a look at this review that an ex-bidder of penny auction site Nickelbids.com posted recently:
| dzignr_tastz
Member
24.158.36.199
Registered: September 2009
Posts: 293 |
| Review Date: Fri March 26, 2010 |
Would you recommend the product? No | Total Spent: $4,000.00| Rating: 1 |
| Positive aspects of the product (pros): |
Absolutely none. |
| Negative aspects of the product (cons): |
They are a 100% verified scam!! |
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| These guys are nothing more than liars, scam artists and frauds! In the very first auction I ever bid on, the President of the company’s brother bid against me, as can be seen from the screenshots below and the highlighted email address associated with the user account “jhan” (who, mind you, actually WON the auction, meaning they didn’t have to ship the item out and we’re able to keep everyone’s money who actually DID place a legitimate bid on the auction).
http://webpages.charter.net/dzignrco…12_02_2009.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/dzignrco…01_27_2010.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/dzignrco…s_Ended157.jpg
Furthermore, they are still doing it to this very day. Another family member even bid up a $50 video game against me to the tune of 300 bids used on my end alone (although at that point I knew what was happening beforehand, was just wasting left over bids, and even directly accused them of what was happening during the auction via email… which they obviously denied).
http://webpages.charter.net/dzignrco…12_02_2009.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/dzignrco…01_27_2010.jpg
Additionally, this wasn’t the first time “anthony” had purposely run the price of an auction WAY up on me in order to steal my money. I had quite an interesting go round with him one night soon after I signed up, as can be seen by the following screenshots.
http://webpages.charter.net/dzignrco…12_02_2009.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/dzignrco…01_27_2010.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/dzignrco…s_Ended161.jpg
Also note the how the “user ID” on both the users “jhan” and “anthony” are consecutive, at 7 and 8. This means they were obviously created early on in the life of the site by the owners of the company, as well as the following fake bidder account, “hye”.
http://webpages.charter.net/dzignrco…s_Ended296.jpg
Now this is just the tip of the iceberg, as there are also hundreds of other “fake” automated bidders being used to steal people’s money on a daily basis. You can probably pick out the names in the above screenshots based on the fact that they have no email addresses associated with the user accounts, and it’s plain as day they are cheating their customers in every way they possibly can.
Need I say more? |
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Armen Pogosyan is not only the brother to the president of NickelBids.com, according to LinkedIn he’s the COO (Chief Operating Officer). We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, who else cares about what is going on here? Read our post for more details on how we were able to find the e-mail addresses of Armen Pogosyan and other bidders without e-mail addresses on NickelBids.com, along with a few other penny auction sites utilizing the PHPpennyauction.com software.
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The Man April 21, 2010, 11:33 am
Yeah, I have been monitoring them for sometime, and your screenshots nailed it. They are an Armenian ran business scamming thousands with fake users. I hope many see this.
jeff fletcher April 21, 2010, 5:51 pm
The same bidders are on all the time and the same bidders win all the time.
James April 27, 2010, 1:44 pm
TOTAL SCAM!! I hope you read these reviews before you try out their cough..cough.."auction site"! The exact same "bidders" are on there 24 hours a day spending what would amount to "tens of thousands of dollars" a day in bids. I wish I could spend $1,000 for a $50 gift card!! If you watch closely, you will see that you have 1-2 bidders against you, then they leave and another 1-2 bidders come in against you. Then they just keep rotating their shill bidders until finally you are back to the original 1-2 bidders that started out against you in the first place. I would think that if they are going to blatantly rip people off, they would at least be a little better at it!
Jeremie April 27, 2010, 8:54 pm
See for yourself on this one. Watch for these names that never sleep, always spend thousands of dollars. Always win, rarely bid against each other, and if lots of them are on you, the second you quit the auction, it will be over no matter how many "powerbidders" are battling it out on the next penny. As if the thousands they just spent is not worth anything. Here's the names…
sharonwood
archieone
manziac
foleybits
bgene
pop1000
reineholdgustaf
catmax
dullinger
starwars09
wulf
memzy
joone
gevatar
needatv
pittbull01
tracyb
To name a few…
Tom May 5, 2010, 2:49 am
I have been caught up in the same scam. I notice the same bidders are bidding against me on all auctions. I have waited till the price has gone up to a fair price with twoo of the fake biiders bidding. When I bnid then two other bidders come on the site and continue to drive the price up. I have spent over $500.00 and not won a bid. On other auctions that are legit I have won several times for far less money. STAY AWAY FROM THIS SITE!!!! THEY ARE CROOKS.
Trev May 24, 2010, 3:29 pm
Post your experiences with Nickelbids, good or bad.
But since it is a Scam and full of shill bidders, I bet all responses will be bad.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nickelbids-is-a-Sca…
Leslie August 29, 2010, 6:42 pm
I won my first auction as mattbot2273 of the 16th of this month, and the site says they ship within 2 days of payment. Well here it is the 29th, and I haven’t gotten a thing. I have used the help and support button and made two comments and haven’t received a reply at all.
https://nickelbids.tenderapp.com/discussions/problems/256-i-have-not-recieved-my-won-auction-item
Leslie September 1, 2010, 9:33 am
Ok, I've sent numerous more emails and comments to support. Today I tried to call, and their phone number is disconnected! Does anyone know what steps I can take to get the gift card they owe me?
Here is their Contact Information
Email: support@nickelbids.com
Phone: 1-(888)-717-2437 or 1-(888)-717-BIDS
Fax: (888) 750-2897
Customer Service Hours: MON-FRI 9AM to 5PM PST