Bid for Free on ShopBig’s New Flash Auctions!

June 13, 2011

Exciting new update from penny auction ShopBig.com! They’ve just added Flash Auctions, a  brand new category which allows users to bid for free for a chance to win various popular items including iPods, HDTVs, Coach, Dooney & Bourke, and other designer handbags. Bidders won’t have to pay to bid, but if you try it out [...]

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Tips to Win on SmartBid

smartbid May 28, 2011

By PAW member muchomaas I. Introduction. Most of you reading this are familiar with the traditional penny auction format. Regardless of the website and the bidding tools, there are two basic components – a timer and a bid button – and one way to win: you bid, and nobody bids after you. Much of the [...]

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Skoreit to Begin Running Sports Memorabilia Auctions This Week

skoreit May 21, 2011

Beginning Monday, May 23rd, SkoreIt! will be hosting authentic sports memorabilia penny auctions from Steiner Sports Gifts and Collectibles. “Since starting in 1987, Steiner Sports has obtained partnerships with the two largest sports brands in the world, along with 6 other partnerships and has licenses with the MLB and NBA. Steiner also has exclusive access [...]

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Have You Bid on StealThat.com? Are They Really BBB Accredited?

May 16, 2011

Update: StealThat told us that the accredited by BBB logo was placed on their site by a designer, they were not accredited by the BBB, they also said they have since fired the designer. Post your reviews & experiences with StealThat. Have you bid on penny auction site StealThat.com? StealThat appears to be a relatively new [...]

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Over 150 Closed Penny Auction Sites: Is the Model Sustainable?

April 5, 2011

Tons of penny auction sites have come and gone over the past 2 years (at least since when I and the Penny Auction Watch℠ Community started watching/bidding). The frequency of new penny auction shutting down has definitely increased over the past few months. The penny auction model in its present state, unless a site offers [...]

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eBay Gift Card Today on Groupon!

groupon for ebay March 30, 2011

Remember the deal that Amazon.com did with LivingSocial just a few months ago? It was big.  Today through Thursday, eBay is offering a deal on Groupon that we know those of you who shop on eBay might enjoy: $7 for $15 eBay gift card. 137,302 gift cards have already been sold.  Subscribe to Groupon’s Daily Deals. [...]

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Fox News to Air Story on Penny Auctions Today!

fox news March 23, 2011

Yesterday I was interviewed by FOX News TV Channel 9 – Twin Cities’ Rob Olson, the segment introduces consumers to penny auctions and is set to air today. If you saw the segment, and are interested in penny auctions, we’d like to thank you for stopping by and invite you to join our free penny [...]

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CityCents Almost Back – But Revised

citycents March 19, 2011

After nearly two months of being down, new penny auction site for localized deals CityCents.com, appears to almost be ready to return, but with a revised format. The new format will still offer penny auctions, however, there’s an exception. In order to “unlock” an item to bid on, an allotted number of users must purchase [...]

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Swoopo Now an Approved Member of the EAA, Down?

swoopo March 18, 2011

Swoopo has just this week become an approved member of the Entertainment Auction Association (EAA). However, the first penny auction site has been reportedly down “due to technical issues” since yesterday afternoon. From a 3/16 press release: “As the leading penny auction site Swoopo has taken another positive step to defend its reputation and counter [...]

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It Was Only a Matter of Time: Penny Auctions & “Free” Trial Schemes

free trial offers March 18, 2011

Penny auctions were listed under Free Trial Offer scams in a BBB release, earlier this year, Scammers Were Alive and Well in 2010. “Not So “Free” Trial Offers – Misleading free trial offers online for diet supplements, penny auctions and money making schemes blanket the internet resulting in thousands of complaints every year. The free [...]

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GamesZen For Sale – States Profit Yet Tells Us They Didn’t Make Anything?

gameszen March 16, 2011

A forum member recently pointed out that the new penny auction site GamesZen.com is for sale right now on Flippa.com, just 12 days after announcing their new site on our forum and also stating that they have not generated a profit. GamesZen has told us, ”Sorry guys , this system has a lot of bugs and [...]

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Interview with Soon to Join EAA Penny Auction DealDash

dealdash March 2, 2011

2 years and running, penny auction DealDash.com just recently began the auditing process with Align CPA with plans on joining the penny auction trade association, the Entertainment Auction Association. They’ve also recently informed us that they’re considering a special “no jumpers” type auction and plans on sending e-mails out tonight to members with a discount [...]

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New Penny Auction Site to Offer Semis?

penny auctions February 15, 2011

HogWildBids.com is a new penny auction site,  so new that they have not yet been assigned an Alexa or WebsiteOutlook.com traffic ranking. The domain was purchased on December 15th, yet they have queued a brand new Chevrolet Malibu LTZ set to sell this week. The Malibu has a stated MSRP of $28,979.89. That’s not all, [...]

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PoshBid is Back & Users Still Need Their Items

February 12, 2011

Estonia based penny auction PoshBid.com is back again, but their domain is for sale ($1,200) and users are reporting they still haven’t received items from as far back as 2009. In 2009 PAW members liked PoshBid, well, for a while, that was until the delays in shipping and items were allegedly shipped to winners from [...]

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“Products Sell for the Price You Want” Penny Auction Script Sold

February 9, 2011

Adding yet another penny auction site/developer/seller to our hall of shame.  Last month penny auction site LightBids.com was sold on Flippa.com for a mere $250. Features? Autobidding bots (= fake scam shill bidders – set up by dishonest, cheats of “entrepreneurs.”) From the description: “It’s very easy to maintain site like that because of a [...]

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Have You Bid on Bargainoo.com? Have They Really Been on CNN, ABC, CBS & MSNBC?

bargainoo.com February 4, 2011

Have you bid on Bargainoo.com? They do have a neat user interface, but not much information could be found about who runs the company aside from what appears to be a mail drop box address. “Company address: 5042 Wilshire Blvd #12529, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA” With a current Alexa ranking of over 400K (426,275), [...]

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PollyWantaPenny.com Cusses Out Customers

pollywantapenny penny auction January 30, 2011

We really think that the majority of penny auction site operators need a lesson in professionalism & customer service 101 - (Not to mention a course in ethics!). Unfortunately, PollyWantaPenny.com’s management is not an exception. “A dissatisfied customer will tell 9-15 people about it. And approximately 13% of your dissatisfied customers will tell more than 20 people [...]

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Skip the Bidding War and Win Penny Auctions with 1 Bid

penny auctions January 29, 2011

Patience & timing is everything on penny auctions, you might really want a particular item and there may be dozens of others that want it too. There really are times on a penny auction site when items end for a very small number of bids, we’ve even seen auctions that have ended with no winner. [...]

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BigDeal Giving Back Bonus Bids When You Lose

January 21, 2011

BigDeal.com has just recently started giving back free bonus bids to users when they don’t win an item and is also matching bids spent dollar for dollar with Loyalty Bucks to be used to buy a wide array of items in their Loyalty Rewards store. “BigDeal is making this the most exciting New Year ever. [...]

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BozBids.com: Mandatory Arbitration Cyprus, Police Auctions and 121,289 Ended Items

bozbids January 10, 2011

Have you bid on BozBids.com? BozBids.com displays 8,086 pages of ended auctions, 121,289 results. The first ended auction was on November 7th, 2010 a $50 CVS gift card ended at $5.72. They only have 22 friends on FaceBook and 5 followers on Twitter. Bids on BozBids, according to the FAQs, “Bid prices are as low [...]

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