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The MASSIVE Penny Auction Watch Spring Giveaway: 145+ Prizes, iPhone 4, Katy Perry Tickets, 3 iPods, Gift Cards, 13,065 Free Bids!

by Amanda Lee on April 1, 2011

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ENTRY PERIOD CLOSED!

The snow is melting, birds are singing and the weather is getting warmer, ok, maybe you don’t see 40° as warmer, but until May here it is!

In honor of the arrival of Spring we’re running The MASSIVE Penny Auction Watch℠ Spring Giveaway!

Much like previous giveaways, we’ve been offered generous prizes including bid packs from a number of penny auction sites (and we will add more if more businesses wish to donate a prize!) So far we have 122 prizes to give away and 6,665 free bids to a number of penny auction sites!

The contest will run from today, April 1st, until May 1st.

The Prize Lineup:

This time around we’re giving away not 1, but 3 iPods! PLUS an iPhone 4 from Beezid.com!

We’re giving away a brand spanking new iPod Nano 8GB in Silver!

Fezaz & PennyShop each an iPod Shuffle.

Plus, there’s more! [click to continue…]

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