What Was Your First Penny Auction Win?

Penny auction Winner November 23, 2010

Have you won an item on a penny auction site yet? What was the very first item you won? I still remember my first win and the frustration & excitement I experienced while bidding for it. It was for a Nintendo Wii Game System, won on April 2, 2009, 3:45 AM, (yes, 3:45 am, I [...]

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New Penny Auction to Sell Real Estate

yayabid November 22, 2010

Yayabid.com is a new penny auction that along with the usual penny auction items, is selling real estate. Not the first time real estate has been sold on the penny auction format, the first being over a year ago on ibidCondo.com,  a penny auction on the “seat auction” format, where users did not pay per-bid, [...]

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PriceShuffle.com “Accepting New Users In Limited Numbers”

Limited Time Only offer November 20, 2010

Have you tried the new penny auction site www.PriceShuffle.com? One of our forum members has and he’d like to hear from you: “Hello everyone. I would like to know if you know anything about this site, priceshuffle.com i was trying to sign up on their site and was filling personal information. they asked for my [...]

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Spoow: Will I Get My 24k Gold iPod?

Gold Ipod Touch Spoo November 14, 2010

UPDATE 12/22/10: After this post was seen by Spoow I did get a refund of my money, they told me they only had a small number of customers. I still found it odd that they say this yet they seemed to have tons of bidders bidding on their site. You’d think I would’ve learned by [...]

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New TV Show: Auction Hunters

auction hunters tv November 8, 2010

We were recently e-mailed by someone on behalf of Spike Networks to let us know about Auction Hunters. Auction Hunters is a new show for fans of antiques, collectibles and auctions, and it’s  set to premiere on SpikeTV tomorrow, 11/9/2010, at 10:00P/9:00CST. The series follows two of the best “treasure hunters” of sorts and explores [...]

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What Have Your Experiences Been With GeekBids.com?

geekbids November 8, 2010

Penny auction GeekBids.com states that they’re a family owned company based in North Carolina. They list 513 ended auctions. Site information: Registrar: FastDomain Inc. Provider Name….: HostMonster.Com Provider Whois…: whois.hostmonster.com Provider Homepage: http://www.hostmonster.com/ Business name: Can’t seem to find one. Alexa Ranking: “Geekbids.com’s three-month global Alexa traffic rank is 5,486,677.” Technical information: Script currently being used- The ProtoPenny script by Nash Brooklyn, this [...]

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Dutch Auction for Designer Handbags Featured at TechCrunch Disrupt

toviefor November 1, 2010

This year’s TechCrunch Disrupt featured yet another (previous sites include OffandAway and StuffBuff) new entertainment shopping startup, ToVieFor.com. What is ToVieFor? ToVieFor is the first Dutch auction exclusively for designer handbags and accessories. In case you’re unfamiliar with the Dutch Auction concept: A Dutch auctions, also known as a “price drop” or “reveal” auction, are [...]

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New Reserve Based Penny Auction Awards 3 Winners Each Item

pongow October 27, 2010

New penny auction PonGow.com just recently launched their new reserve-based penny auction, they plan to auction off a new Smart Car, however in order for it to sell they have to receive the reserve of59,900 bids. What is your opinion of high-reserve penny auctions, are they worth bidding on? PonGow is a bit different from other [...]

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7 Mistakes Penny Auction Bidders Make and How to Avoid Them

bidding fool October 24, 2010

Penny auction bidders all want to obtain items for less-than-retail, after all, the site advertises this, right? It’s not always possible to win the item you want and obtain a deal, but by making informed bidding decisions you’ll be further on your way. Here are seven common mistakes that bidders make and tips to avoid [...]

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Penny Auction Gives Back to Wounded Troops & Their Families!

Penny Warriors October 22, 2010

We recently had the pleasure of interviewing decorated Green Beret, Staff Sergeant, Matt Summers. Sgt. Summers received a purple heart after sustaining minor wounds in an IED blast in Afghanistan. After electing to be honorably discharged, he went back to school and obtained his master’s degree. On September 14th, of this year, combining his knowledge and military [...]

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I Won But I Didn’t!

kermit the frog bids on penny auctions October 16, 2010

Have you ever experienced penny auction timer glitch issues? 3,2,1,… your name shows up next to ended, it looks like you won, but wait, the timer has started back up again!  Or perhaps you’ve placed a bid with at least 10 seconds left on the clock and it just isn’t taking it. What should you [...]

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You May Want to Do a Price Check!

price check October 10, 2010

There are a few penny auction sites that allow us to apply bids spent to purchasing items at the retail price (bid-to-buy); however, some users believe that penny auction sites are inflating the retail prices on certain items. Other sites are even charging shipping on items when they are not paying to ship the item, [...]

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Are You Addicted to Penny Auctions?

addiction to bidding October 8, 2010

Addiction, n. the quality or state of being addicted <addiction to bidding> compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol [or penny auctions]) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal;broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful – Merriam Webster Symptoms [...]

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The BBB Now Warning About Penny Auctions

Thumbnail image for The BBB Now Warning About Penny Auctions October 3, 2010

Well, it’s been awhile now since I started Penny Auction Watch℠ to warn consumers about online penny auction sites that are ripping us off, now the Better Business Bureau is telling consumers to take caution. From the BBB article: “Online ads, often designed to look like news reports [we told you about this the other day], [...]

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Washington Attorney General Steps Up to the Plate Holds Shill Penny Auction Accountable

thumbs up September 28, 2010

On January 18th of this year we found PennyBiddr.com shill bidding, well thanks to a referral from the FTC  the Washington Attorney General is holding them accountable. It’s about time! There are many more sites that are shill bidding and we hope that consumers will report these sites so that everyone who has been defrauded [...]

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Penny Auction Protection Tips

penny auction tips September 22, 2010

“After being on the boards for nearly a year, I have made many adjustments in my “penny auction” persona. Changed the ways I interact with auctions and definitely changed the way I pay for auctions.” Here are some penny auction protection tips posted by our member, KSteven7. These are very important tips, thanks KSteven! Don’t [...]

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Is eBidPenny.com Really the #1 Rated Penny Auction Site?

penny auction ebidpenny September 19, 2010

2nd Update 9/28: It appears they’re now out of beta and are back to being “the #1 Rated penny auction site.”…? Who have they been rated this by? Update: eBidPenny has come back to the forum to follow up on these concerns after asking what users thought of their site to tell us that they [...]

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Seems Like DigitalFruit’s Intelligent Investment Protector (Bots) Are Still There

bots September 19, 2010

Photo Credit www.thegoldguys.blogspot.com Many months ago we were harassed in the comments section when posting about DigitalFruit.ee‘s bot function , they said our post was wrong about DF’s programmable “bots,” (shill bidders- set by the company to bid against real users) even though e-mails to them showed that they did have the IIP, someone said it wasn’t [...]

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Oversight is Necessary

oversight approval September 17, 2010

Over the course of the last 19 months we’ve found many penny auction sites that have done the following dishonest and/or fraudulent acts: Shill bid (bid against their paying bidders, either with software to do this, or manually). Failed to ship items out, some have even relished in this. A violation of the Consumer Protection [...]

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Lunch with Vanessa from OohiLove

oohilove September 13, 2010

Have you bid on OohILove.com? Oohilove is a penny auction site that specializes in selling designer handbags, shoes, accessories and gift cards. I recently had a wonderful lunch at the Crepevine in San Francisco with Vanessa , marketing & merchandising director of Oohilove. Over crepes and salad we discussed Oohilove’s progress and the penny auction [...]

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