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zluxebid.com-penny-auction-newWe are excited to announce this week´s Penny Auction Watch Giveaway Friday´s Giveaway featuring prizes from month old penny auction site ZLuxeBid.com.

ZluxeBid has been generous to offer six prizes to be won by six Penny Auction Watch Forum members!

  • 4x – 25 bids bid packs
  • 2x – $25 Amazon.com Gift Cards plus 25 Bids Bid Pack Combo.
  • 6 unique winners will be chosen.

Join our forum, or sign in now and enter! Join our free penny auction forum by Clicking here.

  • To enter to be eligible to win all you have to do is post a comment about your current favorite penny auction site and why  it´s your favorite, in the official Week 11 Giveaway Fridays: ZluxeBid thread in our forum.

The deadline to enter for a chance to win is Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 11:59 pm CST. Prize winners will be selected at random and announced in the forum thread shortly afterwards. (Want to sponsor a prize(s)? Let us know!).

Have you bid on ZLuxeBid? If so we can´t wait to hear about your bidding experiences. Never heard of this new penny auction site, or want to learn more? We recently interviewed ZLuxeBid´s owner!

Penny Auction Watch: What got you interested in starting zluxebid and how did you find out about penny auctions?  

ZLuxeBid: I personally found out about penny auctions almost 2 years ago. I heard something on the radio that someone had tweeted about something they won on a penny auction website. Curiosity got the best of me.

What sets your site apart from other penny auctions?  [click to continue…]

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