Penny Auction Madness

keep calm bid on November 19, 2010

The following guest blog was sent into us by our forum member, Kristihall64. Kristi would like to share some valuable tips that she’s learned along her penny auction bidding journey. Thanks Kristi! I ran across penny auctions in July of 2010.  I can’t even remember if it was an ad or some article I read that [...]

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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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How to Approach Penny Auctions

runway October 29, 2010

For the most part, novice bidders have very little experience with the pay to bid process. More experienced players have evaluated multiple strategies and determined the best course of action for their individual comfort level. Professional bidders tend to have a very aggressive approach regardless of their opponent. The biggest question is, “How do you [...]

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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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Penny Auction Coupon is Groupon for Bid Packs

penny auction coupon October 20, 2010

We all (if not, where have you been?!) know about, and some of us have come to love Groupon and penny auctions. But have you ever wondered what would happen if both were combined? The folks behind PennyAuction.ca did (way to go thinking outside the box!), they just launched PennyAuctionCoupon.com. Penny Auction Coupon aims to become the Groupon [...]

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Attention Fashionistas: Designer Blowout Sale Today at Fashion Bay!

coach October 7, 2010

Have you bid on penny auction site FashionBay.com? Specializing in designer handbags, accessories, and gift cards, Fashion Bay is holding it’s previous-season blowout sale today, featuring over 6 handbags from Burberry, Juicy Couture, Coach, Kooba, Marc Jacobs and more. Penny Auction Watch℠ members have received items from Fashion Bay. Discuss your experiences with this penny [...]

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SpaceAntiques’ 1000 Auction Anniversary

September 24, 2010

Penny auction SpaceAntiques has reached the 1,000 auction mark, to celebrate this they’re hosting a free 1,000 bid pack auction set to end this Sunday September 26th. All bids placed on the 1000 bid pack auction will be returned to participants after the auction ends. They’re also giving away a free $50 Amazon gift card [...]

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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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Turn Penny Auction Gift Card Wins Into Cash

plasticjungle September 8, 2010

Perhaps you have a few gift cards that you’ve won from penny auction sites that you’d rather exchange for cash or into a gift card to another retailer, if this sounds like you you might be interested in checking out the gift card marketplace, PlasticJungle.com. Plastic Jungle  buys and resells gift cards, even if a [...]

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Some Penny Auction Bidders Are Bullies!

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Lewd and malicious remarks and implied threats are being sent out by some less-than-ethical penny auction bidders. If you’re a regular reader or forum member [join!], you probably know just how much we dislike dishonest penny auction site operators and just how many that are out there. Yes, there are so many more that we [...]

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BidFather to Give Away 1000 Bids Today!

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Penny auction BidFather is giving away a total of 1,000 bids today to their members. If they see you bidding and your username is selected, you will receive up to 100 free bids. The top winners will be listed on the promotions page as the prizes are awarded, they will be awarded in 5, 10, [...]

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You Know You’re a Penny Auction Bidder If…

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“You know you’re a penny auction bidder if you learned to hate people you don’t even know” -letsplay We really enjoyed the recent “life of a bidder” thread in the funny index of our forum that was started up by “letsplay” so this got us to thinking, let’s continue the fun and start The Official [...]

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MyLuckyBids’ Pleas of Desperation When Shill Bot Script Breaks!

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How the newest member of the PAW Hall of Shame got there: MyLuckyBids.net/.com Remember a few months ago we wrote about penny auction site MyLuckyBids.com/.net and pointed out that the script they were using, PHPPennyAuction script allowed for bot bidders?” Apparently they’re a bit biased towards their own site and claim that they are the “safest [...]

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This Site is For You: What Do You Want?

what do you want? August 5, 2010

Penny Auction Watch is for you, the bidder of penny auction sites. What would you like to see here that you haven’t yet? More of, less of? What are your likes & dislikes? Help us make PAW better for everyone! Not yet a member of our penny auction forum? Join now, it’s free! Thank you! [...]

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Join the Penny Auction Forum!

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Are you a member of our penny auction forum yet? If not you need to register! Just a Few Benefits of Becoming a Penny Auction Watch Forum Member Learn penny auction bidding strategies, tips Up-to-date penny auction news Read reviews to make informed decisions about which penny auction site to join Find member tested, legit [...]

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QuiBids to Auction Honda Civic with Bid-to-Buy

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QuiBids.com has just announced that they will be listing their first car auction for a 2010 Honda Civic Coupe LX. QuiBids offers a “Buy It Now” feature on their auctions so that users are able to use the value of the purchased bids placed on an auction towards the retail price of that item. “Whether [...]

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NailBidder Introduces Blind Auctions & Feature Nights

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Penny auction NailBidder.com is introducing Blind Auctions. This means you can’t see who you are bidding against.  This Thursday, July 22nd, all of the auctions (except for the featured iPad) will be blind.   Every member bidding is assigned a unique and random user ID for that auction. Blind auctions have been discussed in our penny [...]

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Bids4Penny Not Honoring Auction Wins

July 18, 2010

Penny auction, Bids4Penny.com is currently undergoing a change of ownership and states that they will not honor any winning auctions from July 15th onward and that users should not bid until further notice (note the date & time this was posted 7/16, 21:45): “Please note any winning auctions from the 15th July 2010 won’t be completed [...]

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BargainsandFun to Auction MacBook Pro “FreeStyle!”

macbook penny auction July 15, 2010

Wow, this auction ended with 47 bids!   Penny auction BargainsandFun.com is auctioning a new 13.3″ MacBook Pro around 8PM EST tonight. What Makes this Auction Unique? BargainsandFun is offering two bid buddy features for this auction. One of the bid buddies will wait until the last 10 seconds of the auction to bid, this [...]

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