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biDINSTANT HOMEPAGE

2-month old penny auction site BidInstant has dozens of items ending/queued to end in the next few minutes, including a few high ticket items.

Have you bid on BidInstant? We don’t think the winners on their “testimonials page” have.

It’s apparent that they’ve copied QuiBids’ customer testimonials:

BidInstant’s whois info is private:

Registration Service Provided By: Namecheap.com
Contact: 
Visit: http://namecheap.com

Domain name: bidinstant.com

Registrant Contact:
WhoisGuard
WhoisGuard Protected ()

Fax:
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #110 - 732
Westchester, CA 90045
US

Post your review of BidInstant.com in our forum!


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