Penny Auction REVIEWS – Which Penny Auctions are the BEST Bargains?

While Bidtimelive.com and Bidtime25.com have long bitten the dust, they left the business in a way that pissed off a lot of people. Dozens of their customers have emailed the company asking about the status of their won items which they’ve yet to receive. In addition, both sites (which are owned by the same group of people) also owe their members hundreds of dollars worth of bids. The big problem these bidders face is that since Bidtimelive and Bidtime25 have long since closed, contacting the site owners is next to impossible. Those who do manage to get a hold of them have had to wait for weeks before getting a return message.

It’s been four months since the two sites closed and only very few members have received what was owed to them. It seems like we have a classic case of fraud here.

Bidtimelive.com and Bidtime25.com are by no means the first sites to rip off unsuspecting bidders. Unfortunately, not too many of these scammed individuals know what to do when they become victims of fraud. Some people even think that because these transactions happen over the internet, there’s no chance of holding a scam site’s owner accountable for his/her  actions.

That however is not the case. There are plenty of ways for you to fight for your rights, and just because you’re on the web, doesn’t mean you don’t have them anymore. Fraud is fraud, no matter where it takes place. If you’ve been victimized by a penny auction, you can take your case to the FTC, the IC3,  and even the police. You can even go as far as calling up your congressman or senator.

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Bidtimelive.com is what we’d like to call a mom and pop penny auction. We’re not saying this to offend the site’s management, quite the opposite in fact. Bidtimelive is a relatively small penny auction, offering small prizes such as watches and gift cards – the latter being the site’s “specialty” of sorts. Expect to see gift cards from popular retail outlets such as Walmart, Target, Toys-R-Us, and many more. We took a look at the auction categories and noticed that there are pages for TVs, Laptops, etc. We’re assuming that the site plans to offer big-ticket prizes in the future.

Now since the site is new, this means traffic is pretty low (as of the moment that is). However, there are still some items that draw in heated competition. Nonetheless, winning on Bidtimelive is definitely not impossible, even if you are new to penny auctions.

Having fewer members also translates to more time spent supporting them – and that’s exactly what Bidtimelive’s staff has successfully managed to do. Customer service is great, and the site’s management even goes as far as to ask members what items they want to be featured on the site.

Bidtimelive doesn’t run 24 hours a day, and auction times run from 1 to 5 in the afternoon on Mondays through Thursdays, resuming at 6:30 and ending 10:30 in the evening, EST. Weekends are a bit different. The site operates from 5 in the afternoon to 2 the next day on Fridays and Saturdays, EST. On Sundays, Bidtimelive is open from 5 to 10 in the evening, EST.

We do have some beef with the site, and that has to do with their shipping. Items take quite some time to get your doorstep, so you might have to wait nervously for your prize if you manage to win something on Bidtimelive.