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

Do You Know the Warning Signs of Fraud? This question is posed by UPS in one of the company’s latest publications. The reason for the warning is a increase of complaints to UPS by irate customers claiming items they paid for or won were never received. UPS then proceeded to inform consumers of their 8 fraud warning signs, and information on how to not be a victim. Below is a copy of the warning signs of fraud and scams listed by UPS, in effort to curb the dishonestly and deceit.

1-If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Always remain aware of how much you are spending on a item. Always be sure that the final price is not more then you would have payed at a local retail store..

2-Puts pressure on potential customers by telling you to act quickly- Is the site stating that they can only do certain deals if you move quickly?

3-Promises extremely high merchandise, for mere pocket change. it should be noted that you cannot always win an item for less than retail.

4-Requires an upfront financial obligation from you. There are some sites that do not and have satisfied customers, meaning their users have won and received items. Do your homework.

5-Buyers want you to to send them the difference and overpay you for an item. This is a common scam which mostly happened on Craigslist not penny auctions, but be careful.

6-Does not give the impression of a legitimate business. Be vigilant of everything and find out if they have a legit business name, address? What are their privacy policies, terms & conditions? Research. Investigate, put their address in Google, map it out. Go to the Secretary of State’s office website in the state the site is said to be located in and look to see if they’re even a registered company. Check their Alexa ranking, if the number is large that means their traffic is pretty low and you see a lot of bidders and winners they may not be a totally honest site.

7-Guarantees success. Are they guaranteeing you will win? because no person is guaranteed to be the winner, and if so they can not call themselves a fair site.

8-Something just doesn’t feel right. Go with your gut instinct when it comes to spending your money. It will usually lead you to the right decision.

If you believe that you’ve been a victim of fraud or just want to find out more about your consumer rights, visit ftc.gov or call the FTC’s (Federal Trade Commission – the nation’s consumer protection agency), toll-free number 1-800-FTC-HELP

We have recently noticed that most penny auction web sites have instituted chat features and Facebook Connect these days. We think this creates a problem, as evidenced by what we saw on our forum. Penny auction members can take advantage of private messaging functions and e-mail to cheat and coordinate with each other on the penny auctions. Everyday penny auction sites are adding chat functions & connecting to Facebook, Myspace, and users’ full names and details are being displayed. We have informed these sites that this is not the wisest of choices. A report of ex-forum members conspiring were even made evident in a popular chat room. Some penny auction bidders have been found creating Facebook profiles with their auction names. Many users are continuing to complain that they’re receiving suspicious e-mails and/or invitations to collude on popular sites by way of Facebook. Below are just some of the forum user’s copied messages from random people trying to collaborate on a daily basis.

“Alright, I think you’re a pretty fast bidder, but i’m tired of battling you on this site and losing my bids – as I am sure you don’t like losing bids as well. Can we make a deal? When I see you trying to win something I won’t challenge you; and you do the same for me. What d’ya say?”-anonymous bidder

“I have been going back and forth all day with you, why don’t we chat to find out if we can help each other win. Would you want to?”-anonymous bidder

With these incidents becoming more transparent and complaints more frequent, many penny auction site will be monitoring their users activity more closely. Any sign of teaming up or coordinating in auctions is strictly prohibited, and will always result in a member ban.

A ground breaking investigation questioning the credibility of the BBB was just brought to light on November 12th on ABC’s 20/20, click the following link to watch the segment: Better Business Bureau Probe.

The investigation and report clearly shows how the LA BBB allegedly gave a racist group an A+ rating, and a fake group labeled “Hamas” an A-. The Boston BBB even gave an F rating to the Ritz Carlton which happened to have only 2 complaints. The report alleges that the BBB takes illegal payments to raise ratings and is more concerned about making money than ensuring business credibility. After many complaints this investigation brought stunning evidence of how the BBB manipulates business’s credibility rating for financial gain. Just because the members are accredited does not always mean that they have been audited or pay taxes. It certainly calls for more public awareness when it comes to dealing with dishonest business’s and websites.

Bidcity-Review

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A review of penny auction Bidcity.com has many members confused as to where the customer service dept is at. Bidcity may be experiencing a technical glitch or they just might be one of those penny auctions that are inundated by emails who’s to say? We wouldn’t discount there auctions for lack of immediate replies to emails but would ask members to bare with the auction until a reasonable amount of time has passed Bidcity.com has this interesting information for anyone looking for more information about there site

“All support email and calls will be answered Mon- Fri. 9-5 PM EST excluding holidays.

BidCity.com is a website created by internet professionals who used to like to bid on “Penny Auctions” in their free time. We probably used these web sites just like you do, on our lunch break at work, between clients, sometimes between phone calls, and definelty at home and on the week ends.

We were sick and tired of waiting 6 weeks for our “Prizes” to finally be delivered. Trying to reach these auction sites by phone is like pulling teeth from someone with NO TEETH! Maybe its becasue they just dont care what their users have to say! We questioned whether these web sites that we loved so much were actually real, and have many times seen auctions miraculously bid over and over like someone hooked a computer program up to make sure we lost! I am sure you have all heard the rumors. Immoral owners setting up their friends with gazillions of bids so auctions are not won by real- hard working individuals who try to honestly win their auctions.

We’ve seen the best intentioned web sites rake in the money without assuring the users that there really are people at work at this website and there really is an office with people working to make the users experience more positive and fair. Many of the penny auctions come and go! The ones that stay- just seem to take yopur money and then drop off the face of the earth! Our guess is most of the owners of these sites have their office in the basement of their mothers house and have to go back to school before first period starts.

At BidCity.com we have spent thousands upon thousands of dollars preparing our website. We have more products in our storage rooms that most auction sites deliver in a month. We are opening our doors prepared to give away products all day long whether they sell for 3 cents or $300.00. We guarantee that you will win. Our beginners auctions are designed for you to play and win. When you first join BidCity.com we guarantee you win your first prize in a beginners auction! We also send your first prize (a gift card worth $10 or more from your favorite restaurants and stores) and we only charge you one dollar for shipping on your first auction. BiDCity cares. This is how we would have liked to have been treated.

Our customer support will really answer your email and calls.

Our auctions will give you value and a fair channce at winning.

You can speak to us if you have any questions or concens.

Please enjoy yourself at BidCity.com “Where Pennies Become Prizes” and you are guaranteed to win!”