Penny Auction Watch®

New Penny Auction RidetheBubble.com Offers BitCoins – Legit?

Amanda Lee — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:42:10 +0000

What’s a Bitcoin you ask? Maybe you already know, but for those of you who haven’t heard of them before, or have just don’t really get what they are (don’t worry, I had to look it up myself), a Bitcoin is a form of “digital currency.” Bitcoin transactions are secured on special servers called “Bitcoin [...]

PennyGameAuctions is Penny Auction for Board Games

Amanda Lee — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:10:36 +0000

New niche penny auction site for those of you who like to play games! PennyGameAuctions.com offers buy-it now and is the very first penny auction site to offer penny auctions for board games. “Penny Game Auctions acknowledges that the business model is “widely known to be shady” but explains that it avoids the major problems [...]

CarsBids is New Penny Auction for Cars, But With Hefty Reserves

Amanda Lee — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:50:35 +0000

CarsBids is the latest penny auction to launch offering cars. The latest, and perhaps only penny auction that’s still around auctioning cars. On first glance of this new penny auction we’d surmise that something doesn’t seem right with the high volume of cars up for bid including an Audi Q7, Cadillac CTS, Mitsubishi Eclipse, Kia [...]

Is HQBids a Legit Penny Auction? User Charged $49 Without Realizing It

Amanda Lee — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:41:16 +0000

One of our readers sent us a very discouraging message about the penny auction site HQBids.com, he wrote: “I tried to find how to purchase an I Pad & found I was onto the HQ Bids site. A “FREE” site. which cost $49 US to join. Alright, I signed up, but found the whole thing [...]

BidCactus Now Has Free Penny Auctions

Amanda Lee — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:09:08 +0000

BidCactus, one of the very first penny auctions to launch in the US, just recently introduced free penny auctions. These auctions are indicated by the words “free to bid” on the bid button and are totally free to enter, and bid, all the winning bidder has to do is pay for the final auction end [...]

Help Support Two Great Causes!

Amanda Lee — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:24:33 +0000

I thought I’d take a moment away from penny auctions to share with you what these two very awesome young men I know are about to embark on. They are hiking the entire length of the Pacific Crest Trail (see pcta.org for more information), a trail that runs from the border of Mexico all the [...]

Is WellBid.com a Legit Penny Auction? 23 Items Active Now

Amanda Lee — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:49:56 +0000

WellBid.com claims to have completed an absurdly high number of penny auctions, a banner on the top right corner of their website states: “385,813 Finished Auctions even 95% cheaper.” Is WellBid a Legit Penny Auction? WellBid is owned and operated by Welmory Limited, with registered offices based in Nicosia, Cyprus. Operator - Welmory Limited with its [...]

Winnit Winner Owed Over $30k in Won Items!?

Amanda Lee — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:02:13 +0000

Winnit.com is one of the longest running (lowest-unique) bid penny auction sites. In fact, they’ve been open for over 3 years now. What is a Unique Bid Auction? There are definitely not as many lowest-unique pay to bid penny auctions as there are traditional penny auctions, so you may not yet be familiar with how [...]

This Penny Auction Sells Snakes and Controversy Abounds

Amanda Lee — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:57:24 +0000

Now here’s a penny auction with a different kind of offering, some people are afraid of these live animals. Snakes! Ball pythons to be exact. Turns out that BallBids.com has been offering a variety of ball pythons bred by the owner and from other snake retailers since late 2011! Who knew? A very active ball python community [...]

Bidou.ca Acquired by Questionable Penny Auction Site Ziinga

Amanda Lee — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:34:20 +0000

Questionable Malta based penny auction site Ziinga.com recently purchased Canada based penny auction site Bidou.com. From the Reuters stock quote release, Nio Inc Acquires Les Encheres Bidou Inc. and Issues New Shares as Consideration for Transaction “Nio Inc announced that the Company is expanding its business in Internet auctions by acquiring Bidou.ca in Canada. Bidou.ca [...]

NBC News Reports on Penny Auction Scams

Amanda Lee — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:03:30 +0000

Thanks to Herb Weisbaum, NBC News anchor and consumer advocate (check out his website: consumerman.com), further mainstream awareness has just been created surrounding penny auction shill bidding bots! Bidbots sometimes used to rig Internet penny auction sites. In his article, posted today to the front page of NBC News’ Business section, Herb highlights the penny [...]

New Penny Auction to Be Twist Between Group Buying and Pay Per Bid Coming Soon: CityHits.com

Amanda Lee — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:47:13 +0000

CityHits.com is a new penny auction site set to launch next month, March 2013, that claims to be a “twist to auctions and an adrenaline boost to Daily Deals.” They also claim that they will have “5-star brands, massive discounts, and guarantee that EVERYONE leaves a winner.” However, the forum thread that was started [...]

Closed Penny Auction PennyPanda.ca Custom Script for Sale

Amanda Lee — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:14:27 +0000

Looking for a penny auction script solution? PennyPanda.ca, the once-cutest penny auction site, has been closed for a few months now, but they just told us that they’re selling their custom developed auction script, which they say cost them $42,000 to create. The details, discussion and contact information cane be found below and in our [...]

BidCactus Valentine’s Day Promotion & Free Bid Promo Codes

Amanda Lee — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:09:16 +0000

In honor of Valentine’s Day BidCactus is offering a few special Valentine’s heart auctions, these special auctions are indicated by heart symbols. For each special heart auction you bid on today 2/14/13 you will get 2 free bids and 20 free bids for each auction you win, plus a bunch of promo codes for free bids. [...]

Free Unlimited Bids with Future Bid Pack Purchase Until This New Penny Auction Site Officially Launches

Amanda Lee — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:59:38 +0000

Puppids.com is a brand new penny auction site, so new that they’re giving out unlimited bids from now until the day they officially launch – which they tell us is no earlier than March 1st. This penny auction site is still in beta mode, but all items up for bid are real, winnable items. The [...]