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I have been trying to contact quibide customer service but each time I select 0 as the automaterd recording says my call gets disconnected. I was charged $60 for I dont know what not to mention dont even know how I have an account aith this company. I demand for the account in my namr be closed as well as to be crediterd baclk the $60 thatbwas charged to my card asap! I have attempted to try live chat as well but again no luck in actually going through as its suppose to when selecting the icon!

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QuiBids Holdings The most terrible service ever!

I'm absolutely disgusted with this terrible website! I have made some bids on QuiBids website and won an item. Their rep said I'll get my item within one or two weeks but nothing ever arrived. When I contacted these scammers they claimed my item was shipped to me. When I asked for a tracking number they said they did not have one and asked me to be more patient. Weeks passed and nothing. Their rep said there was nothing he could do and that he also had no idea what happened. The most terrible service ever!

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QuiBids Holdings Unethical Treatment of Quibids Customers

A quibids employee logged into my account and deleted the far majority of my voucher bids that I had spent 3 years earning. To collect and save up that amount of bids, I paid Thousands of dollars in real money to Quibids and spent countless hours on their website bidding in their auctions.
They told me I "had collected too many bids" and that it wasn't fair to them as a company to have such ammunition to bid and win with. This is absolutely illegal of them to do! They stole my bids from my account! I had worked hard and paid a LOT of money buying their bids to rack up all my voucher bids. What can I do. They will not answer my emails or give me any kind of straight answer by phone.

Also, they greatly INFLATE the prices of their products to make auctions last longer and to flat out make a profit on the buyer of that item. See attached screen shots.

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QuiBids Holdings Misleading registration

I registered for quibids thinking that it was similar to eBay. In the registration page it takes you through 3 steps; fill out your personal information, add your credit card and you will receive your item. I assumed they were going to send me something for registering but instead I was charge with 60.00 for bid purchases. I lost my money that I could've put to good use. I didn't realize till it was too late after I submitted. The title on their site for registration is misleading. They are frauds. This site is a scam and now I'm out 67.00 which included tax.

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joan tessemaa
Alexandria, US
Feb 04, 2011 6:56 pm EST
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I purchased 600 bids yesterday at a cost of $ 360 and cannot access the website to participate in auctions.

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QuiBids Holdings They're stealing peoples money

i happened to see quibids online. so i thought why not give it a try. i bought a 100 bids worth $60. what i noticed/observed that some bidders were bidding way more than they price of an item. how can they bid more that the price of an item? they usually stop you when you reach the total amount of the price you are bid. i don't really get it. they must have a "BOT" bidders. i will never buy bids again. they should investigate this website. THIS IS A BIG SCAM! they're stealing peoples money. may bad karma be with all of you Quibids.

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treasurelyfe804
Richmond, US
Aug 07, 2013 5:58 pm EDT

This site is a total scam. I agree with everything you all have said. I went on there and watched the news clip they have online. I can't believe these so called news organizations even promoted this crap. I just goes to show us al the site is corrupt and so is the news.

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Calgary, CA
Feb 06, 2013 12:50 pm EST
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yeah, I am inclined to agree. I remember reading on a website (as i was doing research) that they use bots to keep the bids going. He mentioned that even late at night when you'd think the bids would slow down, they just kept bidding. it is a scam.

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Boiling Springs, US
Jan 28, 2013 1:13 pm EST
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This site is filled with tens of thousands of stories; you know, stories just like yours'. I pray one day that all of humanity finally realizes there are NO GOOD DEALS from any corporate entity. They are not in the business of saving you money or giving away their ill-gotten merchandise - the only objective is to take everything from you, period... end of story. Welcome to the NWO - please learn to play the game a little more wisely so you're able to keep your family possessions a little longer than your neighbor.

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1:24 pm EST

QuiBids Holdings I will delete my account and warn family & friends to save their money

Although I have won a couple things that were cheaper than retail, they aren't things I really "needed". Paying $0.60 for a bid, just to watch someone else do the same. 10 bids later and you've lost $6 and still don't win. You have to be "all in" to hopefully win. When you don't they do account for the money towards "buy it now", but then you are paying 100% retail with zero discounts. You have to pay $60 just to join. After I use up my "bids" (read as throw them away) I will delete my account and warn family & friends to save their money.

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QuiBids Holdings Please don't fill out any form on quibit.com

I just sign in as I sign in on Ebay and Amazon, and when I went to check my account they already took out $60.00 from my account, and I did not purchase any items so far. then I read that they charge 60cents for each time you bid, it means if your purchase any item or not, they charge it from out amount, which you provide it,
all other site charge their fees after you buy, but this one charge you any way.
please don't fill out any form on quibit.com

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Turler
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Apr 18, 2012 12:15 am EDT

Such a cheat. Its a scam. Don't even try, sttayyayyayayay away.

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Poolimera
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Jan 30, 2012 6:02 pm EST

I was smart enough to get out after losing $28.00. What a scam! STAY AWAY FROM THIS SITE!

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Lynchburg, US
Jan 18, 2013 2:04 pm EST
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I will try a shorter version...they use computer generated "bots" to auto bid items at the last second to keep the bids going. All the time you are bidding your money away on an item you will never win.

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WeBothHateScammers
Lynchburg, US
Jan 18, 2013 2:03 pm EST
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Dealdash, Quibids, Beezid and others..all work the same way and are 100% a ripoff.

100% of penny auction websites are 100% scams. Every single one are running on the SAME software core or at least a modified version of it. HERE IS THE DIRTY SECRET: The software developers job was to generate a system mod that would "auto bid" the last 2 to 10 seconds every time with a random set of predefined usernames with unlimited bids until the value of the item had been properly inflated with bids greater than the overhead cost. really simple. here is an example:

Item: $25 gift card,
Actual company overhead: $15.95 + 4.00 shipping
Auto bid set up: require at least 1500 bids before item can actually be won.
Scam: people go and think they are bidding against other customers, whats really happening is that if they bidding against an automated script, usually PHP, ASP, server side, this script simply looks to see what the overhead is, and then runs every time before the item can end, out bidding you. They also have uploaded a ton of items that never really sold, created fake winners with fake bids and marked them as "won by...!".

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Lynchburg, US
Jan 18, 2013 2:03 pm EST
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I had a detailed explanation of how these sites rip you off but this board will not let me post it

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WeBothHateScammers
Lynchburg, US
Jan 18, 2013 2:00 pm EST
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Quibids, Beezid, Dealdash and lots of other "penny" auction sites are all 100% ripoffs.

100% of penny auction websites are 100% scams. Every single one are running on the SAME software core or at least a modified version of it. HERE IS THE DIRTY SECRET: The software developers job was to generate a system mod that would "auto bid" the last 2 to 10 seconds every time with a random set of predefined usernames with unlimited bids until the value of the item had been properly inflated with bids greater than the overhead cost. really simple. here is an example:

Item: $25 gift card,
Actual company overhead: $15.95 + 4.00 shipping
Auto bid set up: require at least 1500 bids before item can actually be won.
Scam: people go and think they are bidding against other customers, whats really happening is that if they bidding against an automated script, usually PHP, ASP, server side, this script simply looks to see what the overhead is, and then runs every time before the item can end, out bidding you.They also have uploaded a ton of items that never really sold, created fake winners with fake bids and marked them as "won by...!".

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Cerassie
Atlanta, US
Apr 21, 2012 7:05 pm EDT

I know some of you don't want to hear this, but I have received everything I bid on at qui bids.com. Now, I mostly bid on gift cards, but also won and received perfume and an RC plane. However, PLEASE stay away from for10cents.com. They truly are a scam operation! I have won several types of items and to date have received NOTHING. Maciej Wilhelm the supposed company president is laughing all the way to the bank at us. MW, don't come to America...because you probably won't leave, if you know what I mean. have reported this scam to the BBB in Chicago and the local police...both of which are inept at getting this company to refund money or send items won.

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QuiBids Holdings ripped off

I set up an account with Quibids so I could hopefully get a good deal on an auction or at least see what deals they have. I decided there would be no harm in setting up an account because in the past I had set up accounts on reputable websites which included giving them my credit card information and no harm came of it. Reputable websites have multiple pop-ups that asks if you're sure you want to finalize the transaction. So I thought noting of giving Quibids my card information as part of setting up an account with them but the instant I gave them my information they charged it $60 in bids only usable on their website. I never confirmed or was asked if such a transaction was okay. I didn't even know it had happened until later when I was checking my bank account information online. I was tricked into spending money on something I do not want and now only want a refund. I believe Quibids is crooked and I suggest no one do business with them. There are plenty of trustworthy web based businesses out there that deserve our attention and business. Quibids is underhanded and tricky and is not to be trusted.

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1:47 pm EST

QuiBids Holdings The winning bid was $10.00 however I spend about $100 trying to win this watch

Purchased watch on Quibids after 3 times wearing watch the face fell out sent watch to be repaired they would not honor warranty because it was purchased on QUIBIDS. hOWEVER THEY SELL THEIR WATCHES ON THE SITE.

QUIBIDS SAID IT IS PAST THE 60 DAYS THEY OFFERED ME $10.00 FOR A 400.000 WATCH . THEY SAID THEY CAN NOT TELL THE COMPANY TO FIX THE WATCH have a nice day.

The watch was sent back with the hands missing. The winning bid was $10.00 however I spend about $100 trying to win this watch.

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Arthur Fishnchips
Beverly Hills, US
Jan 11, 2013 2:00 am EST

I think this fellow is a fool, typical of most who use these scam "auction" sites.

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Arthur Fishnchips
Beverly Hills, US
Jan 11, 2013 1:59 am EST

Did you send the watch with the hands missing or did they?
And you only wore this watch three times in over 60 days?
What company makes the watch?
Did you think it was stolen? Why else would you think you could get a $400 watch for $10, or even $100.
Actually, as you typed it the watch was apparently worth $400, 000...

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QuiBids Holdings It is scary how a supposedly legitimate business can operate in this fashion

My grandson enrolled in quibids.com and lost money before I even knew what was going on. Yes, I should have been more diligent in watching his activity, but was not aware he had completed the enrollment. In any case, he spent all but $13.00 of the $60.00 enrollment fee. Upon realizing what was going on, I called Quibids and was told I could not get this money back, but would get the $13.00. I have called my bank and reported this and see that Quibids has returned $7.00 to my Visa account. What a ripoff! It is scary how a supposedly legitimate business can operate in this fashion. DO NOT BUY INTO THIS!

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Arthur Fishnchips
Beverly Hills, US
Jan 11, 2013 2:11 am EST

Sit your grandson down and explain very slowly that this sort of thing is a scam, otherwise he will get sucked in again and again. Is he mentally challenged, may I ask? Just curious, because I think these websites are set up to draw in the handicapped.

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Warren, US
Dec 02, 2012 8:51 pm EST
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How in heavens name did your grandson get a hold of 60 bills? And what was he doing on the internet without a parent or grandparent right there watching the screen? That kid needs to be kept away from you. Grandmas with lax standards and too loose with money are very deterimental to kids.

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QuiBids Holdings Why are these Quibids swindlers not in jail

Quibids is GAMBLING. A lot of people put in a little, and a few people take out a lot. Quibids lies and says it is not gambling simply because the lie encourages more people to do it.
As gambling, Quibids is a ripoff. Quibids pays out a very small percentage of the money they take in, much less than any casino. Like in any casino, some gamblers can do better than the rest, even come out ahead, if they can pick their opponents, like at the blackjack table. Anyone winning just gets a small share of the ripoff. And the Quibids ripoff is worse than the casino ripoff.
The Quibids game is a variation on "chicken". No one would play it for real in a casino. Imagine a stack of $400.00 cash. Clearly posted, someone has bought the right to that cash, minus $20.00, for a token that cost him only $0.60! The catch is, anyone can come along and, for only another $0.60 token, displace him and buy the right to the $40.00, minus $12.01. (The bank has already collected $1200.00 worth of tokens for this prize, but that "shouldn't matter" to the betters.) The current owner won't get the prize, and neither will the next owner. So no one wants to buy in early. The goal is to be the last buyer-in. Even if the prize is down to only $400.00 minus $399.00, it would still pay for the next guy to pay $0.60 for the right to $400.00 minus $399.01 - he makes $0.39 on the deal (but only if no one buys in after him). People won't want to buy in late, when the gain gets small, but, when the gain is small, there's a higher chance that the next buy-in will be the last one. Every next player to buy in destroys your profitable deal, (not like a real auction where the next bid releases you from your bid). Picture the fistfights and riots that would break out at a physical Quibids table! Now, to complete the Quibids picture, imagine that the box labeled $400.00 really only contains $300.00. And the $300.00 is a check that they will supposedly mail to you, after you first pay them the $20.00 or $399.01 purchase price. And you also pre-pay a handling fee they didn't tell you about. Oh, but they throw in a losing-ticket bonus. You can, at any time, "buy now" that $300 check for the posted $400 minus the amount of tokens that you (only you) have paid in toward that item. And Quibids takes place online, where you don't know how many people actually "buy now" the same item (since they can easily ship multiples when it benefits them), and you don't know whether the other players are real. Why are these Quibids swindlers not in jail?

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QuiBids Holdings Fake

I am watching 2 separate pairs of sunglasses on quibids side by side. They are however linked in bids, when someone bids on one it also bids on the other. I tested this by throwing a few bids in my self and sure enough when I would bid on one pair it would show up on both. That right there throws up red flags not to deal with this company thanks. Below is a link to a screen shot I took of the two items, I circled my name in red. Both of the items have had the same price with the same bidders, how is this possible with 2 separate items? Something fishy

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QuiBids Holdings Signed up with quibids and lost $60

Signed up with quibids and lost $60, should have known when they asked for my credit card during registration, I was bidding and of course always outbid by other bidders (or bots, who knows), before you knew it I was out of $60 and no product. Like my mom always said "if it's too good to be true".

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Sep 01, 2015 9:45 am EDT
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On 19 August 2015 I signed up to take a look at QuiBids. I was wanting to see what the TV advertisements were all about.. My question or complaint is why was I charged $60. just to take a look at your sight? I did not bid, nor did not know I was authorizing such a charge. I am asking for a refund!

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rogerg1955
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Feb 22, 2013 10:14 am EST
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Quibid is a scam
most items on their under $50 are dollar tree items
One item sold for 2.70 x 60=$162.00 for a dollar tree item.
Out of 60.00

10.00 credit card 3.20 x.60 = 192.00 10.00 item
Sog knife 2.70 x.60 = 162.00 1.00 "
PHONE COVER 1.80 x .60 =108.00 1.00 "
my cost $27.20 Quibid cost $12.00 Quibid profit $462.00
All unethical but legal

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QuiBids Holdings scam

I decided to try out QuiBids and was determined to win. I picked a night when I had lots of time and I decided, given their claim that most items were won for under $50 dollars that I was going to spend $300 dollars and win something. I settled in my easy chair and went into my "patience" mode. As I started to close in on winning bids, every time I came close to getting a winning bid, the computer would delay me by a fraction of a second and some other bidder would win. I did this all night, and each time I was close to getting the winning bid, mysteriously, the bid would slow down until someone else got the bid. I went through this about a dozen times and after $300 dollars and all night of bidding, I realized that they had a fictious straw bidder bidding against me. Stay away from this site, it is a big fraud and scam. The fact that I could not win anything after a dozen patient and well placed bids and $300 dollars, running so close to winning, and then nothing, it just cannot be legit.

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tonimoore
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Jan 21, 2011 10:11 pm EST

They automatically charged 105.00 for what I dont know, I was browsing the site and instantly I had just bought SOME THING, I immediatly unsubscribed and then shut every thing down, They still got my money first !

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MidnighToker
Greensboro, US
Sep 18, 2011 4:47 am EDT

I was curious about the "penny auction" stuff so went to check it out. Went5 to signup for an account where they offered me some FREE bids if I'd sign up for their newsletter. Figured that was great cuz I could at least get a look at it all before committing any cash...yeah right! THEN came page 2 where I had to buy a $60 "Bid pack" before I could get my FREE bids.

Went to close out of the site when their "Live Chat Agent" named Rachel pops up. Had nothing to lose by voicing my complaints, so I did. LMAO! Live my a**! Their "Live Agent" is a damned bot. Funny thing is that you can ask if it's a bot and the reply is "Yes I am a real live person and my name is Rachel." Ahhh...but ask it what color a lemon is - "I am sorry, but I have limited support information. You will have to submit a ticket through the Support site."

IMHO, this is false advertising/misrepresentation. I did go ahead and submit a ticket to their support system. Not even bothering to complain about setting the account up anymore, but to call them out on the extremely poor practice of claiming that their bot is a "Live agent". The response was PRICELESS... "I am sorry this has been your impression of the website. We try to make our site as transparent as possible. For this reason we created the "QuiBids 101" section of the website which thoroughly describes our business model; Blah, blah, blah..." The Support desk is a bot as well!

I don't know how or why anyone would give a business that uses deception this blatenly their hard earned money. Baffles the mind.

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QuiBids Holdings This is a rip off for sure

This is a rip off for sure, I bid on a food saver and didn't win, they offered it for sale since I had already spent so much in bids I bought it. Ha, what a farce, I received email later that they no longer had any food savers and refunded my money and bids. Then the same thing happened on a 55" TV. I bid and after several hours of bidding I gave up and just bought it. I am still haven't heard anything except it is being processed, Well I call and finally talked to Kevin who said they had to contact the supplier and see if they can even get one. How nice of them to sell something that they physically do not have, or can't guarantee to ship. In the mean while I have had to re configure my entertainment center to accommodate this size of TV. Which has wound up costing me more then it would have if I would have just bought it from amazon. This is a rip off and twice I have bought in to trying to get something at a great price only to get burned. I am so done. It seems a fraud and should be against the law to sell something that you don't own or can't guarantee. How is it this company can continue in this unlawful practice?

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QuiBids Holdings Unauthorized charges

I never used them before buy today they took $85.73 from my bank account without permission. Stay away from them!

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QuiBids Holdings total scam

Quibids is a scam company that is deceitful and lying! They claim that it is free to join, but then they charge your credit card $60 (which IS NOT FREE). Then when you purchase bids they either give you voucher or real bids, but they don't tell you which ones you can use. That means if you lose an auction (which you probably will) you'll end up losing another $30 and you won't even be able to get a discount buying the product.
I was bidding on an iPad from the start and was in a bidding war (maybe it was against a bot, or an employee, or maybe it was a real person, I don't know), and everything was fine until right at the very end I was outbidded and then the timer automatically went from 5 seconds to 0 seconds. I had spend $180 bidding and quibids ended the auction without even giving me a chance to bid higher. After losing the auction for an iPad they offered a Buy It Now option to pay $500 for an iPad. Since I already lost $180 in that auction (yes, you can lose $100s of dollars even if you aren't the winner of the auction) I decided to buy it; only to find out that it was the iPad 1, which isn't even worth $350! They charge nearly double the cost of products on their site and then try to pretend that you are getting a good deal!

So in the end I spent $500 plus the bogus $60 entry fee (when they said that it was free to join!) for a product worth $350. That means using their suppossedly risk-free auctions I've lost over $200. The people at Quibids are lying and deceitful and the site IS NOT AN AUCTION SITE, IT IS A GAMBLING SITE WHICH SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED AND QUIBIDS LIES WHEN THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE AN AUCTION SITE! And even worse they are a gambling site that locks you out from winning right after you've spent a lot of money bidding. Just remember when something is looks too good to be true it probably is!

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Jun 03, 2014 4:10 pm EDT
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Quibids ripped me for the same 60 dollars they chisel everybody else out of. After I challenged it with Discover and lost to their army off lawyers, they tried to double dip by pretending Discover did not pay them. It took one call to the credit card co. to catch them in this scam, to which they gave me a well rehearsed " you can disregard that bill". Really? Thats mighty kind of you Quibby .I guess they figured since I was dumb enough to let them get the first 60, why not take a second bite at the apple.I tell everybody i know about these Ebay wannabes, and all of you should too.

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QuiBids Holdings Website is a Scam

I used Quibids once, saw what a scam it was (apparent shill bidding, etc), and stopped. There was still some bidding credit. I received an email from a customer service rep after a few months stating that they were going to cancel my credits because they didn’t want to keep carrying an unprofitable customer. They even stated that I would need to spend a lot more if I wanted to win something because I couldn’t expect to win as often as I apparently (to them) expected.

Ok, I don’t really want to use their site, but neither do I want them to rip me off further for the value of the credits. That’s just plain not right. I objected, but they were firm: spend more money or lose it all. So I lost what was remaining just because they stole it from me. Stay away from these thieves.

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QuiBids Holdings Stay away from these crooks

I have been using QuiBids for several months now. i have won some nice items cheap and have paid full price for many others. I understand that there could very likely be bots or QuiBids employees bidding against you to drive the price up. However, when you do win something cheap (samsung home theater or iPad) and they come back and say it is no longer available due to "unanticipated inventory issues with our supplier" but still have several upcoming auctions of the same products for bidding, you know they are scamming you at this point. This conduct alone should be grounds for shutting them down. It has happened to me on at least four different items (Monster Dog Oakley Sunglasses - twice, Samsung Home theater system, and iPad2 16GB). I think it would be productive to get in touch with "Dateline" or "60 Minutes" to have them investigate QuiBids and the people they have scammed and continued to scam (like me) and maybe this will shut them down or at least get the attention of the States Attorney or some other party who has already filed a legal action. Given all the complaints I have seen online, I think it would be easy to get people to testify against QuiBids and their conduct. Who's interested?

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, US
Dec 08, 2012 1:54 pm EST

Complete ripoff...go to their homepage and you will see $500 televisions that were "won" for $12...what they don't tell you is that the person who "won" the television also had to spend several hundred dollars in BIDS. The bids, everytime you make them, COST YOU MONEY whether you win or lose... Even their buy-it-now price is 30-50% higher than you can buy it from Amazon. Do not fall for this scheme...

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Romses
, US
Apr 03, 2012 5:55 am EDT

I found this site to be an absolute fraud. I'm asking all residents to contact their respective AG's and file a complaint. For thos of you in MAss., I need about six to call Attorney Paul Morenburgh. His number is [protected]. He wants to do a class action. Please, enough talk, let's get your money back!

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Poolbake
, US
Mar 19, 2012 3:48 am EDT

I won a Kindle, Second Generation. When it arrived, it wouldn't work. So I called Amazon for some help. After I read the serial number to the guy, he said it was a blacklisted Kindle that had been reported lost or stolen. He said the best use I was going to get from it was as a paperweight. Really makes me wonder where they get their merchandise! I have tried to contact quibids, but have heard nothing thus far.

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Blimeine
, US
Mar 02, 2012 12:06 pm EST

Can't cancel or get a support response, just keeps taking your money while the same scam bidders show up at .01 cents conveniently, we have been watching this site and can not trace the official buyers of most items, there are approx 1200 ppl working on bringing this site down and they still will not respond to a cancellation request, we have photo and video support of this, also quotes from an employee base.

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Bierde
, US
Mar 02, 2012 11:54 am EST

I feel it is gambling! I signed up because of the TV ads, thinking I will try to get a deal. I got caught up in wanting a $400 set of Home Surround Sound Speakers. That last 10 seconds of the Auction, lasted 2 and a half hours. I spent $330 and did not win the item. I did not use the "Buy Now" since they had taken me for enough money, already. Stay off this site, unless you like to gamble. I feel like I visited a Casino. Good Luck!

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Niostole
, US
Jan 11, 2012 6:08 pm EST

Terrible site. I lost each time I bid. Wasted my money. I can't believe Google lets Quibids advertise. I think Google ads are filled with scams and Google doesn't care one bit because they're making money.

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Maizele
, US
Jan 03, 2013 5:52 am EST

I saw a camera and a necklace on Quibids. When the bid was down to just a few seconds left (about :14), time ran out and the clock started over at :14 seconds again. This happened over and over again. The bid didn't really end. Don't get tricked!

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Poolier
, US
Nov 05, 2012 8:14 am EST

This site is a scam, do not waste your money. I had the same bad experience as others explained. Note, just look at all the other bad reviews.

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Huble
, US
Jul 09, 2012 3:54 am EDT

They control who sees what auctions against which bidders. All people do not see the same auctions and have the same chance. They play god and control everything. Not fair and even. Very crooked.

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Plaimde
, US
Jun 25, 2012 6:35 am EDT

I too decided to check it out... All I will say is this.. I put $300 in and came away with nothing... Need I say anymore?

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QuiBids Holdings This is a legalized crook, should be outlawed

This online penny auction company is nothing short of a legalized crook.

They definitely need more oversight.

For example, in the middle of bidding on bid vouchers, I purchased more bids from their online store. During this transaction, unbeknowst to me, I had received an email offering me a personal price for the same package of 100 bids I had just purchased. I paid $60 for those 100 bids, the personal price offered me in the email was $33.60, a difference of $26.40. In short time, I bought another pack of 100 bids for $60 but had an email offering me a personal price of $36.60, a difference of $23.40.

So I emailed quibids asking them for a refund of $49.80 ($26.40 + $23.40) since it is the difference in the price they offered me by email. They conveniently tell me they can't do this because the types of bids they offered me this special price for are different than the ones I purchased at full retail value. The difference between the two bids is that the ones offered in the email are voucher bids are NOT refundable. Now understand the reason you get these special BUY NOW offer emails is because you have already spent bids trying to win these auctions. So even though REAL bids as opposed to VOUCHER bids were used to try and win the auction of 100 VOUCHER bids, I can't have a partial refund (per their own offer) for the 100 bids I bought because they are different types of bids.

I then complained that in their bid purchase store, this buy now VOUCHER bids option was not available to me, just the REAL voucher bids option at full retail value.

The reality is the two packages of 100 bids are spent, so I won't be asking for a refund of them because they were REAL bids versus VOUCHER bids. The point is that if I had known I was being offered the ability to purchase a package of 100 VOUCHER bids at a discounted rate from the 100 REAL bids I purchased, I would have bought them. The fact that this company refuses to credit me the difference for their own offer is assinine.

Bottom line, these people are crooks. I have closed my account and will NEVER do business with them again.

BEWARE!

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Foreme
, US
Aug 15, 2016 6:14 am EDT

So...you get lured into "buying" bids/ I bought 45 bids for $25. I then stated bidding on a ipad that was going up in 1 Cent increments and wasn't getting anywhere with that, so I started bidding on a $15 gift card for iTunes. But I ran out of bids. So I stupidly went to buy more bids, which cost me another $25...and concentrated on getting the iTunes card. I still didn't win it... so then a little window comes up and says "Sorry you didn't win this, would you like to buy it for $2.57"? So I thought...OK, I'll buy it. Even though an itunes certificate can be transferred into your itunes account for free (just with a transaction number) they charged me $1.90 in shipping/handling charges. So, in the end, my $15 iTunes card ended up costing me over $53.00. STAY AWAY FROM THIS SITE! I was lured onto it by them showing me all these great deals people had won, but I don't believe than ANYONE actually won a prize worth over $200 for less than $5. What a horrible rip off.

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Erime
, US
Nov 26, 2012 10:32 am EST

Save your money. Do not get lured in. You buy bids that go so fast and are useless even in trying to win a ten dollar gift card! Rather than the last and fastest person being the winner, people have a minimum of 10 seconds after your bid to outbid you. Get more than 5 bidders which is always the case and all your purchased bids will be gone in no time, leaving you to purchase more bids and lose more money while winning, if anything, nothing of value. Horrible website. NOT RECOMMENDED.

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Werdocke
, US
Apr 05, 2012 1:19 am EDT

I did not give quibids a dime. Math problem; new Honda Civic, Winning bid; $1800.00. Quibids received on this one bid, $109, 800, the price of (6) six Honda Civics. Every bidder on this auto, helped pay for this car at ($.60) sixty cents it and every bid. That old adedge very much applies; "IF IT SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT'S A LIE. Quibids is a SCAM. A hundred years ago, we would have a mass hanging.

STAY AWAY FROO 'QUIBIDS and ALL LIKE IT...

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Narizkle
, US
Sep 18, 2012 6:45 am EDT

Lets take an example here, if an Apple Ipad 32GB worth $499.00 and someone won it @ the price of 25.00, by that said 2500(total bids because each bid raise a penny)*.60 cents/bid cost = $1500.00+$25.00 => $1525.00 price; thats the actual price they charged to that particular ipad WOW!, which means eveyone is a looser in that whole bidding process except the winner if he/she did not spend over 790 bids on this item. Think about it, you just never know when its the right time to bid at the end unless you are a psychic and people are so eager to win and keep bidding on the products and not realizing how much it is costing him/her and rest of the public. Give or take the probability of anyone winning a bid is only 5% depending on how much bids you are willing to spend on the item, by that said it is a GAMBLING! Even if you win for less any item but in the long run it wil cost you fortune because you are so addicted to this bidding process. but think about it dont you think it is a rip off by QuiBids to charge public $1500.00 for a $499.00 iPad. And, they are success because we the people are letting them rip us off.

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Arthur Fishnchips
Beverly Hills, US
Aug 15, 2016 6:14 am EDT

Why on earth would you believe such a claim in the first place?
(win a $400 tv for $5!)
If I typed "order this pill and you will grow two feet overnight" on a website, would you order the pill?

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Arthur Fishnchips
Beverly Hills, US
Jan 11, 2013 2:09 am EST

well, sorry you had a problem but really, did you think when playing musical chairs as a child that "last and fastest" was the basis for reward? Maybe in track and field events, but at an auction being last and fastest is bull. You win at an auction by making the highest bid. The real rip-off here is that you end up paying even if you don't get the item, which is truly a joke.
But let's face it, anyone who thinks they can get a $400 television for $5 is a [censored].

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Gajewski45
Cape May, US
Aug 04, 2011 3:51 am EDT

These sites really are scams.

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BADMANBAD
New York, US
Jul 29, 2011 9:09 am EDT

Yeah, you really are an idiot. Obviously, the buyitnow feature is so that people will bid up the price of auctions since some of them do not mind losing their bids since they will buy it anyways (albeit their prices are higher than what you can find). But seriously, figure it out... are they going to give you voucher bids and then just keep on letting you buy back the ones you spent for nothing. That is basically what you are saying. You want them to give everyone free bids all the time. Are you stupid?

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