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      11-16-2011, 10:32 PM   #1
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anyone ever try Qbid or similar auction site?

i know they charge .60 per bid, but anyone have personal experience? Thx
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      11-16-2011, 10:45 PM   #2
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my roommate has won some cool stuff from the site (printer, ipod, laptop) but you have to play it smart and not like a dumbass..
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      11-16-2011, 10:45 PM   #3
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yes... I am at about $3000 in bids for about $50k in merchandise. You just have a solid strategy...
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      11-17-2011, 06:11 PM   #4
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you better get your stuff soon there is a class action suit against them by the morons who got taken advantage of by them and several states/federal prosecutors are apparently thinking of going after them for running an illegal gambling site.
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      11-17-2011, 06:23 PM   #5
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anyone want to explain how to play it smart on the site?

you can PM me...
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      11-17-2011, 06:31 PM   #6
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SCAM many people have proven that unless you are ready to outbid a computer and pay just about retail for 95% of the items its almost impossible to find these "great deals".

I have spent about $150 bucks at the site and I have won about $175 worth of stuff.
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      11-17-2011, 07:38 PM   #7
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SCAM many people have proven that unless you are ready to outbid a computer and pay just about retail for 95% of the items its almost impossible to find these "great deals".

I have spent about $150 bucks at the site and I have won about $175 worth of stuff.
Sounds like a lot of work to save $25.
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      11-17-2011, 07:45 PM   #8
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anyone want to explain how to play it smart on the site?

you can PM me...
Send me 45 dollars to my paypal account and I will send you the details.
I also need your home address and real phone number
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      11-17-2011, 07:49 PM   #9
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Send me 45 dollars to my paypal account and I will send you the details.
I also need your home address and real phone number
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      11-18-2011, 01:32 AM   #10
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I know someone who's won a ton of shit for himself and his girl, and he even sells some of the stuff to make more.
But then I also know someone who got hooked on it, wouldn't get off and ended up wasting a lot of money and stressing himself out. It really depends how you play it and if you're willing to put in the time and have patience. Don't waste bids, you have to watch certain auctions for a while at first. Don't get greedy.
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      11-18-2011, 04:17 AM   #11
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Send me 45 dollars to my paypal account and I will send you the details.
I also need your home address and real phone number
lol

I'm so tempted to send his info haha
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      11-18-2011, 06:47 PM   #12
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My advice is to only go there to try to win something that you really want and are willing to pay full price for it. My wife and I wanted a tv for our bedroom so we went there and got a $500.00 tv for $36.00. I will say that I am sure we got lucky but we would have paid full price anyway. We have also won quite a few gift cards for cheap.

I think that the people calling it a scam just go there expecting to win everything they want for cheap. When they waste a bunch of money losing auctions on crap that they wouldn't buy outright, they get pissed. It is not a scam, it is just competitive.
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      11-18-2011, 10:09 PM   #13
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http://scamadvocates.com/18-Quibids.html
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      11-19-2011, 11:57 AM   #14
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I have read many of those scam cries. There are just a lot of people who don't research before starting. It is funny that people don't read that you have to pay $60.00 for 100 bids when you sign up yet they put in their credit card information. Everything is explained on their site. Slow internet connnections can account for the timer running out early. They go off of real time, not your computers reaction time. I don't really care though, I got what I wanted and won't go back unless I want another product that I am willing to pay full price for.
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      11-20-2011, 09:01 PM   #15
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      12-14-2011, 08:21 PM   #16
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I have read many of those scam cries. There are just a lot of people who don't research before starting. It is funny that people don't read that you have to pay $60.00 for 100 bids when you sign up yet they put in their credit card information. Everything is explained on their site. Slow internet connnections can account for the timer running out early. They go off of real time, not your computers reaction time. I don't really care though, I got what I wanted and won't go back unless I want another product that I am willing to pay full price for.
I totally agree, there are a bunch of unfounded complaints about credit cards being charged for bids and so on, when its clearly stated in their TOS, but there are also lots of other negative reviews, dealing with the bid process, buy now prices, and shipping times..found a bunch of those here, http://reviewopedia.com/workathome/q...uibids-a-scam/
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