Should i bid on quibids

The Hype The advertisements and campaigns rolled out by the Quibids company were met with anticipation and excitement. Surely, the deal seems to be too good to be true. But with all the possible savings that you can get by simply making 1 cent bids, the concept is indeed very appealing. The Cost You can purchase 1 cent bids for 60 cents each.

Therefore, if you lose the auction, you will lose some money too. While the person who got the item may seem to have won it, the total cost may not be as low as advertised. The Commitment There is no formula to have a winning streak at the Quibids auction site. You are bidding almost blindly as you never know when the actual bidding will stop.

The Quibids people control everything and the bidding process can suddenly stop without any warning. So if your strategy is to always bid at the last minute, you may find that the bidding has already closed without warning. Evaluation Quibids is a terrible penny auction site. Aside from having to spend 60 cents for every 1 cent bid that you place on a particular item, you will also be charged with shipping and handling.

The only real winner in this situation is the Quibids site itself. It has no way of losing money as it can extend the deadline for the bidding procedure as long as they want.

There are even reported cases of auctions that reach up to 6 hours. You will surely feel bad if you lose the auction and lose some money as well. Unlike reputable auction sites like eBay. Quibids is the seller and Quibids is the auctioneer as well.

There is no buyer protection in this program. Quibids work for Quibids as the website is raking in huge profits from this set-up. However, Quibids does NOT work for the buyers. Moreover, these products have no warranty. So if you end up with a defective item, you will not be given any replacements or refunds. Our Recommendation We strongly urge you to stay away from the Quibids site. You will be better off placing your bids at legitimate auction sites like eBay.

And I kinda figures out hot to bid Hint: If you see than tons of people are bidding on the item you want You probably wont get it so dont waste your bids! I did waste mine at first but I learned!

We are glad to hear that it worked out so well for you! Please be sure to read the rest of the QuiBids and Help sections to learn how to keep your winning fortunes going!

It is free to belong to QuiBids. You only pay for your purchases. You have to purchase bids to participate in our auctions. Do I actually have to pay money? If yes, how much? If you use those bids in an auction and lose the auction, you are not required to pay anything else. Can some please further explain the no bid before the clock is at 5 mins? So what is the time limit set for bidding for each auction?

Where does this 5 min rule come into play? And are there certain people who can bid before the time clock hits the 5 mins left mark? You can only bid in live auctions. We publish auctions well in advance of them going live so users can plan which auctions they want to bid in, but until the auction is live which occurs at the 5 minute mark, no bids are accepted. We can assist you at that time. Send us the auction number at Customer Support and we would be more than happy to look into this for you!

It depends on the auction and when that particular auction locks. Is there anyway to set bids more than a penny higher. If an item has 50 bids on it and i place 1 bid but don't win the item, am I charged the total at the time I placed the bid 51 or just the 1 that I bid? These bids are pre-paid and placed in your Bids Account. These bids are non-refundable, once placed into auctions.

You have to buy bids so you have something to use in our auctions. The Starter Bid Package of bids is the first package new users purchase, but there are more options available for future purchases. Unused real bids are refundable at your request.

On a "you choose it" auction, it seems that if I'm bidding on an item and someone bids on a separate item in the same auction ID, that it bumps the price on my item. How else can the bids on all of them go up at the same time. This is unethical, if it is true, that a bid on a separate item will raise the bid on my item???

This means that each auction has a list of up to items that you can choose from! The winner of the auction gets to select from the list the item they want the most! Click on My QuiBids. Scroll down the page until you see the won auction. This is located underneath the title of the auction. It will take you back to the Auction Page. Click the link that says, 'You Choose It! Product Selection'. This will create a pop-up that will list all of the items you can choose from. Simply click the item you want, and you're done!

Can I follow an auction to walk through the process without bidding? You can use the search bar on our page to find any item we have available. You can also browse our store to see all of our items and find any available auctions.

You can watch any auction you wish without having to place any bids. I won an item for 1 cent and got it for free, does that mean anytime someone wins an item for less than 50 cents it's free barring bid costs? Is the bid amount that is not refundable and useful on the Buy Now option, available for anything on Buy Now or just the item on which you were bidding? You can use the Buy Now on any one item from the auction in which you were bidding, even if it's not the one you bidding on in that auction originally.

At this time, we offer free shipping within the United States! If you were charged shipping, please contact our Customer Support Team and we will rectify that immediately! When I place a bid, does it ask for the amount I want to bid? Or does it place an automatic amount to the item?

My account is telling me to claim a badge that has 3 free bids, but won't let me "claim the badge". I encourage you to read through our Help page regarding: How does QuiBids work? Each time you place a bid; it will be deducted from your remaining bids, and will increase the price of the auction by one cent.

No more than 20 seconds is added to the timer whenever a bid is placed. This allows another user the opportunity to bid if interested. Going twice At any time, any unused purchased bids remaining in your account can be refunded without a hassle at your request.

If I am a beginner and I sign up and put my card number in does it automatically make me buy bids. No, only the winner is able to purchase the auction for the final price. Everyone else has the option to use their customized Buy Now price. Shipping is free in the US, unless otherwise noted. For other regions, the fees will be visible to users in the product description for each item on the auction's page.

If I don't use quibids as much I dont remember buying bids or anything. Is there a registering fee? There is not a registration fee, however, during the registration, you are given the opportunity to purchase the Starter Bid Package of bids.

If you do not make any other purchases, you will not be charged as you are only charged for the purchases you make on our site. Hi, I am beginner, please, how long does it take for a auction session to terminate. By entering my information, am i buying the item? We are sorry to hear that! Please contact our Customer Support Team and we will help you with your request.

I bid 20 dollars on an item and I lose, do I lose the twenty dollars OR just the. Yes, that is possible, but we don't want that to happen to you which is why we offer the Buy Now so you can apply your bids from the auction towards the cost of the item.

Is there a way to find out what the shipping charges on an item would be before I bid on it? I have searched the and help pages as well as several items description information, I'm not seeing anything about shipping. Referring to Question 9 above Thanks! Shipping and any other fees are included in the Item Description. We want you to be able to see what they are before you commit to bidding.

Yes, just contact our Customer Support Team and we are more than happy to help you with a refund! Hard to understand exactly what it costs to bid, or pay up front.

Seems there is no place that gives the simply facts of the cost, unless I have missed that in my reading. Then when you use one of those bids in an auction, it raises the auction price up by one cent. I am still confused, how about a simple example. Do I then have an option to "Buy Now" and how much would I then pay for the item.

If you lose the auction, you do not have to pay anything else. There is not a typical length of an auction. Depending on the value of the auction, it can last just a few minutes or go on for hours. We are limited to 1 penny per bid, so does that mean if an item sells for 2. That is correct. However, those bids could be voucher bids, real bids or even free bids. There is not a particular time, but we have noticed each user does tend to have a time that they personally prefer.

What you may be observing is what we call You-Choose it Auctions. This means that you can bid on many different items and once the auction is won, you can select the specific item that you wish to purchase.

Just to be clear, the bid packs are not used to pay for the item you win? The bid pack only pays for the ability to place bids, correct? Thank you for your help! However, if you lose the auction, you can apply the value of those bids you used towards the Buy Now option and pay the remaining difference.

I just sent an e-mail to customer service stating the easiest way to explain how Quibids works it's just like going to a casino you have to buy chips before you can bet. In this case it will be "Bid" not "Bet". I hope I'm right on that because when I 1st starting reading I was ready to say "forget this to complicated" but, when the light bulb went on I think it will be fun.

Just remember "Vegas was not built on winners! QuiBids is not gambling. For an activity to be considered gambling as a matter of law, three elements must be present: consideration, chance and prize.

No one has to walk away empty-handed. It is entirely up to the participant whether he or she will use the value of bids spent on an auction as a rebate to the purchase price. I thought each auction had a 20 second counter that restarted why do I see bis witth a 4 minute or 5 minute counter--what's going on there?

Auctions are scheduled hours in advance and the clock ticks down to zero. When the clock reaches the 5 minute mark, you will be able to begin bidding on those auctions. Each time a bid is placed, up to 20 seconds will be added back to the time.

We want everyone to enjoy QuiBids so we try to make sure there are lots of ways we can help you learn! If I only have 5 bids left in my account and use them up , can I keep bidding and it will be charged to my card ,or do I have to stop and go purchase more bids?

I cannot see how this is logical. These are players that have huge amounts of voucher bids stored, that make it impossible for new and small players to win. I have seen power players use voucher bids to win a 50 voucher auction obviously for intimidation. In all fairness to novices the site needs to limit amount of auctions played along with number of wins. The costs on winning auctions allowing a player to go above 12 auction win in a 28 day getting costlier for veteran players that are playing always.

New players will keep the site stronger and allow novices a better chance to avoid the skilled players like myself. Except I rarely bid on bid buster auctions. I enjoy the site and playing, but I restrict myself because I am aware how costly some auctions are. I avoid and especially around 25 power players who will play to win at ALL costs.

I am willing to assist any new player if there were a forum, my suggestion to new players thinking of playing Don't. Good luck.

Quibids is a total sham. They lure you in with "real" winning bids on great stuff but those are not real bids. They have their own people or machines controlling some of the bids, then advertise those as "real" winning bids on their site.

They'll let new users win their first bid to get them hooked, then after that users get screwed over. Be careful, I thought I was just putting in my information and they charged me without telling me first.

Also, when I submitted my info online, it said an error occurred and that it did not take my payment method which is a visa debit card. Luckily my bank CItizens has great fraud alert and they alerted me like 5 minutes after the charge occurred. I now have to close out this bank account and get a new one because I don't trust what this crazy site will do with my information. Some would say my own fault for not checking it out in advance. I definitely learned a lesson that not all sites are legit like Amazon, some of these little ones are really out to scam you.

Be careful everyone and I do not recommend this site. If you have put your info in, check your bank account for random charges that you did not authorize. Awesome ceiling fans, camping equipment etc. Now they offer more bid auctions than those gift cards. I too have witnessed collusion from two bidders. It was so obvious that anyone could have seen it.

I wrote to them a few times about it and got the same story. Their auction offerings of some nice products have drastically gone downhill. Also, I would always look up the retail value of items I was bidding on to verify their retail price and what others charged was comparable.

That is no longer the case. Very sad. It looks like they're going to go belly up soon. I signed a few days ago and all of a sudden, they took There are so many auctions company out there that do not charge anything upon registration!

This company is fishy, avoid! Once upon a time QuiBids was wonderful. I even win a KitchenAid stand mixer with one bid. Practically everything in my kitchen came from QuiBids. They had good quality stuff. They would have 14 auctions going at the same time. I do believe QuiBids has hired other people to bid against regular people driving up the price to make QuiBids more money.

I also notice certain names of people bidding against everyone else but won't bid against each other then these people vanish, only to have 2 or 3 new people doing the same type of bidding. I guess they had to change shifts. But, if you just watch and pay close attention, these people stick out like a sore thumb. Shame on you QuiBids. You were fair, but now you're a fraud. Months ago, I noticed two bidders in collusion to win auctions.

They alternated bids against the other bidders, and never bid against each other. It became very obvious as I saw this in many other auctions with the same two bidders. This is clearly against the Quibids policy. I reported this and was told that the information was sent to their compliance department. Nothing changed. I emailed again, only to be told that their compliance department was investigating and had "high sophisticated" methods of discovering collusion.

When I emailed again after more months, I was told basically to stop emailing them. The complaint was sent on, and there was nothing else that they could do. I subsequently found out that other bidders had also complained about these same two bidders, to no avail.

As I write this, they are still colluding in auctions and cheating other bidders out of winning. Sign up to receive our free weekly newsletter. We value your privacy.