Bigger Bidder is a new penny auction website. You may register at BiggerBidder.net, though they also hold the URL BiggerBidder.com.
A penny auction site, as most of you, auctions off new and in demand items at deeply discounted prices. Each bid you place raises the price of the item by 1 cent, or in the case of Bigger Bidder, 5 cents or 10 cents depending on the particular auction you are bidding in. If you win the auction, you must pay the final auction price in order to receive your prize.
The trick with penny auctions is that you must pay for the bids you place. Most penny auction sites charge you 60 cents for each bid that you place, but Bigger Bidder charges 68 cents on average for bids. Interestingly, though, the site offers many different promotional bid packages, so the price you pay for bids will vary.
Is Bigger Bidder Worth It?
Like all penny auctions, Bigger Bidder has been the target of a lot of criticism. Unlike traditional auction houses, like eBay, Bigger Bidder is both the seller of items and the auctioneer, which has made it very difficult for people to trust them. They are accused of using bots and scripts to bid on the auctions, as well as having a group of employees bid on the auctions as well.
None of these accusations have been proven or verified in any way, and these types of accusations befall all penny auctions.
As far as how Bigger Bidder compares to other penny auction sites, the truth is not well. Their bids are more expensive, at an average of 68 cents per bid instead of 60 cents, and depending on how in demand an item is, their bids can be in increments as high as 10 cents. This means higher auction prices the winners must pay.
In addition, many of their auction items have something called a Reserve Price. This is the minimum price they will allow that item to auction for. If you win an auction with a winning price that falls under the Reserve Price, you will required to pay the Reserve Price instead.
Finally, they do have a version of the Buy It Now feature called “Second Chance,” but these items routinely retail for much higher than regular stores’ discounted prices.
worth of bids. Does anyone have any suggestions how I could go about getting my money from them?
click on the link to our website and enter in your confirmation number to receive." Haha yeah right I work for a credit card company so I always read the terms and conditions. Plus I have had hundreds of people call in to my job to dispute charges from this site and others just like it. Scam, scam, SCAM! Oh
and you can try to dispute this with your credit card company but, it will mos
t likely not be sided in your
favor because they keep their scam nice and legal by putting it all in the terms and conditions. Not
reading what you're agreeing to is no ones fault but yours. Sorry.
Scam scam shame shame. I'm thinking of complaining to the FTC because it is illegal to robot-call cell phones.
Thank God I didn't waste single penny. They gave me 20 bids for signup. After their message, I quickly did google and find out their review on this page. Thank you everyone.
Auction Won...Reserve NOT met! Action Required.
You have just won a Bigger Bidder auction for the item listed above.
However, your winning bid of $0.07 did not meet the reserve price listed by the seller of $600.00.
If you wish for this auction to go ahead, you must pay 599.02 plus shipping and handling.
Here's how this amount breaks down:
Estimated product value: $600.00
Reserve price set by seller: $600.00
Amount Bigger Bidder will pay for you: $0.98
Amount you must pay to meet reserve: $598.95
Your winning bid: $0.07
Total due for this auction: $599.02
Pay Pal is the only accepted method of payment at this time.
If you choose not to meet the reserve price, the auction will be cancelled and your bids will be refunded to you.
Click here to pay or to decline payment.
this is a scam...
Auction Won...Reserve NOT met! Action Required. You have just won a Bigger Bidder auction for the item listed above. However, your winning bid of $0.16 did not meet the reserve price listed by the seller of $500.00. If you wish for this auction to go ahead, you must pay 497.76 plus shipping and handling.
Here's how this amount breaks down: Estimated product value: $500.00 Reserve price set by seller: $500.00 Amount Bigger Bidder will pay for you: $2.24
Amount you must pay to meet reserve: $497.60 Your winning bid: $0.16 Total due for this auction: $497.76
Pay Pal is the only accepted method of payment at this time.
If you choose not to meet the reserve price, the auction will be cancelled and your bids will be refunded to you. Click here to pay or to decline payment.
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