ZBiddy.com is a penny auction site where users can go to find popular, expensive items for much cheaper than they would in a retail setting. ZBiddy is very similar to other popular penny auctions, in that their bids cost users 60 cents a piece in order to raise the price of an item by 1 cent.
Generally, when assessing auction websites, the criteria you would use to determine whether or not they were a legit site would be whether or not the site functions as they say, and whether you receive the items you won in good condition and in a reasonable time frame.
Going by these standards, almost all penny auction sites would be considered legitimate sites and worth using. But, when it comes to penny auction sites, there are some issues that need to be considered further.
Penny Auction Complaints
Since penny auctions were established, there have been many complaints lodged against them for their set up. In no particular order, the most prevalent complaints are the following:
- The length of auctions, including the use of auto bidding features.
- Accusations of sites using bots to increase the item cost.
- Bidding on an item costs money whether you win or lose.
- Whether or not penny auctions should be considered auctions or gambling sites.
First, because every bid on a penny auction site extends the clock, these auctions can go on for hours, sometimes even for a day or longer. Penny auction sites added auto bidding features to try and stop this from becoming a serious drawback to using their sites, except that the auto bid features just contribute further to this problem.
Also, there seems to be an inordinate number of users suspicious of penny auction sites using bots to bid up the price of items. This can always be chalked up to sour grapes, but there is a vast number of users who complain that clocks freeze up right when they are about to bid, or that the auction closes out sometimes when there should still be time left on the clock.
There is no proof that these glitches come from dirty dealings, but the complaints about them just highlight the issues with having an auction system with a potentially never ending clock.
Finally, unlike standard auction sites like eBay, in order to place a bid on ZBiddy you must pay 60 cents for each bid in a set package of bids. This means that if you lose the auction, you end up losing money with nothing to show for it.
The situation of paying simply for the chance of winning has caused many people, both supporters and critics, to say that penny auctions are more like gambling sites than they are auction sites. Some people have no problem with this, while others are extremely upset that a website promoting itself as an auction site is more similar to a gambling site.
Is ZBiddy Any Different Than The Average Penny Auction?
Zbiddy.com is a little different than the average penny auction, but not all in a good way. For example, many, many users complain that they are not clear about the fact that they will charge you $159 immediately for signing up. You are provided with the bids for that cost, but there is no option to start at ZBiddy with another package.
In addition, if you quickly decide that ZBiddy or penny auctions simply aren’t for you, that $159 is non-refundable, so you really have no choice but to attempt to use the bids and hopefully get something out of it.
On the other hand, ZBiddy has the penny auction option, but they also have auctions where the bids increase the price by 10 cents, meaning that the cost of these items will rise far more quickly. This may work to bidders’ benefit because the price will rise more quickly to a realistic value, meaning bidders will have to invest less money during the bidding process.
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SOMETIMES, THERE IS A HIGH PRICE TO PAY, BEFORE WISING UP TO THE REALITY THAT THE INTERNET IS LOADED WITH SUCH SCUM OF THE EARTH.
THEY HAVE NO CONSCIENCE. NO HEART. NO SOUL. AS I JUST WROTE, THAY ARE THE SCUM OF THE EARTH.
AGAIN, MY SINCERE SYMPATH TO ALL OF YOU, WHO HAVE LOST YOUR MONEY TO THESE CROOKS. AGAIN, I BEG OF YOU, REPORT THEM TO THE POLICE, AND TO YOUR LOCAL CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY.
ALL THAT YOU WILL "GET' FROM ZBIDDY IS A CHARGE ON YOUR CARD FOR MORE THAN $100++ YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY SCREWED, AND YOU HAVE NO OPTIONS. YOU HAVE BEEN SCREWED. YOUR MONEY IS NON-RFUNDABLE, AND YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY, AND INSURANCE CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN YOU REALIZE, HOPEFULLY PRETTY FAST; YOU MUST CANCEL YOUR CREDIT CARD STRAIGHT AWAY, OR THEY WILL CONTINUE WITHDRAWING MONEY ON YOUR CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT, JUST AS THEY FEEL LIKE DOING, WITHOUT YOUR KNOWING, OR PERMISSION...PLEASE CANCEL YOUR CARD AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
THEN, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT THE ITEM THAT THEY USED TO TRICK YOU INTO MAKING A BID, IMMEDIATELY GOES UP IN PRICE. MORE THAN LIKELY THOS ITEMS DO NOT EVEN EXIST. JUST THINK ABOUT IT. FOR EXAMPLE WHERE DO THEY GET SMART PHONES, OR I PADS THAT CAN START AT LESS THAN A DOLLAR?...TRULY, WE TOO ARE FOOLS TO FALL FOR SUCH AN OBVIOUS SCAM. WHAT WE GET IS WHAT WE PAY FOR, NO MORE, AND NO LESS. ZBIDDY IS A SCAM, SCAM, SCAM.I DOUBT VERY MUCH THAT ANYONE GETS ANYTHING BACK FROM ZBIDDY. IT IS BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS SCAM. I HAVE SINCERE SYMPATHY FOR THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE FROM WHOM THEY STEAL MONEY EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF THE DAY. MY ADVICE TO EVERYONE IS TO REPORT THIS COMPANY TO THE POLICE. REPORT THEM TO THE TV STATIONS WITH A REQUEST THAT THEY BE INVESTIGATED AND SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY, AFTER YOU HAVE CALLED THE POLICE. GOOD LUCK MY FELLOW CIIZENS.
WE LIVE AND WE LEARN. DO NOY CRY ABOUT THIS. JUST MOVEON. AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU NEVER AGAIN GIVE OUT YOUR CREDIT CARD, TO FAKE COMPANIES LIKE THIS.
All I wanted was to join and have the opportunity to bid just like Ebay that I just assumed it would be. I pissed beyond belief that people can be such underhanded bastards.
I promptly sent them an email requesting retraction of funds and cancelling of the account. I am prepared. If I don't get my money back by Monday's close of business (today being sat.), I will contact my State's A.G. and file fraud complaint.
These type of business that pry on honest folks must be stopped.
I was doing. I also tried to get hold of them but to no good
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