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Bid Tv £1 Bargains

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  • Lynsey
    Lynsey Posts: 9,486 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    So you can bid on anything for £1 say. Who actually wins, the highest bidders??

    Lynsey
    **** Sealed Pot Challenge - Member #96 ****
    No. 9 target £600 - :staradmin (x21)
    No. 6 Total £740.00 - No. 7 £1000.00 - No. 8 £875.00 - No. 9 £700.00 (target met)
  • buyitall
    buyitall Posts: 3,597 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    AFAIK you can bid any amount from the minimum specified for a particular item. When they are all sold, everyone who has bid pays the lowest price, plus whatever the postage is. The saucepans are presumably quite heavy, but they seem to charge at least £7.99 even for small items. ps I have just looked at their help page:
    http://www.bid.tv/GuidePage.aspx
    it seems that there are different types of auctions - last night's must have been a Fixed Price Auction, most of them are Falling Price. HTH
  • The pans last night and the 2 items the OP mentioned were glitches where the company has listed them by accident (or very clever marketing ) at a £1.00 BUY NOW price instead of a £1.00 BID FROM price.

    Us lucky ones got in quick. Woo Hoo.

    Not sure how the whole sysym in general works but do not care. I will only use them for their mistakes!:j
  • The pans last night and the 2 items the OP mentioned were glitches where the company has listed them by accident (or very clever marketing ) at a £1.00 BUY NOW price instead of a £1.00 BID FROM price.

    Us lucky ones got in quick. Woo Hoo.

    Not sure how the whole sysym in general works but do not care. I will only use them for their mistakes!:j

    But if no-one is sure how it all works how can we point out their mistakes?! :p:rotfl:
  • sarahg1969
    sarahg1969 Posts: 6,694 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Is there a way to find these bargains, or is it a case of trawling until you spot them?
  • sarahg1969
    sarahg1969 Posts: 6,694 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    http://www.speedauction.tv/ProductDescriptionPage.aspx?Id=2663278&Cat=6&Sub=15&Type=WebExclusives

    Don't know if this is a good price once P&P is added - I have no idea how much these things cost in real life.
  • Thank you,I bought it for £2.something as hubby needs one with £7.99 postage,dont know if a bargain or not but thanks anyway........
    :hello:Time2start a new year diet for a new me:j
  • Hev_smev
    Hev_smev Posts: 33 Forumite
    yeah my bfd is saying that "it cant just go for a £1 plus the p&p!" has anyone actually bought any of the items yet and received them?
    Saving slowly but surely £2k so far:j
  • sarahg1969
    sarahg1969 Posts: 6,694 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    My pans have been despatched.
  • buyitall
    buyitall Posts: 3,597 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I have also had the dispatch email.
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