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has anyone used this site. i have looked at it and it looks good and some really good bargins on it but is it woth it. anyone that has used it i would appreciate any feedback. thanks
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  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
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    A Tax on the stupid. If it looks to good to be true it is. It's basically a gambling site
  • Don't believe the TV adverts, it's all a scam. The only people that will be getting a bargain are the website owners.
    My daughters are my world
  • StaffsSW
    StaffsSW Posts: 5,788 Forumite
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    There are no bargains to be bought on madbid.com, just various prizes to be won if you are lucky.

    It is NOT a shopping site, despite what the "heavily taxed" people believe.
    <--- Nothing to see here - move along --->
  • kirwell81
    kirwell81 Posts: 94 Forumite
    I'm not sure how but I got something like 10 free bids to use on this site through some sort of promotion. Having never heard of it I went on line and checked it out. It took me one bid to realise this is a total scam. Don't waste your money.
  • George666
    George666 Posts: 527 Forumite
    middie wrote: »
    has anyone used this site. i have looked at it and it looks good and some really good bargins on it but is it woth it. anyone that has used it i would appreciate any feedback. thanks
    The site is a total scam and as bob says a tax on the stupid.
    Anyone for a SPAM fritter one post to ask about a scamming auction site got to be spam.
    I am only shocked that another user with only one post has not already posted here and said how great it is and how they got a 52" plasma TV for 50p on their first free bid.:rotfl:
  • Enfieldian
    Enfieldian Posts: 2,893 Forumite
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    It is a great site.

    If you have a desire to be parted with your money in return for sweet FA.
  • DarkConvict
    DarkConvict Posts: 6,346 Forumite
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    You pay to bid, and you pay when you win.

    Since if you do not win, you have already paid to bid the website always wins.
    Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.

    There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies
  • Slubberd
    Slubberd Posts: 91 Forumite
    I'm refreshing this thread because I saw an advert for this "auction" site today and with the run up to Xmas thought people should be warned.

    No one makes any money here other than the site.
  • scam scam scam
    waste of bids and ££
  • Crowqueen
    Crowqueen Posts: 5,726 Forumite
    Slubberd wrote: »
    I'm refreshing this thread because I saw an advert for this "auction" site today and with the run up to Xmas thought people should be warned.

    No one makes any money here other than the site.
    I think people should be able to work that out for themselves once they start trying to do anything with it.

    I signed up for one a couple of years ago when I was looking - as you do - for cheap electronics, and one look at the shipping costs told me that even if I won anything on the cheap I wouldn't be able to afford to get it sent to me. I then realised it cost to bid. No thank you.
    "Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4

    Am now Crowqueen, MRes (Law) - on to the PhD!
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