Watch Out For Penny Auction Sites!

Just wanted to warn everyone out there that you should only participate in penny auctions if you're willing to lose money and not win anything. That seems to be the way they work. I was taken in by a review on this and I ended up losing money. I don't recommend participating in any of these sites! I know I won't

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  • Dave101t
    Dave101t Posts: 4,157 Forumite
    well durr!
    Target Savings by end 2009: 20,000
    current savings: 20,500 (target hit yippee!)
    Debts: 8000 (student loan so doesnt count)

    new target savings by Feb 2010: 30,000
  • CHR15
    CHR15 Posts: 5,193 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Anyone stupid enough to think they are genunely going to win someone quite frankle deserves to lose.

    How can anyone not see it as a complete scam??
  • nomoneytoday
    nomoneytoday Posts: 4,871 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Many of these are glorified raffles for the terminally greedy and/or stupid IMHO
  • Azari
    Azari Posts: 4,317 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Many of these are glorified raffles for the terminally greedy and/or stupid IMHO

    They are much worse than raffles because they play to the instinct of people to 'protect their investment' (aka throwing good money after bad.)
    There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.
  • trumpton
    trumpton Posts: 1,070 Forumite
    Plus they are basically gambling, which is hugely addictive.
  • fadetogrey
    fadetogrey Posts: 1,648 Forumite
    trumpton wrote: »
    Plus they are basically gambling, which is hugely addictive.

    hugely addictive?? bet you a fiver its not.............:cool:
    counting down the time I got left.:beer::beer:
  • Thanks. I was interested (maybe not know). I got hold of a comparison spreadsheet from one of these sites and couldn't believe some of the figures some companies make. it seemed to be reporting figures correctly which was a refreshing change. Maybe some are better than others
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