Is Quibids a scam? The bid is in pennies, but each penny costs $.60?

Question

Is Quibids a scam? The bid is in pennies, but each penny costs $.60?

Answer 1

Yes its a scam.



Other than 1 penny actually becent 60 cents like you said, I'v been told that they add automated bids themselves to drive the winning price up.



Also they make more than the item is actually worth 95% of the time.



You know when they say, if it looks too good to be true, it probably isent. That works here.

Answer 2

It's an absolute rip off! Each bid costs you 60 cents which doesn't seem so terrible except for the fact that the auction only moves 1 cent at a time. The Apple computer that they advertise which sold for $87 would have taken 8700 bids to get there. How far do you think your $60 package of 100 bids would have gone? Quibids sold this computer for over $5000 not $87

Answer 3

Quibids is a terrible site. I have been bidding on penny auction sites for over 2 years now. Try Beezid. Beezid is a legit site and I won a lot of stuff. They also have beginner auctions, marked by a cherry logo, for people who have never won anything. I would recommend going for these auctions first since they are easier to win on. If you want to try it out, I'll give you a link that will give you 25 free bids to try out. Just copy and paste the link below into your browser (unless there is a blue hyperlink you can click on). The link will direct you to the beezid homepage where you create a new account. Also, their lowest bid pack is 30 bids for $27. For example, if you buy the 30 bids for $27, you'll get 30 bids plus the 25 free bids when you use the link below; totaling 55 bids.



Here's the link:



http://www.beezid.com/?ref=52cxichh0o2&utm_source=bu&utm_medium=RAFsb&utm_campaign=RAF



Good luck!

Answer 4

Hello Adri,



Nowadays, it's very hard to distinguish which sites are legitimate or not.



What I usually do is use a free tool that helps in distinguishing a website's reputation, identity, and even relationships. This super cool tool is called Verify1st.com. You can see more details through http://verify1st.com/quibids.com.



Upon further research, here are some more information that I'd like to share with you:



1) For the domain's details, check out http://www.whois.com/whois/quibids.com - you'll see that the business has existed since May 19, 2009 and intends to stay until May 19, 2014. Who knows if they'll continue the business or not? Having existed for around 3 years is not enough to gauge if a business is truly viable or not.



2) Its current global Alexa ranking is quite high with about 752 sites linking into their website - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/quibids.com. This means that a lot of people are coming in and out of their site, which by the way, is based in the US. The lower the Alexa rank is, the better, because each site is competing with the other websites in the internet.



3) Their site hasn't been blacklisted yet according to http://rbls.org/quibids.com, which is good. (But their existence may not be enough to get into trouble yet, right?)



4) Other reputation tools didn't find any web issues/threats (which is a good factor) BUT there are quite a handful of customer reviews that marked the site to have Poor ratings in terms of trustworthiness, reliability, privacy, and child safety. Such reviews can be seen at http://reviewopedia.com/workathome/quibids-com-reviews-is-quibids-a-scam/ and http://quibids.pissedconsumer.com/.



5) Upon checking their site, I may not see any valid contact number but there are About Us, Customer Support, Terms & Conditions, and even How It Works pages. Perhaps it's better to read through each and learn more because not all scammers have such but I can't say that they're totally risk-free either. (I saw a similar site that operates in another country.)



Bottom line, it may be too good to be true but it’s still up to you how much level of risk are you willing to take - to deal or not to deal. If you still have a bit of skepticism, just trust your gut. Gauge the reviews and information that you have seen.



Hope this helps in your decision-making!