• MadBid

MadBid

Overview

MadBid has a rating of 3.04 stars from 399 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with MadBid most frequently mention customer service. MadBid ranks 14th among Auction sites.

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    30
  • Returns
    25

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Positive highlights

  • This auction site is the best one I have ever joined!
  • No info about this on the sign up page or the fact that they will keep your money if you do not spend it.

Critical highlights

  • They should really be charged with false advertising, god-awful customer service and whole list of other things.
  • I bought credits, then selected autobid for a macbook after bidding for 2 hours.
How would you rate MadBid?
Top Positive Review

“Inspect first”

Frank F.
4/17/22

If you inspect before bidding, there is no surprise on the condition of goods, The staff is friendly in Butler, ready to help on any question. I have been successful with getting goods at less than 1/2 the price at Walmart!

Top Critical Review

“Macbid rep off”

Michael F.
1/22/23

I purchased a product from them on action got no where with management ask for a corporate address so i could go to court there reply was its on there sight but there is none listed just a bunch of warehouses for action. They are very deceiving company they tell you product worth 300 and i saved 70 % gave measurements on add nothing was correct sold me a box of scrap for 120.00 look at pics and discretion of product all i got was a box of bolts and parts total rip off.

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Thumbnail of user michaelf4178
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 22nd, 2023
Verified purchase

I purchased a product from them on action got no where with management ask for a corporate address so i could go to court there reply was its on there sight but there is none listed just a bunch of warehouses for action. They are very deceiving company they tell you product worth 300 and i saved 70 % gave measurements on add nothing was correct sold me a box of scrap for 120.00 look at pics and discretion of product all i got was a box of bolts and parts total rip off.

Tip for consumers:
Please read all reviews because alot of poeple are telling the truth about companies

Products used:
Nothing junk

Thumbnail of user brianb3923
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 8th, 2023

Watch out when bidding. There is a 35% chance you are getting a defective item and if you don't spend and extra 3 bucks all the way up to 100's of dollars on their 5 day return policy insurance, they will not help you. They take your money and sometimes even refuse to give your product to you. Oh, they also refuse to refund and you forfeit your product and money. There fee's are hidden, you don't know until you win the item, about 20% extra is what you will be paying plus insurance. They even straight up mispresent what it is that you are bidding on in some cases and stand behind their no returns when it does not match the description. Stay away unless you don't mind getting stuck with defective merchandise from a company that stand behind nothing. Just a sample of my defective merchandise from them.

Thumbnail of user girishp4
1 review
2 helpful votes
October 2nd, 2017

Since 2016. Year of joining now to Madbid actually did not meet my expectations directly. The reason is not that I can not win any prize. I followed some bids to the end. I do not know why it happened. I wish I could win a new gift. If you can not win, with rewarding concept. Strategic bidder can benefit a little, by able to make purchases from my credits points (dollar converted post biding...). One need to have a bidding plan to get the best from the site.

Thumbnail of user lenac114
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 17th, 2023

Bought several items that were listed as open box, not listed as used or like new. The Nuwave Duet pressure cooker was used and nasty! The smoker was missing pieces, and the air mattress was not the mattress that was supposed to be in the box and it smelled heavily of cigarette smoke. The air mattress also would not hold air!
I'm HIGHLY disappointed and will not shoot here again.

Thumbnail of user eberhardg
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 25th, 2016

Hallo,

Ich bin seit Ende Januar 2016 bei MadBid und habe bislang 4 Auktionen gewonnen (Kopfhörer, Lautsprecher, Festplatte und Küchenmaschine).

Man muss sich bei Auktionen ein Limit setzen und überlegen, ob man von Beginn an mitbietet oder etwas später einsteigt und beobachten, wie viele Mitbieter vorhanden sind. Ich kaufe mir in dem Moment auch keine weiteren Bids, weil ich mir ein Limit setzte zudem würden solche Käufe auch nicht viel Nutzen haben, weil andere das genauso machen könnten.

Positiv ist bei MadBid, dass kein Euro verloren wird. Man gewinnt und erhält Ware, die bei mir immer am dritten Werktag nach der Bezahlung eintraf. Und wenn man nicht gewinnt, dann bekommt man die eingesetzten Bids als erworbenen Rabatt gutgeschrieben und kann dafür im Shop Ware und Bids kaufen.
Positiv ist auch die Kundenbetreuung, die mir 1 Mal einen Bidkauf auf mein Girokonto zurück erstattete. Ein weiteres Mal wurden mir Versandkosten auf mein Girokonto gutgeschrieben, weil mehrere Artikel in einem Paket versendet wurden. Und vor kurzem wurde mir erworbener Rabatt gutgeschrieben, weil wahrscheinlich Preisveränderungen beim Sofortkauf nicht berücksichtigt wurden.

Eigentlich bin ich mit MadBid sehr zufrieden und bemängele lediglich den Maximal Preis erreicht. Bei einem Produkt von zum Beispiel von rund 200 Euro für einen Kopfhörer ist der Maximalpreis 17 Euro und man würde nicht mehr als eben diese 17 Euro beim Auktionsgewinn bezahlen müssen.
Das Problem ist beim Maximalpreis, das von Beginn an Bietende zu oft aufgeben müssen und das könnte dazu führen, überhaupt nicht mehr von Beginn an zu bieten die letzten Sekunden abwarten und dann erst bieten.
Die Abschaffung des Maximalpreises wäre fairer, damit von Beginn an Bietende eine bessere Chance haben und bei steigendem Preis sogenannte Spekulanten abgeschreckt werden.
Vielleicht könnte man auch eine Grenze ziehen, bei Produkten von unter 500 Euro oder 1000 Euro ohne Maximalpreis, bei Produkten über den Wert mit Maximalpreis.

Wuppertal, 23.04.2016 Eberhard Goerke

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Thumbnail of user garyc1985
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 24th, 2023

Everything besides the towels was damaged. The fees where more than 2 puchases. Expect at least 6.00 per order if you spend below 15.

Tip for consumers:
run

Products used:
none. just the towels

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Thumbnail of user frankf965
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 17th, 2022

If you inspect before bidding, there is no surprise on the condition of goods,
The staff is friendly in Butler, ready to help on any question.
I have been successful with getting goods at less than 1/2 the price at Walmart!

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Clock, toaster oven, toaster, step stool and more

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Thumbnail of user hazelm13
1 review
33 helpful votes
April 20th, 2015

No wonder it's called mad bid as you would be mad to bid on this site. Anyone who is asked to part with cash before you can even find an item you want to buy! Alarm bells started to ring in my ears. I have just finished reading some of the reviews here and I am glad I never purchased any credits at all. I feel sorry for the poor people who have been taken in by their website. Stay away from this site do not enter any payment details.

Thumbnail of user matteob26
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 6th, 2016

Madbid is a smart way to get amazing products saving lots of money.
You have just to be patient trying to obtain the items you are interested into.
You can contact a very efficient Customer Support Team in order to ask for any clarification you might need.
My experience is very positive and although I did not win anything until now, I am confident in trying to get some of the products they proposed.

Thumbnail of user lenf18
1 review
19 helpful votes
February 11th, 2016

Do not waste your money. You have absolutely no chance on winning any bid. Even contacting them is impossible. When I tried to contact support they asked for my Username and password. When I entered this information the site states my password is wrong even though I was already signed into the bidding area using the same password.
So glad I didn't get sucked in to deep.
I'm sorry Madbid, how can you say I didn't use your site. I did use your site and it cost me £49.99.

Thumbnail of user kevk
2 reviews
41 helpful votes
December 6th, 2015

This site is a Scam. I deposited £50 and bid on three items I was the last bidder when the timer reached zero, only to see the auction start again a second or two later! If the auction is not finished the zero should not be shown. There is no value after Zero!
Crap site, poor technology, hopeless company. Use at your peril. If they rip of a hundred people like me there is no wonder they can nearly give away some items to the few that do get a deal'

Thumbnail of user marks273
1 review
10 helpful votes
August 23rd, 2015

Update on the review below:-

It took a while, but eventually I did receive a considered email from Customer Services and I was given a full refund. This company is definitely not as bad as I depicted in my review... and I am happy to add this postscript by way of balance.

Original review:-
I reviewed this business yesterday and was surprised this morning to find that 84 people had read the review.
Scrolling down through all the negative comments from others, I was struck by the number of "Daily Mail" references.
Why not join me in asking the DM to investigate and run a follow-up to their advertorial; this time without the positivity? Just send an email to The Daily Mail ("*******@dailymail. Co. Uk") telling your story. Let people power prevail.

Thumbnail of user gonzalog11
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 4th, 2016

Realmente muy contento

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Thumbnail of user ricardog22
1 review
1 helpful vote
October 7th, 2023

It may take a Little while to realize a bidding strategy, but once you've played enough the benefits become really great compared to the expense. The products are awesome most of the times and you can always spend your discounts if you get unlucky with the bids.

I love it

Thumbnail of user sarahc150
1 review
17 helpful votes
January 2nd, 2016

Sucked up my credits costing me nearly £200, unable to stop it. Left with earned discount which cost me way more than I could of purchased on Amazon, plus charged £10 shipping - left completely out of pocket and with a product I don't really want. Awful scam

Thumbnail of user mikem275
1 review
25 helpful votes
July 25th, 2015

I bought £49.99 worth of credits but didn't find anything on the site that I wanted. I ended up bidding for something I didn't need or want just to avoid forfeiting my money ( which eventually happened anyway). I am advising everyone now to avoid madbid.com like the plague. There are plenty of trustworthy discount stores where you can buy online without getting ripped off. Only gave one star as unable to give nil.

Thumbnail of user velit
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 6th, 2017

Hello, I have met Madbid for a few months now. Madbid actually did not meet my expectations directly. The reason is not that I can not win any prize. I followed the bids to the end. Even if I did not offer anyone else at one time, my polish did not result. I do not know why it happened. I wish I could win a new gift. If you can not win, there's no point in being here. I wish you a good day.

Thumbnail of user danyv1
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 30th, 2016

Esta idea es muy buena m agrada aunque no es tan fácil ganar una subasta es 100% real

Thumbnail of user piotrf1
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 11th, 2017

My adventure at Madbid site began in 2014 and I am still a happy user and customer as well :) I have bid many great brand new products here on Madbid so far, I am going to try my luck with bidding in the future too. It is not always easy and possible to win anything here but if you are patient and a good observer you will get your reward. Nobody loses anything on Madbid because if you're not lucky enough you can always buy exciting things at madbid shop for earned discount, you cannot lose your money at Madbid because for lost credits you are awarded with earned discount which you can spend on new high quality electronic gadgets at their shop. I can honestly recommend Madbid :) This is my most favorite and exciting site.

Thumbnail of user fernandac5
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 18th, 2016

Debo decir que al inició que me recomendaron esta pagina, no confiaba. Pero aun asi inicie, me arriesgué y gane! Puedo decir que el que persevera alcanza, suerte!

Thumbnail of user lizp16
1 review
25 helpful votes
January 16th, 2015

This site (and ones like it) need to be SHUT DOWN before other unwary innocent people lose money.
If anyone knows how we might campaign to do this can you please post it. Surely the power of the masses should mean something.
So many people have fallen for this style of 'pay to bid' auction and lose their money in 20 mins. Like me they assume it is a normal auction site and find out too late it is really more akin to gambling.

Thumbnail of user jeannel27
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
January 28th, 2018

Gambling site pretending to be an auction. Terrible experience. They use fake reviews and online articles to appear like a good deal. I look forward to the day they have to repay all us users that were miss sold to.

Thumbnail of user rookieb
1 review
28 helpful votes
January 8th, 2015

I wish i would have seen this site before opening an account. I read an article that paints a very nice picture saying that it works. Well. It doesn't. I've spent $100 today (first day) and i won absolutely nothing. The timing of the bids seems to be fixed sometimes where even if you bid on time it says "oh it's closed". I also got charged more in my credit card than what they said i had to pay (and when i say more i'm talking about $50).
Stay away from that site, it's not as wonderful as they make it seem.

Thumbnail of user luisg44
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 19th, 2016

Tengo poco tiempo en MadBid pero pienso que es muy emocionante el competir con los otros usuarios por los increibles premios que ofrecen, hasta el momento me parece interesante.

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Thumbnail of user anveshc
1 review
1 helpful vote
December 1st, 2016

One of the best auctions run in madbid. They will send the brand new products. Bid brilliantly and win great stuff like ipad and iphones also but i won small stuff but i am trying to win laptops and iphone soon. Great website.

Thank you vey much madbid. You guys are great.

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Founded in the UK in 2008, MadBid.com is the largest European pay-to-bid auction website, operating in 5 European countries including Italy, Germany, Spain, Ireland and UK. With over 2,000,000 registered users and nearly 1,000,000 unique visitors pe...

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