BidFire

Bidfire is legit as I have won and received merchandise, ie I won a Kindle dx for less than $40, including bids and shipping. I have seen stuff go dirt cheap and other stuff go high, not in actual purchase value, but in amount of bids placed. It is not a scam, just competitive shopping, not much different than a raffle ticket system. I will back up Miranda W, have seen her win cheap, and go whole hog on something before (a kindle battle). There are times before you win something that you will think there are bots and that there is a scam. Been there. When I thought that there was a bot, I emailed support and got an immediate response. I was very pleased with the support. A thumbs up. But be warned, the site is picking up, and items have gotten more competitive. Study before you bid and have fun.

I was just on this site and couldn't help but notice that there is this one bidder who has now bid over $700.00 (at LEAST) on an item that only cost about $500.00. Can anyone say YEAH... RIGHT?!? You KNOW that this is an inside bidder pumping the pot. The item is now up to $134.00, and this person bids literally EVERY OTHER bid. That means that so far, this site has made $2,680.00 on this item... not to mention that the person who wins will also have to pay the final price! (Which I personally don't think an actual REAL person is winning many of these things). The reason I say this is because I also noticed that this same particular bidder has won many items on this site. Even more convenient, because now these SCAM ARTISTS can just pocket the money that they got from all of us suckers and start the auction all over again! I cannot believe that this site is even legal! I really hope that someone does an investigation. It's just a disgrace!

I know a lot of people think this website isn't for real. I know, I was one of them! My son won a 64gb Touch iPod and Noise cancelling headphones, and called and told me all about Bidfire. I couldn't believe it. I told him I would be a believer if and when the items actually came. Four days later, there they were. Brand new! Now, I love the website. I can't say that I have been as lucky, however I did win a movie. I am fascinated by just watching all the action.

The only winner is the people running the site. I think it is a loophole for getting away with gambling and it should be stopped. Yeah one person wins an item, but here is how it goes. I'm watching a bidding right now for an Nintendo Wii valued at $199.99. The current bid right now is $33.00 and has not stopped yet. Now $33.00 in. 05 cent bids is 660 bids. Lets say it ended here right now. For the last half hour I only seen 3 people bidding. It also was pretty consistent that all 3 people were bidding at the same time equally bidding. That means each bidder had to bid 220 bids. In order to do that each person would have had to purchase the 100 bid package that gets you 15 free bids for $100.00 and they would have had to purchase 2 packages. That cost each person $200.00 right for 230 bids. Now that the bidding has ended the last person supposedly won a Nintendo Wii. Wow isn't that great it only cost them $200.00 in bids, plus the $33.00 for the item for a total of $233.00. Remember earlier I told you the item only cost $199.99. Now they paid $33.01 more than the item cost. Now back to the people who run the site. Each person paid $200.00 for the bids. $200.00@ 3 people is $600.00 + the $33.00 for the Nintendo Wii. They made $633.00 less their cost for the Nintendo Wii which is probably about $100.00 plus lets say $20.00 in shipping cost to the winner. That is a profit of $513.00 for them. It look to me it would be better to start your own site. Happy gambling, I mean happy betting. I hope you win something far less than what it is worth.

I believe Bidfire uses bot bidders. If the "bot" wins, then they do not lose the money on the item auctioned. It is simply never sent out! Therefore every legitimate bid on the auction is pure profit.

I recently bid on item, watched the clock end on zero with my bid as the top bid, and as the winner was announced, it showed the only other bidder as the winner! The clock did not reset to 30 seconds as it was supposed to. Very fishy indeed, so I am suspecting the "bot" algorithm had an error. Even if the other bidder was legitimate and not a bot, the fact that the auction ended with my bid as the top, and yet the auction was given to the other bidder is not right. I am extremely suspicious. In addition, they acknowledged the error, but did not honor my win, instead refunding me some bids. I feel they should honor the win, but I'm not holding my breath. I will update this review if they do.

Yes, you CAN win items, but if they are really using bots, which I suspect they are, you are nearly assured of losing money or losing the auction.

BAIT AND SWITCH CON...

The administrators claim that they don't use bot bidders or software to ensure that ON CERTAIN AUCTIONS, no human bidder can ever win (us the customers). But because there's NO TRANSPARENCY, there's no way of backing up their claim other than their own word.
HERE'S THE KICKER... THEY LET HUMANS WIN SOME OF THE TIME IN ORDER TO KEEP CUSTOMERS COMING BACK, BUT THEY ARE KEEPING RECORD OF THEIR LOSSES AND REVENUE AND WHEN THEY NEED MORE REVENUE, THEY USE THEIR OWN BOT BIDDERS WHICH THEY "SAY" THEY NEVER USE.
Sure, they do let human beings (us the customers) win SOMETIMES (I myself have won a few items), BUT just enough to keep Bidfire's bottom line in the black. But then when they need some more money, they make sure that their computer bidder always has the last bid.

This goes directly against their claim that they NEVER use their own Bidfire bot bidders. They do. Just watch an expensive item being auctioned, and you'll notice some very fishy bid patterns and VERY suspicious delays in the clock when the time expires, and *presto*, literally 3-4 seconds after the clock hits 1 second left, and the auction is seemingly over with a winner, the auction mysteriously continues conveniently with a bot bidder suddenly bidding that had stopped bidding several hours prior. Of course there's no way to prove this unless the federal authorities get involved, but SEE FOR YOURSELF re: the strange bidding patterns and mysterious auction extensions.

Again, yes, some humans do win, but only enough for Bidfire to point to them and say, "see? We are legit." Bidfire, you are not legit because you claim you NEVER use bot bidders, yet, you don't provide ANY bidder identity transparency at all for your paying customers to verify your claim.

BidFire is a legitimate GAMBLING site. It is a scam only if you consider gambling to be a scam. Therefore,
1) don't bid if you have a gambling problem,
2) don't spend money you can't afford to lose,
3) don't spend time you don't have, and
4) if you can't stop bidding, seek help.

I know it's legitimate, because I have won and received 4 $100 and 1 $50 Amazon gift certificates, 100 bids, and a Kindle DX. I don't believe there are shills, because I won the Kindle DX for $5.10 and maybe 7 bids (a complete shock). I spent a total of $672.89 for $939 in value ($266.11 gain). Unfortunately, I then spent $800 for *******@Elle T.- I thought you were talking about my auction until I saw the date, 2 months before mine. I too spent $700 (and over 14 hours!) bidding on a $500 item (Amazon gift certificate). Why would anyone spend $700 to get $500? Let me explain the psychology. If you can win the item with $400 in bids or less, you come out a little ahead ($400 in bids means the item is at least $46, usually up to double, depending on how many other bidders there are). Once you've exhausted your $400, you realize, "I spent $400 and have nothing to show for it. If I spend another $100 and win, I'll have lost only $100 instead of $400." At that point, the auction goes from being about winning to being about losing less.

Of course, when that $100 is gone, you think, "If I spend another $100 and win, I'll have lost only $200 instead of $500." Depending on how much the other bidder has spent, the auction becomes a game of chicken of who will spend the most money to lose less than the other guy. This keeps going until you would have been better off losing $400 than *risking losing $800* to lose $400. The horrific thought of spending $800 and still losing or, even worse, spending over $1,300 and "winning" is what caused me to finally quit. Another completely demoralizing thought is that at any point, some fresh bidder can come in and take it all away from both exhausted bidders at the last second. And that's exactly what happened. Both of us gave up, and someone who spent less than $100 came in and won.

First let me start by saying I have won a ton of stuff at Bidfire.com, however it is so obvious they are cheating it makes you laugh. I won several very large items right off the bat, and was way ahead (way ahead!). I think that is to hook you to keep you bidding in the future. Now I know (to late and now behind overall)! I lost a ton of money until I figured out they for sure use fake bidders. Just to name a couple they are rsteelkid, thering, etc. The way you can tell is they never bid until it hits loading like 4 times then it bids just to keep it going. If it was anyone else the auction would have ended if they bid that late and no one else bids (this takes longer if say 2 or 3 people bid last second). I know this as I have won lots of auctions and when you win it is between the 3rd and 4th loading if no one bids. Now what I do is I pay attention to this and do not bid while their fake bidders are bidding. I wait and let others bid and just watch. What you are looking for is when it counts down to loading you cross your fingers someone else will bid last second, and then you do not see the fake bidder anymore such as rsteelkid, thering, or whoever is the fake bidder. Now you know bidfire.com is not fake bidding, and it is time for you to start bidding like crazy. Unfortunetly, this is hard to do and often ends up with thering or whoever the false bidder is winning as people give up and then the bot (or whatever you want to call it) wins as no one overbids it, because they know they would just be throwing their money away. Trust me this comes from lots of experience. You can be a big winner no doubt, but it is hard and you will lose a ton of money trying if you are not lucky, but without a doubt they are cheating.

I watched this site for a while trying to figure out if it was for real. When I decided that it may be just a chance but worth a few bucks for a try. Timing, watching and a little luck of when to jump in (like any auction) plays a part but on the first auction that I bid on it took 4 bids to win a $500 Kindle DX for $28.15... and the 4 bids of course. Then I still had a question of whether I would actually receive the Kindle but sure enough it arrived in less than two weeks. I'm jci34 and yes, Bidfire works great!

I was skeptical but thought I would give it a try. I took the free bids and ended up buying $125 worth in addition. My husband wanted the PS3... I tried out an auction for a Kindle while I was waiting and actually won one for $14 and some change. I did not really think it would arrive in the mail but was pleasantly surprised when it did! I used the rest and lost on the PS3. I have to quit while ahead so I would not looses anymore BUT it is not a scam and you can get great things for reasonable costs. Just set yourself a limit and do not begrudge the owners of the site for making money. I wish I had thought of it. LOL

My girlfriend told me about this site and I honestly thought she was lying through her teeth. She had won a Wii system for. 80 cents and I said it was a hoax, there was no way they were going to give it to her and lose out on that much money. But a week later she got it, so I had to try this site. I instantly saw that major items were always watched, so it took me a while but I finally started to win some items, and in the mail they came from Amazon. This site is awesome. Of course I know I'm not always in a win win situation, considering how much I put in and the value of what I've won, I'm up quite a bit. GREAT SITE!

At first I thought this was going to be a great idea with a chance to win some new items for not to much if you add the auction price with the bid price, if you watch yourself you can still come out ahead. The catch to this site is that they have either people or a computer that is bidding up the price and after they sucker you into bidding for awhile (spending your $1 per bid) they shut go from loading the bid slowly to boom loaded and winner is one of their guys. What a crock! This would be a really good site and idea if they dealt with the customers honestly. I mean really if you have ever done any bidding on ebay you have plently of people out there willing to overpay for items on an everyday basis they don't have to cheat people to get their money. Don't fall for it!

I love this web site. I won a Macbook Pro (which i am using to type this review) My total input to it, was about 50.00, that includes the bids i bought. I was a bit skeptical at first, but decided to give it a try, even after i "won" i was wondering if i'd actually get the product, it took about a week and half/two weeks, but it came. Brand new never been opened in box 13 in macbook pro. It's fantastic I love it. This site is not a scam, a scam would suggest that they take your money and you get nothing. As long as you read and understand the way the site works, then you're not being scammed. The sites that say pay... such and such amount and you'll get x item and take your money and never send it. That's a scam. The people that bid higher than an item is worth on Bidfire... well that's their choice, they should know how the site works before they start spending.

I'm VERY happy with my Bidfire.com experience!