MadBid

I thought i would try Madbid as I love ebay! But I was left feeling disappointed and ripped off:(
I registered £50 as that was the minimum. My introductory experience of bidding was confusing and I lost all my money very quickly and won nothing:(
Then I was offered £50 off a product in their discount store. This is the only way to get your £50 back by the way!. So after careful considerationI sent it on a camera BUT to my absolute horror at the point of check out I was charged the full price! I had no choice but to phone madbid and report the problem ( god only knows what that call cost me!)
They admitted there had been an error on their part and promised a refund within 5 days. This did not happen! AVOID MAD. BID IT IS A CLEVERLY ORGANISED CON!

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.

I am facing huge delay in shipment of items... combo items ordered is getting partially delivered l. Items purchased using earned discount is delayed more than 2 months... there are even items which are more than 3 months old... items shown as shipped in site is not delivered... no tracking ids... multiple follow ups... same answer. Will check with delivery team and come back. As we cant keep a track of shipment... lost invoice and shipment charges is the result.
Madbid service response is getting average day by day... technically things work well. Like get notice when item is won, will get the invoice on email box, and finally waiting game starts... more than $1000 items stuck like this... feeling frustrated and no help... Is this case with others also...?
The differentiation which Madbid claims with other site is not there with their below average supply chain or intention! Not seeing regular bidders recently is an evidence and alternate/ almost daily bid sales, quality and price of items are going down continuous.
Hope the management corrects it for long term sustainability. Shouldn't end like US site..

Please stay away from this blatant rip off site, I wish I had researched this site prior to parting with my hard earned cash but then the site was advertised on national TV so it can't be a rip off or so I thought, I closed my account after using part of the free credits I received when I joined expecting to get my money back, I mean the demo video tells you that you will get refunded right? Not so people they kept my money, avoid this rip off site like the plague, imagine going to an ordnary auction and at the end of it although you were outbid and didn't successfully win a bid the auctioneer gave you a bill for putting your hand up you would think he'd lost his marbles well that's exactly what this site does, every time you put your hand up to bid they take money off you, absolutely incredible they are allowed to trade/operate, they should be closed down

Paul B

I read a number of reviews (should have read and researched more) and they said that the guardian, as well as other newspapers recommend this site. So being new I looked into this further and the site itself said that if you do not win on your first auction the. Madbid will refund you a maximum of 500 credits. So I bought £50's worth and started bidding. It's a scam not only did I not win although my bid of £110 on the item was greater than the successful winner of £109, I did not receive my 500 refunded credits for being a new customer who was not successful!
DO NOT JOIN AND WASTE YOUR MONEY

This is wonderful site i came to know few months back while searching for some thing on websites. I opened my account with MadBid and got extra (6 times for the price of 1) credits to bid for desired products which boosted my bidding power multi fold.

While i was bidding for the product i wanted, i realized that i may require more credits and good strategies to win the products that is when to enter/exit a bid, which item to select for bidding etc. Hence i first increased my bidding power by winning some treasure boxes and credit packs where you get thousands of credits for a very nominal price. Post this the land was mine. I chose the product (Phillips Food Processor) i wanted to bid and to my first surprise i ended up with the winning bid for the processor.

I still could not believe it anticipating it to be a fake online auction site till i received the food processor physically delivered to me at my address. I was just shocked. It was real. Can you believe it i just got it for $1.23 and double excitement was when i gave it to my wife who was wanting for it since long. When i told her the price i got it including the price of credits purchased she was like shocked.

It is really an amazing first experience i had with MadBid and would surely recommend guys to participate but wisely.

Thanks a ton to MadBid and MadBid Team.
Regards
Deepak Mishra

Hi Just joined MadBid to have a look for more info but the only valid links are to buy credits. It looks obvious to me that this site is designed to take money by making you buy & bid with credits of which it takes several credits to place a bid. The nearest thing I can offer as a similarity for this is the amusement arcade machines which spew strips of tickets for endless cash stuffing through the coin slot., then to find your two million won tickets which cost you £££££sss will buy you a pencil with a rubber gonk stuck on the end. At least in arcades it obvious your chucking money away but on Mad Bid their telling you its an auction when its actually a raffle that can only be won by the last one to enter. This should be banned along with pyramid schemes and the likes, and since I joined its been endless spam Texts with unbelievable offers of free tickets and guaranteed refunds if I loose. All tactics of scam merchants and tricksters. I don, t part with money easy and have no intention of doing so here. It was obvious from the outset that this site is misleading, The lack of info and having to buy credits to win credits is a big red alert. Stay Away,