MovieTicketsReviews 27

I submitted my credit card and was charged $159.00 for the opportunity to bid on a variety of items. I decided that I did not want to participate, so I immediately requested a refund to my card. I was directed to the refund form and told to send it in and then wait 14 days. I contacted them after 14 days and was told to recontact in 7 days. In seven days, I was again told to contact them in another 7 days. At that time I was told to contact them again in 7 days. They finally agreed that they were sending my refund immediately and advised that it could take 6 to 10 days to show up on my card. The refund never showed up on my card and when I contacted them again, was told that the refund center was shut down. My bank reversed the charge on the card and we have never heard back from SwipeAuctions.com. I have done some checking and found that many people have had the same experience. These people are only taking advantage of the people who respond to their online campaign. Feel free to contact me regarding this phoney company

Stay away from this scam, which should be investigated by the feds, although we all know how effective they are. When enquiring and, not being aware enough you suddenly find yourself short $139. The only items, after an intial shot at a few products, which you don't stand a chance of winning, you may win a few $10 Walmaqrt gift vouchers, which then turns out to cost $13.40, with an exhorbant mail handling charge added. Funny, it is always the same amount. Then, for the last 4 days, the only items to bid on is 40 bids, which normally sells at $1.01. FOR YOUR OWN POCKET, STAY AWAY FROM THIS SCAMMER, IT WILL COST YOU IF YOU DONT

I joined the site but asked to be refunded within 1 hour. I was told to fill out the Return Refund form and wait 28 days. After more than a month, they now telling me that i cannot be refunded. Reps on phone tell me yes i can be refunded but i have to chat with the online reps for the refund and when i ask the online rep for refund, they plainly refuse. Its a run around. I complained to FTC and also to BBB. I will now complain to the Canadian Authority.

Be very careful! I impulsively signed up on 10/5/10 but when I got past the credit card entry section, I wised up and closed out the window. LO AND BEHOLD... today I received my credit card statement and was charged $159! I used the online chat to tell them to reverse the charge as I had not intended to sign up. I was then given the run around and told to fill out some RIDICULOUS form and MAIL it to them. MAIL? Really? I just called my credit card company and reported it, so I'll let my credit card company deal with those crooks.

I followed a link to a fake Channel 9 News page http://www.channel9newstoday.com/
It is registered with DIRECTNIC.COM a registrant located in the Cayman Islands (Oh-oh, that sounds like a scam).
The channel 9 news page has all links to http://www.channel9newstoday.com/swipeauctions which leads you to http://www.swipeauctions.com/registration_pg2.php.

To create a fake webpage "Channel 9 News" to lure people into their website "Swiperauction.com" is not morally acceptable. This tactic is never used by a legit business. Stay away and report it to someone.

Bill B: That was a good overall review of SwipeAuctions but here are some "Fun Facts" on this entertainment shopping penny auction.
Current retail price given by SwipeAuctions is $0.60 each and that price is used to inflate the retail prices given to any merchandise such as laptops and iPods when bonus bids are added.
At last look SwipeAuctions had 9 pages of auction items, 20 to a page. Of these possible 170 to 180 auctions 100 or more are of Bid Packs of 40 bids. And as many as 20 more auction items of Bid packs ranging from 500 to an incredibly smart purchase of 100,000 in one pack for the bargin price of $4495. 00 ($60,000.00 Retail it says on top) You don't have to worry about missing out on that auction because they come up every 5 minutes.
In all, there is about 150,000 individual auctions daily possible and the percentage of bid auctions vs real merchandise is about 99% in favor of bids.
If you leave out the smart buy of the 100,000 bid pack auction (28 million bids offered per day) you will see a total of nearly 15 million bids offered for sale and close at auction in a 24 hour period. The normal price paid per bid averages between $0.03 to as high as $0.05 for the normal bidder while the Power Bidders have been able to scoop up many millions of bids earlier this month for as little as $2.50 for a Bid Pack of 25,000. These power bidders still run away with most of the large bid packs of 1, 000, 2, 000, 5, 000 and larger, that auction prices start at $1.00
Doesn't this all seem to you as an entertaining way to spend your time, collecting all these worthless bids like raffle tickets and gambling on the chance you will get enough to win a prize that the power bidders may not be interested in?

This site needs shut down and now. They get $159.00 from you and there was 12 auctions running, 4 of which were points to their auction site. 2 of the auctions were walmart discount cards. OMG I don't shop walmart. I contacted SwipeAuctions.com for a refund--2 minutes after I entered. They sent me a link to fill out forms and it will take 15 days after they receive the snail mail form.
I am going to contact BBB
PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR $$$$

I'm not going to give my entire life history just to look at a few items that I may or may not decide to bid on or purchase. I really believe that sites like this are simply phishing for people's information. Lord only knows what they do with it when they get it. If it's a real auction, you should be able to browse through their inventory, and supply your information if and when you decide you want to bid on something. So what if it shows up as a sponsored link on a trusted site, even viruses can do that. All it takes is one click.

Swipeauctions.com (AKA Swipebids.com) has a mountain of complaints. Complaints seem to stem from people being charged a $159.00 fee. From what I can see, swipeauctions very recently stated (by the credit card submit button) that they will take $159.00. This is probably due to the massive complaints previously that this was not prominantly announced. Some have provided thumbnails to prove their point.

The main concerns I saw was:

1. Reluctance to give home address. Check out ripoffreport.com and search swipebids and swipe auctions. You will see this has been a concern in the past.

2. This is like a lottery. Under swipeauctions terms of service, they operate out of Alberta, Canada. Alberta has strict lottery laws. Check out Service Alberta for details. As one needs to buy bids to actually bid, are they in essence buying a ticket? If so, the items are in essence being raffled off. If it is perceived this way, then they are operating illegally within Alberta Law.

3. Some say their credit cards claim their swipebids/swipeauctions charge(s) are from Belize and other off shore countries. It this is the case and you have this info on your statement, do the right thing and contact Canada Revenue Agency. There could be tax issues here.

4. Let's do the math. If each bid costs 50 cents and thousands are competing, the actual cost of the item is extremely high. One could argue they are making massive profits. Remember... only one wins... buy how many losers?

I am giving it 1 stars because I am unclear of its legality, the profits are exoribant and the complaints throughout the internet are many.

Also, I am reading lately many people saying their credit cards are being declined when they KNOW they have plenty of credit. I have found when this happens VISA is being more cautious. Usually, this is due to them blacklisting this merchant to save more investigative time. That, in my mind, is a RED FLAG.

Look, if you really want that IPOD, save your money and get it at Best Buy or another respected store. You will be happy you did.