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Question 1

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Hi, do we need to purchase a bid pack before we start bidding. how do i know if this is a trusted one. Hi, do we need to purchase a bid pack before we start bidding. how do i know if this is a trusted one.

Answer · 2015-09-18T03:13Z

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No you do not, skip that part and then go back and log in

By Deanna J. over a year old

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Question 2

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Hello! i don't know how this site works. i've never done a penny auction. i need to get an ipad mini 2 or 3, with at least 16 gb, and it needs to have cellular and work with t mobile (for my job). would i be able to find that easily? Hello! i don't know how this site works. i've never done a penny auction. i need to get an ipad mini 2 or 3, with at least 16 gb, and it needs to have cellular and work with t mobile (for my job). would i be able to find that easily?

Answer · 2015-10-10T05:52Z

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All this penny auction sites are a scam

By Snoopy C. over a year old

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Question 3

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Is it a scam that you have to buy a bid pack Is it a scam that you have to buy a bid pack

Answer · 2015-10-10T05:51Z

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Yes, stay away

By Snoopy C. over a year old

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Question 4

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I'm sorry but what the hell is up with your site? i was stupid enough to buy over 4000 bid in auction and it has not come close to paying off once. i can't get my money back because i bought them in auction. every-time and i mean every damn time i bid on a gift card of something people go crazy bidding on it till they are practically paid normal price for it or more than half if it worth more than $50 but at the same time someone else gets a great deal because no one bids that long against them. smurfmine has gotten at least two $50 giftcard and and a $25 gift card for less than $2 each every damn week for the last 3 weeks. they even got a $100 gift card for less than $10 and has yet to pay more than $20 for a $50 gift card one time since they rarly go over $10 for them. yet i can't get a $25 gift care 1am or 1pm during a weekday without people pushing the price to$20 plus $4 shipping every time! i even started using the auto bid and lose because when i'm not watching $50 gift card don't get up to $1.50 to start it or now everyone wants to pay more than $30 all of a sudden. and smurfmine has won more than 7 gift cards a week. i thought there was a limit to winning.not just that xdestroyx gets a laptop every 3-5 days for less than $25 even the same one i was bidding on twice at $16 and $19 but the second i bid on it went over $200 and a different laptop again over $200 even though it has routinely been going for less than $30. and again xdestroyx definitely won more than 7 times a week in one day he won 3 of the things in my watch list and one or two things everyday after that and that is just what i was watching. i have spent more than $200 in bids and have not won one thing other than bids. i get logged off without warning and the screen still saying i'm logged in. i have lost multiple bid because even though i see the button go down it does not count mybid and every time i bid on something it shoots up to a weekly high possibly monthly high. at this point i'm about to call scam. the same few people get rediculusly great deals no matter what time of day sometime only being up there long enough to get the deal and dissappear till the next great deal few if anyone bids on. everytime there is a cap on the prize those same people can bid for days nonstop without running out of bids even though if you do the math they are spending at least a thousand bids over 12 hours on one item but they are bidding on two or more items at a time. those are only 2 of the people constantly getting great deals and it looking like the same few people are getting the good deal. i have spent literally days on some of these so called "auctions" and have yet to win let alone came close to the deals these few people get on a daily bases. i have gone 48 hours without sleep only to see these few people to win in minutes what i have been trying to win or go more than 3 days straight bidding and actively bidding because when they realize an auto bid is on they slow down and take turns to run the auto bidder down. i can not see a way these last three week have not been a scam. these people are too lucky with significantly more bids than the $200 worth i bought on any given day and the ability to send days on the computer. i am not working right now and these people are up here more often and for longer than i am and you don't have an app so they can do it by phone and because they wait so long to bid it can't be the auto bid either. i am finding myself constantly asking when do theses people eat sleep or go to work because they are on 5-6 days a week actively bidding at the last second every 15 sec trying to coax the others to bid first or run down any auto bidder that might be on. i know because i was crazy enough to actually count down every 15 seconds on some of these bids and watching to know the auto bidder doesn't come that close to the last second to be the one bidding for them and as i have said i have stayed up for 48 hours on some o these bids. that with the fact they win daily sometimes multiple times a day despite the "7 wins a week" limit that is suppose to be in place and the same categories. i either need half my money back or something to show for this. $200 and i can't win a $25 gift card without outright paying for it as if i went to the store or site to buy it. all these great deals and gift cards sold for less than a tenth of the value conveniently going to the same people despite the only time i have left the inside of my house since i joined was to go to my hospital appointments. i admit i don't have the best of luck and there is a lot of competition on the site but the same person can get $75 in gift card for less than $6 like clockwork not counting the other 4-5 auctions they won and i have yet to win one $25 gift card. it is too much to believe that its just luck or competition with the amount of hours i have been on and the number of auctions to reach a weekly high after i bid on them or lost because the site logged me out or just didn't accept my bid. how can one person win over 7 gift cards a week 5 of which are under $5 each three under $2 each three weeks in a row all but one at least $50 in value without counting the bids included ad i have yet to get one $25 that didn't go up to $18 or bid on one $50 gift card during a month i can't go to work i have no kids all i can do is read watch tv and look around the internet keepin an eye on your site for a large majority of the day. i should have won something just by the shear fact that i have been staying up late waking up early and have not been able to work for the last month with over 4000 bid in my account. for crying out loud a xbox that cost over $300 was sold for $19.58, a $400 laptop sold for 19.56 a $500 laptop sold $20 and i can't bid on a $25 gift card without it going up to at least 18.50 with a $4 shipping fee or a laptop that has sold on this site four times in a row for $35 or less averaging around $19 suddenly shooting over $220 when i bid on it. yet a few bidders such as littacross, xdestroyx, smurfmine, or ubidsrgone are constantly getting things at a tenth or less of the price despite it being a high traffic time of day or a popular expensive item. it is too common for it to be coincidence or luck at this point. especially when some of them are doing it despite "win limits" such as the two wins per day, seven per week, or number of specific categories per month. there is no way smrufmine didn't pass that limit the way they were winning gift cards daily or xdestroyx winning laptops and other electronics with the max limit in categories per month is 14 some only 2 or three in some of them. after i got mad at smurfmine for outbidding me on a gift card that wasn't at $2 because the system would not accept my bid for some reason and bidding at the last second when the going sign turned red all night for two nights when it was just me and them till people started waking up and bidding again i looked through the ended auctions and smurfmine had over $500 in gift card and i'm sure that thing does't go back a full week and smufmine was still bidding against me for the $150 gift card. one of the cards smurfmine won was a $100 gift card for less than $10 yet still despite winning that as one of six gift cards and one during the auction for the $150 giftcard was still bidding. in the course of writing this i have loss 2 gift card to 2 familiar names that have been kicking my butt for the last 2 weeks. i am losing too often some of the time due to being logged of without warning or simply not having my bid accepted for this not to be a con. things conveniently shoot up in price when i bid on them too often for it not to be some kind of con. i lose to or get into a long drawn out bidding war against the same six or seven people way too often for this not to be a scam. I'm sorry but what the hell is up with your site? i was stupid enough to buy over 4000 bid in auction and it has not come close to paying off once. i can't get my money back because i bought them in auction. every-time and i mean every damn time i bid on a gift card of something people go crazy bidding on it till they are practically paid normal price for it or more than half if it worth more than $50 but at the same time someone else gets a great deal because no one bids that long against them. smurfmine has gotten at least two $50 giftcard and and a $25 gift card for less than $2 each every damn week for the last 3 weeks. they even got a $100 gift card for less than $10 and has yet to pay more than $20 for a $50 gift card one time since they rarly go over $10 for them. yet i can't get a $25 gift care 1am or 1pm during a weekday without people pushing the price to$20 plus $4 shipping every time! i even started using the auto bid and lose because when i'm not watching $50 gift card don't get up to $1.50 to start it or now everyone wants to pay more than $30 all of a sudden. and smurfmine has won more than 7 gift cards a week. i thought there was a limit to winning.not just that xdestroyx gets a laptop every 3-5 days for less than $25 even the same one i was bidding on twice at $16 and $19 but the second i bid on it went over $200 and a different laptop again over $200 even though it has routinely been going for less than $30. and again xdestroyx definitely won more than 7 times a week in one day he won 3 of the things in my watch list and one or two things everyday after that and that is just what i was watching. i have spent more than $200 in bids and have not won one thing other than bids. i get logged off without warning and the screen still saying i'm logged in. i have lost multiple bid because even though i see the button go down it does not count mybid and every time i bid on something it shoots up to a weekly high possibly monthly high. at this point i'm about to call scam. the same few people get rediculusly great deals no matter what time of day sometime only being up there long enough to get the deal and dissappear till the next great deal few if anyone bids on. everytime there is a cap on the prize those same people can bid for days nonstop without running out of bids even though if you do the math they are spending at least a thousand bids over 12 hours on one item but they are bidding on two or more items at a time. those are only 2 of the people constantly getting great deals and it looking like the same few people are getting the good deal. i have spent literally days on some of these so called "auctions" and have yet to win let alone came close to the deals these few people get on a daily bases. i have gone 48 hours without sleep only to see these few people to win in minutes what i have been trying to win or go more than 3 days straight bidding and actively bidding because when they realize an auto bid is on they slow down and take turns to run the auto bidder down. i can not see a way these last three week have not been a scam. these people are too lucky with significantly more bids than the $200 worth i bought on any given day and the ability to send days on the computer. i am not working right now and these people are up here more often and for longer than i am and you don't have an app so they can do it by phone and because they wait so long to bid it can't be the auto bid either. i am finding myself constantly asking when do theses people eat sleep or go to work because they are on 5-6 days a week actively bidding at the last second every 15 sec trying to coax the others to bid first or run down any auto bidder that might be on. i know because i was crazy enough to actually count down every 15 seconds on some of these bids and watching to know the auto bidder doesn't come that close to the last second to be the one bidding for them and as i have said i have stayed up for 48 hours on some o these bids. that with the fact they win daily sometimes multiple times a day despite the "7 wins a week" limit that is suppose to be in place and the same categories. i either need half my money back or something to show for this. $200 and i can't win a $25 gift card without outright paying for it as if i went to the store or site to buy it. all these great deals and gift cards sold for less than a tenth of the value conveniently going to the same people despite the only time i have left the inside of my house since i joined was to go to my hospital appointments. i admit i don't have the best of luck and there is a lot of competition on the site but the same person can get $75 in gift card for less than $6 like clockwork not counting the other 4-5 auctions they won and i have yet to win one $25 gift card. it is too much to believe that its just luck or competition with the amount of hours i have been on and the number of auctions to reach a weekly high after i bid on them or lost because the site logged me out or just didn't accept my bid. how can one person win over 7 gift cards a week 5 of which are under $5 each three under $2 each three weeks in a row all but one at least $50 in value without counting the bids included ad i have yet to get one $25 that didn't go up to $18 or bid on one $50 gift card during a month i can't go to work i have no kids all i can do is read watch tv and look around the internet keepin an eye on your site for a large majority of the day. i should have won something just by the shear fact that i have been staying up late waking up early and have not been able to work for the last month with over 4000 bid in my account. for crying out loud a xbox that cost over $300 was sold for $19.58, a $400 laptop sold for 19.56 a $500 laptop sold $20 and i can't bid on a $25 gift card without it going up to at least 18.50 with a $4 shipping fee or a laptop that has sold on this site four times in a row for $35 or less averaging around $19 suddenly shooting over $220 when i bid on it. yet a few bidders such as littacross, xdestroyx, smurfmine, or ubidsrgone are constantly getting things at a tenth or less of the price despite it being a high traffic time of day or a popular expensive item. it is too common for it to be coincidence or luck at this point. especially when some of them are doing it despite "win limits" such as the two wins per day, seven per week, or number of specific categories per month. there is no way smrufmine didn't pass that limit the way they were winning gift cards daily or xdestroyx winning laptops and other electronics with the max limit in categories per month is 14 some only 2 or three in some of them. after i got mad at smurfmine for outbidding me on a gift card that wasn't at $2 because the system would not accept my bid for some reason and bidding at the last second when the going sign turned red all night for two nights when it was just me and them till people started waking up and bidding again i looked through the ended auctions and smurfmine had over $500 in gift card and i'm sure that thing does't go back a full week and smufmine was still bidding against me for the $150 gift card. one of the cards smurfmine won was a $100 gift card for less than $10 yet still despite winning that as one of six gift cards and one during the auction for the $150 giftcard was still bidding. in the course of writing this i have loss 2 gift card to 2 familiar names that have been kicking my butt for the last 2 weeks. i am losing too often some of the time due to being logged of without warning or simply not having my bid accepted for this not to be a con. things conveniently shoot up in price when i bid on them too often for it not to be some kind of con. i lose to or get into a long drawn out bidding war against the same six or seven people way too often for this not to be a scam.

Answer · 2016-09-29T05:22Z

Every big ticketed auction I have bid on has went way up in price. I did not think this site a scam until after the latest thing that happened to me. Now I am sure of it. I have never won an item that is worth $100 or more. I have lost 1000'some of bids and in ways that are definitely shady. The same people win all of the $50 or more gift cards and the same people win the big ticketed items also. I have lost auctions by bidrunner disappearing and auctions where I had 1.00 increments bidrunner running where I place 50 bids can'take lose unless it goes over that dollar right? I mean if it is just you and one other person 50 + 50 is a dollar except somehow my 50 bids ended at 48 how is that possible unless my bidrunner placed 2 bids in a row customer support ignored this when it ask how. Well the best yet just happened. I HAD OVER 4000 BIDS PLACED ON a Capped auction. You are allowed to run 2 bid runners on an auction. I was doing 50 and 100 increments. Now how they take from those bidrunner is random and weird. But one had 1 bid left and the other 47. One minute later I check again figuring the one bidrunner is probably gone now and planning to add another 100 bids. Instead I find the auction is over and I lost. This after 2 days of bidding and over 4000 their bidrunner screwed up again. This is unreal. I feel completely scammed. I had 500 and some bids left in my account now I have 1300 and some. How is that? They gave me 800 some bids back. Why? It was a capped auction. I can't help but think I was just ripped off. Where does giving me 800 bids back make up for the cost I pd for 4000 bids. What can I do about this? This is the 3rd time something like this has happened and each time I had over 4000 bids on an item and each time it was a screw up with bidrunner. How convenient! We need to do something about this but what?

Question 5

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Auction keeps on going after capped price has reached. why? how do you know when the auction stops. Auction keeps on going after capped price has reached. why? how do you know when the auction stops.

Answer · 2016-05-05T07:08Z

The auction stops when somebody wins, it can go on for days! I stay away from those, actually I would stay away from this site period, I have spent hundreds and have won nothing but a few small gift cards but even then I paid more than the card was worth. -michelle

Question 6

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I was referred to this auction site by someone via craigslist. happybidday has several accreditation sites listed, such as bbb, but when i went to bbb's website, no information came up. i became nervous once the very 1st page after setting up my password ask for my banking info, especially with little to no contact information on the site. why are they not listed, and if they are, how can i find it? thanks. I was referred to this auction site by someone via craigslist. happybidday has several accreditation sites listed, such as bbb, but when i went to bbb's website, no information came up. i became nervous once the very 1st page after setting up my password ask for my banking info, especially with little to no contact information on the site. why are they not listed, and if they are, how can i find it? thanks.

Answer · 2016-03-12T06:49Z

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I found the contact info at manta.com.

By Lance S. over a year old

Question 7

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What is the 65$ charge for? What is the 65$ charge for?

Answer · 2015-09-02T08:18Z

It is your first cost of Bid to join. Then they have cheap gift cards for beginners only. That is so they do not have to honor the Guarantee.

Question 8

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Do u bid until someone drops dead i see same bidders on 3 or 4 items at the same time they probably use all their social security money onj bids and use the robot bidding and so if u win u are one of the really really lucky ones Do u bid until someone drops dead i see same bidders on 3 or 4 items at the same time they probably use all their social security money onj bids and use the robot bidding and so if u win u are one of the really really lucky ones

Answer · 2015-07-18T08:54Z

You bid until everyone runs out bids you can win 2 items a day. I have ask several times to go back to single item bids but they don't want two because you are not bidding on the same item that you are and yes the same ones keep winning the big item. I loved this site but I am tired of losing to the same bidder. Hope this helps

HappyBidDay Questions & Answers

Hi, do we need to purchase a bid pack before we start bidding. how do i know if this is a trusted one. Hi, do we need to purchase a bid pack before we start bidding. how do i know if this is a trusted one.

Is it a scam that you have to buy a bid pack Is it a scam that you have to buy a bid pack

Auction keeps on going after capped price has reached. why? how do you know when the auction stops. Auction keeps on going after capped price has reached. why? how do you know when the auction stops.

What is the 65$ charge for? What is the 65$ charge for?

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Hi, do we need to purchase a bid pack before we start bidding. how do i know if this is a trusted one. Hi, do we need to purchase a bid pack before we start bidding. how do i know if this is a trusted one.

Is it a scam that you have to buy a bid pack Is it a scam that you have to buy a bid pack

Auction keeps on going after capped price has reached. why? how do you know when the auction stops. Auction keeps on going after capped price has reached. why? how do you know when the auction stops.

What is the 65$ charge for? What is the 65$ charge for?

Was a member for awhile and lost interest and a lot of money. it seems there were about 10 members who would control all the good items.

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