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HappyBidDay Reviews Summary

HappyBidDay has a rating of 3.4 stars from 170 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with HappyBidDay most frequently mention penny auctions, auction sites and customer service. HappyBidDay ranks 100th among Penny Auction sites.

service
8
value
8
shipping
8
returns
3
quality
8

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Thailand
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
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HappyBidDay is one of the few penny auctions that I use regularly. I've managed to save quite a bit of money, shipping is always on time and customer service is fine.

Penny auctions have a bad rep in general but HBD is good in my book.

Date of experience: December 5, 2012
Michigan
4 reviews
17 helpful votes
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I like the free auctions but you can only win bids. First penny acution I played and won a IPOD NANO (first win ever) but I can never get the hang of winning on this site

Date of experience: August 15, 2012
Nevada
10 reviews
16 helpful votes
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Anything good written about this site is probably a lie because Happy Bidday pays people to write positive reviews.

The truth:
They bombard people with "free" bids, which can be used on auctions to use "real" bids. There will usually be only one or two valuable items to bids on with the real bids. Therefore it is saturated. I had 1700 real bids and did not win a thing. (Oh, and their gift cards are usually for $10 plus bids.) They always claim the their items are at least $50 more than they are worth. When a "real" bid is placed, the price does not go up by a penny, it goes up as far as 40 cents. This makes a bid win very expensive -which is how they make their money. If you don't pay in two days for a win, they cover the screen with threats of losing your bids and/ or legal action! You cannot even play bids you have paid for. You feel stuck once your get involved, because you have thousand of useless bids!

I find it annoying when people say, "You're just mad because you don't have the right strategy." I have won a 50" plasma TV and a computer- for $1000 each plus much more. I can't believe I was fooled out of $500. So believe me when I say -don't fall for their tricks, you will lose your money, which is a horrible feeling.

Date of experience: March 25, 2012
Arizona
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Hey, I give you free bids just to take your money... am I a bad guy? I don't answer emails and the phone number never gets answered. Does that make me a bad guy? I need to pay the rent and feed my addictions too. Oh... Aunt Edna needs meds so I have to deal with that. If you can't tell... I'm being sarcastic about this site. I used it and they did rip me off. I have proof with screen shots and video. Once I told these people that I was watching the same names winning everything... they closed my account without warning. Nice way to make a living... just take money and close accounts that see what you are doing.

Date of experience: August 31, 2011
Michigan
3 reviews
13 helpful votes
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I went on this site to bid in a penny auction- what a ripoff they only have 2 -3 auctions going on at one time more of a competition than bidding, I don't see how anyone can win on this site they just take your $$$$- no win don't waste your $$$ on this site

Date of experience: April 17, 2011
California
24 reviews
102 helpful votes
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Don't trust these sites
January 19, 2011

Don't trust these sites. They are all scams. You pay money to bid even if you don't win the item. The website tells you others are bidding, and that someone else won, but you really don't know. I lost money off of one of these sites. Don't trust them.

Date of experience: January 18, 2011

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HappyBidDay is not your typical auction model. Our unique site offers an exciting auction shopping experience where you score brand new brand name products for just pennies on the dollar. Score amazing deals on iPads, TVs, gaming consoles, precious metals and much more!


happybidday.com
Founded in 2010
Newark, DE, United States