QuiBidsReviews 3,061

Stay away! I won a cellphone for $5 (Retail price $98) back in June 3rd. Today is July 14th and I have not received the product yet. I contacted customer support and they "stupidly" said: "I apologize but it appears that the vendor canceled that order. However, I have made our fulfillment department aware of the situation and they are reordering that item today! It should be to you in about 7-10 business days. I apologize for any inconvenience". More than 10 days have passed and still no shipment. I think this website is a complete fraud and consumers should be aware of it.

After reading a number of other comments, I realized that many first-time patrons of QuiBids experience the exact same set-up: buy the beginning package of bids, start in the beginners bid area, "win" (easily) a package of additional 25 or so bids (at an additional cost of $2.00 for handling), and then maybe, quite by chance, "win" a simple low-ticket item.

After that, it's pure gambling and the average players chances of "winning" anything drop proportionally by the amount of time and money one has to waste.

I would advise anyone who asks me about this site to steer clear and save your cash for a year-end clearance sale at a reputable retailer.

Like most people here I was intrigued. I watched for a while as an observer before buying bids. I thought I'd start small before attempting the big stuff. Store cards looked good. I spent $27 on 45 bids... ouch! I won one $15 card, and lost an auction for a $15 card. So, for 2 cards worth $30 plus the final price at auction plus shipping. Fortunately I only lost about $6 in all but it was worth the lesson. When I got the cards (after a week!) it took another two weeks before I could spend them. They wouldn't work at the store. Eventually the problem was solved. I noticed one auction for a $100 store card. This bidder was continually bidding for hours. No way could that bidder not have lost. Either she was a genuine fool or a bot. If she was genuine she would have paid over $200 for that card. No way! I then thought that the only way to win was only if you intended to buy the item anyway. Why not spend a few bids and then get the bids taken off the retail price (which is the full MRP by the way). But I forgot that there is also the auction ending price to pay (which we cannot predict) and of course the shipping. To be fair if you're buying online you would have to pay shipping anyway and that should be part of the risk you're willing to take. I do suspect that for the more popular items bots may be used. Actually, they would still make a killing if bots weren't used. I guess it is to make sure that the bidding reaches a no-loss price so they would perhaps use them in the early part of the auction. With bots and fools, they would quickly reach that price. After that they would leave it to the genuine bidders because it would be pure profit. Yes they make a lot of money and it sounds like a good business to get into if its legal. It must be legal otherwise it would be shut down. There's nothing wrong with making a profit, even a hefty one. I'm not sure if bots are illegal or not. I suspect not, but I don't know for sure. Can you have a genuine auction and still make a profit? Ebay does it and they make their profits from the sellers. Mind you, Ebay has its problems too, but it seems genuine. I won't be bidding on quibids again, but the lesson was well worth it.

"A fool and his money are soon parted". Let's think logically. Say you found an ipad laying on the streets, how much would you sell it for? Probably $300 plus. What then gives you the idea that any one would sell it for $0.08? These bids add so fast it's not even funny. Stick to what you've known all along. If it's too good to be true, well, it ain't true. I don't suppose you're a fool because you took the time to read quibids reviews before investing your hard earned $$$. And if you invested before reading, well, now you have a story for you kids!

Being cautious by nature, I watched the bidding and read the sites tutorial.
All seemed good, you must purchase bids... but even if you do not win... your cost for the bids comes off the price of the item you bid on... just be prepared to buy it at MSRP. You can also use bids to win bids... these are called vouchers. I got good at using 10 bids to win 25 bids... now I was ready to rock... and bid with the big boys, for TV's and vacations--- BONK!

If you win bids... they are no good for "buy it now". That destroys all your protection and makes the site nothing more than a raffle site. Beware the fine print. Oh yeah... I too believe in Bots... beware the Santa and the King Kong!

All you people who think this website is a scam, is because you are idiots, don't know how to bid and do simple math. I have recently won a Xbox 360 250GB Elite Slim Console, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Super Street Fighter IV, Ultra Quick AA/AAA Battery Charger, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and UFC Undisputed 2010. I did smart bidding and got lucky to get the last bid. I got those games for no more than $10 each. Most of the people I hear complaining are those who go in trying to win the big things on their first day without doing any smart bidding or starting on low value items.

I admit that, upon visiting the site, I was intrigued. But then I read the comments here. It's a shame that, given this dude's obvious knowledge of programming, that he couldn't come up with a valid alternative to ebay. I adored ebay years ago but rarely frequent it anymore. My 100's of favorited sellers have all disappeared (you note that ebay never releases stats on sellers) and a huge percentage of the sellers remaining are overseas. If someone started a site comparable to the ebay of 10 years ago - pre-Whitman - they could do very well.

This site is a major scam and I have a full proof on this from my own personal experiences.
I had participated on an auction for Dsi XL for my son's birthday gift. According to their AD, if I didn't win the auction, I had a choice to use a "BUY it NOW" option. I did use the "Buy it Now" option when my bids full filled. I had spent about $100 in bids and just paid the differences to purchase the product outright. When I didn't receive my bought item (as it was over a month and nearing my sons birthday), I contacted Quibids over the phone and email about my purchase. Both were literally impossible. Finally, after two months, I was able to get a hold of their customer rep. By this time, (after 60 days and past my sons birthday) I had already purchased his gift at nearby Best buy and no longer needed it. Because the item was not shipped YET, I had told them to cancel it have my total amount (bids that I have used for the auction and the extra funds) that I had used to be credited to my C. C. They agreed over this term. After few weeks, I receive an email that they were only refunding the extra amount that I had used to purchased the item not the bids that I have used. So basically, it's like this. I spent $100 on bids along with another $100 to purchase the item. They do not full fill the order for 2 Months and when you ask for a refund, they only give back half... Wow... I wish I can operate my business like this. I would be rich... But then again, there is common decency and fair business ethics. I have more but this is one of many. What Quibids doesn't realize is that they picked the wrong guy to scam. I'm now preparing a full class action lawsuit against this company and will do everything in my power to bring this to justice.

I first researched this site from the reviews on this website and had observed a few auctions after a friend of mine told me about it. I was surprised that not too many people had won that were reviewing. I go for small ticket items and have spent 30 bids (various items) and won assassin's creed 2 for $4 with shipping (only 2 bidders and I used 2 bids). I'm going to finish up my bids, but I doubt I buy more bids, even though I've had a positive experience, I think I would get too addicted to this site.
- Observe some auctions before you decide to buy bids
- Go for smaller auctions (stay away from gift cards, because gift cards appeal to everyone and are bound to be desired)
-Bid at weird times (Too avoid competitors)
-Don't waste bids, observe how many people are bidding with 1 second left and wait for that number to drop to around 3 before you start bidding
-Dedicate yourself to your bids and follow through
-BID WISELY

QuiBids.com is exactly like Swoopo.com. I have not signed up for QuiBids, but I did register on Swoopo thinking there was a good deal to be had. Get items at 50-75% off sounded good. After I registered I found out you had to PAY FOR BIDS, which was the dumbest thing I had ever seen. Swoopo and QuiBids are NOT Auction websites. They are claiming they are, but that is not true. With official auctions you do not have to Pay For Bids. I've used auction sites like Ebay, EBid and Yahoo Auctions in the past and you don't pay anything to bid on items. Even real live auctions, all you do is hold up a fan card to make your bid. There are high ranked auctions where you have to pay a fee to get in (like luxury cars and prestiges art), but once inside, you don't pay anything to make a bid.

QuiBids has you paying $. 60 a bid where the chances of you winning are minimal. One of the reviewers did some analysis on the site and what she found will probably allow some users to have a better chance at winning. Unfortunately if the site is using bots (which it probably is), you will still probably pay a hefty penny before you win the item.

Anyway, this is just a big gambling system. You have a better chance of losing a lot of money before you win an item. For people who were lucky enough to win something, take your winnings and run with it. You might not be so lucky the next time. If you do decided to take a chance and bid, do some research on the items. See what the average price each item sells for at certain times during the day and then bid within the means of the average price. (Example: A item's average sale price is $100. Don't start bidding until it's at least over $95 or even $97. If it ends before that amount wait for the next auction or try again on the next day.) Also, only bid on ONE Auction at a time. That's the best advice I can give for the risk takers.

The automatic bidder places bids for you past your bidding limit and you won't win the bid. I think it is rigged. Why would a 1500 laptop go for 53 dollars and the ipod touch and ipad go for more than that. I think they rope you in getting you to invest bids and then you are set up to lose forcing you to buy more bids. Profit and payment all made on bids just like las vegas. The suckers will pay out and very few people will get the prize equipment

Please trust me when i say that quibids is such a bs scam and a complete waste of time. First they make you but "bids" thats the first part of the scam. Than you battle the world for a computer that susposidly goes off for $120 and never does when your actually bidding on the item... for example watch the auctions and don't bid on them... they will end at some crazy price thats too good to be true... when your actually involved in bidding the auction takes hours and doesnt end UNTIL you stop bidding... its like they know when you run out of bids cuz as soon as your out of bids or your idle for 2 minutes it magically ends... i even tried to win smaller stuff like coffee pots and even pens... turned up with nothing... i got suckered in for $75 on these stupid f'in bids and didnt win jack squat... i was better off going to friggin wal mart and buyin the stuff myself i would have saved some money... im an idiot for falling for this garbage please don't make the same mistake..

I agree there are some scams around in this site, after lured into this and spent some money on it. And if there are bots around, probably they didn't really make that much money. If a bot need to place thousands of bids on one item, that means those credit for the bid are not real and they paid for themselves. I've seen there are several names on one Mac book pro had been bidding a lot from around 180 to 240, and make a large portion of the total bids. Probably real people like me paid a half of the bids for that item. But that is still a large amount of money for them.