Xbids.com reviews and complaints

They did that to me too. I won a 17" Macbook Pro last December 05, 2010 and it was suppose to be a Christmas gift for my son. I emailed them several times after the specified date of delivery but up to now, Feb. 12, 2011, I haven't recevied anything yet. I visited their website and it's under maintenance for more than 2 weeks now. Let me know how to complaint to the authorities to get these ###.

Now, I am skeptical on buying anythin online because of xbids.

the same thing happened to me...I went on and thought that they needed my card number in case I wanted or made a purchase...they took $75 and when I saw it I immediately canceled. It still went on my account. I filed a dispute, they told me to contact them first. When trying to contact them I got a machine that said "all complaints about credit card charges must be done on our website" When I went on the website...it is shut down...I will report them to the BBB and the FBI and will not let this go.

The LoveFist = Scammer.

This Penny Auction Watch site is Major scam(pennyauctionwatch.com). Also known as "PAW".

PAW is a front for these dishonest penny auction owners to make their sites look legit. Penny Auction Owners plant positive experiences on here(Complaints Board) and on the Penny Auction Watch forums(PAW) to bait people into playing and buying bid packs. Buying bid packs to bid on items? What a joke and scam!

Go to Flippa[dot]com and search "penny auctions for sale"

There you can see how these operates by the use of controlled bots on autobid to scam any real people into buying more and more bid packs until the reserve price has at least been met for that item that's bid on. They aren't in the business to LOSE money and will never ACTUALLY sell an item below value. If not enough real people are bidding on a particular item for a while, they will end the auction to a bot name. They will then list the bots name in the "Auction History" section to make it look as if REAL people actually win and auction is honest+fair.

You can buy your own Penny Auction from Flippa.com and start scamming also. So easy to do.

Also. Google, "penny auction website script" and see how these scams operate. The scripts are cheap to buy.
To build up traffic to your scam penny auction you must plant positive experiences on forums such as PAW(PAW is a front). You must also dispute ANY negativity or complaints on forums such as this.
For EX, tell the angry complainer that he must be crazy, use stupid bidding techniques and unlucky because you win all the time and just won a 52inch Plasma for 2 bucks. People WILL start believing you if you plant enough fake postitive experiences/reviews. JUST make sure to use different names each time you fake post. If you use same name over and over again telling everyone you win all the time, people will begin to catch on and realize it's just a fake post planted by the Penny Site operator/owner.

Anyone can do this... so easy to make money. MAKE sure that the server that hosts your scam auction is located outside of the USA so you can get around federal gambling regulated laws. If heat gets to much, then shut scam auction down and create a new one. Repeat process.

Happy scammin'!

I tried to post that on PAW(pennyauctionwatch[.]com) to warn good honest people BUT they wouldn't allow it to post.. I wonder why? ;)

So i'll just post away on websites such as this.

You use to could post on PAW right away but now they have a Moderator that must approve your post first.. I wonder why that is? ;)

I think we ALL know why that is :)

I have not received any of the 5 items I won between Dec. 7 and Dec. 13, 2010. I am continually being told that the items are back ordered. How can they continually auction off these items when they don't have them in stock. I too believe this is a total scam and will never see the items. I just contacted my credit card company to dispute the charges. We will see what happens. If I receive the items, I will gladly end the dispute.

I am not getting a good feeling about this site either.
I do agree that once you do the sign up the next thing you know you paid $75.00. I thought I would try it. I have won 2 auctions.
Now on to another issue that I didnt see anyone comment on. I have been waiting since early Dec to get my bought & paid for items. I have sent emails to get staus & they told me sorry. They should ship soon and we will give you a few free bids for your troubles. No bids showed up & neither have my itmes. I sent another email & still not word back.
Very disappointed! So much for my good deal Christmas present that is going on 2 months late.

I purchased a $100 Walmart card on December 15th, now it is January 28th, no card. Emails state they are backlogged due to the holiday. I would stay FAR FAR away from this site. I put in a case with my credit card company to cancel the charges but very frustrated at this point. I understand the penny auctions NOW...would never ever go near this or any other site again.

I too did not read all the (fine) print and registered and got $75 in bids. So I e-mailed them in Nov. and they told me I would get a refund... Well people if this is such a company that does legal dealings then where is my refund ...it does not take 3 months for a refund. I want my money back . My next step is too call 7 can help...I also tryed the telephone number and it tells u to go to the website this is a scam...

WON ITEMS totaling $1, 300 and it has been 5 weeks with NOTHING delivered (website says 2 -14days). Mostly computer generated responses or someone with the same name over and over again saying they are behind in shipping, items will be sent "next week." This response started appx. 3 weeks ago and still NOTHING.

I seriously question whether they have items an dwill be filing a complaint with the Calif Dept. of Justice, etc if they do not ship this week. In all fairness, I will try to post and let all know if they DO ship, but not holding my breath.

My complaint is different. I purchased quite a few bid packs and WON several items total over $1, 300. Their policy states that they deliver items within 2-14 days. It has been nearly 5 WEEKS and nothing has been shipped. I seriously am doubting if they even have the product. There IS NO Telephone contact info and I have generally received a computer generated response, saying that they are behind in shipping items due to Holidays and backorders... IT all smells like FRAUD to me. I will be filing complaints with the Dept. of Justice in California and all other appropriate Agencies if items not shipped this week.

In all fairness, if I do receive items, I will try to post that on here as well...but am not holding my breath.

Yes big rip off and scam, and good luck on getting a refund. Their customer service rep stated " that Our Terms of Service states that once a user cancels an account he/she agrees to forfeit all unused bids or auction items yet to be claimed. The user is no longer able to re-register using the same email address for a period of two months. According to the information we have on file your account has been canceled. When you canceled your account you checked a box stating you agreed with our Terms of Service and you were warned of the consequences of canceling an account. " There is NOTHING in their Terms of Service (http://www.xbids.com/support/terms-of-service.html) stating anything about canceling and no refunds. I have copied all my emails to the fbi, BBB, and Ca AG.