Complaint Review: Swipe Auctions - Aurora Colorado
- Swipe Auctions 22100 East 26 Avenue Aurora, Colorado United States of America
- Phone:
- Web: www.swipeauctions.com
- Category: Auction / Liquidators
Swipe Auctions Sly underhanded cross-eyed slimeball online business Aurora, Colorado
*Author of original report: UPDATE - Jennifer Fully Refunded my Fee
*Consumer Comment: Good afternoon Jennifer..
*UPDATE Employee: SwipeAuctions
*Consumer Comment: "My" thoughs, are this...
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Swipe Auctions is a very smooth scam that funnels the marks (those who buy into it) from professionally produced websites and videos directly to the site.
- By the time the auction ended (5 hours later than the first image at the top), the camera in the Swipe Bids auction pictured had had another 13,105 BIDS!!
- At even 10 cents a bid (you can bid on bids and usually win them around this price), people still spent $1,305 on bids alone, and the guy who one had to buy the camera for $256 on top of whatever he spend on bidding.
- Only 1 person won that camera auction, and only after spending several hundreds in bids
- Several people lost this auction and threw their money down the drain and wasted several hours of their lives
- There is no way to know if Swipe Bids extended the auction superficially on their side in order to make more money (is it a coincidence that it ended so abruptly so early (11:00pm), but right after they cleared over $100 in bids (AT LEAST) over the MSRP of the camera?)
So do you still want to try Swipe Bids? What are your thoughts?
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#4 Author of original report
UPDATE - Jennifer Fully Refunded my Fee
AUTHOR: Brian - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, September 30, 2010
As the filer of this report on Swipe Auctions I was very upset that some company had so easily taken my money.
#3 Consumer Comment
Good afternoon Jennifer..
AUTHOR: Ronny g - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
My name is Ronny G, I am a hard working American citizen.
I want to assure you that swipebids is a TOTAL game of chance (unless you have UNLIMITED funds and are willing to use UNLIMITED funds to GAMBLE with EVERY time..and I also assure you that the "house" (swipebids), is also against you..not just "another person".
Because in all logic..in order for swipebids to possibly turn a profit and survive as a business (yes they are a business despite the implications they claim they are a charity..lol)..could they do this selling Ipads for $18.72????????????????????????????
#2 UPDATE Employee
SwipeAuctions
AUTHOR: SwipeBids - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Good Afternoon Brian,
My name is Jennifer, I am the Head of Customer Service for SwipeAuctions. I want to assure you we are not a gambling site as we it is not a game of chance nor do we have a random element such as dice. It is simply one person against another. For more information please view the link below:
http://www.swipeauctions.com/not_gambling_new.php
If there is any concerns or questions I may help you with please contact me personally at jennifer@swipeauctions.com.
Regards,
Jennifer
Head of Customer Service
Our Winners: http://www.swipeauctions.com/all_past_winning_auction.php
Our World Vision Charity: http://www.swipeauctions.com/world_vision_charity.php
Our Customer Service Page: http://www.swipeauctions.com/contact.php
#1 Consumer Comment
"My" thoughs, are this...
AUTHOR: Ronny g - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
If anyone joins a penny auction site...they should be aware that this is a form of online gambling.
The difference between something like swipebids..vs. any legitimate auction site such as eBay..is that if you bid on an item with eBay, it does not cost you a DIME if you do not win the item.
However with a penny auction..every single person who bids...will pay something. The lure of winning an expensive camera, laptop, Ipod, Ipad etc for very cheap, simply appeals to the greed which is innate in most of us.
Bottom line is this...how much are you willing to "gamble" to win one of these items?
Sure, it sounds great in an ad that someone "won" an Ipad for $18.73...but think about the math for a second. Each "bid" can cost .20-.50 cents. The price is raised by a penny after each bid before the clock reaches zero. How long can this go on? I certainly do not know or I would be a millionaire off these penny auctions.
What I do know...is it is costing every bidder 50 cents or thereabouts to raise the price a penny..and add time to the clock.
Personally, I feel the concept is BRILLIANT, for the operator of the auction site. For the consumer..as long as it is apparent this is gambling...then I see nothing wrong with it per say. If a consumer was sucked in thinking they will get rich from this..or get very expensive items for pennies on the dollar every time...well then they unfortunately for them... will learn the hard way.
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