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Penny Auctions are a sting invented by grifters. Here's how they work. You go to their auction and lets say you see an HD TV valued at $500.00 being auctioned and the current bid is $23.00. The time remaining to bid is shown along with the current bid". Lets say that the remaining time is 3 minutes/. So you bid?. You cannot bid any amount you want to as each bid increases the bid by 1 penny only,. Now the bid is $23/.01, but the time remaining is 3 minutes and 10 seconds as each bid increases the time remaining by 10 seconds'. No problem! You easily see that its best to wait until the last few seconds to bid/. The clock ticks down, 2 minutes, 1 minute!. 30 seconds, 20 seconds, 10 seconds, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 seconds left...you bid...15 seconds left. Someone else bids..25 seconds left..another bid...35 seconds left. You can wait all you want but any item of value gets bid like crazy in the last 10 seconds. So you think all you need is patience. But what you really need is lots of money because everytime you bid they charge you $.50. That's right...Fifty Cents. I've watched as this HD TV remained with less than 30 seconds left for over 4 hours. The bid went from $23.00 to over $50.00 and it still wasn't sold. Now lets figure that out. 50 minus 23 is 27 or better still 2700 bids. At $.50 a bid they made $1,350 and its still not sold yet. Nice hah. Adding insult to injury on your next credit card statement you find that they have charged you $150.00 for 300 bids that come with signing up. They refuse to refund your money saying that it was stated on the enrollment page and in the terms and conditions that you agreed to when signing up. Please pass this information to others. Thanx!!!!!! 12876e7  Comments (33) |
| 1. Written by Pat on January 19, 2011 from dallas, texas, US I have contacted the BBB and attorney general. No luck in getting a refund. Company gives the standard "you agreed to the terms" line. Do a google for "price shuffle" and all that comes up are complaints. They should be shut down!! |
| 2. Written by albern on December 18, 2010 from sterling heights, michigan, US Price Shuffle is using a trick deck of cards in their shuffle!!!!!!!! Been trying to get my money back since 12/5/10. I have been writing emails and calling for days now. I'll go with this as far as necessary. The TV station that highly rated this outfit needs to be beaten with barbed wire!!!! |
| 3. Written by violated on December 7, 2010 from wheeling, illinois, US Same story here, though after contacting them and telling them that they will issue me a full refund, they did so. I did "nicely" threaten to file complaints with the credit card company and BBB. While waiting for a response from them on my refund, I found that PriceShuffle.com has a "F" rating with the BBB, and all filed complaints ended in a refund of at least partial payment (most were full refund). Anyone who got taken by this site, don't give up, keep after them and get your money back!!! |
| 4. Written by pissed off on December 7, 2010 from reston, virginia, US Signed up for what I thought was free to access the items they we selling. little box to check (are you 18 years of age) is followed by terms and conditions....but those are after ur cc info. |
| 5. Written by mrs devil on December 7, 2010 from reston, virginia, US These guys should be put in jail......nothing but scam artists |
| 6. Written by JZ on December 6, 2010 from -, -, - I have had the exact thing just happen to me that everyone is saying and they will not refund my money. They are not customer friendly and are a joke! Very unsatisfied customer. |
| 7. Written by BNN on December 5, 2010 from dallas, texas, US I agree with all of the negative comments. I just received a notice that a credit card payment is due, one I had paid off, and guess what? Price Shuffle charged me $149.75 too. I did not realize that I was going to be charged this amount. I joined and several times did bid trying to win an I-pad and to win a big ticket item is impossible. Since you cannot see who won the item I wonder if it is the same item that they are putting up for auction over and over again. The person (employee or person who runs the auction) who wins is the bidder and can control when the auction ends so they win and the same item goes up for auction again. Anyone who is thinking about signing up.. DON'T. It is not worth your time, money or effort. I too was influenced to try the penny auction by the TV report that I read. |
| 8. Written by Stella on December 5, 2010 from newark, new jersey, US I was doing some research on penny auctions, saw a report from nbc, rated them good. signed up for the 100 free bids, wham, when I looked I had 400 bids and was charged 150.00. The didn't even show that i was being charged, or did I have a choice in the amount of bids I wanted....And to boot they don't even have any large ticket items. Will request refund... or go to better BBB. |
| 9. Written by Chris madder than *** on December 4, 2010 from middleton, wisconsin, US Yea they scammed me out of 149.75 to. Saw a news story about 100 free bids to try their site out. Then I looked @ my bank account the next day and they charged me $149.75. Called and complained about it the guy told me to send a email, and they would responed in 24 hrs. From what I have read on here I will not get my money. |
| 10. Written by THEY JUST GOT ME AND MY RENT M on December 3, 2010 from scranton, pennsylvania, US JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU AND THEY REFUSED A REFUND STATING YOU CAN SEE IT CLEARLY AND THAT DANG CHECK MARK SAYS YOU WILL PAY!!??? BS! I SAY WE RUN THEIR NAMES IN THE MUD I AM GONNA LIST THIS IN MY STORE FACE BOOK EBAY ANYWHERE YOU NAME IT POST ABOUT THEM WARN OTHERS TELL THEM TO KISS IT |
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