a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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seen a few adverts for this lately on telly
anyone used it before?
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willay
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http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=hp&q=madbid+scam&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=madbid+sca&fp=33a9a577caa4e7cb
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AndyKent
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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
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Massive scam, don't waste your time even looking into it.
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MJFF88
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Its not a scam, you've just got to use common sense. IIRC you pay per bid, so even if you've only paid a total price of £68 for a mini, then you've probably paid £14k in bids for it. I could be wrong mind
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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MADBID.COM - IT'S TOTALLY MAAAAAAD
[Edited on 01-03-2010 by Nath]
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thegsi
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You can apparently buy a £50 Tesco voucher for £2.51. I'm sorry but if it was that simple, every fucker would be doing it.
If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
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chunk89
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Registered: 16th May 07
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You buy bids by the £ so a 1p bid costs you a pound do a mini for £142 is well over priced!
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fillmecca
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Registered: 16th Jun 07
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went on it for the 5 free bids but long behold i didnt win out! there must be ppl on there wining things for just about nout tho? :S
[Edited on 02-03-2010 by fillmecca]
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Roffo
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Whittie
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It's a very clever idea, people get cheaper products and they make money at the same time. Win Win.
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AndyKent
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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
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But at the same time, there are other people spending a fortune never winning anything......
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyKent
But at the same time, there are other people spending a fortune never winning anything......
Also, the real cruncher with this is the fact that the timer always goes back up...
So basically they can go on (and generally do) forever!
e.g.
counting down from 30 seconds... 5...4...3..2..1.... and someone bids. Back up to 30 seconds.... wait wait wait 5....4....3....2...1 and someone bids.
Repeat.
So you not only have to buy a load of tokens, you then have to sit there wasting your time trying to snipe the end of the auction... which could go on forever (that mini was on there well over a month ago!).
As such, it's just a big lottery. The only difference is the fact that you'll waste your time first.
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Toby
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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyKent
But at the same time, there are other people spending a fortune never winning anything......
Its only like gambling, you put £10er ina fruit machine and dont win, somebody puts a quid in and jacks it, just the way it goes
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