Is http://www.swipeauctions.com a legit site?

Has anyone won/bought fromThissite?
Sounds fishy but just wanted to check if anybody has any experiance to share.
Thanks

Wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole

Domain Name: SWIPEAUCTIONS.COM
Registrar: MONIKER

Registrant [2020849]:
Ashton Manning rickholl2k9@gmail.com
983 Washington Avenue
1202
Los Angeles
CA
90345
US

Administrative Contact [2020849]:
Ashton Manning rickholl2k9@gmail.com
983 Washington Avenue
1202
Los Angeles
CA
90345
US
Phone: +1.6503453453

Billing Contact [2020849]:
Ashton Manning rickholl2k9@gmail.com
983 Washington Avenue
1202
Los Angeles
CA
90345
US
Phone: +1.6503453453

Technical Contact [2020849]:
Ashton Manning rickholl2k9@gmail.com
983 Washington Avenue
1202
Los Angeles
CA
90345
US
Phone: +1.6503453453

Domain servers in listed order:

NS.RACKSPACE.COM
NS2.RACKSPACE.COM

Record created on: 2010-08-20 10:42:34.0
Database last updated on: 2010-08-20 10:42:35.86
Domain Expires on: 2011-08-20 10:42:35.0

fun to watch their animated GIF's bid...........lol.

To whom it may concern,

I am the Head of Public Relations here at SwipeAuctions.com, I had a chance to read your concerns and I would like to let you know that we do not have any shill bidders. We do not allow our employees or employees' family members to have accounts with us as this is against our company policy. We pride ourselves in being the beacon of moral and ethical business practices in our industry.

Being a top manager of the company, I can guarantee that we do not have any bots. And every auction is real and shipments are 100% traceable by the tracking numbers which we post on the site.

Since our launch in February 2010, we have become the top ranking penny auction site on the internet, this is why we keep access to our members’ area very exclusive and only paid members can enjoy the incredible auctions that we offer.

However, as you can see if you have any questions pleas contact Jennifer, the Head of Customer Service for our company and she will gladly answer any questions related to our customer service.

Thank you for your time.

Hernan
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

A million customers in less than month!!

No, you ARE a gambling website! I pay for the opportunity to bid on a auction. In fact I pay for each bid. Except that unlike a REAL auction, these gambling "auctions" (word used very loosely) only end when people quit paying money. If an auction is set to end at 10 AM, it should end at 10 AM. If someone makes a bid at 9:59 AM, that means that unless someone else places a bid before 10 AM they should be the winner. However, in the case of these gambling "auctions", the auction end time is extended each time someone bids in the closing minutes of the auction. This means that the House (Gambling term which means the owner of the business.) keeps raking in money using this model, because the auction can theoretically NEVER END! There is mounting anecdotal evidence that these gambling sites employ shills (real or computerized) in order to keep auctions alive. That's going to be a judgement call on your end as to whom you believe; Employees of the companies, or disgruntled losers of these gambling "auctions".

PS... So what was the old name of your site?

Now waiting for hell to freeze over.........

Yeah, I think that fake newspaper article is one to submit to the FTC.

I've been looking on their site. There is a submit complaint link on the homepage. www.ftc.gov

aj4112 said: Has anyone won/bought fromThissite?
Sounds fishy but just wanted to check if anybody has any experiance to share.
Thanks
Our service name is SwipeAuctions and our official website is www.SwipeAuctions.com it is not legitmate do not do it

check out the bbb on them too

I have purchased from this site and it is a scam.

I saw an article/add in the Memphis Gazette add stating "100 Free Bids" on September 14th, 2010 to which my I created a 'user account'. I had to give credit card info for debiting an account if your bid was successuful. I tried to bid on a few items (within my 100 free bids)that I had signed up for. Instead a debit to my account for $159 to charge card was made as a result of that bid. Upon contacting them, I was told that was the 'membership fee' that was disclosed (09/01/2010 09/05/2010 Sale AW-SWIPE-BID.COM(Services and Merchandise) 24907630246905106046271 $159.00 )

No disclosure anywhere in the registration site discloses this fee (see http://www.swipeauctions.com/registration_pg1.php). After bidding I received an email with the following (Non Public information deleted):

"Date/Time:14/09/10 01:40:09 Order ID: 790137 Should you ever have any problems whatsoever, please don´t hesitate to contact our live technical support staff - available 5 days a week. We can be reached directly through our LiveChat links on SwipeBids.com or by Clicking Here. DON’T FORGET TO PAY ATTENTION TO OUR DAILY BID PACK CONTEST! Everyday we will be giving away prizes for the players who win & buy the most bids. Top winners are eligible to win a Macbook, variety of WalMart Giftcards and many more bids. Click Here to learn more. Your credit card statement will read AW-swipeauctions.com 18663893870 Should you ever have any problems whatsoever, please don´t hesitate to contact our live technical support staff - available 5 days a week. We can be reached directly through our LiveChat links on SwipeBids.com or by Clicking Here. "

Nowhere in the above was any mention again about a 'membership fee'. When I looked at my credit card statement I found out I was debited the amount above and proceeded to disput the charge first through my credit card company and then with the fradulent company SwipeAuctions.com . Upon calling the toll free # above, during the several minute wait, there's an announcement about this fraudulent fee being charged and I than waited for someone to answer after several minutes waiting. It appeares several others have now found out about this scam and undoubtably are also holding for a live person to address this rip off as well. I was told that by bidding I signed up for the membership by SwipeAuctions.com- that is was the 'account setup fee'. After disputing it I was directed to their site and printed out the "mail-in refund request form". Now, it's a matter of praying for a refund, if I'm lucky. This is a very expensive lesson to learn.

SharonLBrown said: I saw an article/add in the Memphis Gazette ...There's no such thing as the Memphis Gazette. The entire website is an ad for swipeauctions.

Demand them to refund your money over the online chat. You don't have to fill the paper form. They only want you to do that to make it as difficult as possible. I got coned too but I demanded it right away. Here is my conversation with them:

Please wait for a site operator to respond.

You are now chatting with 'Peter'

Peter: Thank you for visiting SwipeAuctions.com Livechat Line. Our goal is to provide you with excellent customer service while assisting you with any questions or concerns you may have. We are here to help you win auctions, save money and have a great time. May we start with your name please?

you: ######

you: I am asking again to get refund of the $159 charged on my visa.

Peter: I would be happy to assist you with your concern, so in order to pull up the details of your account, can you please provide me with your full name, e-mail address and zip code?

you: ######@###.net, ######

Peter: Please wait while I check your order details in our system.

you: I didn't order anything.

Peter: In order to further assist you, could I please have you CLICK HERE, to confirm that this is the checkout page you completed your registration from. This link will take you to the Original SignUp Page where you will see that the price of the membership is mentioned in several locations. Upon reviewing, are you able to locate where the $159.00 price is disclosed above the shipping form?

you: It is a shipping form, not an order form. There is no way that for less than one day it would cost $159. Even with the bids, they are all there. I return them in full, so please refund my money.

Peter: Certainly, I can help you with that. Typically we do not allow for refunds under these circumstances, as the price is very clearly disclosed. It is the consumer’s responsibility to read the page carefully before entering credit card information. Regardless, I will gladly provide you with this simple refund form for you to complete as it is required by our bank in order for us to issue your refund. Please CLICK HERE to get a refund.

Is there anything further I can assist you with today?

you: Your refund form is nothing but simple and you know that. If you didn't ask me to sign a paper form to charge me money, why would you require a paper form for refund?

Peter: It is required by our bank in order for us to issue your refund.

you: I will contact my bank to fill a fraud charge if I don't get my refund. I would rather spend time to fill that form.

you: My bank never required me to fill a form for an online refund.

Peter: I apologize that you feel you have no choice but to dispute the membership charge. In an attempt to maintain you as one of our new members and make this a positive experience for you; I am authorized to immediately refund 50% of your membership. Along with the 50% refund, I will add 300 additional bonus bids to your account. This reduces your cost by 50% and increases your chances at winning an auction by 100%. Is this an acceptable solution for you at this time?

you: No, I want full refund, nothing less.

Peter: We apologize for the inconvenience. There was clearly some confusion with this purchase. We do not want to see our customers unhappy. We will issue a refund to the credit card it was purchased from. The refund for the original Membership Bid Pack will be processed and you can expect to see your credit within 5-7 business days.

you: I hope you keep your word. If I don't get it in that time, I will call my bank. Thanks.

Peter: You will get it on right time.
--------------------------------

Good luck and don't let them get away.

When I first saw this type of site a year or so ago, I thought it was genius. The site can sell a $50 card for $25 and still make $100 in profit (just made up the numbers, but you get the point). I was up all night wondering how I didn't come up with it. That night I was watching the bids at one of the sites, and could actually start to identify many shill bidders and bots. It was quite obvious watching some spend a lot more than the product is worth. I am sure those sites have made the shills and bots much more difficult to identify now, but I suspect most still do use them to boost some auction prices until they at least break even.

SwipeAuctions said: therefore we are not a gambling company
You most certainly are a gambling company. Someone can spend lots of money and never get anything. It's a gamble.

SwipeAuctions said: As well I guarantee we do not use bots or shill bidders as it is against our policy and we have no need to as there is over 1 million customers registered with our site.
There is a lot of shill bidding and bots going on on many of these type of sites. How can you guarantee that there are no shill bidders or bots (not even early on)? Is there a legitimate 3rd party auditing?

Also, this is quite suspicious:
50 latest won auctions
1 MacBook Pro won by killerplauze for $279.46
2 MacBook Pro won by killerplauze for $366.35
28 XBOX 360 Elite + 750 BIDS won by killerplauze for $133.82
33 MacBook Pro won by killerplauze for $511.18
34 XBOX 360 Elite + 750 BIDS won by killerplauze for $59.93
38 Canon EOS Rebel + 1000 Bids won by killerplauze for $356.14
17 Canon EOS Rebel + 1000 Bids won by killerplauze for $255.56
48 Sony Cybershot Camera + 1000 BIDS won by killerplauze for $25.65


27 WalMart Gift Card $100 + 750 BIDS won by TRDRTOM for $76.14
11 WalMart Gift Card $150 + 1000 BIDS won by TRDRTOM for $103.45
14 Nintendo DSI + 500 BIDS won by TRDRTOM for $56.42
15 Coby Portable DVD Player + 500 BIDS won by TRDRTOM for $9.69
16 Motorola TN765t Auto GPS won by TRDRTOM for $73.05
19 Panasonic 32" + 1000 Bids won by TRDRTOM for $149.90
45 Apple iPad 16 GB WiFi + 1000 BIDS won by TRDRTOM for $509.97
24 Apple iPad 16 GB WiFi + 1000 BIDS won by TRDRTOM for $469.41
49 WalMart Gift Card $150 + 1000 BIDS won by TRDRTOM for $78.10

I wonder if they are real, and if so are they using some sort of software to get ahead. These 2 people (if they are 2 different people, or people at all) won close to 40% of the last 50 auctions. I wonder how many they win in a day.

Anyhow, even if these bidders are real it is still gambling. Every bid is a gamble.

SwipeAuctions said: http://www.swipeauctions.com/not_gambling_new.php

This page is a crock of shit. If you want your site to be legitimate you should be honest. It ruins any integrity you may have as you now have a proven track record of lying. And whoever wrote that page must never have played poker. I challenge you to argue this point with me here and make it one of the number one google results for your company.

Where are the swipeacution.com customer "service" reps? Why did you stop replying to this thread?

</sarcasm>

Please do NOT used SwipeAuctions. It's a FRAUD site. A few of us filled a report with FBI for fraud. They are also a well known spammer. Check your spam box. Chances are, they are filled with their spam. All lead by a well known spamming company.
AVOID AVOID AVOID!

Dear Swipe Auction,

Your live customer chat representative informed me that Swipe Auction operated legitimately here in good 'ol United States. Your website also boldly states that you are a legitimate establishment here in the United States, also operating from offices from other countries. I assume that your offices here in the United States are also legitimate and following business codes and have properly obtained a business license from the city (or county, if operating in a location that is unincorporated). If you still, at this point, claim that you are a legitimate business here in the United States, or in Aurora CO or Los Angeles CA, then by law, your business is required to publicly display their business license and must be able to prove that your business is legal to operate in the United States by providing a business license number if asked.

"...all Business Licenses must be posted in public view at the fixed location of the business. If no fixed location in the City, the responsible party must carry the Business License with them while conducting business..."

Essentially, this states that the business must publicly post their license that contains their business license, so, if need be, the business can be verified by Department of Consumer Affairs. If Swipe Auction still believes they are legitimate, please provide the public with your business license, stating that you are a legal business here in the United States.

If Swipe Auction can provide this to me, I will believe that this penny auction website is NOT a scam. I await your post.

I just wondered if you indeed got your refund.

you are all Lairs Just got off the phone with your Customers Service you all LAIRS and Tiffs. you are need to be in Jail for taking advantage of hard working people. you now telling customers that the bank closed and you can not issue refunds. PLEASE PEOPLE STAY A WAY FROM THIS SITE I CAN PROVE TO YOU ALL THIS COMPANY SET UP TO TAKE UP YOUR MONEY. I AM PLANING TO SUE THEM FOR FRAUD.

Oops - My new account / first post hit twice. Where's the "delete post" button?