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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 09:54 AM
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Unhappy Big Deal ?

FTE has a google ad for bigdeal.com and I wet to the site thinking it was a legitimate auction site and the more I investigated, it seems like they have their own bots bidding against you so you can never win....

jeeze, been in the puter biz forever and would think I cold spot that....
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IMHO - I wasted $22.50.....
 
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 10:11 AM
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I'll raise this to the Super Mods and Administrators, till then, no one mess with it...
 
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by jdadamsjr
FTE has a google ad for bigdeal.com and I wet to the site thinking it was a legitimate auction site and the more I investigated, it seems like they have their own bots bidding against you so you can never win....

jeeze, been in the puter biz forever and would think I cold spot that....
but....
IMHO - I wasted $22.50.....
Get Firefox and then install Ghostery and BAM, all those ads are gone or as someone will surely suggest, you can always pay to be a premium member. No more ads that way either.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 10:13 AM
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Not an FTE but IB banner ad.... A guy I work with told me about the site, I questioned the buying bid routine but he has purchased from them at a good price. I'll stick with Ebay.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 10:57 AM
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Sorry TD if I overstepped bounds...

Just giving others a heads up with MY humble opinion....

I traced the bots bidding....

feel free to delete this thread...
 
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by jdadamsjr
Sorry TD if I overstepped bounds...

Just giving others a heads up with MY humble opinion....

I traced the bots bidding....

feel free to delete this thread...
John, you in no way, shape, or form overstepped your bounds. What you did was bring something to our attention that needed to be. So no worries, you're in the clear
 
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 12:31 PM
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JD, I think you misunderstood Tor's post. He meant nobody mess with the ad you posted about.

Also, if they keep bidding against you so you never win, how did you lose $22.50? Or did you mean that even if you do win the bid, you lose because the bots make you spend more than you should?

Stewart
 
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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I lost because I didn't read the fine print

you have to pre-buy JUST to bid !

and they say if u don't win you can use that to offset the cost to buy it out right...

but their cost seem as much or more than the regular price....

so I'm no buying it...

you CAN teach an old dog new tricks !!! lesson learned
 
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Originally Posted by jdadamsjr
Sorry TD if I overstepped bounds...

Just giving others a heads up with MY humble opinion....

I traced the bots bidding....

feel free to delete this thread...


Originally Posted by Toreador_Diesel
John, you in no way, shape, or form overstepped your bounds. What you did was bring something to our attention that needed to be. So no worries, you're in the clear

I agree with you 100%
 
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