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Gun4Pennies
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01/11/13 04:13 AM
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bigtexasbucks
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Has anyone on here ever bid on anything from that website? Seems fishy.
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Re: Gun4Pennies
[Re: bigtexasbucks]
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01/11/13 04:28 AM
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Stoney
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I looked at those other "penny auction" sights, Qbids I think, by the time you buy the tokens or whatever, it get's pretty pricey. I call scam.
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Re: Gun4Pennies
[Re: Stoney]
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01/11/13 04:31 AM
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bigtexasbucks
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Thats what I figured. I got field and stream in today and noticed the add in there.
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Re: Gun4Pennies
[Re: bigtexasbucks]
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01/11/13 04:47 AM
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caldwelldeerhunter
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I dont know about this site but I do know these penny auctions rack up in cash. it works like this, you pay 50 cents to put a bid in and it goes up one penny and starts anouther 15 min count down and every time someone bids it goes up a penny and gets a new 15 min. say you do win the gun for 100 bucks that means it was bid on 10,000 times 50 cents each bid comes out to 5,000 dollars plus whatever the end auction was 100 dollars if you hit it right then great but you will have to put allot of bids in to get it. that place has that 500 dollar gun or whatever product and are making tons of money from this because of the 50 cent fees it charges to place the penny bid. so my guess would be yes they are liget hope this helps some.
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Re: Gun4Pennies
[Re: caldwelldeerhunter]
#3941670
01/11/13 06:32 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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When I first heard about these scams, I was like 'This is so stupid, people will never fall for that'. But I under-estimated the stupidity of the American public.
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Re: Gun4Pennies
[Re: QuitShootinYoungBucks]
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01/11/13 07:05 PM
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charner
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i will admit that i signed up and thought i may could win a 458 socom with my 10 free bids, ya right, lasted me 5 min. and after that i was done with it all. dont spend money on that stuff
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Re: Gun4Pennies
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01/11/13 07:53 PM
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Csddarden
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i've looked at the site, but seems like a big ol scam to me. especially since the auctions re-set on their time every time a bid is made.
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Re: Gun4Pennies
[Re: Csddarden]
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01/12/13 01:00 PM
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bigtexasbucks
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I looked it as well and read everything and realised that it was a waste of time.
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Re: Gun4Pennies
[Re: QuitShootinYoungBucks]
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01/12/13 05:12 PM
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add147
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When I first heard about these scams, I was like 'This is so stupid, people will never fall for that'. But I under-estimated the stupidity of the American public. True! Very true...They voted for Obama again...LOL
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Re: Gun4Pennies
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01/13/13 11:27 PM
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TexasVine
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Re: Gun4Pennies
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01/14/13 12:57 AM
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TheMic
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Can be a money dump, might as well just throw 20 bucks in the trash
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Re: Gun4Pennies
[Re: TheMic]
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01/15/13 05:51 PM
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Jacobst54
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I honestly think all these penny auction sites are useless. They're not scams because some people spends TONS of money on specialized bids that automatically re-bid. I've signed up on qbids and skoreit when I got free promotional bids. You literally don't stand a chance unless you buy lots and lots of bids and just hope the other people run out before you do. The bids aren't cheap either
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Re: Gun4Pennies
[Re: Jacobst54]
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01/16/13 02:57 AM
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Nitro27
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scam. I know several people who have bid at those auctions none that have actually won the item that they were bidding on. I think it is like a raffle that you dont have to be present to win.
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Re: Gun4Pennies
[Re: Nitro27]
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01/16/13 04:02 PM
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redfred
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I agree. It's almost like buying lottery tickets. You may only spend $20 in buying "bids" or "chances", but for every winner, there are dozens, hundreds, or thousands that throw the money into the wind. My son occasionally buys stuff on these kinds of sites, but he limits the number of bids he's willing to throw away.
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