I can't believe I was lured into joining Bidsauce.com, but actually, I can — because of their misleading tactics.

I joined Bidsauce.com yesterday because I am a Mypoints.com member, and received an email from Mypoints about earning additional parts for signing up. When I clicked on the email, nowhere did it explain how Bidsauce worked. When I saw that Bidsauce was being compared to ebay, it interested me, as ebay has become a disappointment as of late. Also, I saw the reviews you included at the bottom from Wired, New York Times, BBC and other companies, which I later found out were all false and fabricated. Again, no explanation anywhere about how the site works, but a registration form only. So, I signed up thinking that I'd get to read about how this works on the next page. Instead, the next page was a form to purchase your bid boxes.

Now, only after I purchased the bidbox did I recognize the scam. Classic "Bait and Switch." It was even more apparent when I got to see it in action.

I called the customer service department this morning and the representative I spoke to denied that Bidsauce made claims it's compared to ebay or that it has anything to do with mypoints.com. (I have proof of the email as well as the misleading and false website to get you to join.) In addition to this, the representative told me that it's stated in the terms of service that all purchases are non-refundable, BUT the terms of service only comes up AFTER you purchase, not BEFORE, like it should. The customer needs to know all the details before they are tricked into registering.

I'm interested in pressing a class-action suit against them so that they don't continue to scam other people.

this company is a scam i joined them over 8 months ago and won 2 items and never received a thing. they told me that they were in a lawsuit with the shipper company they use to have and now can get the items out. so i asked for a refund and they refused and told me i have to wait until it arrives if any one wants to sue this company please let me know cause i will join you.

I know what you all are saying, even though I just purchased a gift card like 12/21/2010 its now almost Jan 1, 2010. I have been a skeptic all along with but all the hype got me to try it at least once, gues what my $29.99 is gone, my $8.00 is gone, I also tried Quibids.com, even though I do feel like they have robots as well, they do send their item with a confirmation e-mail and everything, is the best thing to file the with my state AG in California or Utah state AG? Any thoughts, for a kicker, I will file a chargeback against them, even if its only $40.00? This is what I am going to say, I AM NEVER going to try out a penny auction ever. And for zen beauty, what did you do to get the $149.94 gift card? was it the package you purchased and a refund?

My husband and I heard about Bidsauce and both signed on, not knowing the other did it. We both bought the $149.00 package.
I spent way too much time trying to win something to no avail. the only thing i got was more bids, one time. My husband won a camera and never received it. A girl from Bidsauce called me one day, before Thanksgiving and tried to convince me to get back on the site. When I told her we were having problems and didn't receive the only thing we won and both still have money there, she just said they were behind on getting things out. We still have nothing and can't access the thing to even use the money we gave them.

BidSauce is set up to make you believe that you are going to be able to bid on items for pennies. You are asked to provide your credit card information and that when you bid, the amount that you bid will be debited after you have won the bid. My card ended up being debited for $149.95. I bid what I thought would be about $.50 on a Red Lobster Card. As soon as I realized that my credit card had been debited for the $149.95, I called BidSauce and explained that I felt that I had been ripped off and that I wanted my money back. I was told that it would take four to six weeks for them to post the money back onto my credit card. I waited six weeks and never seen any money returned to my credit card. I again called BidSauce and this time I was informed that I had spend the $149.95 to purchase bids and that I hadn't won any items and that my money would not be returned to me. At this point, I got on line and discovered that I was one of a multitude of people that had been ripped of in the same manner. Something needs to be done about BidSauce rip off before thousands more end up losing a lot of money and getting nothing but humiliation in return.