Priceshuffle has a very credible, valid-looking advertising webpage suggesting that a member of a news crew joined this venture (penny auction), Priceshuffle, and won auctions. It then reports that other crew members joined with equally satisfactory results. Unfortunately, when you register for the auction you are told you will receive 400 free bids to use. Satisfaction guaranteed, etc. What is not clear is that you will pay $149.75 for 300 of those free bids. The page is very deceptive as the boxed area you fill in does not include the little box at the left which has already filled in the above price. There is no indication that there is a connection between the price for 300 bids and the registration information.
When I called to dispute the charge, the message said if there is a billing question, email. So I emailed. In the meantime I called VISA to dispute, having now seen many pages where Priceshuffle is listed as a scam, and proceeded to contact someone by phone with my VISA representative as a third party. The man on the line at Priceshuffle eventually agreed to refund the $149.75 as long as no dispute was filed. He asked five times whether a dispute had been filed. Since he agreed to refund the money, I did not file a dispute and will check my statement to see that the money has indeed been credited to my account; however, I feel badly that it may be the only way to stop this guy is to file a dispute so that VISA takes away his card privileges. Beware! My representative said that this is similar to other penny auctions he has heard of, set up the exact same way.