I sent in the refund request and was told I qualified for the money back guarantee, allow 2 weeks to receive my refund. I did so, contacted them again and was told that due to technical issues the refund could not be processed in their Admin system therefore; they are forwarding to Head office and they will send me a cheque. Allow additional time for this. I did and again contacted them. This time I was told that due to strict credit card regulations they have been prevented from processing my refund by cheque and the only available option was for me to contact my bank and dispute the charge. I did so Friday so will know in about 10 days if the back will honor my dispute.

Swipebids
906 West 400th Street Updated 8/22/10
Orem Utah 84058
Gentlemen:

This letter is about a Swipebids charge of $150 on the above listed card on 6/27/10. On or about 6/27/10 I went to their site and I entered into an account. When I saw their bid packages that they listed, I decided against any package or doing any business with them.
Upon receiving my Chase statement and seeing a $150 charge I called Swipebids.com at 866-389-3870 on 7/2/10 and spoke to Von who told me if someone doesn’t pick a package, the $150 package is picked by default and that I could get a refund by logging on and going to Livechat. I was able to log on but the live chat area of Swipebids was down.
I called them while on vacation on 7/9/10 and was told once again that Livechat must be e-mailed at the Swipebids.com. website for a refund. I called Chase and asked if a credit would be issued. I was told that I would be getting a dispute form to fill out.
Upon returning from vacation, I tried one last time to log into Swipebids.com -which I did. The problem once again was Livechat was down on their site. I asked for a refund and Ray said to go to their site and go to Livechat. I told him that the site is always down. I asked Ray for the corporate mailing address and he refused to give it to me.. He did say that I will be getting a $150 refund during the next 10 business days. which will occur on 7/28/10. I am unsure of whether Ray is telling the truth. On 7/19/10 I called Swipebids again and this time I was told that a check would go out to me within 3 weeks. I told him that this is unacceptable . Just than said “be happy with those terms” -. Just also refused to give his corporate address. On 8/2/10 I called swipe bids one last time I spoke To Von who told me that there were technical difficulties and that he would send a check by 8/15/10.Please see to it that I get a refund of $150. Thank you very much.


CC: BBB
Sincerely,


Corey Polk

Chase:
Card member Services
Po Box 15299
Wilmington De 19850-5299

The BBB of Central &Northern Southern
888 Capital Place
9707110th Street
Edmonton, Alberto Canada T5k2l9

After I registered with a penny auction site entitled swipebids.com, $150 was withdrawn from my credit card account without my authorization. I neither orderd or received anything for these funds, My Multiple attempts to log on to the site ahve been unc successful, thre is no tracer e-mail in my i mail box, and the phone number on my bank statement says the number you are trying to reach is unavailable at this time.

This is the chanrge as it appears on my most recent credit card/ bank account sttement

Account Debit Date Description
----------- 150 7/7/2010 749557 DDA POS PURCH SWIPEBIDS COM 801-3867937 UT 548261 018800045

Community State Bank business account, Union Grove, Wisconsin

fraudulent charges for memberships

I was charge 150.00dllrs without my authorization. They will not refound the money. They will send you a form that you will not be able to fill up. They inforce you to fill a form not is not working at all. You can not put your information and explaind the complaint. This company shouldn`t be authorize to do business.
They are crimminals. For me it is a lot of money 150.00dllrs. For evry person they get. it does add up to millions of dollars they are stealling. Some body is got to do something about this and get our money back.
It is not fair.

This is the ultimate case of buyer beware. If the deal sounds too good to be true it is a scam.
I signed up for what I thought would be a one time deduction of $11.95. It turns out that if you sign up for this you will be charged every $14.95 month.
You cannot win these auctions. Every time that you bid the duration of the auction increases and the bid price goes up so that you are bidding against yourself. I caught this right away and stopped. I unfortunately can't prove it but I had opted out and thought that I had cancelled my account but in reality I didn't. I have contacted my credit card regarding this so that the charges can be disputed but this was my own fault. I know better to chase this type of scam.
One more word to the wis is to make sure that you check your online credit card statements and verify your charges. There are many scam artists out there that are just dying to get your money.