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12-07-2011, 10:03 AM
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BallBids.com?
Clicked on their banner ad that appeared here on Fauna, curious about their advertised too-good-to-be-true ad that showed a lemon blast sold for $3.76, a pastel for $15.36, etc.
Any info?
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12-07-2011, 10:20 AM
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I've seen this ad a few places, made me curious too?
Here's the WHOIS info for the domain:
Registrant:
Ball Bids, LLC
9721 NW 36th Manor
Coral Springs, Florida 33065
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. ( http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: BALLBIDS.COM
Created on: 15-Jun-11
Expires on: 15-Jun-13
Last Updated on: 29-Nov-11
Administrative Contact:
Cohen, Avshalom acohen2007@yahoo.com
Ball Bids LLC
9721 nw 36th manor
coral springs, Florida 33065
United States
7542453319
And here are the members of the LLC:
Title MGRM
COHEN, AVSHALOM
9721 NW 36TH MANOR
CORAL SPRINGS FL 33065
Title MGRM
BYERS, ZACHARY
850 WASHBURN AVENUE, APT. 86
LOUISVILLE KY 40222
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12-07-2011, 10:26 AM
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I went and looked through the site and found a novel approach to their auctions: it looks like one actually has to pay to bid. I don't think I've ever run across that idea before.
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12-07-2011, 10:43 AM
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I was looking on there yesterday and it didn't feel right. I almost bid a few dollars just to see what would happen.
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12-07-2011, 10:46 AM
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Their ads list 'sold' prices, but the site itself has info saying 'there are no winners yet'.
Makes one wonder.
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12-07-2011, 10:53 AM
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Its a new idea that many websites are using. You pay for the amount of bids which is how they make their money, and the bid increases by a penny each bid. Great deal if you are the last few bids and win it, but could be a huge loss if you dumb 100 bids @$65.00 I believe and then are not able to win. In the last few minutes every time someone bids the time increases back to say 5 min until it goes 5 min without anyone bidding.
Hope this helped
Tyler
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12-07-2011, 10:53 AM
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It's a penny auction site, like beezid.com. They make there money selling the bids, not the snakes. You can google penny auction sites and read up on them to decide if it's right for you.
As per the people running the site, Zack Byers and Avi Cohen..... never heard of them. 
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12-07-2011, 11:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucille
Their ads list 'sold' prices, but the site itself has info saying 'there are no winners yet'.
Makes one wonder.
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Yeah I saw that too. Makes one wonder..... 
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12-07-2011, 11:01 AM
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12-07-2011, 11:04 AM
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I used to live in coral springs and was always into reptiles and knew lots of people there. I will ask around and see if I can find any info on these guys
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