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Are "blowout auction" websites legit?


Question Posted Thursday June 30 2011, 11:19 am

Websites like quibids.com advertise expensive products for 5% of the price. Is this legit?

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Amarete answered Friday July 1 2011, 8:00 am:
A lot of them are scams, but if you research the specific website on the Internet before you do anything with it, you should be able to avoid falling into trouble. Usually just typing the site name and 'scam' into Google will pull up enough reports to tell you whether it's safe or not.

Also, some web browsers like Firefox have add-ons that show you the trustworthiness of a website. The one I have is called Web of Trust, and it gives you a green, yellow, or red symbol depending on the safety level and will give you more information on the website if you click the symbol. It will make all your web surfing safer and it should help with your auction hunting. :)

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YoungMommy answered Thursday June 30 2011, 6:44 pm:
I cant tell you that I know for a fact that these are legit but when my husband lost his wedding ring we bought him a new on on the bidz.com ... we got him a $340 ring for only $13 go we got a great deal on it. hope i helped :)

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