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MadBid Reviews Summary

The company has garnered a mixed reputation among customers, with some praising the potential for significant savings and a positive experience with customer support. However, a substantial number of reviews highlight serious concerns regarding product quality, misleading descriptions, and a lack of transparency about fees. Many customers express frustration over difficulties in obtaining refunds and the perceived gambling nature of the bidding process. Overall, while there are positive experiences, the prevailing sentiment suggests caution, as numerous users report feeling misled and dissatisfied with their purchases.

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Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Si te gustan las pujas..., puedes ganar productos a buen precio.

Compara siempre el precio venta publico de madbid con el de una tienda. Por si lo puedes sacar a mejor precio o no.

Y si ademas te gusta la emoción de las pujas. Es tu portal.

Un saludo.

Date of experience: March 13, 2017
Mexico
1 review
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¿Cómo te sentiste al saber que eras el ganador? Me sentí emocionado pues estaba buscando un regalo para mi esposa y no lo podia creer.

¿Fue una "batalla" dura? Estuve ofertando un rato hasta que finalmente gané

¿Seguiste alguna estrategia para ganar la subasta? Simplemente me armé de paciencia (y de puntos) hasta que finalmente se cerró la subasta y yo fui el ganador.

¿Puedes dar algún consejo a los nuevos usuarios de Madbid? No se desesperen, analicen primero las subastas por el mismo producto y entonces decidan el mejor momento para subastar sin necesidad de gastar muchos puntos.

Date of experience: February 28, 2017
Chile
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It works!
February 24, 2017

Very interesting, I got my tablet at the best price ever!, Lots of interesting things to get. I will continue with the biddings.

Date of experience: February 23, 2017
Mexico
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Llevo 3 meses en Madrid y en mi casa ya tengo una tablet, un juego de sartenes y una batería por los cuales pague menos de $1000 mexicanos. Madbid es un concepto innovador, divertido y barato para el usuario el cual te permite tener artículos a muy bajos precios. Eso es lo mejor

Date of experience: February 21, 2017
Brazil
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Muito bom o site da MadBid, comprei meu fone que vale mais de R$ 250,00 por menos de R$ 5,00! Rápida a entrega e o atendimento ágil! Recomendo a todos! Todos os imposto inclusos na importação então você não leva nenhuma surpresa! Valeu MadBid! Estarei lá novamente em breve!

Date of experience: February 17, 2017
India
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have seen many penny auction sites but there is some kind of hidden rules and regulations which came in your knowledge when you got stuck and there is no chance of getting out from there except you have to lose something in lieu of. But MADBID is totally transparent to their clients and their terms and conditions are straightforward, so no chance of making mistake by the customer.
I'm registered on this site for almost more than half a year. And their customer care is so cordial to their customers and time bound for providing the help.
Know the most important thing about any penny auction site are their products genuinity and the delivery of their products in promised time.

I really appreciate their fairness and transparency in the business.

I would definately reccomend this auction site to be joined. Just give them a chance to serve you and then result speaks itselfs. Within My circle there are more than 20 friends who are attached with this site and used to appreciate it always we have a get together.

MADBID really makes you MAD about it.

So, join it today and start having a lot of fun and go really MAAAAAAAAAD...

Date of experience: February 13, 2017
Mexico
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Thanks MadBid
February 13, 2017

Great auctions page, very reliable and secure, for example I have won one auction and my delivery arrived very fast. I recommend this website, 5 stars

Date of experience: February 13, 2017
Poland
1 review
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My adventure at Madbid site began in 2014 and I am still a happy user and customer as well :) I have bid many great brand new products here on Madbid so far, I am going to try my luck with bidding in the future too. It is not always easy and possible to win anything here but if you are patient and a good observer you will get your reward. Nobody loses anything on Madbid because if you're not lucky enough you can always buy exciting things at madbid shop for earned discount, you cannot lose your money at Madbid because for lost credits you are awarded with earned discount which you can spend on new high quality electronic gadgets at their shop. I can honestly recommend Madbid :) This is my most favorite and exciting site.

Date of experience: February 11, 2017
India
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I have used adbid.com to but an ipad but the bidding of the item never stopped. The discounts which they show on the website are not always the way the bidding goes. We will get looted through the credits we purchase.

Date of experience: February 1, 2017
Customer S. MadBid Rep
over a year old

Hello Venkata,

How are you? Did you have a chance to check our How it works video or read our support portal page? If you did, you will see that everytime someone places a bid, the timer resets. The auction ends when the timer has run out, the last person who placed a bid is the winner.

We would love to explain to you further how our site works, please contact our Customer Service Team from our Support Portal page.
Kind Regards
The MadBid Team

Mexico
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great site!
October 7, 2023

It may take a Little while to realize a bidding strategy, but once you've played enough the benefits become really great compared to the expense. The products are awesome most of the times and you can always spend your discounts if you get unlucky with the bids.

I love it

Date of experience: January 16, 2017
GB
1 review
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They call this site the penny auction and trust me it really is as I just won the 360° Vecto Wireless Water Resistant Speaker Orange RRP £129.99 for just 1p
With the other items I won I waited for the right moment and then dived in and hoped for the win, you must be prepaird to lose many credits and only bid what you can afford. I give this site 5 STARS

Date of experience: January 13, 2017
GB
1 review
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I won a 7 inch Tablet.
Shopping but with a twist of fun, use a strategy and only spend what you can afford. Can also be very time consuming
Can get so tense its crazy. I like it

Date of experience: January 9, 2017
Colombia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Llamativo
January 6, 2017

Es de paciencia y suerte, pero la satisfaccion de ganar es incomparable. El tiempo de entrega es un poco demorado pero es bueno el metodo de subasta.

Date of experience: January 5, 2017
China
1 review
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Very good
October 7, 2023

MadBid gave me an excellent service and I wanna to have review about like they are, this is very important to anyone.

Date of experience: December 26, 2016
GB
1 review
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Madbid is a gamble that the next bidder will not bid and the goodies will be yours, its fun but not cheap to play if you can afford to lose the money you invest then its for you, it can get get very grippy towards the end of a long auction (they can last a very long time) success is not guaranteed but its entertaining.

Date of experience: December 25, 2016
China
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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It looks interesting
October 7, 2023

It looks interesting, I like, recommend it. It is really a good website! Don't miss! I really enjoy it.

Date of experience: December 23, 2016
Colombia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Les falta
October 7, 2023

Debo decir que al principio me causo mucha desconfianza, al final adquirí un buen producto satisfago mis expectativas, (Aunque por falta de existencias y con previo aviso me dieron la opción de cambiar mi producto o la devolución de mi dinero), al final lo cambie y llego en los tiempos estimados.

Aun espero otro producto que esta en estado despachado..

Date of experience: December 20, 2016
Spain
1 review
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Robot Aspirador Ilumite
December 20, 2016

Todo bien y rápido el envío. El producto lo probamos aunque era para regalo y a priori funciona bien. Volveré a probar suerte en otra subasta

Date of experience: December 20, 2016
Mexico
1 review
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Profesionalismo
December 19, 2016

Gracias por la atención y profesionalismo de todos los que conforman esa excelente empresa!

Date of experience: December 19, 2016
Hungary
1 review
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Dear friends,
At begin I was doubtful to enter in Madbid, but I tried and I won! My target was to win Kenwood chef Titanium and I got at a real convenient price. It was funny, mad and really fun> You need to pay attention and decide a good strategy to play!

Date of experience: December 13, 2016

About the business

Founded in the UK in 2008, MadBid.com is the largest European pay-to-bid auction website, operating in 5 European countries including Italy, Germany, Spain, Ireland and UK. With over 2,000,000 registered users and nearly 1,000,000 unique visitors pe...


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Founded in 2008
Surrey, Surrey