1. You are unable to see the goods you are bidding on at Bid or Buy. You are reliant on the honesty of the seller.
2. If you are unhappy with the service of the supplier and you negatively rate them, they will revenge rate you. Bid or Buy management have no problem with this concept
3. The ratings system is poor and is no indication of the real quality of the seller. Many people give positive ratings else they get tit for tat poor ratings. Bid or Buy management benefit from this bad rating system
4. If you complain vociferously about the poor systems at Bid or Buy they will just Ban you. If you are not in the forums you cannot scare off other potential buyers.
5. Its an auction where you can be bidding on an item made to look good in theory but a poor quality item may be despatched. In the time in the forums and on Bid or Buy I saw many complaints poorly handled.
6. If you ask questions about how a system works, you get no answers from Bid or Buy.
7. Many of the sellers are unethical. Seriously they resort to blackmail in order to get positive ratings.
If you want to attend an online auction like Bid or Buy you are taking huge risks. Real life auctions where you can touch and feel the goods are a risk, but buying an article from some faceless individual with no real come back. Is that not a real risk?
I paid for a membership at Bid or Buy and enjoyed it for two weeks after being banned because I was less than complimentary about their systems. I am going to warn everybody about the dangers of bidding on items at Bid or Buy.
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Bid or Buy has a flawed rating system