Last night, I checked uBid's site and they had listed some out of this world deals. Buy it price on P4 Sony Computer was $99, 256MB CF card was $9, KLH Tower speakers for $9, Sony 24/10/40 CD-RW for $9. Did ANYONE get in on this or is this a case of false advertising?
uBid re-opening deals
- Thread starter JRez
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Yesterday, if you stopped by their site, it was down. Those deals (along with 3 or 4 more that escape my memory) were listed on the Site Upgrade page.
At Fat Wallet.com they said they found nothing after it opened, and there were people there as soon as the page came back up. Looks like another uBid scam.
uBid is almost as bad as Best buy
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uBid is almost as bad as Best buy
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<< Ubid is suck!! :| >>
Although I got 128MB of RAM through them for $4 after that $153 computer scam a while back.
I was able to pick up some decent deals from them when they first opened coupel yrs back. HK 5.1 refurbed receiver for $150 + shipping and brand new 5.1 surrounds (w/75w 8" sub) for 114 + shipping. The days of decent deals @ ubid is loong gone!
There was a previous thread that was locked up about this according to the FW thread. I stayed up late thinking I would get some stuff, but more than likely this was just a test to see how much load their servers could handle after the upgrade. Idiotically they failed to realize that few of your average joe shoppers are awake at that time and happen to be browsing Ubid's website. So that leaves deal hunters like us, to hammer their site at 1 in the morning... which isn't going to be that much traffic.. Hmm.. I dunno.
i dont know about you, but i am not going to buy anything from a site that has partnership with an online casino!
Yeah - I've been watching 'em pretty much all morning, and haven't seen a single deal like was mentioned. I at least expected them to leave the closed auction on display for a while to show the bidders what a great deal somebody got. My guess is no 'deal' was given to anybody, since nobody has even SEEN one of the deals, much less gotten it...
Ubid is full of BS 
My friend last week won an auction on a refurshibed HP laptop for 450 bucks! After receiving the "congratulations" email Ubid sent an Email cancelling the auction saying that in reality someone had won it..WTF?
My friend last week won an auction on a refurshibed HP laptop for 450 bucks! After receiving the "congratulations" email Ubid sent an Email cancelling the auction saying that in reality someone had won it..WTF?
I stayed up and jumped into Ubid when it re-opened. If you follow the FW thread on it, there is one guy that did save the page that was up previously.
Here is what it said:
We're Upgrading
We want to say thanks to our customers and partners. To better serve you, we will be improving our site performance, which will require an upgrade of our site today, May 4th, 2002 beginning at 3am CST/1am PT.
Come back and celebrate with us May 5th! Once we are back online, our site will feature several items that will have extremely low "uBuy It!" prices through Monday, May 6th.
For example, we will feature the following items:
Sony Pentium 4 1.6Ghz Desktop Computers for $99
21 " UltraScan Monitors for $9
Playstation 2 Complete Systems for $39
Siemens 2.4Ghz Phone Systems for $9
Rockford Fosgate In Dash CD w Motorized Faceplate for $29
Memorex Digital Voice Recorders for $1
Braun Electric Razors for $1
Olympus 2.1 Megapixel Digital Cameras $19
256MB Compact Flash Memory Cards for $9
Sony 24x10x40 CDRW Drives for $19
Philips DVD Players for $19
KLH Audio Tower Speakers for $9
NOT starting bid prices - TOTAL PRICES (does not include shipping/handling) Quantities are limited, so check back often!
It?s our way of saying thanks from all of us at uBid, your trusted auction partner.
-The uBid Team
Sellers
Preferred Partners and Consumer Exchange members
Please note, during the site upgrade, you will not have access to your auction manager. In addition:
Auctions scheduled to open during this time will automatically be cancelled
Auctions scheduled to open before and close during the site upgrade will automatically be extended the length of time they should have been open during the upgrade.
Auctions scheduled to open before and close after the upgrade will automatically be extended the length of time of the upgrade. For example, if the site upgrade takes 10 hours, the auction will be extended 10 hours once the upgrade is complete.
Also, I will note that this thread was started here first, but was quickly locked and deleted (conspiracy anyone?). Anyways, Ubid should really go down for this blatent scam since NONE of these "deals" exist now.
Here is what it said:
We're Upgrading
We want to say thanks to our customers and partners. To better serve you, we will be improving our site performance, which will require an upgrade of our site today, May 4th, 2002 beginning at 3am CST/1am PT.
Come back and celebrate with us May 5th! Once we are back online, our site will feature several items that will have extremely low "uBuy It!" prices through Monday, May 6th.
For example, we will feature the following items:
Sony Pentium 4 1.6Ghz Desktop Computers for $99
21 " UltraScan Monitors for $9
Playstation 2 Complete Systems for $39
Siemens 2.4Ghz Phone Systems for $9
Rockford Fosgate In Dash CD w Motorized Faceplate for $29
Memorex Digital Voice Recorders for $1
Braun Electric Razors for $1
Olympus 2.1 Megapixel Digital Cameras $19
256MB Compact Flash Memory Cards for $9
Sony 24x10x40 CDRW Drives for $19
Philips DVD Players for $19
KLH Audio Tower Speakers for $9
NOT starting bid prices - TOTAL PRICES (does not include shipping/handling) Quantities are limited, so check back often!
It?s our way of saying thanks from all of us at uBid, your trusted auction partner.
-The uBid Team
Sellers
Preferred Partners and Consumer Exchange members
Please note, during the site upgrade, you will not have access to your auction manager. In addition:
Auctions scheduled to open during this time will automatically be cancelled
Auctions scheduled to open before and close during the site upgrade will automatically be extended the length of time they should have been open during the upgrade.
Auctions scheduled to open before and close after the upgrade will automatically be extended the length of time of the upgrade. For example, if the site upgrade takes 10 hours, the auction will be extended 10 hours once the upgrade is complete.
Also, I will note that this thread was started here first, but was quickly locked and deleted (conspiracy anyone?). Anyways, Ubid should really go down for this blatent scam since NONE of these "deals" exist now.
I was skeptical when i saw this. I was watching the site and kept refreshing, i couldn't believe it when one of the items popped up. Dunno if there will be any more, i doubt ubid would sell more than 1.
Here is the e-mail confirmation:
Congratulations, XXXXXXX
On 5/5/02 10:46:10 AM, you purchased the following uBuyItNow item(s). Please
print and save this e-mail message for future reference, as it is your receipt.
Lot #: XXXXXXX
Description: Rockford Fosgate RFX9200 160w Motorized Face CD Player
Quantity: 1
Price: $29 each
Shipping, Handling and Processing: $16.93
Thanks again for your order. Remember, when you shop at uBid you can save up to
70% off retail!
Also available are the following add-on items for this product:
Case Logic CD-ROM Nylon Zipper Wallet 48
MonsterCable Interlink Datalink 100 Digital Cable-2M
MonsterCable Interlink Datalink 100 Digital Cable-4M
Maxell Auto CD Player Storage/Care Kit
Case Logic CD-ROM Nylon Zipper Wallet 24
If you would like to order additional add-on items, please go to
https://www.ubid.com/app/addon/AddOnDispOrd.asp?AuctionID=XXXXXXX&BidID=XXXXXXXXX&AGENT_TYPE=3
Please print and save this e-mail message for future reference, as it is your
receipt.
uBuyItNow information:
Your order number: XXXXXXXX
Lot number: XXXXXXX
Time of purchase: 5/5/02 10:46:10 AM, Pacific time
Product information:
Description: Rockford Fosgate RFX9200 160w Motorized Face CD Player
Quantity: 1
Price: $29 each
Shipping, Handling and Processing: $16.93
Applicable sales tax will be added to your final invoice.
Here is the e-mail confirmation:
Congratulations, XXXXXXX
On 5/5/02 10:46:10 AM, you purchased the following uBuyItNow item(s). Please
print and save this e-mail message for future reference, as it is your receipt.
Lot #: XXXXXXX
Description: Rockford Fosgate RFX9200 160w Motorized Face CD Player
Quantity: 1
Price: $29 each
Shipping, Handling and Processing: $16.93
Thanks again for your order. Remember, when you shop at uBid you can save up to
70% off retail!
Also available are the following add-on items for this product:
Case Logic CD-ROM Nylon Zipper Wallet 48
MonsterCable Interlink Datalink 100 Digital Cable-2M
MonsterCable Interlink Datalink 100 Digital Cable-4M
Maxell Auto CD Player Storage/Care Kit
Case Logic CD-ROM Nylon Zipper Wallet 24
If you would like to order additional add-on items, please go to
https://www.ubid.com/app/addon/AddOnDispOrd.asp?AuctionID=XXXXXXX&BidID=XXXXXXXXX&AGENT_TYPE=3
Please print and save this e-mail message for future reference, as it is your
receipt.
uBuyItNow information:
Your order number: XXXXXXXX
Lot number: XXXXXXX
Time of purchase: 5/5/02 10:46:10 AM, Pacific time
Product information:
Description: Rockford Fosgate RFX9200 160w Motorized Face CD Player
Quantity: 1
Price: $29 each
Shipping, Handling and Processing: $16.93
Applicable sales tax will be added to your final invoice.
It was mixed in with everything else.
I also spotted a monitor earlier, however it had already been sold.
I also spotted a monitor earlier, however it had already been sold.
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