Knobby Wheezer
Pocatello,#2Consumer Suggestion
Tue, October 13, 2009
This is a comment about Report number 423727 referring to FantasticBid.com.
I received a piece of Spam in my Yahoo account claiming that I had been delinquent in calling someone named Chris. I don't actually know anyone named Chris. I looked up the ISP and it went back to 2 places in Missouri (one for internet and one for telephone service).
I did not use the link in the email to find the site. I used google. Google also provided the link to the above mentioned report. I read the report first, then went to the FantasticBid.com website. I perused their colourful front page and then went to Terms of Service.
In the Terms of Service I found 2 paragraphs that list the info stated by the person who made Report number 423727. One must do some scrolling to find the appropriate information. The paragraph that begins with the words "Returns and Cancellations" explains that your pre-purchased bids are not refunded. The other paragraph of note begins with "How the Auctions Work" and, in my opinion, should have been listed somewhere else besides the Terms of Service page.
Said Terms of Service page is located at this web page:
http://www.fantasticbid.com/terms.php
I understand that not everyone reads the Terms of Service page. I don't usually either if there is no money changing hands.
Later, I found this web page:
http://www.newsrx.com/newsletters/Healthcare-Finance,-Tax-and-Law-Weekly/2009-06-10/30061020091333HFT.html
It discusses the "interesting" way that the auction keeps on going, going, going, going. Very odd, methinks. Shouldn't it say, "going, going, going, gone"?