I looked at a review from channel 4 news on Penny Auctions. The site stated you get free credits just for signing up. I went into their site and I signed up. They wanted to know how I would pay for the items I won. I put in my information. They then charged my account 149.99, then another 50.00. I did not realize that this even happen until a few days later after I noticed something was wrong.
What I noticed was every time a certain name, jhglobal (something like that) was in an auction, my bid button would not work. This name would win every time. It only happened when he/she was bidding.
So, I went into a forum and started asking around about this site. That is where I noticed that they were a scam and they were charging my credit card (12/9/2010).
I wrote to them and told them I wanted my money back on the 12/9/2010. Here is where you can tell they are a true scam. I rarely use my Gmail account. I used it for this site. I go in and received a reply stating that I would not get a refund. And also noticed right before that, the other emails about "thank you for signing up" etc... were just sent at the same time. One even said I had to click on a link to confirm my account. I never confirmed my account. These people know what they are doing, It should in my email that I clicked the link. I never even saw any of the emails from them until 12/9/2010. Because, I never got them. They all came in after I filed a complaint with them.
Thanks for you time.
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