"your taking us now" from james russell the pinocchio of bid tv

[Mommabear]

well i came on to sing the praises of my latest purchase which is the Nature perfume which i now know is called 'Tuberous' its beautiful and i would highly recommend it.
i have also purchased the Yarvik tablet which is fab, a super size faux minx throw for £10, a 2 carat Morganite pendant for £20 which hasn't arrived yet but was a super bargain, A halogen oven which i almost bought from IW but got it from BID UP for half that price, a silver and diamond pendant for £5! and one of those bracelet things for my daughter for £1.

I'm sure there are more but i cant remember right now.

I actually find the avalanche thing a good place to pick up some bargains. some things a really overpriced but i find if you stick around some things do actually go really cheap.

Kat xxx

i have also purchased the Yarvik tablet which is fab, a super size faux minx throw for £19.52, a 2 carat Morganite pendant for £29.52 which hasn't arrived yet but was a super bargain, A halogen oven which i almost bought from IW but got it from BID UP for half that price, a silver and diamond pendant for £14.52! and one of those bracelet things for my daughter for £10.52.

I've just changed the prices to factor in the P&P and phone call. Just to see if they still seem like bargains? As long as you're happywith them, that is the main thing.

 

[merryone]

i have also purchased the Yarvik tablet which is fab, a super size faux minx throw for £19.52, a 2 carat Morganite pendant for £29.52 which hasn't arrived yet but was a super bargain, A halogen oven which i almost bought from IW but got it from BID UP for half that price, a silver and diamond pendant for £14.52! and one of those bracelet things for my daughter for £10.52.

I've just changed the prices to factor in the P&P and phone call. Just to see if they still seem like bargains? As long as you're happywith them, that is the main thing.

To be fair, Kat may have bought the whole lot on line, and paid no postage and packaging and phone call charge at all!

 

[Mommabear]

To be fair, Kat may have bought the whole lot on line, and paid no postage and packaging and phone call charge at all!

Maybe, but I wouldn't chance it

http://www.reviewcentre.com/Online-Auction-Sites/BidUp-TV-www-bid-up-tv-review_1768663

 

[Katbaker]

To be fair, Kat may have bought the whole lot on line, and paid no postage and packaging and phone call charge at all!

I only ever shop online. why the heck would i pay £1.50 extra? i don't mind paying postage and packaging as most places charge you to have an item delivered, but i think BID UP are a tad expensive on some items. especially the smaller things. i don't mind on jewellery, but on something cheap the price of postage should be at least £2 cheaper. IMHO.

 

[petpixie]

This is so true! I've seen it happen myself with my own mother. After she retired, she became very lonely and bored and I remember her ordering several things from catalogues that had popped through her door, which was a surprise as she never was a one for shopping and was very sensible where money was concerned (and I don't mean tight!). She was always bright and articulate, but I remember her telling me how she'd ordered this gold plated ring with semi precious stones because it was "free" to good customers. Are you sure I said, and she showed me the bumpf...sure enough it was free, but only if you promised to pay for the rest of the collection that would be sent to you over the following 4 months..not only was the stuff overpriced, set contained pierced earrings , and her ears weren't even pierced, a necklace, a bracelet, and a brooch. It took me quite a while to explain how she'd been mislead..the print was very small and written in a way that could confuse someone who wasn't "on the ball" so to speak. Thankfully I managed to get it sorted for her, before she got £20 a month taken out of her bank account in return for some tat she woudn't even wear. Just goes to show...Loneliness can play tricks with the mind....and there's lots of other vulnerabilities out there! No legitimate business should be permitted to play on this in order to gain sales! There's enough sharks out there as it is.

Merryone the same thing happened to my mum when she lived alone. Luckily she didn't watch shopping channels because the catalogue situation was bad enough! She went from being a person who never bought from catalogues to being swamped with them along with awful tacky plated jewellery and cheap ornaments that just were not my mum. I was distraught! Mum now lives with us, but I'll never forget the way she was preyed on at her most vulnerable and that's why the sit ups disgust me and why I speak out.
I know the majority of people will be discerning but there are a significant minority who aren't capable of it.

 

[Greg]

This what some people do , petpixie. It's disgusting whether it is cowboy tradesmen, the email/postal scammers, loan sharks/payday loaners and dodgy TV shopping channels such as the Bid network. They exist to prey on vulnerable and elderly people and they can do it because of the grey areas of the law and the ignorance of the general public.

It's a disgrace. Bid is a disgrace. People working for that company need to a good look at themselves and ask whether their own loved ones and relatives would like to be ripped off by these sort of people. :angry: