Skoreit.com

These penny auctions are no better than gambling. Since you have no way of knowing when the auction will end or how often you will be outbid you can easily use all your pre-paid bids in vain. In my opinion these sites should be regulated just like casinos, or shut down altogether. Don't waste your time and money, if you are willing to bid in an auction go to e-bay where at least you know the price you are willing to pay and if someone outbids you its no loss.

Having personally worked for skoreit at their corporate office, I can tell you first hand IT IS A SCAM! Run, and run away fast... the owners are unethical, and as of today have sold the company because of all the legal issues they have dealt with due to thier coverups and lies.

The site is legit, because you people don't know what you are doing you knock it. Penny bidding is very strategic, you can't expect to just spend $100 single bid and win a $500 TV. However, if you spend time and money you can actually do very well. The reason people never post good things is the people who are successful at it don't want more competition so why would they say how great it is to drive more people to the site to bid against them? Also they offer OT on most their auctions so your rationale goes right out the window right away. If there is a $50 gift card and it was 300 bids it just means that 5 people paid the retail price and only lost $2 shipping and handling that was charged while someone did win the item below retail

Having participated in many penny auction websites, I can honestly say that I like Skoreit, the best!
Of course, just like anything else their is a learning curve to using penny auctions and no matter what websites you may participate in, you'll always have those who use it improperly.
I see less of that on Skoreit than on other penny auction websites.
The added bonus is there sports memoribilia stuff that is specific to skoreit!

Hmm I just noticed, when they list upcoming auctions they have a start time and earliest end time, usually around 3 hours later. How the help can they predict how much minimum an auction will end, unless its a scam and they are hiding the fact that they use company robots to keep the auctions going and by bidding them up artificially for the first couple hours. Anyway this is a small site trying to lure people with Hugh end prizes, but they only attract 2400 people per day. I would try a legitimately sure like bigdeal or gopenny

Im also a player in skoreit. My husband tried it first and he lost approximately $188 for buying (2) 120 bids n (1) 60 bids without winning a single item. He was so furious and said the site is scam. Then I observed the site and tried to develop a strategy and opened a new account. I started with small items and won 3 items in a day. I was not aware that they have a limit of 3 items a day and 12 items a month until I won my first item. After winning 12 items all in all I ended up having $180 gain. My advise is study your opponent and timing is a really big factor.

I had been saving and saving and saving all my my promo bids. They send out a code for three free bids about 2-3 times a week. I finally got up to 120 bids and won a $25 Shell gift card for $1.50 by using only 21 bids. It was definitely worth it! However, I would not and will not pay for bids. It's just outrageous. If you're strategic like me, you can hoard your free bids and win a nice prize for yourself. Just my 2 cents!

This sight is simply a gambling sight with the risk completely on the participant. I feel bad that people are being duped into this with free bids, and many may, and will spend more money (that they may or may not have) to try and win something. It is very important for a buyer to beware, but shame on the advertisers who promote high risk products such as Skoreit. Dan Patrick has lost my respect. His integrity should follow through from top to bottom. He obviously is in it for the bucks, and cares nothing for his listeners, of which many will be hurt by his endorsement.

Don't try this website! RIPOFF! Besides the 10 "free bids" they give you, I bought $39.00 worth of bids and used them up bidding on two items. I didn't understand up front that the increments are VERY small and you can use up your bids on pennies of increase. Also, in both cases I was consantly outbid by a bidder called "... wont give up..." that I suspect is an inside deal.

DON'T TOUCH IT!

I signed up, used the promo code BIDNOW for 16 free bids, watched a gift card auction (and bid once just for the heck of it) and I totally get it. This site is NOT a scam, but it IS extremely based on strategy. Very cool—my first time with a penny auction. You pay $. 60 per bid (I guess), plus the final bid price, so really you want to bid as few times as possible.

Skoreit, on the other hand, can rake in the dough often (not all of YOUR dough, just the dough of everyone bidding).

For example: The gift card I watched was a $50 gift card, but it sold for $. 73, meaning only 73 bids. 73 x $. 60 is $43.80, so Skoreit actually took a loss. (Skoreit purchased the $50 gift card and sold it at a loss of $6.20.—Skoreit, btw, owns all the products, this isn't like eBay.)

Don't feel bad for Skoreit, though. I found an iPod Touch that sold for $37. Xx... that's over 3,000 bids! 3,000 x. 60 is $1800, minus the iPod Touch price, which was $300. KAPOW Skoreit just raked in the dough... but the winning bidder *could* have bid only once, meaning s/he would've paid the $. 60 bid price, $37. Xx for the winning total, plus shipping. Still a good bargain, unless they bid all their money away.

Why my 3 star rating? Because the selection ain't all that great, and one thing I *did* want (I saw it and decided I must have it lol), there wasn't even an auction for it. So enh. I closed my account and I'm wiser for it. But very fun to dip toes into these waters for half an hour.

Have to buy BIDS for various high prices then use them as fast as you can. They take your money as fast as you can hit the enter key. Where they really bend you over and give to you is at the final auction close. I watched a auction close for 30 minutes and whenever bidding stopped for a split second, it would say (closing once) or (closing twice) then the bidding would start again. This happened almost every minute for 30 minutes. These people need to be shot and burned.

Skore it is the best penny site out right now. If your smart with bids and watch auctions when you first start out and bid at the right times its not hard to win. Ive invested probally around 150 figuring high into the site and have won 400 or more worth of items. Its a great site and they ship fast! Hope this helps

This site rocks, I have won numerous auctions. Have lost bids on stuff that I didn't win but that's part of the process. Happy bidding to all :)

This site is total bull sh*t. I bought 60 bids and was able to get some free bids with promo codes and was well over 100. As other stated, there is no way you can win without investing hundreds of dollars into buying bids. You definitely see the same names winning over and over again. They said they would refund your money for the bids you don't use. I closed my account with 41 bids and they refunded me 1/7 the amount that I should have been. Don't waste your time!

I realized pretty quickly this is a ripoff. Not just this one but all of them. I went to the government website to report this fraud which everyone should do. I paid by credit card and actually got a refund for the$125 I spent. Took a few weeks but they refunded my money. I feel fortunate. What got me to try it was the consumer advocate for a tv station that said so an so penny auction is the best one. Turns out the so called reporter is just a picture as well as the tv station did not exist. Buyer beware!

1) this site is accredited by the Better Business Bureau, so to everyone yelling "scam," they have some backing...
2) that said, AVOID THIS SITE LIKE THE PLAGUE IF YOU LIKE YOUR MONEY!

Its nearly impossible to win ANYTHING on this site unless you are a power bidder and are either reckless or careless with your money. I've seen people pay WELL over twice what an item is worth. The numbers are all very fuzzy and it equates to skoreit.com making a BOATLOAD of money. If you win something for $1.68, you did NOT pay $1.68, but possibly a LOT more, depending on your bids. I had some free bids that were done within seconds, then bought 30 bids that were gone just as fast. Unless you rack up hundreds of bids, you can expect to not win a single thing. Stay off of sites like these, especially skoreit, since its the most popular one. (i. E. most traffic/users/bidders)

The learning curve is far to expensive and time consuming. You don't have to be a genius to figure out you need to win bid paks in order to compete for an actual product and even then an auto bidder seems to always have more bids than you. Skoreit stole about $300 from me and I won $58 worth of golf balls. Lesson learned, I'll never go back

In the past 5 months i have won over $10,000 in items and spent approx. $1500. I have been very lucky i would say. I also have studied the site and believe i know when to pull out of an auction and when to stay in and bid crazy. This site will make you mad at times and glorious at others.

Please read all of the reviews before spending any money or time on Skoreit.com. It is a complete waste of time and money. I found out the hard way and I regret ever signing up. The company "lures you in" by giving you free bids, which are no where near enough to win anything. I always thought that I could win an auction, but never did. I am very frustrated and mad that I ever signed up and registered for skoreit.com.

Skoreit is like the stock market... don't get into it unless you're willing to really dive into it without regret. Dont put in money if youre not willing to lose it. I, personally, play on skoreit a lot and have even hit the cap of 12 wins per 28 days (yes, they cap how much you can win to give others a shot). I have put in about $300+ all together, but with the auctions I've won, I've saved around $500+ (my winnings include an IPad for $34 total including shipping and cost of bids used to win it, a new gen IPod Nano for $15 total with shipping and bids, plus a flip camcorder and various gift cards and precious metals). For one, it is not a scam or a rip off. People like to just call it that because they either don't understand the concept or are sore losers. It is accredited by the Better Business Bureau with an A- rating (according the BBB, the only reason it's A- is that it hasn't been around for very long). Yes, there are power bidders, but power bidders do not equal shill bidders. People who complain about using bid agents and say they use up all your bids, don't know how to use them with proper strategies. Are penny auctions, in general, for everyone? No, they aren't. But this particular one definitely isn't a scam. I'll leave this link as further argument against all the skoreit naysays http://pennyburners.com/community/showthread.php?t=857

I started off purchasing 10 bids. That cost $9.90 I used up the bids. I won a "bid Pack" of 15 bids. I used those, then purchased ANOTHER 10 bids for $9.90. All in all I have spent $45 on this site and was able to win $15 of bids. NOT WORTH IT.
Even when a bid is at point of "going once. Going twice", people are still bidding. Probably "Big Hitters" who can afford to buy bids in large bulks. Then set up an automatic "BidAgent" to place bids for them.
I lost $30 on this site. Never again.

I bid on a $50 gift card for Best Buy and won it, but when I received the card it would not work. I was told by Best Buy that the card had not been activated and therefore useless. They told me to return it to the merchant where I purchases the card. I called Skoreit customer service and they told me to ship the card back and they would replace it. Well, it's been a couple of months since then and no new card. Thanks for wasing my time and money Skoreit.