Speedybuys

SpeedyBuys.com is an illegal scam operation that engages in deceptive advertising. They require your credit card and personal information in order to bid in the auction, promising the customer 300 free bids. There is no clear disclosure that they will charge $149 to your credit card. This site should be avoided at all costs.

Total scam, they take your money and then you can't open the site.
The phone directs you to send e-mail, no one returns your message.

This site is the same people that brought you beezid.com and jumbocloseouts.com. In fact if you investigate the source code, it look slike they simply copied the site to a new name once people catch on. Complete and utter scam, don't waste you money or time.

I received a vote of confidence from a close friend and also saw some reviews that were positive about SPEEDYBUYS.COM, only to find out like everyone else that this co. Is a total SCAM! I too gave them my credit information, thinking they would use it to comfirm any win. When I tried to retrieve my forgotten password they told me to check my e-mail for the password. I have attempted to get it about 7 or 8 times... NOTHING! Having read all the reviews I decided to check my bank account and sure enough they have charged my credit card! I am mad as hell and will be at the bank first thing Monday morning. I should have read more before I signed up for those fraudulent 300 so called free bids. Buyer Beware!

I have really been ripped off by these people. After reading a positive review by a journalist (a plant?) in a Memphis newspaper, I went online on August 25,2010 and participated in an auction. I paid almost $150.00 in bids (didn't know I WAS) and won a TV for another $150.00 So, they quickly got my money and I am still waiting for the TV. They occasionally send a short e-mail in response to my complaints but reading them is like reading something sent from outer space by an extra terrestrial who is trying to speak English. Have other people been scammed to this extent ($300)?

Wanna get ripped off for $149.00. Sign up for the free 100 bids and they
Will charge you for the 300 bids in the fine print that no one ever reads.

STAY AWAY FROM THESE CROOKS

This website is a total scam absolutely avoid it. I signed up to check it out because an article from gazette made it sound like it was really cool. When signing up I was asked to put my credit card information. I overlooked the terms and conditions not knowing that hidden inside the content was the charge. I accepted the terms and conditions. Next thing I was charged 149.00 and that resulted in my bank account being overdrawn. I called the company and demanded a refund and to cancel my account and the representative was very rude and told me that there was no refunds. Now I had to pay for my bank account to be brought to a positive balance and wait to dispute the charge. All this trouble just to sign up to a website. Its companies like this that make it hard for hardworking people to do business on the internet. Also the website sucks there's really nothing good on it except for electronic stuff which everybody will bid on so you probably don't stand a chance. Ebay is much better at least they conduct an honest business. Lets put these greedy crooks out of business and let the world know about this scam of a business called speedybuys.com.

Like many thousands of others... I heard about Speedybuys when it was promoted on a morning tv show. I assumed it was reputable because of this.
I signed up because it was free to do so. You had to enter credit card info - I assumed they needed it in case you won an action. It also came with 300 free bids. There was no mention of any charges anywhere.
It took me 3 weeks before I checked my credit card statement and realized they charged me $149! I contacted them and asked for a refund - they said there were no refunds and the $149 charge was clearly listed (which, by the way - now it IS clearly listed - they have since changed the website)
I disputed with my credit card company, who call to talk about it this morning. They also got a customer service rep on the line from Speedybuys to talk with us.
He started off saying the charges were clearly listed, but said he would offer me a $75 refund. Now, I was still really mad and frustrated but I kept calm, realizing that there was nothing I could do against this company and a partial refund was better that nothing at all. So I agreed to that.
My Credit Card company still felt bad and decided to also give me a credit of $30. They are still investigating though and we will see if anything else happens. Or even if I get my $75 refund?

This is a Scam! Steals $150 from you just to sign up but you won't know it until the charge posts to your account a couple of days later. SCAM SCAM SCAM!

I too am experiencing problems with Speedybuys. When I first joined them, several months ago, they seemed very legit. I got my 300 free bids and had won and recieved my erchandise as advertised. However on the last winner I won a webcam.At first they didn't send it and when I let them know they did reluctantly sent it. When I went to use it I found that it would only work with older windows 95 or 97. Not a great loss, I actually got it for. 50 plus shipping. Then the site went to only cheap purses and coffee makers and junk. I have contacted them with no response in email and phone. I have 870 bids waiting to be used. I beleive I have been scamed. Michael M.

I rolled over an ad at "Fox News" a few days ago and saw what I thought was a pretty good deal. It was called "SPEEDYBUYS" where items like 42" LCD TVs were going for nothing. So I signed up giving them my "Credit Card" Info thinking that info would be used for auctions that I won. Well I went in and started bidding and was surprised that every time the auction came down to a few seconds it would add another minute or so to the time.
It was so ridiculous I left the web page not thinking anything about it. After two days I was looking at my bank account and saw a charge to my credit card for $149.00 from SPEEDYBUYS and was thinking I won an Auction or something. Come to find out I did not win anything and started researching what was going on. I found out that they were charging me a fee for the initial 300 bids that I knew nothing about since they were hidden in there "terms and conditions" which is a clickable at the bottom of the sign up page that they know no-one will click on.
So I sent an email with my info requesting my money back. I got a reply stating that once bids are purchased they cannot be refunded... and so on la de da de.
I will get my money back since I will be disputing the charge on my card but this is a bit ridiculous since they say there product is so good they should be able to refund me the money asap. But I have a feeling that they are not really doing any real business except for ripping consumers off.

So lets put these CON Artist out of Business. Everyone needs to dispute the charges on their cards, and post this info all over the net so it comes up first on a Google Search.

It is a complete scam. By the time I received my credit card bill & a charge for $149, they had changed their website. NOW, it states that they would charge $149 for the so called "free bids". I had read the fine print previously & that was not there. As with many people I thought they would use my credit card if I won something & only then. My credit card company will not refund or help me in any way. It is Bank of America & I am sick of it. That was my account, but they are sticking up for the scammers by not crediting my account. There is not a valid phone number or e-mail address for these crooks. I used both & no answer on phone or e-mail. I have reported both the site and the bank to the Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov. Everyone needs to file a complaint.

Don't get scammed-I thought I had to put my information in to get my free 100 bids. As a result I didn't get my free bids, just a charge for 149.00. Like many sites I thought that they would let you pick the number of bids you wanted to buy. It didn't, now I am out 149.00, half the time the site is down and you can't get any help.

Speedybuys.com is a bait and switch scam. I was reading a FOX News article on line when I came across an add for 150 "FREE" bids to try their site out. I fell hook line and sinker for the scam. I clicked on their ad and was redirected to their site. When you get to the site, they ask you to enter personal information in case you win a bid. What they don't say is that in reality you are buying 300 bids and you never get the free ones. Then they charge your credit card for $149.00 for the 300 bids. I did not like the site nor how they ran the bidding process so I immediately sent them a note to cancel the account. A couple of days later I had my charge account hit with a $149.00 fee for, "Professional Services". I filed a dispute with my credit card company and thought everything was over. Well, after 15 e-mails back and forth my credit card company re-credited speedybuys and basically told me tough luck speedybuys disclosed the cost which they don't do if you get there via their, "FREE" bid ad. I guess if you go to their site via a browser search then they disclose the charge. At least that's what my bank told me.

This site is a scam. They got me for $149.00. I advise everyone to leave it alone.

They are thieves. I was told if I entered my promo code I would get 100 free bids. After I entered my code it still wanted my credit card information so I went right to their Q&A page to find out why, and it stated the only reason it needs my card is incase i win a bid it will have my card to charge for shipping and handling. Then 4 days after registering i receive a charge on my credit card for $149 I called them to find out why and none of their phone support members have the authority to help, so i have to email them. I explained to them in an email what happened, and that I am disabled and on a fixed income and I would have never signed up for a site if i knew it cost $149. They do not care they said the site tells you about the $149 charge upon registering. It might if you do not have a promotion code, but when you enter the promo code there is no mention of $149. I never received a receipt or any email mentioning $149. This site is run by a bunch of sneaky corrupt people. When you go to their web site it says three easy steps, register, Bid and receive products. In small writing at the bottom of the page it mentions the $149, so even if you were signing up without a promo code you could easily miss where it claims $149. The site is set up to trick people into not seeing the charge. They do everything to hide the $149 charge. I have never been on a site that doesn't tell you how much your card is being billed during the sign up/check out process. They don't. The worst part of the whole thing is I contacted them the second i saw the charge, it was obvious I had no intention of joining the site if i knew about the $149 sign up fee, and all they say to me is too bad you paid and that's it. I never even used the site so basically they are charging me for no service.

I just got my Visa bill today, and I got Scammed like everybody else! There is a charge for $149.00 for SPEEDYBUYS.COM! I went on the internet and I am reading everyone else's e-mails. I should have done that first! BEWARE!

I have turned them into the Better Business Bureau and the FTC. I suggest everyone do it!

I just got my Visa bill today, and I got Scammed like everybody else! There is a charge for $149.00 for SPEEDYBUYS.COM! BEWARE!

I thought I was just registering and was immediately charged $149.00. I call and spoke to someone for a refund and they said I had to send email. The response on the email said it was non-refundable... I talked to my bank about disputing it, but waited. I saw they had a compaq computer on auction... my laptop is 8 yrs old, so I decided to bid on it. I waited until it got down to 2 minutes and started bidding. I was online for over 3 hours becuase everytime someone bid, it increased the time. It finally got to under 30 sec... even then went on another 30 minutes... finally, it counted down to 0 sec... with me being the last bidder... the words "Ended" popped up... I was estastic... winning the first time... then the timer reset to 2 minutes and started all over... I sent an email stating what happened requesting that if I had not won the computer to refund my money... the reply didn't address the fraudulent action of the auction, just stated that I could not get a refund of money... It is definitely a scam... don't even try to participate in the auction... I am disputing the charge thru my bank today!

I really don't have any experience with it. But time will tell.

This site is a scam. I also signed up not realizing there was a $149 charge for the 300 bids not reading the fine print. I first terminated a card but it had already been charged. I won an auction for a $50 best buy card which was about $10 total with delivery and have yet to get this card. I emailed them recently to say it has never arrived and they said theyd refer it to their distribution dept. More likely I will never get this card and now Im out more than $149.00. I wanted to see if this site was legit or not so I stayed on to not lose the 189 bids I have left but havent made a bit since I won that auction. Again now I believe I have been scammed and there is no way to dispute this at the bank for those trying unless you stopped your credit card or bank card before the payments went through. How can get this this site shut down and our money back? Does anyone know so others who are scammed won't go through this, Look how much money this site has scammed off all of us and continues to scam people. Has anyone received any merchandise from this site? Id like to know.