Ballbids.com

[xdeus]

Here's a little jem of a thread started by the snake guy (Zack) from ballbids.com last year.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...me-tips-for-me

So a little over a year ago Zack had one Ball in a 20 gallon aquarium, and now he is an expert with a "facility"? When I think of the term "facility", I think of someone like BHB or NERD.

Anyway, it sounds like Zack caught the new Ball owner bug and is trying to find a way to make some money other than the typical breeder path that most people take. I have no problem with that, but I do have a problem with the lack of QT and the inherent shadiness of penny auctions. It's no more than a gambling site that entices people to try and win big by getting something valuable for pennies on the dollar. I don't see Ballbids catching on and would encourage Zack to drop it and put in a little time and effort into the Ball market instead of treating them like a get-rich-quick commodity.

[Don]

After what I just saw on there site watching the auction, It sure looks like a scam or atleast a horribly run site.
Timer just about ran out then added 1 day then the day vanished after the bids jumped up by 3 dollars then 1 hour was added onto the auction.
Seems kind of fishy

I am over there watching the auctions now.

A funny thing happened - when the timer hit 0:00, the clock reset to...........

ONE HOUR

yeah it was odd. It added 1 day but continued with the normal count down just plus 1 day. then reset 1 hour after it hit 6 dollars. odd.

Just asked them what happened and they said the server crashed.

Why am I not surprised?

[Boanerges]

It's very sad that there are so many trusting and gullible people in this world to take advantage of

[Crazygecko]

Glad I was only watching just to see what would happen. Sucks to be the people who spent all those bids just to have 1 more hour added on.

[Wicked Constrictors]

What they had on there FB

OK. This is what we're going to do!!

1) ALL BIDS that were placed are being refunded immediately.
2) Tonight's auctions are scheduled to end at 8:00 PM, EST.
3) If our server crashes again, we will have to postpone until tomorrow night, when we'll have a MONSTER of all MONSTER servers.

Thank you so much for your patience! You are amazing for sticking around through this!

[Crazygecko]

And now another 30 minutes has been added on. Things seem to be working perfectly. lol

[waltah!]

Just went to the page and got a server error. That's bad for an auction site....guess they need that "monster" server up and running pronto.

When I first heard of the site I was wondering what their guarantee is for health and live delivery. I can't actually find out because their site won't stay up and running long enough.

[Thom Noble]

lol look the website crashed

[Mft62485]

lol look the website crashed

This quote and you avatar go together great.

[CLSpider]

Ncockerham28 "won"....anyone?? Anyone??