Prizes in auctions

[squishmar]

Bear, yeah, I was holding out for the $200 Amazon card and should have just gotten the $100 card when I had the chance. I doubt they'll ever change it back either, but there just really isn't any reason for me to change over. I will NOT be rooked again by them pulling the rug out from under me after I AGAIN earn enough points to get something. It's just such a shame.

[Frobby]

I finally get a Blu-ray player & they take away the Blu-ray auctions. How low can this site go?

[squishmar]

I'm hoping that they're not gone... maybe just not for this week because of that "newlywed" bundle thing they've got. I guess we'll see on Friday....

[squishmar]

Ha. I just noticed that the buy-it-now DVD and book are "Liar Liar" and "Staying True", respectively. Kinda funny.

[theschwa]

Does anybody have any idea what the winning bid was for the 46" tv? I bid over 760,000, and probably wasn't even close.

[plaskey]

I can't remember if it was 1 or 2 tvs ago but someone said they bid almost 950k ,don't remember the exact number, and still lost. So my guess is a million+ to win a tv

[swm28wv]

Just came to share the bids to earn some prizes, next time they arrive.
8/16/2012 8:05 am Winning bid of 77,500 oodles for a $100 Restaurant.com Gift Certificate
8/16/2012 8:05 am Winning bid of 77,777 oodles for a $100 SpaFinder Gift Card

I am familiar with the Restaurant.com program (usually it offers $10 towards a $20 purchase or such), but only at select restaurants. I am not educated on the SpaFinder program however. I hope there's something there I would be interested in doing, that and not costing over $100 to accomplish lol.

With all the bidding this year, I am left with a bit over 83k Oodles now. And a bit of an update, sad to say, but there are still no Blu-Ray DVDs being offered to bid on. The last Blu-Ray was the latest one I won (and haven't received, as of this post). No worries, the other Blu-Ray DVDs arrived, and I am patient.

Now with my luck, my auction spending will bite me in the ... and decent Buy-It-Now prizes will return soon, lol.

[swm28wv]

Being fair and sharing the good with the bad, here are the bids that didn't win during Relaxation Day as well.
8/15/2012 9:47 pm A bid of 50,050 oodles for a $100 SpaFinder Gift Card
8/15/2012 12:57 pm A bid of 20,002 oodles for a Light and Ion Therapy Lamp
8/15/2012 12:56 pm A bid of 77,777 oodles for a $25 Amazon.com Gift Card
8/15/2012 12:53 pm A bid of 15,055 oodles for a $100 SpaFinder Gift Card

[The low bids were a way to test the waters, so to speak. At the time of bidding, the icon shown the listings at the "Ice Cold" status. From bidding on the Blu-Ray DVDs, I estimate that Ice Cold doesn't necessarily mean there are zero bids on it, but limited bids -- FYI.]

[gilliganiu]

Anyone get anything from Peppermint Park? I got an email (not from GSN) with a link stating I had won a one month's membership to Peppermint Park.com. Just seems suspicious. And most of us have dealt with vrus issues in the past few months. Just wondering. Thanks.

[squishmar]

Did you enter the sweepstakes for the membership? I know they're being promoted in the prize section a lot right now...I didn't receive anything from them, though.

[GSNAngel]

Anyone get anything from Peppermint Park? I got an email (not from GSN) with a link stating I had won a one month's membership to Peppermint Park.com. Just seems suspicious. And most of us have dealt with vrus issues in the past few months. Just wondering. Thanks.

The email you got was legit. Peppermint Park sent out gift codes yesterday to all the sweeps winners!

[gingersnap1001]

I got the email for Peppermint Park too and thought it was spam so deleted it.

Thanks swm for posting such detailed bidding info. I appreciate it! Its going to take me a while to get my oodles back up to a level where I can bid successfully. At least now we have an idea of what things are going for. THANKS!!!!

[squishmar]

And I had posted that I had NOT won the $25.00 Amazon card at both 1 and 2 a.m. with bids of 89,000. swm and I had a no-no conversation that referenced some other sites so we rightfully had our posts deleted... I didn't realize we weren't supposed to do that . "Sorry about that, Chief!" (Or "Angel" as the case may be... )

[swm28wv]

I have no problems sharing info on what auction items go for now, especially since I am fairly low on Oodles now lol j/k. I was at about 500k 2 months ago, and down to the 83k mark as I mentioned earlier.

I did receive the last Blu-Ray DVD in my mail today; this time it was sent from Amazon Fulfillment. Possibly that is why GSN dropped the Blu-Ray of the day, as they had to buy from the "main branch" instead of the lower-cost 3rd party individual Amazon sellers mentioned earlier. That, and my winning bid may have been much lower than most bids in the past, which may indicate a lack of prize interest in the eyes of GSN. That's just my best estimate of the situation.

[Kallen61]

I got this email from GSN/ It's a discount as though you are a member.. brand name goods at member prices. Haven't had a chance to check it out yet.. I was just excited to win something.. will update later..