Priceline bidding help - now for a fee!
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 59
Priceline bidding help - now for a fee!
http://bestbidding.co.cc/
This guy was helping people with PL bids on the FW travel forum - he had a great thread going, and the feedback seemed to be that he knew what he was talking about. The thread got locked by the mods a couple of days ago, and I guess this is why - he's starting to charge for his service.
Now this starts to make sense, although I still want to know how he knows what to bid.
I've seen the opprobrium generated by discussion of BFT, and I've noticed a general decline of people posting. Where else can I get info on completed bids?
This guy was helping people with PL bids on the FW travel forum - he had a great thread going, and the feedback seemed to be that he knew what he was talking about. The thread got locked by the mods a couple of days ago, and I guess this is why - he's starting to charge for his service.
Now this starts to make sense, although I still want to know how he knows what to bid.
I've seen the opprobrium generated by discussion of BFT, and I've noticed a general decline of people posting. Where else can I get info on completed bids?
#3
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#4
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 59
Thanks Tom911 - I just registered & posted a bid from today. will I be hassled that I didn't bid through their links? - IOW, do they want my info or the referral credit more?
LKHomemail: FW doesn't allow posting of any links where the poster can profit from them - it can turn into really annoying spam. I guess coolwulf started to put the link to his site into his answers (it won't show now, as I'm sure they deleted all the links)
LKHomemail: FW doesn't allow posting of any links where the poster can profit from them - it can turn into really annoying spam. I guess coolwulf started to put the link to his site into his answers (it won't show now, as I'm sure they deleted all the links)
#5
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#7
Flyertalk Evangelist and Moderator: Coupon Connection and Travel Products
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Milton, GA USA
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Not a bad price $1.95 per request. I saved much time on bidding by taking his advice. Last few weeks... I have stayed at a 3* Sheraton Providence for $35 a night; regular rate at $119.
I will support his site.
I will support his site.
#8
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: MSP
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www.betterbidding.com doesn't ban or beat up people for not going through their links. At most, there might be a polite request or a gentle reminder to use them next time.
A post with information gets a Thank You.
Also, the membership (and therefore number of posts) continues to grow.
Romelle
A post with information gets a Thank You.
Also, the membership (and therefore number of posts) continues to grow.
Romelle
#13
Former Company Representative, BidPriceCheck
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 719
Dear all,
One of my friends told me this thread so I 'm here
I finally decided to open this site after several people on FW forum encouraged me after they used my service. And I believe this is the only way to keep this help service running for more people and run it longer. I would like to help people with no charge however this service is starting to take more and more time from me and more and more resources than I expected...
About the $1.95 price, actually several friends of mine suggested this price, considering papal charging $.30 transaction fee and thanks to a few people behind this service, I think it's a very cheap and reasonable price. But if people still think it's expensive, I 'll try find a way to lower it down if possible.
Just my 2 cents here and wanted to clarify this service. Thank you for your attention.
- coolwulf -
One of my friends told me this thread so I 'm here
I finally decided to open this site after several people on FW forum encouraged me after they used my service. And I believe this is the only way to keep this help service running for more people and run it longer. I would like to help people with no charge however this service is starting to take more and more time from me and more and more resources than I expected...
About the $1.95 price, actually several friends of mine suggested this price, considering papal charging $.30 transaction fee and thanks to a few people behind this service, I think it's a very cheap and reasonable price. But if people still think it's expensive, I 'll try find a way to lower it down if possible.
Just my 2 cents here and wanted to clarify this service. Thank you for your attention.
- coolwulf -
#14
Flyertalk Evangelist and Moderator: Coupon Connection and Travel Products
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Milton, GA USA
Programs: Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum Elite, Hyatt Discoverist, Radisson Elite
Posts: 19,040
Coolwulf,
I found your service invaluable... and will use it.
Perhaps an option would be to charge a "one time fee" that provides for unlimited requests. I know I would prefer that.
William
I found your service invaluable... and will use it.
Perhaps an option would be to charge a "one time fee" that provides for unlimited requests. I know I would prefer that.
William
#15
Former Company Representative, BidPriceCheck
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 719
Right now, we 're giving the first 1000 customers 2 additional free requests upon the paid request hope this will help people to decide which hotel they want to stay. Maybe in the future we'll improve our service to have 2 or more star levels available for every requests but this needs to be carefully considered.
Last edited by coolwulf; Sep 4, 2009 at 10:56 am