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Old Sep 2, 2009, 10:17 pm
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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?
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Old Sep 2, 2009, 10:23 pm
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Thanks for posting and sharing the info. I had just started to follow his posts on FW. Why did the mods make him stop ? Don't understand ?
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Old Sep 2, 2009, 10:29 pm
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Originally Posted by shabster

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?
http://www.betterbidding.com/
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Old Sep 2, 2009, 10:50 pm
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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)
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Old Sep 2, 2009, 10:54 pm
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will I be hassled that I didn't bid through their links?
No idea. I've never posted on that board, though do look at it once in a while.
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Old Sep 3, 2009, 9:49 am
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I stopped posting on BFT because the person who runs the board makes it so unpleasant. Don't need the hassle.
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Old Sep 3, 2009, 10:04 am
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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.
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Old Sep 3, 2009, 11:16 am
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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.

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Old Sep 3, 2009, 4:47 pm
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Please excuse my ignorance, but what is FW?
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Old Sep 3, 2009, 4:52 pm
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FW = Fatwallet
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Old Sep 3, 2009, 5:34 pm
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Thanks!
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Old Sep 4, 2009, 2:10 am
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Even if you wonīt get harassed at betterbidding, itīs nice to show support by going through their link. I always do. A few cents cashback through some other link isnīt worth the hassle.
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Old Sep 4, 2009, 10:16 am
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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 -
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Old Sep 4, 2009, 10:43 am
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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
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Old Sep 4, 2009, 10:50 am
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Originally Posted by wharvey
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
Currently, I don't have an estimate for the price of "unlimited requests" service since the resources cost will be unknown. And I want to be responsible for each request don't want to be overwhelmed by too much requests...

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
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