Ads for the penny auction site QuiBids and Happy Bid Day make it look easy to get expensive items for just a few dollars. One for QuiBids says, "Imagine getting a new Apple iPad today for just $23.74.

Online "penny auctions" are quickly gaining popularity, and though they claim to offer consumers the opportunity to win quality merchandise at low prices, the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and ...

Online ads are appearing on popular websites, claiming great deals of up to 80 percent savings on iPads and other electronics with online penny auctions. While the discounts are tempting, do your ...

The offers seem irresistible: an iPad 2 for $50, the iPhone 4 for $50 and a whiz-bang SLR for $100. Recently, there has been a rise in penny auction sites touting such deals. They go by names like ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Online penny auctions are growing in popularity and one Oklahoma City business is cashing in on the trend, but even this local company warns buyers there are plenty of risks. "We ...

A pair of 2007 UA graduates launched BidTavern, a penny auction website with a twist, on Monday. Bidding fee auctions, or penny auctions, are a fairly new concept in the online shopping world, and ...

ASHBURN, Va., Jan. 20, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reach Messaging Inc., (OTCBB:RCMH), a leading developer of industry specific mobile phone application and platform technology, today announced that the ...

Here's a puzzler: How can a website sell a $10 Walmart gift card for 26 cents and still make money? Or sell an Apple iPod worth $100 for $3.30 and make an enormous profit? Welcome to the wild world of ...

If you were in the market for a ring that would ordinarily cost $1,000, but only had to pay $50 for it, you might consider that a good deal. Owners of some websites are betting you would and have made ...