Thursday, May 17, 2012

MusiBids

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MusiBids to Donate 10% of Bid Pack Sales to MS Walk

We love to hear about the wonderful, charitable things that penny auction owners do through their businesses. There are several penny auctions that are either dedicated to donating to various charities, or who regularly donate to charities via specific promotions.

MusiBids.com is one of these sites.

Amy Hermes, Founder of MusiBids.com, has recently announced a new charitable venture:

All this week/weekend, MusiBids will be supporting the MS Walk
March 3 - San Antonio, TX.
10% of ALL BID PACKS purchased will be donated to "TEAM TIETZE"

Amy herself will actually be participating in this MS Walk, as this disease has affected her personally. See, Amy's best friend and fellow bandmate has a brother who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. Amy and the MusiBids Team want to help her as she deals with the effects of MS in her family, and to work toward creating a world free of MS.

If you are in San Antonio, please consider joining Amy and hundreds of other participants, and register to walk, If you are not in town, you can make a donation to the team by clicking here. Or, better yet, help support MusiBids AND "Team Tietze" by buying Bid Packs at MusiBids.com this week.

Never bid on MusiBids before? What are you waiting for?! MusiBids bidder and aspiring musician, "Gasinger", recently sent in this glowing testimonial:

"WOW! I was not expecting any of that! I mean this late at night and to receive a personal e-mail from the owner of the company... You don't get that kind of customer service with ANY other penny auction I've ever been on, PERIOD!... I want to go as far as I can in this business and it's people like you that believe in the struggling artist that are goin to help the people like me achive my dreams, and for that I want to THANK YOU!" -gasinger (bidder/musician)

MusiBids has been involved in the industry for several months now, and the PennyBurners Team has been nothing short of impressed with the way they've conducted themselves. Not only will bidders actually receive their wins from MusiBids.com, but they will also receive personal attention from Amy herself, quick shipping (within 3-5 days), and auction play on a solid script. Amy even sends out little bonus surprises with each shipment!

Want to learn more about MusiBids? Check them out on the PennyBurners Penny Auction Forum! Ready to play? Join MusiBids now and receive 5 FREE BIDS to start out!

23 February 2012 Katie "Hijinks"

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MusiBids: More Auctions, More Cowbell!

Other auction sites making you sick?

MusiBids.com has the prescription for your fever!

"I got a fever, and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL!"

Tomorrow is SUPER SAVINGS SUNDAY over at MusiBids.com, the first (and best!) penny auction site for music aficionados. Rock on over there tomorrow to snag some great deals! Not only will they be auctioning off a REAL COWBELL (yes, it's really a music instrument), but their featured auction is an iPod Touch with Pocket Loop's music creation device!

MusiBids.com is a fantastic penny auction site, whose owner (the lovely Amy Hermes) is truly dedicated to making it easier for music lovers (and their parents!) to buy musical instruments and other music-related products at prices far BELOW RETAIL. They have received nothing but rave reviews from their customers, and have a fabulous, bot-free script that runs like a well-oiled machine. What other reasons do you need to bid at MusiBids?!

Well, here are a few more:

1. Low competition
2. Highly-desirable auction items
3. Low initial investment
4. Fantastic Customer Service
5. Fast Shipping

So, rock on over to MusiBids.com now and support one of the best penny auction sites in the industry!
You won't regret it!

To read or leave reviews for MusiBids.com, please visit their listing in the Penny Auction Directory. Want to know how to play and win on a penny auction? Not sure where to start? We can help! Just visit the PennyBurners Penny Auction Forum for all you need to know.

21 January 2012 Katie "Hijinks"

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MusiBids.com: Penny Auction Supports Music & Arts

MusiBids.com is the newest addition to the PennyBurners Sponsors section. Based in San Antonio, Texas and having opened in June 2011, MusiBids was formed when Amy Hermes and her team saw a need to offer affordable solutions to musicians from the beginning level to the performing professional.

As many of you know, over the years, schools have seen enormous budget cuts for funding of music and the arts. Both MusiBids and PennyBurners believe that music is a vital part of a child’s education and life experience. If a child or anyone expresses an inertest in music they should be allowed every opportunity to explore that, despite the costs. At MusiBids.com, "Price is an Option".

MusiBids.com offers only the top brands in the industry, and that are requested by band directors and promoted by professional musicians. If an aspiring musician is going to be successful, they need quality products that will allow them to do so. Instruments, equipment, and accessories up for bid at MusiBids include:

Korg TM-40 Digital Tuner Metronome
Roland V-Drum Set
Numark Mix Deck DJ System
Bach Stradivarius Bb Trumpet
Amazon Kindle Fire
16GB Apple iPad with Soulo Karaoke System

The featured auction today from MusiBids.com is an Epiphone Les Paul Standard electric guitar:

From the auction description: "This plain top Epiphone Les Paul Standard is an electric guitar that delivers all the signature sound of a Gibson Les Paul at a fraction of the cost. The mahogany body provides superb resonance while the Alnico Classic humbucker pickups deliver loads of warmth. The set mahogany neck with slim-tapered profile and rosewood fretboard give you the familiar feel and fast action that Les Paul players love so dearly. Neck and body binding and trapezoid inlays produce the classic look seen on stages around the world for decades. The LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece provide more sustain and string changing easier."

If you or someone you know is interested in learning or playing the guitar, this auction is your chance to score a very nice guitar for a mere fraction of its retail price. Never played at MusiBids? They have received rave reviews from penny auction bidders since their inception, including:

"... Do you have instruments that your children no longer use? Sell them with MusiBIDS... and if your child needs an instrument... you can get some for less than what you would pay for two months of rental!! YOu cannot beat that... They also offer other musical item: iTunes and Best Buy cards to mp3 players to iPods.... Please check them out..... DON"T LET ANOTHER CHILD GO WITHOUT THE ARTS! My county now makes you pay for the art classes in highschool which is ridiculous... They [MusiBids] even donate money to a charity which will help children have access to the arts!!! So please check them out... 5 free bids to register... Many free to bid with a set price in which it starts at which trust me is far below retail!!" - llcornwell

To read and leave reviews for MusiBids, or to learn more about penny auctions and how to play, please visit the PennyBurners Penny Auction Forum.

04 December 2011 Katie "Hijinks"

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MusiBids - Overcoming Problems Starting A Penny Auction

MusiBids.com is a new penny auction site focusing on the niche of musical instruments. Like some penny auction site owners, they encountered many problems when trying to find information, and contractors to complete their business. They are sharing their story, to help those who wish to avoid the troubles they overcame. This is their story:

"The idea for MUSIbids.com came from my 8 years experience selling musical instruments. When a child enters band or decides to play music, the majority of parents are not prepared for the costs of everything that requires. I have seen it time and time again, a parent comes into the store to get their kid a trumpet, flute, or guitar not knowing it is going to be a major purchase. The high costs of a child wanting to play music causes the parent to react negatively making the child’s first music experience to be negative.

Myself and my team at MUSIbids.com all play instruments, and we believe music is a vital part of a child’s education and life experience. If a child or anyone expresses an interest in music they should be allowed every opportunity to explore that, despite the costs. At MusiBids.com, Price is an Option.

When we started this company we knew nothing about the penny auction culture. We spend time on the various forums, and sites learning as much as we could. We first decided to purchase script from pennyauctionsoft. After reading about them in the forums we quickly decided to change and go with pennyauctionsoftware.org. Since we were on a time schedule we did not take the time to research more than what was on the surface about pennyauctionsoftware.org.

We moved forward and had a successful launch. Two weeks into operations our site was hacked, repaired, then hacked again 30 minutes before our Sunday auctions were set to start close. This caused our site to be down for over two weeks.

Pennyauctionsoftware.org took it upon themselves to purchase a new script and convert us to it in an attempt to rectify the situation. I did not have much say so in this change over. The script I was changed to was not what I had purchased nor did I like its layout, or features that it included. I do believe Pennyauctionsoftware.org was making an honest attempt to get my site functioning in the most timely manner possible, however in doing so they rushed into a script they and myself were not familiar or comfortable with. The script I was changed to was PennyAuctionScriptGuru.com.

There were numerous reasons why I chose to end my business relationship with Pennyauctionsoftware.org and did not want to use the script from PennyAuctionScriptGuru.com. First and foremost it was not the script I paid for and did not include the features I needed. It also had the option for a robot bidder in the script. My company did not want a script that even had that option, because we strive to provide the most honest auctions possible. We never used that option or intended to, I just did not want it in my script at all. The final straw was when the owner of PennyAuctionScriptGuru.com began emailing my users trying to sell his script. The actions of that company were extremely unethical and the way they communicated with me was very unprofessional.

This is just a summary of some of the major issues we have faced while trying to launch MUSIbids.com. My team and myself all have degrees in business and are performing musicians. We started this company as a way to promote our passion for music and to help share it with everyone. We believe in working together, customer service, and above all, honesty. This is why we have chosen to share this information with you all to help future penny auction sites, and bidders. We see the good in penny auctions and want to do what we can to spread that.

Thank you all for your support and we look forward to hearing from you. If you have any comments about this or our site please contact us at info@musibids.com or call MUSIbids at (210) 446-0855"

02 September 2011 Nick

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