A Better BidReviews of abetter.bid

AbetterBid is an absolute scam. I placed a bid on a vehicle, and the “export only” condition was not disclosed in the disclaimer before bidding. It was only revealed after the bid was placed, supposedly as the reason for the refund. They then demanded payment for the invoice and shipping, which they refuse to refund. Additionally, they advertised the vehicle as having a clean title, but it turned out to be a salvage title. To make matters worse, their customer service is unresponsive and does not address concerns when contacted. This platform is entirely misleading, and I strongly advise against using it. Avoid AbetterBid at all costs—it’s a complete scam.

11/9/24 - I had a great idea to flip cars to try to make some side cash. I decided to invest my savings into this adventure. I completely regret it. I won a 2015 BMW with some body damage for $4000. After the shipping and the fees it was $8100. Still I thought I could make it work. Then I received the car. The pictures were completely misleading. The pictures shown on the website were dated and the car was delivered with additional high school stickers and parking decals on it. This means someone was using the car after they took the pictures. The vehicle had a lot more damage than the pictures showed. The pictures they had were definitely taken at certain angles to avoid the full picture of the damages, and the interior pictures completely skipped the damages to the interior and the computer dash. After multiple emails showing all the documentation they still refused to acknowledge the misrepresentation. I reach ed out to my attorney and he did say I had a strong case, but by the time I paid for everything my only consolidation would be proving a point. I would be out more money fighting than just walking away. It's a sad world we live in when businesses like his take no accountability for deceiving their customers. "AS IS" was their mantra. I strongly recommend if anyone is interested in going to auction, go to your local auction house and avoid online crooks. They are everywhere. Plus I have a feeling they have people bidding on vehicles to up the pricing as many of the vehicles I was looking at came back up to auction after they were won by others days ago. I guess we will never know. Don't play unless you can afford to lose. Updated information - 1/17/25 (see A better bid post below) A better Bid responded to my post and I have drafted my response off my experiences so far. I will keep anyone following updated. My response below. So, I am still dealing with this terrible purchase from your team. I have received the estimates from body shops to make the needed repairs. The lowest cost thus far was $9700 and that only covered the must have exterior repairs. The highest was $20,500 and that covered all exterior damages. I am currently going with the $9700. I have also had to invest $2900 in mechanical repairs to keep it running where your add said the car was good mechanically. This car in good shape advertised locally was worth $12,000 dollars. I feel like a big idiot for trusting your advertisements. I am now into this for $20700 just to make the car sellable again. This does not cover the broken interior screen and the murder scene stains that were in the interior. Those I will have to repair on my own once the car is returned to me. Plus, the windshield was broken. Your company posted misleading photos of the car and has done nothing to rectify it. I originally asked for assistance from your team and was told it is on me as the sale was final and as is. I don’t know what your response is supposed to mean to me with the situation I am now in, but I can easily forward you all the emails and information I have if you sincerely plan on doing something about it besides wasting more of my time. It angers me to even think of your company. No smoke and mirrors please. I will continue to post my experiences to protect others if your team is only here to give empty words. Thanks and have a good day. Update: One week after they responded to this posting asking me to reach out to them and no response. 1/24/25 After their final posted response I hope everyone can see that they clearly will take no responsibility for what is on their website. They said it themselves in their post. If I could travel to the auctions and inspect the vehicles myself, I would not use a website. Further more, by them stating that they rely on all the auctions to post pictures and claim no responsibility for what information is displayed you truly have no assurances that you are being taken advantage of. Be aware. Go to your local auctions. Stay away from this site. Revised 2/3/25

BRING YOUR OWN KY JELLY. They won't provide. My $1300 winning bid at auction turned into $3805 + transaction fees of another $40. I understand, commissions, transaction fees, etc. When your almost done with them an $800 tow bill for 96 miles from the auction site and they flat out would not allow my tow company at half the price to pick up. At every turn you will be SERVICED by these crimminals.

They suck they make you give them a $400 deposit which you have to wait one to 10 business days to get back with all the other companies that you can get they immediately release your funds to you right there not one to 10 business days. this is ridiculous. I would never use this company again

Would not give me a refund on my membership fee…28 hours after I paid it. I used none of their services. I just did not like all the “fees” I saw only after I had a membership. Crooks!! I’ll join a classaction if we can get enough people! Doesn’t have to be just membership non-refundables within 72 hours (for example) but other shady practices!

They are a pain in the A$$ to Deal with. No sense in using them when you can go directly to Copart unless it's something you can bid on yourself. But my advice is to just wait for something else to come up that you can actually bid on. I ended up buying two motorcycles the other week. One of them was through a better bid and the other through copart. I ended up spending an extra $900 for the same exact thing at a better bed. They also wanted to force me to use their transportation and charge me an extra $1,400 for that. I absolutely refused and through their terms and conditions at them because nowhere is it clearly stated that you have to use their transportation. Also they BS around and they don't give the transporter the title to the vehicle that you purchase. You have to wait a few extra weeks for that. They also dick around and don't send the paperwork out for you to sign to get the title for like 2 weeks. Which is so stupid since it's electronic. Also I didn't even know that I won the auction with them. Because their website doesn't update in a timely manner. I had no idea that I had one of vehicle until an hour later I received an invoice from them. Hence why I ended up with two bikes. Also I just got my damn title in the mail but instead of it being signed over to me it's signed over to them. So now I have to go get it in my name in Florida then turn around and get it in my name in Virginia and deal with all the Salvage b*******. They keep changing the numbers around on the invoice versus the bill of sale. It makes things look very fishy. I'm very mad that they sent me this stupid title that is made out to them! Why the hell would you do that

Worst company ever. Money has been sent, but they said didnt received it. Not willing to help me to get money back. No communication at all. So lost all money and car. + got a fine of 1200$ for car relisting.

The kings of bad business practices, preying on the ignorance or inexperience that comes with those often using a broker. They attempt to deceive, manipulate and straight up operate with zero care or repercussions for advertisement fraud, and gaslight at every chance they find. Many facets of their business model revolve around deception, whether it’s their paid advertisement on copart for a “Transaction Fee” of 199, meanwhile being charged 7k in the same “Transaction Fee” with your deposit held ransom, or them charging you non-corporate Copart fee rates despite them paying high-volume rates (which for an expensive auction can amount to a different in thousands of dollars) which they hope you don’t notice. Websites such as Reddit are riddled with clearly fake, AI generated reviews/referrals. Most miserable week of my life trying to deal with these people. The day where the FTC serves them papers will put a grin on my face.