Maria
Great, fast work!
John was very helpful and speedy.
We are Better Bidders™, and we've created live-auction products that bring life and fun to auctions. If you are looking for professional auction paddles for your live auction event then you've come to the right place!Since 2003, John Murphy has personally produced thousands of orders for his more than 4,000 (mostly) non-profit customers' fundraising gala events and paddle raises. Born from a desire to bring better tools to the marketplace for fundraising, our paddle products stand above others in unique, detailed designs, superior reusable plastics, a wide breadth of plastic options, a "missing-paddle" fill-in service, and a personal, "can do" approach to bringing your paddle ideas come to life.At every step of your journey John is your one and only point of contact. He is it. And he does it all. No big, faceless, promotional products company or other inexperienced sign or print shop that "can" make a paddle, but rather a veteran in the live auction fundraising space with years of creative ideas, best practices, and applied knowledge beyond all others. Trusted by Christie's Auction House, Sotheby's, and nearly every other major auction house, we bring quality and our personal touch to everything we do. Reach out to us and find out for yourself!John Murphy, Owner
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Maria
John was very helpful and speedy.
Sylvia
They went out of their way to make sure we get our paddles on tiime And did not even charge us form the emxoress shipping. Yhey are friendly and easy to deal with and definitely plan to use them again.
Penny W.
Our organization purchased paddles several years ago. They have held up beautifully. Because a number of quests have taken the paddles home I recently ordered paddles to replace the ones lost. John was great to work with. I highly recommend Better Bidders!
January S.
Bid paddles are of great quality. Only complaint is slow service and paddles arrived too close to our event date.
Julie
Better Bidders was quick and professional - we needed to reach out about delivery date and our response was immediate. Thanks, Julie
CJ
The downfall here is the lack of a customer service mindset. I had to contact the business multiple times just to place an order and after purposefully ordering our paddles early to prepare for our event, our order was consistently pushed back because "we had time" in favor of other orders. After being told it took 2-3 weeks to receive, it ultimately took about 5 weeks. And I had to be the one to reach out about the status. After being told it was good to arrive by a certain date, they supposedly had a major printer issue - which is very unfortunate - but they didn't contact their customers to let them know there was an issue and expect delays, they just didn't say anything and again waited for us to reach out about our missing product. Ultimately the product arrived and are great, but the lack of a strong customer service model probably will keep us from working with them again.
M.
Paddles were fine but it took entirely too long to receive our order. We ordered the paddles in February and did not receive until the week of our event in April, only after having to call and email company twice. Unacceptable.
Response from Better Bidders Inc.Jul 14, 2016
Meredith - As a long-time repeat customer I'm sorry we dropped the ball here. Ordered at the end of February 2015 for an event at the end of April, it should not have been on the back burner for as long as it was. Given that our busiest time of the year is February-April, we continually re-prioritize our production schedules to accommodate all customers' in-hand "need" dates. As much as I'd like to turn all orders around in 2 weeks, the reality is that the times do vary depending on what is in the production que. A (much needed) family vacation and having run out of our custom-made plastic certainly made the turnaround here totally unacceptable, I agree. I'll continue to work to be better, I promise. Thank you for your continued business over the years! John
T. King (Hendersonville, N.
Paddles are high quality, fairly priced, and the willingness of Mr. Murphy to work with our organization is truly appreciated. Meeting the shipping deadline was the only concern. Better Bidders is my FAVORITE auction paddle company. I will always come back.