mac.bidReviews of mac.bid

Be smart. Be cautious.. Stuff is sometimes new and a bargain, other stuff used and ok, worse, much is JUNK. Their fine print is clear. So for small purchases under $10, don't pay the $7 insurance and understand you're taking a risk. For any amount over $20, ALWAYS pay the $7 insurance and figure you'll likely return half the things you buy. So add about 30% to your final bid amount for what the item will really cost you. Don't get caught up in last minute auction emotion. Set what percent of new discount you'll need for the extra aggravation and risk. And if the bid price goes above it, let the "you've been outdid" guy have it, another equivalent item WILL come up. So if new list price is $100, real selling price is probably $90. You should not pay more than $60 after fees and insurance. So bid no more than half of the shown new list price. $50 final bid price + $3 lot fee, $7 insurance times two, $3.50 buyers premium =70.50 - only 15% less than the likely new real selling price. Be smart. Be careful.

I recently worked for the Gastonia mac bid. And I liked my job but management's is very bad no structure , they don't values good workers. I got let go for stepping up to help my supervisor from getting ran up on by a man that was yelling and being very aggressive towards her I thought he was gonna hit her so did the other customers the way he ran up on in her face while she was sitting down trying to help him.. let me remind you I was helping a customer at the time. When I saw what was going on I didn't think or nothing i just ran in between them to stop him from hitting her or getting in her face. And he started cussing me out and I had to let him know your not man being in her face or acting like your going hit a woman it was bad so he called he cooperate saying he was going to sue and etc. after the weekend that monday they let me go cause the owners didn't won't to deal wit that man but Im being told I did the right thing and therre so glad I stepped up but I was being let go didn't make sense to me. What if I didn't step and she got hurt then it wouldn't been bigger problems on there hands.. but it's Okay God works wonders ! If you are wanting to work there I recommend you don't they done value you in no way Worst ppl ever to work for. And I wouldn't shop there also. Hope they lose everything. There not good ppl .. Hope it all comes to the light cause this ain't nun compared to what goes on there !!!!!!

It is all trash. "Open Box" "Like New" doesn't matter. Open box i get it if someone orders an item, decides to send it back, goes to auction. But a product that has been used to who knows what end. Is damaged to the point of exposed wires or missing parts. Is NOT open item (compared to say Ebay) Open items are essentially new without packaging. Of course MAC has their disclaimer saying item could be anything. So why not add a category "USED" ? 57 items purchased. 32 "like new" 29 of those returned on the spot. Other 20 "open box" were missing so many parts and were so tore up were mostly usable only for parts. 4 partially good items i could actually use. A set of shelves, a set of plastic part bins, a weighted blanket, and a flashlight. 1 item that was actually good, a knife. Just a straight blade knife, how could that be bad as marked "like new" oh yeah it was missing it's sheath. Mac is garbage 99% of the time i have found in the past year since trying them out. I won't spend more than $2.99 on the last minute deals.

Purchased 3 items as open box , 2 were broken missing parts, other was a mini hot water tank open box was actually a used broken tank , they did me a refund but these are suppose to be inspected items ,other items I had to toss in the trash out about $30.00 not a deal . Don't want to spend $7.00 for insurance + $3.50 lot fee + service charges .STAY AWAY !!

Buyer beware as your credit card data is not secure in their site. They have no assistance to help you and try to answer fraud inquiries with a bot. We had good experiences with MAC. BID and had made dozens of purchases until we had two charges show up that we did not recognize. They also didn’t show in our bid history. We tried to reach out to MAC.BID immediately. We tried to call and had to leave a message. We also emailed and got a canned bogus response from Madison their BOT. We called the next day and got a real person. We spoke to Kris. She said our items were last chance items and that she could see we had never bid on the items. It was also paid through a 2 click procedure and did not go through the normal invoice process. So in short, MAC BID can see and confirmed there is suspicious activity within their site. Yet they only offered to close our account, offered no investigation into the fraudulent activity, and no refund for the fraudulent charges. MACBID requires a payment on file to participate but clearly, they do not have security measures to protect your personal financial information and have inadequate customer service resources to address such concerns. Use at your own risk

Prices are great. Yes it’s a risk at times but more times than not the products I got was great. Rare occasion it was something not as advertised. Highly recommend and the prices you pay save you a lot of money

This was the first time using this process. My wife bid on a high end set of dinnerware for four. We went to pick it up in Gastonia and the place was a mad house. Boxes just piled three feet high on other items. We finally found our box and checked out. When we got home, we found the box only had three plates. I guess if you want to play this game and get the grab bag experience of not knowing what you will get that's fine with me, but I prefer getting what I pay for even if it costs a bit more.

I have had several bad experiences with MacBid. They have knowingly sold me half of a bunkbed and refused to do anything about it. Costumer service was not helpful at all. Multiple times I have bought things that were not even close to the description given. Most recently they had sold me a broken faucet that someone had just thrown in a different box. Whoever is inspecting these products is not putting any effort in to ensure the correct description. I could understand a few missing screws but this goes way beyond that.