sliBuy AuctionsReviews of slibuy.com

This place used to be very good when at the former location. You could go and preview an item prior to bidding. Now you have to depend on their description and this is where the issues are now. They virtually list everything as either used, or New/Other. Neither of which give an indication of the condition or functionality of the item. Many "new" items are clearly used and/or damaged. With that said, I always look closely at the photos but now they are using a new trick. They will post a stock photo with a disclaimer saying the stock photo is just a representation and only to use the actual photos, however, the stock photo always seems to cover the area that is damaged or has a missing part but the other included photos cover the other sides of the item with no issues. I used to buy almost weekly from this place but now with what I feel are deceptive (or just plain lazy) descriptions, the buyer's premium and what I believe to be automated shill bidding by bots (can't prove that) I'm pretty much done with this place. This is not even mentioning the S-show that is the pick up process (allow an hour or more at busy times of standing waiting) Other than occasionally stopping in and going through the random bins of misc. items, I doubt I'll ever use this place again. There are just too many other similar businesses in the area that do better.

They use stock photos to sell products that don't represent the true condition of the items. Yet they are not concerned about the false advertising.

If you are going to buy anything electronic or run off electricity beware it is usually BROKEN and /or missing parts. they do not always show pictures of defects. I bought 3 ceiling fans and most 2nd largest one was hacked up and the motor was faulty. smaller one said right on one of the box lids that the dome was broken, but none of their pictures showed that. OH AND I JUST CHECKED MY OTHER FAN AND IT IS NOT HERE! BTW IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE. Their shipping has been a joke since she was on ebay! They did refund me the missing item with no hassles.

They are a slick bunch! I bought a refurbished roomba I3+ robot vacuum. They conveniently posted pictures of the top of the unit. I turned it over and the dust bin is missing. The rollers are missing. The side brush is missing. The filter is missing. I looked a lot closer at other auctions and I see a pattern of taking pictures so that damaged areas are hard to notice. I’ll wait until the last few items are delivered and forget I ever saw that site.

In the past I won several auctions that resulted in betting a good deal. You must be aware that items will likely be damaged or missing parts as they are all store returns so someone was unsatisfied with it. Recently things have changed. There are many items that reappear after the auction closes. I have bid on them multiple times and am always outbid as the last moment, only to have the exact same item (same photo, and serial numbers on the box) be relisted in a later auction. I doubt people are not finalizing their purchase unless the item description is incorrect in which case the description/pictures should change to reflect the correct condition. Seems SLIBUY is placing "shill" bids to drive up the prices. When they accidently win an item, they just relist it.