WinebidReviews of winebid.com

I must admit that I'm very surprised by the negative reviews on Winebid...I've been buying wine from them for 2 months now and I'm more than pleased with the deals that I've got... 17% auction premium? Yes, It's not cheap but still under the 20% that other auctions like Acker Merrall and others charge. Shipment? Well, it's not cheap either but I don't find their rate to be outrageous...You are looking at about $4 a bottle if you live on the east coast like me. It's reasonable and they always ship the wine between 1 to 2 business days after the auction if you choose the option "ship regardless of weather". Customer service? Very responsive and helpul. They are doing a tremendous job, they really do. As of the rest, as someone wisely said previously, Winebid is for the "conoisseurs" and for people whom do their research before bidding on anything. Wine Searcher or Vivino are great tools and allow you to define wether or not the deal is good (including auction fees + shipment cost). It's not rocket science, you must know what you are willing to pay for each wine you are interested in and know your walk away point as well. Not all of their wines auctioned are great deals, but there are some it's your job to find them... To summarize, I find winebid to be a very well done platform for wine auction and I highly recommend it for anyone trully interested in wine

They withdraw money immediately but the wine shipment takes too much time! The service is very poor and inaccurate.

do not trust people who work for this company ever,ever.there is so many hidden cost.wine condition was very very very sucks.tommorow i will post reciept which i bought.

I have purchased numerous (360+) bottles over the past 6 years and only one time was there an issue - a mix up in a vintage date on two bottles - which WB fully refunded my $$ and paid shipping to return the bottles. I cannot understand the reviews of some folks here-understand what you are buying and do your product/price research - yes the 15%/17% is high however a buyer needs to (or should) figure that into their purchase decisions - and even factoring this in there are some very good deals to be had for the buyer who does their research. Shipping... understand what it costs to ship from their location - I have never found their charges to be out of line with other internet wine sales operation I buy from... Corkage - unfortunately a fact of life... while I have most certainly not consumed every bottle I have purchased from WB, I have found only 2 bottles be corked... WB has no control over this issue - nor, from my experience, does any other internet seller, and none that I have found offer a refund on corked wines( now your local wine merchant may be different because they can return the bottle to the distributor and thus will replace a corked bottle). I am a happy customer...

I am wine bid customer for almost 5 years.For 13 bottles of wine I paid $230 shipping cost??!! Never again and multiple time the wine was corked! By,By....

I bought an expensive 1970 vintage of Bordeaux wine through the WineBid.com website, and when I cut the capsule off the top, I discovered that the cork read 1997. While the wine drank like a very faded Bordeaux, I have no way of knowing what was really in there. Disappointing and embarrassing to have opened it in front of guests.

Sure there are some rare wines but your local wine shop will carry the same without the 17% premium and 3-4 weeks shipping, or Ebay for that matter. I will not be a returning customer.

Straight up auction house that has a bevy of different producers and vintages, from many of the top winemakers and wine producers in the world. The commission / fees are actually lower than other wine auction houses - compare their commissions to the "big boy" auction houses, and Winebid is lower. I would recommend Winebid to anyone interested in fine wine at a fair or bargain price.