High shipping prices, individual franchises make for headaches errors and stress.
Very high shipping, look forward to paying more than you paid for the auction in shipping charges, and most of the time it’s double . And we are talking smalls here people, jewelry and watches. Not many of the franchises will offer in house shipping , so you’re left with ups store or some Joe blow pack and ship charging exorbitant prices. And they want paid as soon as that auction ends, their payment gateway has serious issues and bugs so I don’t see that happening.
Every different auction is operated by a different franchise so there is no central guidelines to anything. I’ve had every problem that could happen, happen.
Every different auction is operated by a different franchise so there is no central guidelines to anything. I’ve had every problem that could happen, happen.
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Great way to peruse auctions
I honestly find the app just fine and easier to use than the mobile website if I just want to flip through different auctions. There are some things that are a little annoying, the back button doesn’t take you back to the exact same spot on the previous page but all you have to do is scroll a bit to get back to where you were. If you aren’t on the My Bids or Favorites screen you won’t see your winning/not winning status so it can be a little hard to track what you are doing. I work around that by favoriting all my bids or interests so I have multiple cues letting me know what I’ve bid on. All to say, I spend more time on this little app than social media now, it’s so fun to look at all the pretty & unique things being auctioned across the country! And a little dangerous for my wallet. 😉
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This app is a mess
Update July 2026: PLEASE MAKE THE JERKING STOP!!!! You fix it, then fix something else which makes it jerk again. Please hire someone with even a fraction of a modicum of Apple iOS knowledge! I don’t use my computer to bid.
Original review: If you want people to buy, you can’t have the screen continually jumping up and down, yanking the photos or the auction out of your view! Makes one nauseated to look at it!
Update Spring 2026: Also you could make the title a bit smaller because you can’t see the whole picture let alone any of the description as you are browsing through the lists. We don’t need to see AUCTION TITLE AT WHATEVER TOWN in GIGANTIC LETTERS - At the top taking up half the screen - we know what auction we picked to browse! Maybe get someone who *knows* about about iOS to work on it? Ugh.
Original review: If you want people to buy, you can’t have the screen continually jumping up and down, yanking the photos or the auction out of your view! Makes one nauseated to look at it!
Update Spring 2026: Also you could make the title a bit smaller because you can’t see the whole picture let alone any of the description as you are browsing through the lists. We don’t need to see AUCTION TITLE AT WHATEVER TOWN in GIGANTIC LETTERS - At the top taking up half the screen - we know what auction we picked to browse! Maybe get someone who *knows* about about iOS to work on it? Ugh.
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Was decent; now it’s broken
Update: apparently, the developers have zero interest in fixing this mess of an app, as the few responses I’ve read to the recent updates that is causing so many crashes is along the lines of “so glad to hear you are happy with the app”. Perhaps, if we reviewed in zeros and ones instead of words, which seem to be confusing you, you would comprehend that no one is happy right now and your app is BROKEN?!
I’m deleting this app now, and ATTN, CT BIDS: I will not be using or recommending your sales until you have fixed this mess. The website is also a mess now. Maybe you need to spend some of those 18% profits on a new web and app designer? Really disappointing.
The website is much easier to use than the app, but the app was good for quick searches or monitoring your bids on the go. A few weeks ago, that all changed. Now the app opens for a split second, and then closes. I’ve tried deleting and redownloading the app, switching to the app from the website, and both options had the same results. It shows a “check Internet connection” message at the top of the CT Bods Home Screen on the app, and then codes out quickly. This occurs, regardless of WiFi connection strength, so that message is actually an error as well.
The good news is that I didn’t realize how much I was using the app, and now that I can’t open it, I rarely bid on anything, so that’s a money saver for me. But I really enjoyed the auction site, so it’s sad that they broke the app.
I’m deleting this app now, and ATTN, CT BIDS: I will not be using or recommending your sales until you have fixed this mess. The website is also a mess now. Maybe you need to spend some of those 18% profits on a new web and app designer? Really disappointing.
The website is much easier to use than the app, but the app was good for quick searches or monitoring your bids on the go. A few weeks ago, that all changed. Now the app opens for a split second, and then closes. I’ve tried deleting and redownloading the app, switching to the app from the website, and both options had the same results. It shows a “check Internet connection” message at the top of the CT Bods Home Screen on the app, and then codes out quickly. This occurs, regardless of WiFi connection strength, so that message is actually an error as well.
The good news is that I didn’t realize how much I was using the app, and now that I can’t open it, I rarely bid on anything, so that’s a money saver for me. But I really enjoyed the auction site, so it’s sad that they broke the app.
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Incredibly unreliable.
I waited for 9 days for a group of auctions to end, they ended today so I went to place bids, app wouldn’t load, the page come up and then closed immediately, every single time. I restarted my phone to see if it’s my phone, nope. After about 5 minutes of trying, it opens, then it shows that I have no favorite auctions listed, which I do, quite a few.
So thanks to this app I missed the auctions I patiently waited in for 9 days on items that were incredibly hard to find that I was willing to spend quite a lot of money on. Every single item in the group that I was watching ended before the app started working again.
I also tried the website, it had issues as well. And I screen recorded all of this because I’m sure I’ll be told it was my phone. It wasn’t, I recorded and internet speed test to show it was working pert.
So thanks to this app I missed the auctions I patiently waited in for 9 days on items that were incredibly hard to find that I was willing to spend quite a lot of money on. Every single item in the group that I was watching ended before the app started working again.
I also tried the website, it had issues as well. And I screen recorded all of this because I’m sure I’ll be told it was my phone. It wasn’t, I recorded and internet speed test to show it was working pert.
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