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Shopping - 12 Comments » - Posted on April, 6 at 12:50 am
I get a lot of different emails advertising various auction, wholesale, and resale places. In fact, my gmail and one of my hotmail accounts get so much of it that I seriously have to wonder how I got on some of these lists. Ironically, the other day I saw an email for Bidz.com nestled next to a bunch of emails for wholesale laptops and free blackberries, and as such, I wrote it off.
Well, as an InboxDollars member I sometimes get paid to try out certain offers and companies. A paid email from InboxDollars arrived on the 2nd for Bidz.com that offered to pay me $12 for signing up and purchasing something. On that same day Bidz.com was running a special promotion where you could sign up and get $18 to spend that day. Hard to beat that right? I honestly half expected the auctions to have stuff I wouldn’t want because Bidz.com has jewelery auctions, and as we all know, this tomboy is very picky about her jewelery. Check out what I managed to snag for myself:
Getting this lovely bracelet was quite the challenge, all of the gem bracelets are fought over tooth and nail it seems. In fact, there were two others that I really wanted, one of which was primarily Jade, Agates, and Aventurians and the other was Amethyst, Carnelians, and Quartz and I ended up getting beaten out in the last seconds of the auction. Anyway, this bracelet features genuine Agates, Amethysts and Tigers Eyes and set in 925 Sterling silver. Total item weight is 31.9g; length 8.25in. Certificate available, not that I really care about stuff like that. This sucker is valued at $89.00 and I got it for $7.
These earrings were surprisingly hard to win. Now, I’m not trying to say they’re ugly or something. Because, if they were, I sure as hell wouldn’t have bid for them. Rather, at the time that this auction was coming down to the wire there were ten or twelve gem bracelets up on auction with less than two minutes to bid. I know because when the ones that I was interested went over $10 I backed out and let the others duke it out. Plus there were a bunch of the popular rings that folks were really fighting over as well, as such, I expected no competition and looked forward to only paying $1 or $2. I ended up paying $9, but that’s not bad at all. These Thunderbird earrings are made in 925 sterling silver with Created Opals. Certificate Available.
And because I had the earrings, I thought it would be awesome to own a matching necklace. This Thunderbird necklace is also crafted in 925 sterling silver with Created Opals, length 16in. Certificate Available.
A lot of the jewelery starts off real cheap, we’re talking $1 bids here. And as you can see, most of the jewelery has $80, $90, $300, even $1,000 dollar values. Some of the bids get crazy, but for the most part you can snag some awesome deals.
I know some gals *cough*Julie*cough* who will really enjoy this website, even more than I have.
If you’re wondering whether or not this website can really save you some money, well just take a look at this:
Can you really beat that? Plus there is a category for engagement rings all on it’s own. 
When my jewelery arrives I’ll be sure to take some pictures and share my thoughts on it. 
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Very interesting. I should check it out some time. Although I do make my own jewelry so I guess that’s probably why I haven’t checked it out yet. LOL But I’m an InboxDollars member as well, so next time Bidz.com shows up, I might just check it out.
Charity,
Heh, InboxDollars is the only reason I gave it a shot, then I saw their site special for April 2nd and went for it. lol Of course, now I think I might be slightly addicted.
Those are really nice! I really like that bracelet. Sounds like a really good website.
I’ve never heard of this site before, but the deals look incredible. I love the bracelet you purchased, but I actually like the earrings and necklace set more!
Wow, I love bidz.com. You can always find great deals on there. Way to be on that bracelet. Can anyone sign up to be an InboxDollars member?
I signed up for that inbox dollars and now my inbox is so overwhelmed with spam that it’s nearly insane. I can’t stand it!!
I like the jewelry, especially the bracelet. It’s absolutely gorgeous.
Great website, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the post, I am going to check out bidz now. I find it so hard to pick through the rip offs to find some jewels so to speak. The emails are a killer though and i just delete them so i may be missing out.
The bracelet is my favorite, I love those heavy stones, and what looks like to be tigerseye (my favorite).
Is it jade in the earrings/necklace? They are my favorite, not to fond of other stones though.
Isn’t it aquamarine? I’m sorry I don’t know my stones but jewelery looks divine.
Very nice Gothic jewelery, the first piece isn’t very goth but I too love tigers eye!