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Temporary problems with bank payment bid loadings

July 23, 2010

We are facing temporary problems with bank payments. Credit card and PayPal payments are working fine. Please be informed that currently all bank payments are working but bids may not be loaded to your accounts automatically after payment is made. We are checking all payments manually and in case of error will also load bids to your account manually. In other words there might be a slight delay in bids loading to your account.

In case you notice a delay, please inform us at support@pennyauction.com.my asap.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

CAUTION! Bids too cheap today! 800 Bids = RM1000

July 20, 2010

Due to requests from our customers, PennyAuction has decided to put up a special bid package for only today (Tue, July 20) to bring even more value for money to our customers. 800 bids package costs only RM1000 today. That means you can save up to 60% from your regular bid purchases.

Hurry up, it's only today!

World Cup 2010 promotion - congratulations to Spain!

July 15, 2010

To honour PennyAuction's and our customers' love for football, we had a World Cup 2010 promotion from June 7 - July 7, 2010.

For this promotion period, we crafted a special bid package of 555 bids = RM750 that saved you 55% off regular single bid price and by buying that package, you could guess World Cup winner and win Free Bids or an iPad 32GB!

The lucky winner of the grand prize 32GB iPad turned out to be user greeniphone. We congratulate the lucky winner.

All users who bought our 555 bids special package and guessed the right winner, will receive 150 Free Bids.

World Cup 2010 promotion - 22% guessed Netherlands and 13% Spain the winner

July 10, 2010

To honour PennyAuction's and our customers' love for football, we had a World Cup 2010 promotion from June 7 - July 7, 2010.

The top 5 teams that were voted as the winner were:

Brazil (24%)
Netherlands (22%)
Argentina (17%)
Spain (13%)
Germany (8%)

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Others (16%)

PennyAuction has recovered from attack. Auctions will start on Wednesday!

July 6, 2010

PennyAuction server got hit by a DOS-attack late Monday night. Because of this the speed and quality of our webpage that our users temporarily experienced was not up to standards. Our system development team together with the service provider worked hard to rectify the situation and by Tuesday evening everything was back to normal again.

Due to this, our users could have had difficulties refreshing the page between Monday night and Tuesday evening.

Our server is now in more secured network and system is stable. All paused auctions will start on Wednesday and auctions what were planned to be started on Wednesday will start on July 11.

We are sorry for any inconveniences caused by this and will continue to react fast if such an issue might arise in the future.

Smartphones fever whole July!

July 3, 2010

Due to numerous requests from our users and high popularity of past auctions of that type, we have decided to put special focus on different smartphone models for whole of July. In July, we will list 2 high end smartphones every day, including the infamous iPhone 4.

Get your favourite smartphone from PennyAuction in July. For only pennies!

GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in July. Buy 1000 bids & get 150 bids FOR FREE! 1 lucky winner gets new 16GB iPhone 4!

July 2, 2010

PennyAuction is organising a GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in July where we will give away thousands of FREE BIDS to all our active users.

The way it works is very simple. We will give everyone who buys 1000 bids during the month of July an extra 150 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM225! This offer is valid for each 1000 bids that you buy, which means that if you for example buy 2000 bids, we will give you 2x150 bids for free. That is already a value of RM450!

Please be aware that the maximum single purchase you can make is still 300 bids (=RM450), except during World Cup promo 555 bids.

But that’s not all! All users that buy at least 1000 bids in July will also take part in a lucky draw where we will give 1 lucky customer a brand new 16GB iPhone 4 from Apple (retail value RM3890).

Please note that all the free bids of this promotion will be given on August 1. The lucky draw of the Grand Prize 16GB iPhone 4 will also take place on August 1.

World Cup 2010 promotion last week winners announced

June 30, 2010

According to our World Cup 2010 promotion setup, all World Cup Special Bid Package (555 bids) buyers will take part in a weekly lucky draw where each week we will give 1 user a Sony PSP Go console and 1 user 555 Free Bids.

Winners from last week are:

Sony PSP Go console - zuloth88

555 Free Bids - dianavoon

World Cup 2010 promotion. Who has been guessed so far as the winner?

June 29, 2010

To honour PennyAuction's and our customers' love for football, we will have a World Cup 2010 promotion from June 7 - July 7, 2010.

For this promotion period, we have crafted a special bid package of 555 bids = RM750 that saves you 55% off regular single bid price and by buying that package, you can guess World Cup winner and win an iPad 32GB!

So far top 5 teams that have been voted as the winner are:

Brazil (33%)
Argentina (25%)
Spain (18%)
Germany (10%)
Italy (8%)

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Others (7%)

PennyAuction 1-year anniversary promotion. All bid packages 3=4. Only today!

June 25, 2010

We are glad to announce that PennyAuction started revolutionary pennyauctioneering in Malaysia exactly 1 year ago and we are glad to offer Malaysians the most exiting online shopping experience with the greatest possible deals.

During our 1-year activity we have got so much great feedback and proposals from you for future development. We wish to thank all our thousands of active customers. Also a special thanks to all winners who have taken the courage to send us their picture together with the won product. Today we have a 1000+ „winners with pictures“ archive and in the future we encourage even more of you to share your winning experience with the whole community!

During our 1-year journey, our winners have saved millions of ringgit in won auctions – average winner saving is 78%!
Enjoy bidding. Enjoy winning!

World Cup 2010 promotion last week winners announced

June 23, 2010

Winners from last week are:

Sony PSP Go console - superkk

555 Free Bids - greeniphone

Server maintenance successfully finished

June 10, 2010

Our server was upgraded as planned and all auctions are back live again.

We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

PennyAuction 3-hour SERVER maintenance Thursday (June 10) night/early morning

June 9, 2010

When it comes to service quality, PennyAuction is always striving for perfection. We continuously want to improve on quality and make our auction environment better, faster and more innovative. We will improve our website speed and stability by investing in further server upgrades. Our website will be temporarily closed this Thursday night/early morning. During maintenance, all auctions will be put on hold and will start again as described below:

1. All auctions will stop at 1am on Thursday

2. Our site can not be accessed for 3 hours

3. All 24-hour auctions that were paused at 1am will continue at 4am

*Please note that in case of any unexpected issues there might be a further delay. In such a case we will notify you on our website or through e-mail.

**All autobidder settings that you have will remain unchanged after the maintenance.

We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

World Cup 2010 promotion. SAVE even more on bids, guess World Cup winner and win GREAT PRIZES

June 7, 2010

To honour PennyAuction's and our customers' love for football, we will have a World Cup 2010 promotion from June 7 - July 7, 2010.

For this promotion period, we have crafted a special bid package of 555 bids = RM750 that saves you 55% off regular single bid price!

This is how it works:

Buy our World Cup Special Bid Package. 555 Bids = RM750 (55% saving from regular bid price)
Send us an e-mail (to promotion@pennyauction.com.my) on who you think will be the World Cup winner. Write:

- WINNER COUNTRY (e.g. BRAZIL, GERMANY)

- YOUR USERNAME

Each 555 bids package purchase gives you 1 vote and each time you can guess whichever country as the winner. You need to send the winner to us latest by July 7th.

All World Cup Special Bid Package (555 bids) buyers will take part in a weekly lucky draw where each week we will give 1 user a Sony PSP Go console and 1 user 555 Free Bids.

All World Cup Special Bid Package (555 bids) buyers who guess the right World Cup winner will automatically get 150 Free Bids and 1 lucky guesser will get a brand new 32GB iPad (retail value RM3450).

Make your favorite team win the World Cup and You will win together with PennyAuction!

June is Miracle Month in PennyAuction!

June 1, 2010

June will be a specially fun month in PennyAuction. To give our customers even better deals, we have decided that whole June, we will list 1 auction every day with 100% cashback!

It means that the winner will get 100% bids back used for bidding on that auction.

Use your chance to get the product(s) of your choice this month with ZERO bids!

Enjoy bidding. Enjoy winning!

May FASTAUCTION promo winners announced!

June 1, 2010

In May, PennyAuction listed 2 fastauctions every day. Fastauction is a special type of auction that has a shorter than usual auction countdown timer. Our May fastauctions started with a 30 sec countdown timer and progressed down to 20 seconds. That means that bidders were able to win the auction much faster!

To add even further suspense, we decided to give the customer who has won the most fastauctions in May the fastest Motorola yet - a brand new Motorola Milestone (with retail value RM2200) and the second best 500 Free Bids for more bidding action!

We are now happy to announce that out of 60 fastauctions held, user superkk won 6 fastauctions and will now be the lucky owner of a brand new Motorola Milestone.

The second best fastauction winner with 4 wins was ngmei88 and will get 500 Free Bids for more bidding fun!

We congratulate the winners!

3=4. All bid packages, only today!(Ended)

May 27, 2010

PennyAuction is organising a 3=4 bid promotion today for all bid packages.

It’s all very simple – whatever package you buy 3 times during today, you will receive the 4th one for free. For example if you buy 3x300 bids you will receive an extra 300 bids for free. That is a value of RM450! This promotion is valid for each 3 purchases meaning that if you buy 6 times a bid package of your choice we will give you 2 times the package amount of free bids. All free bids will be uploaded to your account after midnight.

We have a lot of hot auctions coming up. Value buy your bids today to win your favourite items even cheaper!

All deliveries back on track

May 26, 2010

We are happy to announce that after a few days of delay, all our deliveries are back on track. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Temporary delays expected in delivery service

May 25, 2010

We regret to inform that due to renegotiation of contract terms with our current logistics & delivery partner, customers can expect slight delays in delivery speed.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused and promise that our service will return to standard level soon.

One more week for MAY FASTAUCTION promo. Hurry!

May 24, 2010

We have already held 44 fastauctions in May and still everyone has the chance to win a Motorola Milestone FREE! Here is the list of current top contenders:

superkk - 5 fastauction wins

ngmei88 - 4 fastauction wins

jace0523 - 3 fastauction wins

edysucks - 2 fastauction wins

enjiner - 2 fastauction wins

doreenlmy - 2 fastauction wins

DopeBot2212 - 2 fastauction wins

setara1 - 2 fastauction wins

All users, hurry! Everyone can still win!

May fastauction promo continues

May 17, 2010

We have already held 28 fastauctions in May and still everyone has the chance to win a Motorola Milestone FREE! Here is the list of current top contenders:

superkk - 4 fastauction wins

ngmei88 - 3 fastauction wins

edysucks - 2 fastauction wins

enjiner - 2 fastauction wins

doreenlmy - 2 fastauction wins

All users, hurry! Everyone can still win!

May is FAST month in PennyAuction. Every day 2 fastauctions listed with shorter auction timer. Win the most fastauctions & get Motorola Milestone FREE!

May 3, 2010

In May, PennyAuction will list 2 fastauctions every day. Fastauction is a special type of auction that has a shorter than usual auction timer. Our May fastauctions will start with 30 sec countdown timer and will progress down to 20 seconds. That means that you will be able to win the auction much faster!

To add even further suspense, we will give the customer who has won the most fastauctions in May the fastest Motorola yet - a brand new Motorola Milestone (with retail value RM2200) and the second best 500 Free Bids for more bidding action! In case two or several users have the same amount of fastauction wins and equally compete either for the main prize or the 2nd prize, the prize(s) winner will be drawn.

You can read more about our special auction types here.

- Fast Auction symbol (look for it under auction images)

We are waiting for your product recommendations!

May 3, 2010

PennyAuction team has a Product Recommendation section which you can find at the bottom left corner of our page. Send us ideas of what kind of products you would like to see being auctioned off on our site. We will try to take all of your suggestions into consideration.

Make your thoughts count! The best ideas will be rewarded with free bids.

All suggestions are most welcome! Feel free to specify the products in detail (like model, type, colour and such).

PennyAuction thanks all customers visiting PC Fair

April 30, 2010

PennyAuction promotion team was welcoming all IT enthusiasts and technology freaks from all over Malaysia between April 16-18 at KL Convention Centre which was hosting Malaysia's biggest ever PC Fair.

Our team collected all your valuable feedback and we wish to thank you for all your positive wishes.

CAUTION! Bids too cheap today! 800 Bids = RM1000 (ended)

April 28, 2010

Due to requests from our customers, PennyAuction has decided to put up a special bid package for today to bring even more value for money to our customers. 800 bids package costs only RM1000 today. That means you can save up to 60% from your regular bid purchases.

Hurry up, it's only today!

PennyAuction at PC Fair, KLCC. Again!

April 16, 2010

PennyAuction is welcoming all IT enthusiasts and technology freaks from all over Malaysia between April 16-18 to hunt for best deals and snoop around for your favourite gadgets at KL Convention Centre which is hosting Malaysia's biggest ever PC Fair.

Please know that our customers are at the heart of every decision that we make. Due to extremely positive feedback from our previous PC Fair participation experience we feel we have the obligation to come and meet our customers there again.

PennyAuction promotion girls will meet you there to introduce and explain more about our concept and to collect any possible feedback and recommendations you might have.

To all of our current and future customers - enjoy PC Fair and if you find sth you desire, give us a hint of it through our website. In return we'll give you a chance to get your hands on it significantly cheaper than retail!

April is Miracle Month in PennyAuction!

April 5, 2010

April will be an extraordinary month in PennyAuction. To give our customers even better deals, we have decided that starting from April 5, we will list 1 auction every day with 100% cashback!

It means that the winner will get 100% bids back used for bidding on that auction.

Use your chance to get the product(s) of your choice this month with ZERO bids!

Enjoy bidding. Enjoy winning!

PennyAuction SERVER maintenance Thursday (Apr 8) evening!

April 7, 2010

When it comes to service quality, PennyAuction is always striving for perfection. We continuously want to improve on quality and make our auction environment better, faster and more innovative. We will improve our website speed and stability by investing in further server upgrades. Our website will be temporarily closed this Thursday afternoon. During maintenance, all auctions will be put on hold and will start again as described below:

1. All auctions will stop at 5pm on Thursday

2. Our site will be open but all auction timers will be on hold for 1 hour and 30 mins

3. All auctions will continue at 6:30pm

*Please note that in case of any unexpected issues there might be a further delay. In such a case we will notify you on our website.

**All autobidder settings that you have will remain unchanged after the maintenance.

We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

Acer F1 notebook winner ekenwong from KL!

April 5, 2010

To celebrate Formula 1 Malaysian GP, PennyAuction lined up a special promotion where users could win a brand new Acer F1 notebook or Free Bids. This is how it worked:

Buy our F1 Special Bid Package. 555 Bids = RM750 (55% saving from regular bid price)
Send us an e-mail (to f1@pennyauction.com.my) who you think will be the winner of the Malaysian GP on Sunday. Write:

- Winner name (e.g. Alonso/F.Alonso/Fernando Alonso)

- Your username

All special F1 package buyers who guessed the right GP winner (S. Vettel) received 150 Free Bids (value RM240) and one lucky customer won the grand prize - a F1 special edition Acer notebook.

That lucky customer turned out to be ekenwong from KL. We congratulate the winner!

Vettel wins at Sepang. Acer F1 notebook winner will be annnounced tomorrow

April 4, 2010

It was Sebastien Vettel who stormed to victory at the Malaysian GP at Sepang today.

According to our F1 special promotion one of our lucky customers who bought our special F1 555 bids package and guessed Vettel to be the winner will be the owner of the limited edition Acer F1 notebook.

All those who guessed Vettel to be the winner will receive 150 free bids today.

The winner will be announced tomorrow!

Webber-Rosberg-Vettel 1-2-3 in Sepang Qualifying

April 3, 2010

It was a stormy qualifying session in Sepang today with the top qualifyers being:

Webber
Rosberg
Vettel
Sutil
Hulkenberg
Kubica

. . . . . . . .

19./20./21. Alonso, Hamilton and Massa

In our F1 Special promotion, users' top guesses so far for Sunday's race winner have been: Alonso, Vettel, Hamilton

Taken that into consideration, you still have a great chance to win! Buy our F1 special bid package, guess the right winner and win a brand new Acer F1 notebook. Hurry, you only have time until 1 hour before the race starts tomorrow!

Buy F1 Special Bid Package, Guess Sepang Winner and Win Acer F1 notebook!

April 2, 2010

There is Formula 1 fever this week in Malaysia and it is promising to be the most fascinating Malaysian GP yet. For that reason, PennyAuction has lined up a special promotion where you can win a brand new Acer F1 notebook or Free Bids. This is how it works:

Buy our F1 Special Bid Package. 555 Bids = RM750 (55% saving from regular bid price)
Send us an e-mail (to f1@pennyauction.com.my) who you think will be the winner of the Malaysian GP on Sunday. Write:

- Winner name (e.g. Alonso/F.Alonso/Fernando Alonso)

- Your username

All special F1 package buyers who guess the right winner will receive 150 Free Bids (value RM240) and one lucky customer will win the grand prize - a F1 special edition Acer notebook.

Note that you are allowed to buy multiple F1 bid packages in which case you can guess the winner only once. If you send us more e-mails than one, only the 1st one will be taken into account. If you are sending us your guess of the winner and have not bought our F1 special bid package, your guess will not be taken into account.

You can send your guess of the winner no later than 1 hour before the GP start on Sunday. Any later e-mails will not be registered.

Make your favourite driver win and win together with PennyAuction!

March GRAND BIDS PROMOTION ended. All FREE BIDS distributed & 16GB iPad lucky winner announced!

April 1, 2010

PennyAuction was organising a GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in March where we gave away thousands of FREE BIDS to all our active users. All free bids have been uploaded to user's accounts.

But that’s not all! All users that bought at least 1000 bids in March also took part in a lucky draw where we gave 1 lucky customer a brand new 16GB iPad from Apple.

That lucky customer turned out to be Delgohcc from Klang. We congratulate the lucky winner!

PennyAuction SERVER maintenance Tuesday (Mar 30) evening!

March 29, 2010

When it comes to service quality, PennyAuction is always striving for perfection. We continuously want to improve on quality and make our auction environment better, faster and more innovative. We will improve our website speed and stability by investing in further server upgrades. Our website will be temporarily closed this Tuesday afternoon. During maintenance, all auctions will be put on hold and will start again as described below:

1. All auctions will stop at 5pm on Tuesday

2. Our site will be open but all auction timers will be on hold for 1 hour and 30 mins

3. All auctions will continue at 6:30pm

*Please note that in case of any unexpected issues there might be a further delay. In such a case we will notify you on our website.

**All autobidder settings that you have will remain unchanged after the maintenance.

We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

Buy F1 Special Bid Package, Guess Sepang Winner and Win Acer F1 notebook!

March 29, 2010

Buy our F1 Special Bid Package. 555 Bids = RM750 (55% saving from regular bid price)
Send us an e-mail (to f1@pennyauction.com.my) who you think will be the winner of the Malaysian GP on Sunday. Write:

- Winner name (e.g. Alonso/F.Alonso/Fernando Alonso)

- Your username

You can send your guess of the winner no later than 1 hour before the GP start on Sunday. Any later e-mails will not be registered.

Make your favourite driver win and win together with PennyAuction!

CAUTION! Bids too cheap today! 800 Bids = RM1000 (ended)

March 16, 2010

Due to requests from several users, PennyAuction has decided to put up a special bid package for today to bring even more value for money to our customers. 800 bids package costs only RM1000 today. That means you can save up to 60% from your regular bid purchases.

Hurry up, it's only today!

All auction timers paused for maintenance 10pm-11pm on Monday, March 15!

March 15, 2010

Please be informed that due to server maintenance all auction timers will be put on hold on Monday, March 15 between 10pm-11pm. All auctions will continue as normal from 11pm.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

PennyAuction Team.

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GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in March. Buy 1000 bids & get 150 bids FOR FREE! 1 lucky winner gets new 16GB iPad!

March 2, 2010

PennyAuction is organising a GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in March where we will give away thousands of FREE BIDS to all our active users.

The way it works is very simple. We will give everyone who buys 1000 bids during the month of March an extra 150 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM225! This offer is valid for each 1000 bids that you buy, which means that if you for example buy 2000 bids, we will give you 2x150 bids for free. That is already a value of RM450!

Please be aware that the maximum single purchase you can make is still 300 bids (=RM450).

But that’s not all! All users that buy at least 1000 bids in March will also take part in a lucky draw where we will give 1 lucky customer a brand new 16GB iPad from Apple (retail value RM1599).

Please note that all the free bids of this promotion will be given on April 1. The lucky draw of the Grand Prize 16GB iPad will also take place on April 1.

Grand Prize RM888 Angpow and 888 Free Bids winners announced! Gong Xi Fa Cai!

March 1, 2010

PennyAuction dedicated its February promotion topic to Chinese New Year. To celebrate the year of the Tiger, we lined up angpows for every day! All customers who bought min 100 bids a day automatically took part in a lucky draw. Every day we gave away one lucky draw winner a RM88 angpow and another lucky draw winner 88 Free Bids.

Today we had a special draw for two Grand Prizes where everyone who bought min 1000 bids during February automatically took part in.

Grand Prize RM888 angpow winner turned out to be user Chincs from Johor Bahru and Grand Prize 888 Free Bids winner turned out to be user Smalis4s from Seri Kembangan.

We congratulate the winners. Stay tuned for more great promotions in the future. We wish all our customers Happiness and Prosperity in the coming year!

Gong Xi Fa Cai! RM88 & RM888 Angpow promo 4th week winners announced!

March 1, 2010

PennyAuction has now also had a lucky draw for the 4th round of winners of our February Gong Xi Fa Cai Angpow and Free Bids promo.

The lucky winners of RM88 Angpow are: penin81, honedbidder, tatung, Elvc79, tc80000, blowheadmp3, martians.

The lucky winners of 88 Free Bids are: kelvinliaw, lok5451, s55uri, joxeph, Delgohcc, Dummybear, SKYLAB77.

We congratulate the lucky winners and wish all our customers Happiness and Prosperity in the year of the Tiger! Our promotion is now half way and everyone still has a good chance of winning. Hurry up!

Gong Xi Fa Cai! RM88 & RM888 Angpow promo 3rd week winners announced!

February 26, 2010

PennyAuction has now also had a lucky draw for the 3rd round of winners of our February Gong Xi Fa Cai Angpow and Free Bids promo.

The lucky winners of RM88 Angpow are: Armawealth, Bataraguru, Specialist, Mama02, Matsakai, Operator, Simonizz.

The lucky winners of 88 Free Bids are: Ayinefz, Honeypeach, JackJumpers, Andyshan007, Fiiohisham, Drhamim79, EngrFarhan

Gong Xi Fa Cai! RM88 & RM888 Angpow and Free Bids Promotion all February!

February 25, 2010

This month PennyAuction will naturally dedicate its promotion topic to Chinese New Year. To celebrate the coming year of the Tiger, we have lined up angpows for every day! All customers who buy min 100 bids a day will take part in a lucky draw.

Every day we will give away one lucky draw winner a RM88 angpow and another lucky draw winner 88 Free Bids.

At the end of the month we will have a special draw for two Grand Prizes where everyone who has bought min 1000 bids will automatically take part in. One Grand Prize winner will get a RM888 angpow and the other Grand Prize winner will receive 888 Free Bids!

The winners of RM88 angpows and 88 Free Bids will be listed here in the news section once per week. The Grand Prize winners will be announced on March 1st.

We wish all our customers Happiness and Prosperity in the coming year!

2=3. All bid packages, only today!

February 24, 2010

Due to recent instability of our website, we have decided to organise a revolutionary 2=3 bid promotion (only today) for all bid packages.

It’s all very simple – whatever package you buy 2 times during today, you will receive the 3rd one for free. For example if you buy 2x300 bids you will receive an extra 300 bids for free. That is a value of RM450! This promotion is valid for each 2 purchases meaning that if you buy 4 times a bid package of your choice we will give you 2 times the package amount of free bids. All free bids will be uploaded to your account after midnight.

We have a lot of hot auctions coming up. Value buy your bids today to win your favourite items even cheaper!

PennyAuction server repaired. All auctions back live from Tue morning!

February 22, 2010

PennyAuction server encountered an unexpected attack late this Sunday (Feb 21) evening at 10.30pm which made it impossible to keep our website live. We were forced to deactivate our site. After that all manual bidding activity was not possible and only set autobidders continued bidding.

This caused an abnormal situation where noone could enter the site but only autobidders continued to bid and no users could enter the site to change autobidder settings or bid manually. After information about the server attack reached our team, users who had set autobidders lost some of their bids blindly and auctions ended without other users being able to bid on them. We are not able to interfere with any running auctions in our system and therefore had to let them finish under these unnatural circumstances.

Currently we have recovered the situation prior to attack. All our users who received an auction win confirmation mail after 10.30pm on Sunday will be disregardedSince then our team has investigated which users were placing bids after the attack and returned all these bids back to these users.

All auctions that were running at the time of the attack will continue tomorrow according to the schedule below. Please be prepared for the auctions start and check all your autobidders settings. These auctions will all continue on Tuesday (Feb 23). Please check our coming auctions section to see when which auction starts.

We apologise for any inconveniences this has caused.

Winner saving calculation under "Ended Auctions" currently not working properly

February 21, 2010

Under "Ended Auctions" section you can find a summary of each auction that has ended - how many bids did the winner make, was there a cashback for that auction, meaning that did the winner get some of his bids back and the overall summary, how many % did the winner save compared to the retail price. There is a technical error in that section calculation currently and our team is working on getting it rectifed asap. All our auctions are working as normal.

We apologise for any inconveniences this might cause.

We are back live again. PennyAuction SERVER upgrade successful

February 19, 2010

As planned and previously announced, PennyAuction upgraded its server room yesterday evening. Our site is back live and all auctions will continue today at 10am as planned.

We are sorry for any inconveniences caused.

PennyAuction SERVER maintenance and upgrade Thursday (Feb 18) evening!

February 18, 2010

When it comes to service quality, PennyAuction is always striving for perfection. We continuously want to improve on quality and make our auction environment better, faster and more innovative. We will improve our website speed and stability by investing in further server upgrades. Our website will be temporarily closed this Thursday evening. During maintenance, all auctions will be put on hold and will start again as described below:

1. All auctions will stop at 8pm on Thursday

2. Our site will be closed temporarily, we will open again after midnight

3. All auctions (also 24-hour auctions) will continue at 10am on Friday

*Please note that in case of any unexpected issues there might be a further delay. In such a case we will notify you on our website.

**All autobidder settings that you have will remain unchanged after the maintenance.

We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

PennyAuction SERVER maintenance and upgrade Thursday (Feb 18) evening!

February 17, 2010

When it comes to service quality, PennyAuction is always striving for perfection. We continuously want to improve on quality and make our auction environment better, faster and more innovative. We will improve our website speed and stability by investing in further server upgrades. Our website is expected to be temporarily closed this Thursday evening. We will let you know during today which time exactly.

During maintenance, all auctions will be put on hold and will start again at the communicated time, giving you enough time prior to prepare.

We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

All bids for yesterday's "xBox 360 Arcade" auction returned to customers

February 16, 2010

An xBox 360 Arcade game console auction closed yesterday with End Price RM32.62. Due to maintenance work in our server we faced short-term hick-up in our system and the auction did not close with correct information. Therefore we have decided to return all bids made for the auction to our users.

We apologise for any inconvenience this might have caused.

Gong Xi Fa Cai! RM88 & RM888 Angpow promo 2nd week winners announced!

February 15, 2010

PennyAuction has now also had a lucky draw for the 2nd round of winners of our February Gong Xi Fa Cai Angpow and Free Bids promo.

The lucky winners of RM88 Angpow are: accounts, avios777, hirman, henry9187, richardfyf, rxboom, songbird.

The lucky winners of 88 Free Bids are: calvin528, equpian, kidrock, LandCruise2, teekean, vincentlks, thngym.

Gong Xi Fa Cai! RM88 & RM888 Angpow promo 1st winners announced!

February 8, 2010

PennyAuction has had a lucky draw for the 1st round of winners of our February Gong Xi Fa Cai Angpow and Free Bids promo.

The lucky winners of RM88 Angpow are: 88voodoo88, doreenlmy, harunalias, jen821, axischew, lovelypika, IceKul

The lucky winners of 88 Free Bids are: FredzLeo, gennieyew, kyoelobe, lcylim, lightchaser, mightyducks96, Parkhim69

We congratulate the lucky winners and wish all our customers Happiness and Prosperity in the coming year! It's one week gone and three still to go so all customers still have a good chance of winning. Hurry up!

Gong Xi Fa Cai! RM88 & RM888 Angpow and Free Bids Promotion all February!

February 1, 2010

Every day we will give away one lucky draw winner a RM88 angpow and another lucky draw winner 88 Free Bids.

The winners of RM88 angpows and 88 Free Bids will be listed here in the news section once per week. The Grand Prize winners will be announced on March 1st.

We wish all our customers Happiness and Prosperity in the coming year!

January Promotion Grand Prize Parkson RM2010 winner announced

February 1, 2010

PennyAuction was organising a „Welcome to 2010“ promotion where we gave everyone who bought 1000 bids during the month of January an extra 150 bids for FREE. All free bids have been uploaded to winners' accounts.

Also, all users that bought 1000 bids during January took part in a final draw where we gave 1 lucky customer a Parkson Mall RM2010 gift voucher.

The RM2010 Parkson gift voucher winner turned out to be oppcojag from Shah Alam.

We congratulate the winner!

4th week Parkson RM200 winner for our January promotion announced

January 31, 2010

PennyAuction is organising a „Welcome to 2010“ promotion where we will give everyone who buys 1000 bids during the month of January an extra 150 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM225!

Also, all users that have bought 1000 bids during January will take part in a special lucky draw where we will give 1 lucky customer a RM200 Parkson gift voucher every week and all customers who have bought 1000 bids by end January will take part in the final draw where we will give 1 lucky customer a Parkson Mall RM2010 gift voucher.

Our January 4th week RM200 Parkson gift card winner turned out to be melisavilla from Puchong Selangor.

We congratulate the winner!

3=4. All bid packages, only today!

January 30, 2010

PennyAuction is organising a 3=4 bid promotion today for all bid packages.

We have a lot of hot auctions coming up. Value buy your bids today to win your favourite items even cheaper!

All bought bids will also be accounted for in our "Welcome to 2010" January promotion, so you can even benefit twice!

3rd week Parkson RM200 winner for our January promotion announced

January 27, 2010

Our January 3rd week RM200 Parkson gift card winner turned out to be hannmin from Damansara KL.

We congratulate the winner!

All users - please check your passwords' strength to maximise privacy!

January 21, 2010

PennyAuction received a tip from a customer that his account was used by a stranger. We analysed all log files and it turned out to be true. The user had the same username and password, which we definitely don't recommend.

Some other tips for a safe password: it should not have any common words such as 123; your birth date, the word "password" and any words that can be found in the dictionary.

We suggest a variation of capital and small letters and a min of 1 numeric digit.

To change your password, log in to your account and change it from your profile menu.

2nd week Parkson RM200 winner for our January promotion announced

January 20, 2010

Our January 2nd week RM200 Parkson gift card winner turned out to be eddyloo from Penang.

We congratulate the winner!

100% saving guaranteed on Thursday!

January 14, 2010

Winners of Thursday's top auctions will get all their bids back!

Thursday’s (January 14) top 5 auctions will all be listed as 24-hour auctions with 100% cashback. Winner of any of these 5 auctions will get all his bids back that he spent on that specific auction. 100% saving guaranteed!

Be consistent and you cannot lose! Make sure you always have enough bids on your account if you are using autobidder!

3=4. All bid packages, only today!

January 13, 2010

PennyAuction is organising a 3=4 bid promotion today for all bid packages.

We have a lot of hot auctions coming up. Value buy your bids today to win your favourite items even cheaper!

All bought bids will also be accounted for in our "Welcome to 2010" January promotion, so you can even benefit twice!

January promotion 1st Parkson RM200 gift voucher winner announced

January 13, 2010

Our last week RM200 Parkson gift card winner turned out to be jwong8 from Petaling Jaya. We congratulate the winner!

CAUTION! Bids too cheap today! 800 Bids = RM1000

January 7, 2009

Upon requests from several users, PennyAuction has decided to put up a special bid package for today to bring even more value for money to our customers. 800 bids package costs only RM1000 today. That means you can save 20-40% from your regular bid purchases.

Hurry up, it's only today!

„Welcome to 2010“ promotion in January! Get FREE Bids and win a RM2010 Parkson gift voucher!

January 1, 2010

PennyAuction is organising a „Welcome to 2010“ promotion during January where we are again giving away thousands of FREE BIDS to our active customers. The way it works is very simple.

We will give everyone who buys 1000 bids during the month of January an extra 150 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM225!

This offer is valid for each 1000 bids that you buy, which means that if you for example buy 2000 bids, we will give you 2x150 bids for free. That is already a value of RM450!

But that’s not all! All users that have bought 1000 bids during January will take part in a special lucky draw where we will give 1 lucky customer a RM200 Parkson gift voucher every week and all customers who have bought 1000 bids by end January will take part in the final draw where we will give 1 lucky customer a Parkson Mall RM2010 gift voucher. Please note that all the free bids of this promotion will be distributed on February 1. The lucky draw of the Grand Prize Parkson RM2010 gift voucher will also take place on February 1.

All Christmas promotion FREE Bids uploaded to users' accounts

January 1, 2010

All our customers who bought a min of 1000 bids during Christmas month December, received FREE Bids from PennyAuction. All these FREE bids have been now uploaded to their accounts.

On top of that all these users will receive valuable Christmas gifts from PennyAuction during January.

One last time - Merry Christmas!

Christmas promo ends today!

December 31, 2009

Christmas promo ends today! Today is your last chance to upgrade your balance of bought bids and receive more FREE bids plus get a better Christmas present.

Don't miss your chance! All FREE Bids will be uploaded to winners' accounts by Jan 1st and surprise Christmas presents will be sent by Jan 15th.

3=4 promo ended. All FREE bids have been uploaded to buyers' accounts

December 25, 2009

PennyAuction was organising a 1-day 3=4 bid promotion yesterday for all bid packages. The promotion has now ended and all customers who participated have received their extra free bids.

Stay tuned on our webpage for more fantastic promotions in the future!

Celebrating Malaysia’s Y.E.S. (Year End Sale) one last time! 3=4. All bid packages, only today!

December 24, 2009

PennyAuction is organising a 3=4 bid promotion today for all bid packages.

We have a lot of hot auctions coming up. Value buy your bids today to win your favourite items even cheaper!

All bought bids will also be accounted for in our November 1000 bids promotion, so you can even benefit twice!

Christmas Promotion, whole December - PennyAuction is giving away lots of presents!

December 16 2009

PennyAuction is organising a Christmas promotion during December where we are again paying special attention to all our loyal customers. The mechanics is very simple – all customers who buy minimum 1000 bids during December will receive surprise Christmas presents from PennyAuction. The more you buy, the more valuable gifts you get!

Buy 1000 bids – get RM100 retail value Christmas present + 100 FREE Bids

Buy 2000 bids – get RM250 retail value Christmas present + 250 FREE Bids

Buy 3000 bids – get RM400 retail value Christmas present + 400 FREE Bids

Buy 4000 bids – get RM700 retail value Christmas present + 700 FREE Bids

Buy 5000 bids – get RM1000 retail value Christmas present + 1000 FREE Bids

All Christmas presents will be a surprise to our customers from our esteemed partners Apple Malaysia, Sony Malaysia, Samsung, Nokia, Logitech, Canon, Parkson, Isetan and Maxis.

PennyAuction and HydraSkins @ PC Fair 2009

December 10, 2009

If you happened to visit PC Fair in KLCC last weekend, you might have had a chance to talk to some of our promo staff there. We received a lot of positive feedback and hints for future development both from our existing and also new potential customers. Our team will do its best to turn all these recommendations into reality.

We also had a special promotion together with Hydraskins, www.hydraskins.com (Malaysia's best-known gadget skinning specialists). All our current and new customers who bought any of hydraskins products, received RM20 worth of FREE Bids from PennyAuction. All they needed to do is register their name and e-mail in any of Hydraskins booths at the Fair. All these bids have been now uploaded to these users' PennyAuction accounts.

To all of our current and future customers - Thank You for meeting us at PC Fair.

3=4 promo ended. All FREE bids have been uploaded to buyers' accounts

December 10, 2009

PennyAuction was organising a 1-day 3=4 bid promotion yesterday for all bid packages. The promotion has now ended and all customers who participated have received their extra free bids.

Stay tuned on our webpage for more fantastic promotions in the future!

Celebrating Malaysia’s Y.E.S. (Year End Sale). 3=4. All bid packages, only today!

December 9, 2009

PennyAuction is organising a 3=4 bid promotion today for all bid packages.

We have a lot of hot auctions coming up. Value buy your bids today to win your favourite items even cheaper!

All bought bids will also be accounted for in our November 1000 bids promotion, so you can even benefit twice!

November GRAND BIDS PROMOTION lucky draw winner thanks PennyAuction

December 7, 2009

PennyAuction was organising a GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in November where on top of giving away thousands of FREE bids to our active users we also had a lucky draw where we were giving 1 lucky customer a brand new Sony DSC-TX1 camera (retail value RM1499).

The lucky winner turned out to be ebuymarketing from Klang who has now received the item and is the lucky owner of this supercool new Sony camera. User ebuymarketing says:

"I would like to say thank you very much for the prize, will always support PennyAuction in the future. Thanks again to PennyAuction for making malaysian people's shopping more interesting and valuable. For those out there take my advice biding what you desire, concentrate till you win the item and i guarantee you it is valuable and below the market price. PennyAuction is true and genuine, just be patient. Bid wisely, sure you win. If not win now don't worry u will get your wins later. Concentrate, be patient and do some homework only then you know how you become the winner."

Congratulations also to all winners of free bids and look out for other appealing promotions in the near future!

PennyAuction at PC Fair, KLCC. Again! Special promo with Hydraskins.

December 4, 2009

PennyAuction is welcoming all IT enthusiasts and technology freaks from all over Malaysia between Dec 4-6 to hunt for best deals and snoop around for your favourite gadgets at KL Convention Centre which is hosting Malaysia's biggest ever PC Fair.

Our customers are at the heart of every decision that we make. Due to extremely positive feedback from our previous PC Fair participation we feel we have the obligation to come and meet our customers there again.

PennyAuction promotion girls will meet you there to introduce and explain more about our concept and to collect any possible feedback and recommendations you might have.

All visitors please note that we have a special promotion together with Hydraskins, www.hydraskins.com (Malaysia's best-known gadget skinning specialist). All our current and new customers who buy any of hydraskins products, will receive RM20 worth of FREE Bids from PennyAuction. All you need to do is register your name and e-mail in any of Hydraskins booths at the Fair.

To all of our current and future customers - enjoy PC Fair and if you find sth you desire, give us a hint of it through our website. In return we'll give you a chance to get your hands on it significantly cheaper than retail!

Christmas Promotion, whole December - PennyAuction is giving away lots of presents!

December 1, 2009

Buy 1000 bids – get RM100 retail value Christmas present + 100 FREE Bids

Buy 2000 bids – get RM250 retail value Christmas present + 250 FREE Bids

Buy 3000 bids – get RM400 retail value Christmas present + 400 FREE Bids

Buy 4000 bids – get RM700 retail value Christmas present + 700 FREE Bids

Buy 5000 bids – get RM1000 retail value Christmas present + 1000 FREE Bids

All Christmas presents will be a surprise to our customers from our esteemed partners Apple Malaysia, Sony Malaysia, Samsung, Nokia, Logitech, Canon, Parkson, Isetan and Maxis.

November GRAND BIDS PROMOTION ended. FREE BIDS distributed!

December 1, 2009

PennyAuction was organising a GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in November where we gave away thousands of FREE BIDS to all our active users.

The way it worked was very simple. We gave everyone who bought 1000 bids during the month of November an extra 150 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM225! This offer was valid for each 1000 bids that you bought, which means that if you bought 2000 bids, we gave you 2x150 bids for free. That is already a value of RM450!

But that’s not all! All customers that bought at least 1000 bids in November also took part in a lucky draw where we gave 1 lucky customer a brand new Sony DSC-TX1 camera (retail value RM1499).

The lucky winner of the fantastic new Sony DSC-TX1 camera is ebuymarketing from Klang. We congratulate the lucky winner!

3=4 promo ended. All FREE bids will be uploaded to buyers' accounts after midnight

November 25, 2009

PennyAuction was organising a 1-day 3=4 bid promotion today for all bid packages. The promotion has now ended and all customers who participated have received their extra free bids.

Stay tuned on our webpage for more fantastic promotions in the future!

Celebrating Malaysia’s Y.E.S. (Year End Sale). 3=4. All bid packages, only today!

November 24, 2009

PennyAuction is organising a 3=4 bid promotion today for all bid packages.

It’s all very simple – whatever package you buy 3 times during today, you will receive the 4th one for free. For example if you buy 3x300 bids you will receive an extra 300 bids for free. That is a value of RM450! This promotion is valid for each 3 purchases meaning that if you buy 6 times a bid package of your choice we will give you 2 times the package amount of free bids. All free bids will be uploaded to your account after midnight.

We have a lot of hot auctions coming up. Value buy your bids today to win your favourite items even cheaper!

All bought bids will also be accounted for in our November 1000 bids promotion, so you can even benefit twice!

Yamaha Nuovo 135cc motorbike up for auction this week. Winner gets 50% bids back!

November 23, 2009

Due to repeated feedback from our users, PennyAuction has decided to put up it's 1st ever motorbike for auction this week. PennyAuction is giving you a chance to be the owner of a brand new Yamaha Nuovo 135cc motorbike. To make the deal even appealing to the winner, we will refund 50% of the bids used on that auction.

Don't miss your chance to be the lucky winner of this mean machine!

1-Day 100 BIDS Promotion Ended

November 10, 2009

PennyAuction was organising a 1-DAY BID PROMOTION yesterday where we gave away EXTRA BIDS for free to our active customers. Everyone who bought a 100 bids package on Monday we gave away an extra 25 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM48!

This offer was valid for each 100 bids that you bought, which means that if you bought 2x100 bids, we gave you 2x25 bids away for free and so on. This promotion was valid only for our „100 bids package“ worth RM160. All the free bids have already been uploaded to buyers' accounts.

We congratulate all extra FREE bids owners!

Only Today! BUY 100 BIDS and get 25 extra BIDS for FREE!

November 9, 2009

PennyAuction is organising a 1-DAY BID PROMOTION where we are giving away EXTRA BIDS for free to our active users. The way it works is very simple. We will give everyone who buys 100 bids today an extra 25 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM48! The number of purchases allowed by any user is unlimited.

This offer is valid for each 100 bids that you buy, which means that if you buy 2x100 bids, we will give 2x25 bids away for free and so on. This promotion is valid only for our „100 bids package“ worth RM160. All the free bids will be uploaded to your account by the end of the day.

Remember that this promotion is valid only TODAY, Monday, November 9.

GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in November. Buy 1000 bids & get 150 bids FOR FREE!

November 1, 2009

PennyAuction is organising a GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in November where we will give away thousands of FREE BIDS to all our active users.

The way it works is very simple. We will give everyone who buys 1000 bids during the month of November an extra 150 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM225! This offer is valid for each 1000 bids that you buy, which means that if you for example buy 2000 bids, we will give you 2x150 bids for free. That is already a value of RM450!

Please be aware that the maximum single purchase you can make is still 300 bids (=RM450).

But that’s not all! All users that buy at least 1000 bids in November will also take part in a lucky draw where we will give 1 lucky customer a brand new Sony DSC-TX1 camera (retail value RM1499).

Don’t miss out on this GRAND BIDS PROMOTION. Remember that the more you bid, the more you win! November is the month to bring home all your favourite gadgets that you have been dreaming about. With significant savings!

Please note that all the free bids of this promotion will be given on December 1. The lucky draw of the Grand Prize Sony DSC-TX1 camera will also take place on December 1.

September GRAND BIDS PROMOTION lucky draw winner thanks PennyAuction

October 27, 2009

PennyAuction was organising a GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in September where on top of giving away thousands of FREE bids to our active users we also had a lucky draw where we were giving 1 lucky customer a brand new Nokia N97 mobile computer (retail value RM2300).

The lucky winner turned out to be santero from Kangar who has now received the item and is the lucky owner of this supercool new Nokia smartphone. Santero says PennyAuction is a fun and exciting new alternative to regular online shopping and one that he would recommend to all his friends to seek some excitement and best value deals.

Congratulations to all winners and look out for other appealing promotions in the near future!

Many hot auctions coming this week

October 27, 2009

PennyAuction features many hot auctions this week. Don't miss out on your chance to win an auction of your favourite item. With great value! Hot picks for the next couple of days are:

Currently live:

Nikon D80 Kit (retail RM4730)

Sony Ericsson XPERIA (retail RM2888)

Tuesday:

iPhone 3GS (retail RM2499)

Playstation 3 Slim (retail RM1699)

Canon Camcorder (retail RM1699)

Wednesday:

MacBook Air (retail RM5599)

10g Pure Gold (retail RM1388)

Enjoy bidding. Enjoy winning!

Only Today!

BUY 25 BIDS & get 10 extra BIDS for FREE or

BUY 300 BIDS & get 50 extra BIDS for FREE!

October 26, 2009

PennyAuction is organising a 1-DAY BID PROMOTION where we are giving away EXTRA BIDS for free to our active users. We have made 2 special packages for this Monday.

1. The 1st package is meant more for our new users. Buy 25 bids (RM48) today and get 10 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM20!

2. The 2nd package is specially tailored for our most active users. Buy 300 bids (RM450) today and get 50 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM90!

This offer is valid for each 25 bids or 300 bids package that you buy, which means that if you buy 2x25 bids, we will give 2x10 bids away for free or if you buy 2x300 bids, we will give you 2X50 bids for free and so on. This promotion is valid only for our "25 bids" and "300 bids" packages worth RM48 and RM300 respectively. All the free bids will be uploaded to your account by the end of the day.

Remember that this promotion is valid only TODAY, Monday, October 26.

support@PennyAuction.com.my working again!

October 25, 2009

Temproary issues currently with our suppport e-mails has now been rectified and our standard support e-mail address support@pennyauction.com.my is working again.

We are sorry for any inconveniences this caused today.

support@PennyAuction.com.my not working currently

October 25, 2009

We are facing temproary issues currently with our suppport e-mails setup. The issue is being rectified and we will let you know once it is working again.

For support, please temporarily send your support requests to pennyauction.com.my@gmail.com

We are sorry for any inconveniences caused.

We are back live again. PennyAuction SERVER upgrade successful

October 25, 2009

As planned and previously announced, PennyAuction upgraded its server room yesterday night. Our site is back live and all auctions will continue today at 3PM as planned.

We are sorry for any inconveniences caused.

PennyAuction SERVER maintenance and upgrade this weekend!

October 23, 2009

When it comes to service quality, PennyAuction is always striving for perfection. We continuously want to improve on quality and make our auction environment better, faster and more innovative. We will improve our website speed and stability by investing in a new and more powerful server. PennyAuction will upgrade its server room this weekend. Please note the following changes in our operating hours during the coming weekend:

1. Saturday's auction day's regular auctions will close at 23:59PM as usual

2. All running 24-h auctions will also be stopped

3. Our site will be closed temporarily

4. We will open again at Sunday 2PM

5. All auctions will continue on Sun at 3PM

*Please note that in case of any unexpected issues there might be a further delay. In such a case our site could be opened slightly later during Sunday and auctions will not start immediately but min 1 hour after opening so that all users will have time to log on, load fresh bids and select the most interesting auctions to participate in.

**All autobidder settings that you had previously will remain unchanged.

The Autobidder rules has changed. Autobidder can be activated latest 3 seconds before countdown reaches to zero.

October 20, 2009

Autobidder – As the name refers, this is an auction where automatic bidders are allowed to be used for all users. You can use Autobidder when you don’t have the time to follow the auction live all the time but still don’t want to waste your chance to win the item. You can set autobidder to make a bid for you some seconds before the countdown ends to increase your chance of winning. You can adjust all settings as you please – set item price floor and price ceiling within which you want the autobidder to make bids for you. Also, set the maximum number of bids that you are willing to make for the auction. You can change the Autobidder settings as you wish at any time you want.

For a coming auction Autobidder can be activated at any time before the auction starts. For a live ongoing auction Autobidder can be activated latest 3 seconds before countdown reaches zero. If you wish to make a bid within the last 3 seconds of the countdown you need to place it manually (i.e. without Autobidder function).

*Please be attentive that when you are buying new bids, your Autobidder settings will not change. If you want to extend Autobidder with newly bought bids, you also need to refresh your set Autobidder(s).

"ONLY TOP AUCTIONS" Promotion this coming Thursday!

October 19, 2009

PennyAuction usually lists a selection of auctions on a daily basis covering all price ranges – from smaller items that cost around RM100 to top auctions with value up to RM5000+. This Thursday we will host an „ONLY TOP AUCTIONS“ promotion where all auctions listed will be past and present most desired products. All auctions will be listed as 24-hour auctions so bidding will continue beyond midnight. Stay tuned for the hottest offers and get your favourite ones with significant savings!

We are waiting for your product recommendations!

October 14, 2009

Make your thoughts count! The best ideas will be rewarded with free bids.

All suggestions are most welcome! Feel free to specify the products in detail (like model, type, colour and such).

Many hot auctions coming this week

October 13, 2009

PennyAuction features many hot auctions this week. Don't miss out on your chance to win an auction of your favourite item. With great value! Hot picks for the next couple of days are:

Currently live - MacBook Air (retail RM5599); HTC Magic (retail RM2699); Nikon D60 Kit (retail RM2088)

Tue - Olympus Pen E-P1 camera (retail RM3299); 10g Pure Gold (retail RM1388); NEW! iPhone 3GS (retail RM2499)

Wed - Nokia E52 (retail RM1295); NEW! iPod Touch 64GB (retail RM1599); Canon Ixus 100 (retail RM1199)

Enjoy bidding. Enjoy winning!

1-Day 100 BIDS Promotion Ended

October 13, 2009

PennyAuction organising first of a kind 1-DAY BID PROMOTION where we gave away EXTRA BIDS for free to our active customers. Everyone who bought a 100 bids package on Monday we gave away an extra 25 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM48!

We congratulate all extra FREE bids owners!

Only Today! BUY 100 BIDS and get 25 extra BIDS for FREE!

October 12, 2009

Remember that this promotion is valid only TODAY, Monday, October 12.

PayPal payments working again

October 7, 2009

As of today, PayPal is working again. Our system development team together with PayPal support has managed to stabilize the system and all test payments have been successful. Please let us know immediately to support@pennyauction.com.my if you face some difficulties with any kind of payments, either PayPal, credit cards or e-banking.

We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

PayPal payments still under testing. Please use credit cards and e-banking temporarily

October 6, 2009

Our team is currently still testing PayPal payments and due to instability we have not yet activated them. We will let you know once PayPal is up and running again. Meanwhile please use credit card or e-banking options to upload new bids to your online account.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

September GRAND BIDS PROMOTION ended. Thousands of FREE bids given away today!

October 1, 2009

PennyAuction was organising a GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in September where we were giving away thousands of FREE bids to our active users.

The way it worked was very simple. We gave everyone who bought 1000 bids during the month of September an extra 150 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM225! This offer was valid for each 1000 bids that you bought, which means that customers who bought 2000 bids, we gave 2x150 bids for free and so forth. All the free bids have been uploaded to the users' accounts today.

But that’s not all! All users that bought at least 1000 bids in September also took part in a lucky draw where we were giving 1 lucky customer a brand new Nokia N97 mobile computer (retail value RM2300).

The lucky winner turned out to be santero from Kangar. PennyAuction team will contact the winner on how to collect the prize.

Congratulations to all winners and look out for other appealing promotions in the near future!

4th and last week of September Free Bids lucky draw winners announced!

October 1, 2009

During the month of September PennyAuction was running a lucky draw for Free Bids during which thousands of Free Bids will find their new owners. All customers who buy bids through PayPal, e-Banking or credit cards automatically took part in the promotion. The more bids you bought the higher chances you had to win extra Free Bids in our lucky draw. We have summed up our bid buyers from last week and are giving out the following Bid Packages: 2x300 Free Bids; 3x100 Free Bids.

The lucky winners from the last week of September are:

300 Free Bids: mazlanbh (from KL); sky662 (from Kedah)

100 Free Bids: jhovall (from Klang Valley); ahye88 (from Kuching); drnasif (from Subang Jaya)

PennyAuction team congratulates the lucky winners!

Still problems with PayPal transactions

October 1, 2009

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Temporary problems with PayPal transactions

September 29, 2009

We regret to inform you that our system is facing temporary problems with PayPal transactions today. Our team is currently doing its best to rectify the situation. Alternatively, please use e-banking or direct credit card payments to top up your online account or bid directly via text message.

We will let you know once PayPal is up and running again.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

GAMER’S NIGHT. Starts this Saturday night at 8pm!

September 25, 2009

PennyAuction team has lately received tips from our customers to list more interactive gaming products. Due to these requests, we will organize a GAMER’S NIGHT starting tomorrow night at 8pm where we will list most popular gaming consoles, games and special gadgets for interactive gaming fans. So be ready, this might be your chance to upgrade your gaming arsenal at very low prices!

All these auctions will be listed as 24-hour auctions and will not close at midnight like regular auctions. You will recognize these auctions with the help of this clock-sign.

User Menu has changed. Now you can see more history!

September 25, 2009

Some of our customers have requested to see more history in their bidding than the current last 30 bids and also whether the bids were made manually or using the Autobidding function. Our development team has processed these requests and starting from this week the user menu is upgraded. All our users have an opportunity to view last 150 bids that they made and whether they were made manually or using the Autobidder.

3rd week of September Free Bids lucky draw winners announced!

September 23, 2009

During the month of September PennyAuction is running a lucky draw for Free Bids during which thousands of Free Bids will find their new owners. All customers who buy bids through PayPal, e-Banking or credit cards will automatically take part in the promotion. The more bids you buy the higher chances you will have to win extra Free Bids in our lucky draw. Each Monday we will sum up our bid buyers from last week and give out the following Bid Packages: 2x300 Free Bids; 3x100 Free Bids.

The lucky winners from last week are:

300 Free Bids: Aaa790810 (from Kota Kinabalu); abulhayjaa (from KL)

100 Free Bids: Suhoe80 (from Selangor); snrocirpa (from Johor); XDEQ82 (from Kota Kinabalu)

PennyAuction team congratulates the lucky winners!

Deliveries can be delayed due to Hari Raya

September 20, 2009

Dear customers and auction winners! Please note that our logistics partner is closed until Wednesday and this will cause some delay in product shipment to the auction winners.

We ask for your patience and are sorry for the inconveniences this will cause.

SMS bids system downtime Wed, Sept 16 at 12-15pm

September 15, 2009

Our SMS payments provider has scheduled their system upgrade and reset tomorrow, Wednesday September 16 between 12-15pm. No text message bids between these times will be registered. All text message bidders, please take that into consideration and if you also wish to place bids between these times, please register a FREE online account on our page. You will also get a FREE trial!

We are sorry for the inconveniences this will cause.

Max 8 auction wins a month per each user

September 13, 2009

Starting from now, all our users will have an opportunity to win a maximum of 8 auctions per calendar month. This includes auctions for free bids. If a user has already won 8 auctions during a month, he will not be able to make any bids until the beginning of the next month.

Until now the maximum limit was 5 auction wins per month but because today we already have 400+ auctions each month, we believe that this was too little and limited many of our users activity on our site.

2nd round September Free Bids lucky draw winners announced!

September 13, 2009

The lucky winners from last week are:

300 Free Bids: dartzx (from Puchong); maysak (from KL)

100 Free Bids: Fawrence (from Petaling Jaya); danwee86 (from Seremban); iser85 (from Selangor)

PennyAuction team congratulates the lucky winners!

September is AGAIN a lucky draw month with THOUSANDS of FREE BIDS given away!

September 10, 2009

During the month of August PennyAuction was running a lucky draw for Free Bids during which thousands of FREE BIDS found their new owners. Because of so much positive feedback from our customers, we will run it again the whole September. All customers who buy bids through PayPal, e-Banking or credit cards will automatically take part in the promotion. The more bids you buy the higher chances you will have to win extra Free Bids in our lucky draw. Beginning of each week we will sum up our bid buyers from last week and give out the following Bid Packages to 5 lucky winners: 2x300 Free Bids; 3x100 Free Bids

The lucky winners from last week are:

300 Free Bids: xzeonhow (from KL); behapy08 (from Seremban)

100 Free Bids: lkc121 (from Kepong); wesleychong (from Kluang); ladyfinger87 (from Melaka)

PennyAuction team congratulates the lucky winners!

New types of SPECIAL AUCTIONS coming up soon!

September 7, 2009

In addition to our standard auctions, PennyAuction is also providing auctions with special features. Some of them we have been already using and explaining to our users (such as "cashback" - where last 1 to 3 bidders get some of their bids back; "zero auction" - where no matter what the price of the item at the auction will be, we will not charge that price from the winner; and others).

From September, we will bring users 2 new types of auctions:

Fast Auction – this is like a regular auction except that the countdown time is significantly shorter. Several of our users have been recently asking for more intense auctions with much shorter bid interval. Well here it is!

Fixed Price Auction – the end price for the item is fixed and set from the beginning. Regardless of the number of bids made the one who makes the last bid will win the item with the initial set price. That price is available to all users already before the auction starts and will not change during the auction.

Keep an eye on upcoming auctions and the icons they have next to them. The icons tell you what special features the auctions contain.

All special auctions are explained at the HOW IT WORKS section on our page.

Temporary difficulties with access to our webpage were quickly resoved

September 6, 2009

PennyAuction server service provider's datacenter got hit by a DOS-attack late Friday night. Because of this the speed and quality of our webpage that our users temporarily experienced was not up to standards. Our system development team together with the service provider worked hard to rectify the situation and by early Saturday morning everything was back to normal again.

Due to this, our users could have had difficulties refreshing the page between Fri night and Sat early morning. We are sorry for any inconveniences caused by this and will continue to react fast if such an issue might arise in the future.

GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in September. Buy 1000 bids & get 150 bids FOR FREE!

September 1, 2009

PennyAuction is organising a GRAND BIDS PROMOTION in September where we will give away thousands of FREE BIDS to all our active users.

The way it works is very simple. We will give everyone who buys 1000 bids during the month of September an extra 150 bids for FREE. That is a value of RM225! This offer is valid for each 1000 bids that you buy, which means that if you for example buy 2000 bids, we will give you 2x150 bids for free. That is already a value of RM450!

Please be aware that the maximum single purchase you can make is still 300 bids (=RM450).

But that’s not all! All users that buy at least 1000 bids in September will also take part in a lucky draw where we will give 1 lucky customer a brand new Nokia N97 mobile computer (retail value RM2300).

Don’t miss out on this GRAND BIDS PROMOTION. Remember that the more you bid, the more you win! September is the month to bring home all the wonderful products that you have been dreaming about. With significant savings!

Please note that all the free bids of this promotion will be given on October 1. The lucky draw of the Grand Prize Nokia N97 will also take place on October 1.

From September TWO new 24h auctions every day. Bid ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT!

September 1, 2009

In the beginning, PennyAuction started with all auctions beginning at 10am and stopping at midnight with all not-ended auctions continuing at 10am again the next morning.

Due to our users' feedback, we also tried a few 24-hour auctions as a promotion in the beginning of August which were very liked and our support team received positive feedback. Because of this, we quickly decided to list 1 top auction EVERY DAY as a 24-hour auction. Now our users who are active also during the night are asking us to expand that further. To answer to our customers' needs, we have decided (from September onwards) to list 2 top auctions EVERY DAY as 24-hour auctions!

So keep a close eye and don't miss out on winning great deals also during the night!

4th and last round August Free Bids lucky draw winners announced!

September 1, 2009

During the month of August PennyAuction was running a lucky draw for Free Bids during which thousands of Free Bids found their new owners. All customers who bought bids through PayPal, e-Banking or credit cards automatically took part in the promotion. The more bids you bought the higher chances you had to win extra Free Bids in our lucky draw. Each Monday we summed up our bid buyers from last week and gave out the following Bid Packages: 2x300 Free Bids; 3x100 Free Bids

Our last lucky winners from the last week of August are:

300 Free Bids: byakugen (from Kluang); simtien (from KL)

100 Free Bids: christinegoh (from Pulau Pinang); fyharn (from Menglembu); th3xb34r (from Petaling Jaya)

PennyAuction team congratulates all the lucky winners of our August Free Bids lucky draw promotion! And remember to stay tuned because we have more promotions coming soon!

3rd round Free Bids lucky draw winners announced!

August 25, 2009

During the month of August PennyAuction is running a lucky draw for Free Bids during which thousands of Free Bids will find their new owners. All customers who buy bids through PayPal, e-Banking or credit cards will automatically take part in the promotion. The more bids you buy the higher chances you will have to win extra Free Bids in our lucky draw. Each Monday we will sum up our bid buyers from last week and give out the following Bid Packages: 2x300 Free Bids; 3x100 Free Bids

The lucky winners from last week are:

300 Free Bids: Diuk08 (from Sabah); Shueli22 (from Johor)

100 Free Bids: saiful512 (from Genting); pychan (from Johor); Dannyckn (from PJ)

PennyAuction team congratulates the lucky winners!

Most active users rewarded with extra free bids

August 24, 2009

PennyAuction has received feedback from users, indicating that we should do more to keep our most active and loyal bidders motivated. For this reason, we have decided to reward our most active bidders with extra free bids.

Here is how it works - for all our top auctions, we will use a cashback function that will be visible next to the auction description. If the auction has a cashback icon, then the last 1-3 bidders can get back some of the bids that they used for this auction, depending on the specific auction. Click on individual auctions to see the details how much can you get back if you end up among the last 1-3 bidders.

This is what the cashback icon looks like. Look for it on our webpage.

And hey, this is not only our top users benefit. If you are just a beginner but end up among the last 1-3 bidders of any of our top auctions, you will get some free bids as well!

WATCHES Special Night starts this SATURDAY NIGHT!

August 20, 2009

Do you need a NEW WATCH? Want to find the perfect gift for your friend or loved one? We have got the perfect options for you!

PennyAuction is continuing its traditional Saturday night campaigns where we choose one specific category that our users recommend and choose Malaysias top selling models to be auctioned off. This coming SATURDAY we will list a number of our users’ favorite watches for 24-hour all-day/all-night auctions. So be ready, this might be your chance to become the owner of a cool new watch at a very low price!

2nd Free Bids lucky draw winners announced!

August 20, 2009

The lucky winners from last week are:

300 Free Bids: hirman (from Bahau); abuhassanmuhdali (from Nilai)

100 Free Bids: aiyoyo (from Seremban); maxnws (from Johor Bahru); byakugen (from Kluang)

PennyAuction team congratulates the lucky winners!

Every day ONE new 24h auction. Bid ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT!

August 13, 2009

PennyAuction started with all auctions beginning at 10am and stopping at midnight with all not-ended auctions continuing at 10am again the next morning.

During last week we organized our first 24-hour auctions for mobile phones and the feedback from our customers has been extremely positive. Due to this, we will list 1 top auction EVERY DAY as a 24-hour auction. So keep a close eye and don't miss out on winning great deals also during the night!

On top of that, we have already decided that we will have a special promotion this Saturday with another extraordinary auction night but this time it will not be mobile phones again (like last week). Instead, it will be CAMERA NIGHT! This coming SATURDAY we will list a number of Malaysia’s top selling models and our users’ favorites for 24-hour all-day/all-night auctions. On Saturday other “normal” auctions will close as usual but at the same time the auctions for most exciting personal cameras will start. So be ready, this might be your chance to become the owner of your camera at a very low price!

Dear winners - send us your picture with the won product and get MORE FREE BIDS!

August 12, 2009

PennyAuction team is finding it very difficult to get many of our winners to send us pictures taken together with won items. Some winners do not want the publicity and some think 10 Free Bids is not motivating enough, not worth the extra hassle. We however want to share as many winners possible to the rest of our users and have therefore doubled the amount of Free Bids that we will give for sharing the experience with us and our other users.

From now onwards we will give 20 Free Bids to all winners who send us a picture together with their won product. This is a value of RM40 and hopefully will change at least some of our users' minds!

August is lucky draw month for thousands of Free Bids!

August 10, 2009

The lucky winners from last week are:

300 Free Bids: santero (from Kangar); guelph80 (from KL)

100 Free Bids: kengseng (from Shah Alam); darrenctteo (from KL); topeq10 (from Johor)

PennyAuction team congratulates the lucky winners!

CAMERA NIGHT is on the way – special auctions for HOTTEST cameras

August 10, 2009

You want to take pictures? We’ve got the perfect machines for you!

CAMERA NIGHT starts at midnight, this Saturday! PennyAuction organized its first 24-hour auctions for mobile phones last week and we have received very positive feedback for such auctions. User activity on our website during these nights has been greater than expected. Due to this, we will organize another extraordinary auction night but this time it will not be mobile phones again. Instead, it will be CAMERA NIGHT! This coming SATURDAY we will list a number of Malaysia’s top selling models and our users’ favorites for 24-hour all-day/all-night auctions. On Saturday other “normal” auctions will close as usual but at the same time the auctions for most exciting personal cameras will start. So be ready, this might be your chance to become the owner of your camera at a very low price!

PennyAuction in PC Fair, KLCC

August 7, 2009

All IT enthusiasts and technology freaks from all over Malaysia were in KL between 31 July - 2 August to hunt for best deals and to snoop around and find their favourite gadgets at KL Convention Centre which hosted Malaysia's best ever PC Fair. PennyAuction promotion girls were also there to introduce and explain more about our concept to the crowd. Interestingly, our crew also met several satisfied customers and received positive feedback for such an innovative new solution in online auctioneering. This will only make us try more and work harder - to make the auctions even more attractive!

No more than 5 auction wins a month for 1 user

August 4, 2009

Starting from August, all users will have an opportunity to win a maximum of 5 auctions per calendar month. This includes auctions for free bids.

This will give a wider range of our customers to become winners for lower investments rather than bidding against some users that have a very aggressive and wide reach bidding strategy.

MOBILE PHONE NIGHT – special auctions for Malaysia’s top selling models. Starts at midnight, this Saturday!

August 3, 2009

PennyAuction team has received numerous suggestions from our customers to extend auction opening times over midnight which is our current closing time. Due to these requests, we will organize a MOBILE PHONE NIGHT the coming Saturday (August 8) where we will list only top selling models and the most exciting new launches as revolutionary 24-hour auctions. On Saturday other “regular” auctions will close as usual but at the same time the auctions for most exciting mobile phone models will start. So be ready, this might be your chance to become the owner of your favorite phone at a very low price!

No more multiple accounts

July 27, 2009

Recently PennyAuction support team has received complaints from you about hostile visitors on our site. From time to time we notice fraud users that are creating multiple accounts and using the 5 FREE BIDS that they automatically get to interfere in auctions where our real customers are bidding with bought bids.

Since then PennyAuction support team has been monitoring all new users around the clock and deleting all such users immediately. We have also decided to reduce the number of FREE BIDS given to new users significantly, so that they still have a chance to try our system out but also so that it would not make sense for them to register multiple accounts given the time and effort it takes.

We are sorry for the inconveniences that some of our fraud users have caused you. We want our system to be fair to all of our real customers.

iPod Shuffle lucky draw winners announced

July 23, 2009

PennyAuction had a promotion during the 1st three weeks after opening - we promised to give 3 lucky customers a brand new iPod Shuffle. The lucky winners this time turned out to be:

1. aaa790810 (Alan T. from Subang Jaya)

2. stckjcyk (Sherman T. from Selangor)

3. cooper33 (Chee How L. from Kota Kinabalu)

PennyAuction team will contact the winners immediately to verify the details of delivery.

We congratulate the lucky winners!

All PayPal payments working

July 21, 2009

Some of our customers have indicated difficulties with PayPal payments. The links to PayPal payment system have not been working correctly. Our support team has investigated this together with PayPal support center and identified an issue with RM48, RM90 and RM450 payments.

These problems have now been rectified and all PayPal payments are now working fine.

PennyAuction is sorry for any inconvenience caused.

An ended auction re-listed

July 10, 2009

Our support team has discovered that an auction for KINGSTON 8GB USB FLASH DRIVE was won by a fraud user, which is the 1st case of such kind.

This user has registered multiple accounts in our system without entering any personal data and automatically received 5 free bids for each username created. All bids by such fraud users will be considered void and the auction will be re-listed from the same point when it ended so that real users can have a possibility to win it.

Registering multiple accounts with false information is a violation of our rules. Our support team is doing its best on a daily basis to identify and delete such false users.

This auction will be re-listed from the point where it was left off. The auction continues on July 11 at 11:00am local Malaysian time.

Max 100 text messages per month from one number

July 10, 2009

Our support team has received complaints from customers that their bids via text message have been blocked by our system. We apologise to our customers who have chosen to bid via text message and do not have the opportunity to fully utilise it.

The reason is that our text messages service provider has a monthly limit of max 100 messages from one number. This is implemented in our customers benefit in case their mobile phone is lost or gets stolen. It limits excess misuse and extra expenses. If you do reach the monthly limit, we advise you to either use another mobile number or register free as an online user on our webpage and buy bids electronically via major credit cards, e-banking or your PayPal account.

We are waiting for your product recommendations!

July 10, 2009

PennyAuction team has opened a Product Recommendation section which you can find at the bottom left corner of our page. Send us ideas of what kind of products you would like to see being auctioned off on our site. We will try to take all of your suggestions into consideration.

Make your thoughts count! The best ideas will be rewarded with free bids.

All suggestions are most welcome! Feel free to specify the products in detail (like model, type, colour and such).

PayPal up and running again

July 10, 2009

Our support team has managed to successfully fix the temporary technical problems that we had with PayPal payments. Now all PayPal users can comfortably purchase bids using their PayPal account. Enjoy bidding. Enjoy winning!

Temporary problems with PayPal transactions

July 7, 2009

We will let you know once PayPal is up and running again.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

SMART countdown timer for popular auctions

July 7, 2009

PennyAuction team has received numerous feedback from customers saying that some auctions tend to last for a long time and that the countdown timer that is set to 2 minutes, is too long. We have chosen to use 2 minutes because we want to give our users time to think before each bidding decisions. For our most popular auctions, however, there are several bids made during a short amount of time. Our auction system is built to analyse such intensive user interest and in these cases will shorten the countdown timer length so that our users have a chance to win the auction faster.

It is not in ours nor our customers' interest to keep the same auction running for a long time. On the contrary, our objective is to have more winners, a higher churn of auctions and more variety of products so that we can best service the needs of our different customer profiles.

PennyAuction team is waiting for your feedback

July 7, 2009

Due to our customers’ request, PennyAuction development team has opened a Feedback section as of today. In the Feedback section, please feel free to give us any kind of feedback or advice on how we could improve our services. Tell us what you like and tell us what could be better. All customers whose constructive feedback will lead to our service improvement will be rewarded with free bids.

You can find the Feedback section at the bottom left corner of our homepage.

All suggestions are most welcome!

Auctions for next week

July 4, 2009

Dear Users, auctions for next week will be posted during Sunday, July 5. Keep a close eye because we have fantastic offers coming up!

Select your usernames carefully

June 30, 2009

PennyAuction team has disvovered that some of our customers are creating usernames that are either vulgar, offensive or otherwise confusing to our other customers. For example usernames "autobid" or "pennybot" are confusing and therefore not allowed. Our team is constantly checking the stream of new users and all such usernames that are unappropriate by nature will be deleted. We advise all customers to create usernames that are neutral in meaning.

PennyAuction opens on June 29

June 24, 2009

· We are happy to announce that PennyAuction will open its doors for you on Monday, June 29! All new users who register before 15th of July will receive 5 free bids! PennyAuction will also give 3 lucky users a brand new iPod Shuffle!

How it works?

Create a FREE account

Buy securely some bids

Place your bid & wait for clock.

If no one else bids, you are the winner!

More info