The most obvious advantage of the Pricebenders auctions comes in being able to, potentially, purchase items well below retail price, and I'm sure that many of the answers will focus on this fact. However, there are additional advantages that make them worth using every day.
First and foremost you get a single VersaPoint for each and every bid, up to 500 bids a month, so they can be a good way to increase your ranking gradually throughout a given month. I've been known to speculate on a few bids just to keep myself earning at least 20 VP a day and thus keep earning the extra Daily Grand entry.
Second, you also earn up to 10 Member Rewards Points for bids, if you concentrate on the Double Points auctions. These can add up quite rapidly, all by themselves--if you're participating in the full 500 bids, that's 5000MRP, which can be used to get some pretty nifty rewards.
Third, and perhaps most interesting, is the fact that you can actually earn PSAs through the new "Bid and Build" program, which means that not only can you win a product you like for pennies on the dollar, you can earn as many as two PSAs a day this way.
There are a few other items, too, like the "flash drawings," but those are more enticements than they are reasons to bid, in themselves.
Personally, though, I don't focus so much on the auctions as much as I do on the great products available through TripleClicks. Why? Not only are the deals you get SURE THINGS (you don't have to worry about other bidders), you also find products that you can promote, which means that not only are you earning VersaPoints on your purchases (and then more on top of that, when you review items), you're also preparing to make commissions on those very same items. I may like the auctions, but they're not a big part of my spending habits.
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The most obvious advantage of the Pricebenders auctions comes in being able to, potentially, purchase items well below retail price, and I'm sure that many of the answers will focus on this fact. However, there are additional advantages that make them worth using every day.
First and foremost you get a single VersaPoint for each and every bid, up to 500 bids a month, so they can be a good way to increase your ranking gradually throughout a given month. I've been known to speculate
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