Advantages: Saves trudging around hte busy shops Disadvantages: unable to test/handle product
Bid up tv and its sister channels, price-drop tv and speed auction, which are all part of 'sit-up channels'.
They are shopping channels which are easy to view and easier to order from.
**WHERE IS IT?**
Bid-up tv is found on freeview channel 23, Virgin channel 745 and Sky channel 644.
**WHAT IS IT?**
It is a shopping channel which sells everything from Kitchen essentials, like pots and pans, plates, crockery, to electrical equipment, like television, ... ...price.
Each lot is sold in quantities, depending on what is in stock. It is aired for as long as it takes for the quantity to sell.
Who ever buys will always pay the final lowest price when the product sells out. ** THE SHOW**
Firstly, there are different presenters working through out the day and into the small hours. They all do a good job in 'selling' the product they have at the time.
The presenter will chat through out the product airing, ...
blissman70 22.04.2008
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Advantages: Handy for coach potatoes Disadvantages: No way of testing quality
There is something about the British character that causes some awful selective blindness about everything that we do. Some mental ragged remnant of the British Empire that makes us believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that we have the best football, cricket and rugby teams in the world. We make the best cars, ships and chocolate. Our railways are a by-word for reliability and our policemen are brave, incorruptible, loyal public servants. ... ...am as ready as the next man to don the rose-coloured spectacles, but that last one is giving me real problems. Was it ever true? When I look back to the supposed golden age of television, the sixties and the seventies, what do I see. For every ‘Steptoe and Son’ there was a ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ and ‘On The Buses’, for every ‘Morecambe and Wise’ a ‘’Little and Large’ and ‘Cannon and Ball’ (if you’re too young to remember these don’t worry, you missed ...
baddog 04.03.2003
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Advantages: Lots of bargains Disadvantages: None really
Bid TV is a lot of fun.
I was talking to someone recently who told me that Bid TV and it's sister service, Price Drop were "not very good." How did he know this? It seemed that someone who he knew had read something in a newspaper. Or something, or other. He was very hazy on the details. And the more we talked, the clearer it became that he really was not talking from a position based on knowledge!
Several weeks later I started watching Bid TV ... ...a Digital tuner for our TV set and had been flicking through the channels.
The first thing I noticed was that the auction staff were very friendly and had obviously been chosen for their friendly natures and their ability to work under pressure and without a script and with no teleprompt device! These two channels are great to watch, even if you do not buy anything, as they are the only examples of entertaining live TV that I can think of. Things ...
Martinscholes 15.02.2005
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Advantages: Cheap goods, exciting Disadvantages: delivery charges are a tad expensive
...(QVC, Shop!, Ideal World, Screenshop) Bid-up.tv has to be the best because of it's unique auction-style shopping and it's HUGE savings on products.
At first, the concept maybe quite hard to follow (especially if you have never used an auction before) but it's really easy to use and you will soon become completely addicted! E.g There are 5 televisions at a RRP of £200.00 but Bid-up will start the bidding at £20.00. Once there are 5 or more bidders ... ...have to 'bid-up' if you want the product. They also run great adverts showing how to 'play' and after watching these a couple of times you will soon become an auction expert.
They have fantastic brand name products which go for virtually next to nothing. The shopping hours are:
Switched on: You will find everthing here including televisions, videos, DVD players, MP3 players, Mini-disc players, camcorders and plenty more.
Best buy i have seen: ...
java 26.03.2001 (25.03.2001)
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Advantages: Cheap, different, fun, helpful, fast, reliable, novel, exciting, funny, useful and easy to get addicted! Disadvantages: I honestly can't think of any!!!
...the usual, mainstream items.
bid-up.tv has taken that concept and evolved and expanded it. On no other channel or web site can anything even close to bid-up.tv be found. The products are totally unique, the presenters not only come across as friendly, funny and knowledgable, but you really can choose the price you want to pay.
bid-up.tv is just that - an auction on your TV. I have done most of my Christmas shopping from there this year!
Something ... ...health and beauty to jewellery, bid-up.tv have always had the product I have required. Their product range doesn't seem to stagnate either. Whereas some shopping channels sell the same products for months on end, I have always found that bid-up.tv always renew and update the products on offer.
Bidding for the products is not only unique, it's also fun. Watching the price rise and hoping that I won't be outbid makes buying the items seem enjoyable ...
stepearce 20.11.2002 (21.11.2002)
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Advantages: Bag Some Bargains, Good Range Of Items, You don't Have To Leave Home Disadvantages: It's Adictive, High Postage Charges
...--------- INTRODCUTION ---------
bid-up.tv is slightly different to conventional shopping in the fact that you pay ‘what you want to pay’ for the goods and not an actual asking price. It sounds interesting doesn’t it? So what’s the catch? Well they only have a certain number of the specified items for auction per day and if you’re not one of the highest bidders, you don’t get one.
For those of you that weren’t fully awake during my last sentence, ... ...never hear of again. bid-up.tv is different, you know where and whom you bought the goods from and you can actually return the item if there’s a problem or even if you simply don’t like it.
~~~~~~~~~~ Now that I’ve introduced you to bid-up.tv I hope you’ll stay with me for the rest of the opinion as I talk you through how to join and get the most from the fascinating world of this live interactive auction channel ~~~~~~~~~
--------- HOW TO ACCESS ...
criple 03.08.2002
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Advantages: variety of items, get expensive things for less, fun Disadvantages: postage costs, losing out on items, repetition of items
It was about a year ago I had heard a woman talking about a certain TV channel where she had saved so much money and become so addicted that she had to stop watching the channel. She told me those 3 digits and then my life was officially taken over. That magic number is 647 for sky viewers. These numbers are not just any numbers but the key to the channel that is.... bid up tv. So, it did start a year ago and I think that is now enough experience ... ...is that items will come up and you bid for them hoping to win. There is bid up tv and price drop tv both run by the same company and have more recently started to become similar. So there are a range of items sold from tables, towels, to clothing it really is a wide variety. All are put up with a guide price which some may say is not true but I have noticed some items they claim to be hundreds of pounds really are so it is not a lie. When I first ...
ms19 09.10.2004
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Advantages: There are SOME bargains to be had, mildly entertaining Disadvantages: Can be addictive, You could end up buying things you don't really need.
...drawn into the world of bid-up.tv - the tv auction channel. (SKY 647) Having watched far too much of this and won five auctions for things I didn't really need (but they were a great deal...Honest!!) I have now resolved never to watch this channel again. BIDDING
Bidding is easy - they tell you. Either by phone - 60p per minute (NO THANKS) or on the website www.bid-up.tv. The good thing about bidding on the website is the feature which allows you ... ...these things for £30 on bid-up.tv thinking they had a great saving. WRONG!! An ARGOS or INDEX catalogue is a great asset when comparing the recommended bid-up.tv price with the real world price. Don't get me wrong - I think there are bargains to be had here, but make sure you have done your homework because it sure as hell won't be as big a bargain as they would like you to think. PRODUCT SUBSTITUTION
The bane of ordering by mail, web or phone - ...
averagepunter 29.10.2002
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Advantages: cheap products usually half price Disadvantages: packaging and phone calls bit pricey and presenters are cheesy
...My favourite time on bid-up.tv is the 10 to special:bargain bidding. this programme offers hand picked quality lots which has everything from cases of wine to gold watches with areserve price of just £1 YEP ONE POUND!.
there are adverts on this channel to show how to bid, although they arent anything special.
the musicthroughout the bidding is extremely annoying,continuous, repetative and tedious.
the presenters seem nice, athough they can be ...
zoelou 03.04.2001
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Advantages: Most goods less than high street prices Disadvantages: The most appalling Customer Service in the world!
...strawberry curl, when purchases from bid-up.tv and price-drop.tv go well, you are very likely to get a reasonable deal compared to high street prices. But when it goes wrong - it's just wicked, and not in the teenage slang sense!
A few items may be a little hit and miss, and some of the guide prices are exaggerated beyond recognition, but on the whole, you will get items cheaper than if you were to go to the high street, and, as they say, from the ... ...stuff and have time to chase up these kinds of problems, bid-up.tv and price-drop.tv will not value your custom and will not rectify mistakes in any hurry, especially if it means putting themselves out.
In conclusion, this once loyal auction customer has been going, going, and has now gone! ...
bookemjano 17.05.2004
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Advantages: Great bargains to be had and some Disadvantages: Premium rate phone calls, and some items EST can be pretty high
This is a TV Shopping channel with a difference! its where you set the price for what you see on the telly! Brought to us by the company Sit-Up.com (meaning a mixture of sitting down (watching TV) and sitting up (interactive Telly) this is the UK's first auction channel. Broadcasting from 10am - 12pm everyday live from a studio complex in West London, this is a channel which is not only entertaining but offers the chance to buy some pretty cheep ... ...hours are on the same time everyday, (IE. Collectors Lot is on at 4pm and 11pm 7 days a week) so its always easy to find the hours you want. There are 8 auctions every hour as well as a Bid From a Quid special auction at 10 to every hour, which means the item on offer starts at just one pound, and if no one else bids, thats what it goes for, just £1! To bid, you have to call a premium rate number which costs 60p a minute, and one bid only takes 40 ...
popstar 10.05.2001
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Advantages: There are some bargains Disadvantages: Auctioneers don't include postage or phone call on the price
Bid.tv. What went wrong, there was a time when we had a beautiful relationship. I used to tune in and buy all the time, I bought clothes from you, towels and pans and toys and film cels and I always thought I was getting a bargain. But then you betrayed me. There I was happily sitting in my house waiting for my Gianni Sabatini watch to come via your trusted courier service that usually 7 - 10 days, and it came within 2 days. Some people in Ciao-land ... ...post. 8 bleedin quid for a stamp. My heart sank and my eyes welled. The postage cost more than the damned watch. If it had come by courier I wouldn't have complained. It's a bit more personal when you have to get up off the settee and open the door to find a burly delivery person on your doorstep with a two tooth smile and a spring in the step.
I would assume that this is only now used for the smaller items, but delivery charges now start from £7.99 ...
neme515 09.12.2005
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Advantages: Might get a bargain Disadvantages: The presenters. The goods.
Bid-up TV is based on exactly the same format as the other two shopping channels (Price-drop TV, QTV) I have on my Freeview box. A relentlessly enthusiastic, but hopelessly, or deliberately?, amateurish commentary runs over a succession of obscure jewellery, hideous clothes, ridiculously expensive beauty products or jewellery of dubious quality.
I envy the job of the presenter myself. Imagine having to ad-lib drivel about how wonderful this latest ... ...zirconia earring is. They do a pretty impressive job considering.
On bid-up TV, most of them seem to hail from Edinburgh, judging by their accents and there is a rather freaky pair of twins who giggle at each other incessantly.
Then again, the point of the channel is not entertainment, it is simply to get people to part with their hard earned cash in return for some cheap tat.
I have honestly never been tempted to pick up the phone and actually ...
drewish 28.01.2005
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Advantages: Indoor, view to pay shopping Disadvantages: Status
Further to the acquisition of my freview digital box another shopping channel review in compararison and contrast with earlier shopping channel reviews. Ideal world and QVC, bidtv. Bid TV originally called bid - up tv and launched by its parent company, sit - up Ltd in October 2000. In June 2003 the parent company launched its sister channel Price - drop tv (see later review).
Bid tv is a digital television channel based in the UK that runs daily ... ...in the world. It started broadcasts as pre - recordings and is now completely live. It has become popular by offering a laid-back, friendly approach to its viewers.
AVAILABILITY: Sky 655, NTL channel 924, Telewest 746, Freeview 23. Owned by Telewest broadband.
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JeffreyB 31.07.2006
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Bid up T.V is a very good shopping channel for any ages it is only available on sky digital, it an excellent sevices and the people are great people, there are about four people who do the show at different times during the day, there is different things that are been bought during the day aswell.
Bid up T.V is a shopping channel which you can make your own price up with this channel you could save £'s which i think i did when i bid up on this channel.
... ...on other channels you are given a price for the product but on Bib up T.V you name the price you want to pay and other people name there price, in 0ther words this program is like an auction, there choose the dearest price so that there are getting more more and if people really want this product there will keep biding until there get what there want. This channel is available on Sky digital on channel 647 and there is also a website at www.bid-up.tv.
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karlsgirl 17.04.2001
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