bid-up.tv Review

Overall Rating

Entertaining Presenters, good rapport

Unknown brands
dubious price comparisons with the internet
outrageous delivery charges
interchangeable with price-drop tv

Beware of price comparisons with the internet.

As an example about a week ago either price-drop or bid-tv offered a 10 DVD set of "Prime Suspect" and they stated that they had checked on the Woolworth site and it could be bought for £89.99 (true, I've just checked) with free delivery. They started the auction at £40.00 and eventually they were all sold for £34.99. While the auction was in progress, I checked on Amazon.co.uk and the set cost £34.99 with free delivery and if I really want to save some money I should go to DVD.co.uk where it would cost £27.95 again with free delivery.

So, let's compare the full cost of buying from these channels against Amazon. Bid-TV would cost £34.99 for the DVDs, plus £7.99 delivery charge and £1.50 just for ordering the item - a total of £44.48. Amazon would charge £34.99 for the DVDs, plus £0.00 delivery charge and £0.00 just for ordering the item - a total of £34.99.

A price difference of almost £10. If I wanted to save another £7.00, I could go to DVD.co.uk. Beware of their claims of beating the Internet.

The price of this set varied from £27.95 to £102.50, why did they choose the third most expensive internet supplier to compare themselves with?