Bidshot UI sucks!

Last September, I wrote about how crappy local auction site Bidshot’s word filtering was, to the extent that even words that include any word that spells out any number, such as phone (one) or network (two), the spelled-out number would be truncated and replaced with Xs or not displayed at all.

So you can imagine you’re selling your mobile phone and it would display in the description as cellph for sale, or cellphxXx for sale. Or your network router would be nerk router or nexXxrk router!

Just yesterday afternoon, I successfully sold an item through auction and I just realized how crappy the service has become. You don’t get adequate notifications on how to get in touch with the winning bidder (or the seller) after a successful bidding (or outright purchase, if it’s the case). The site forces you to transact through SMS, which I believe shouldn’t be the case with online auction sites!

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