Above average shipping fees Above average shipping fees, and slow shipping to boot as well. They claim to have shipped on 1/22, but I'm unable to see where the shipment currently is until it's delivered into the possession of the Texas delivery company they've contracted with. How am I supposed to know when to be home to sign for it if I may only have 1-2 days notice, if even that? I would never use this service again, especially if purchasing an expensive bottle.

Fun way to buy older wine! So far I’ve bought over 50 bottles in varying ages and prices and I could Not be happier. The shipping takes a bit of time but the bottles show up still cold and well packed. The only complaint I have Is that I have A hobby that is now way too expensive and my wine storage capacity had to be upgraded to accommodate. If you like trying older vintages and bottles you will never see in a wine shop this is a heck of a lot of fun. A lot of what I’ve bought is under $50 a bottle and I’ve found some amazing gems.

Poor customer service More of a FedEx problem than a Winebid problem however had i known they would be shipping via FedEx I'd have made different arrangements. For wine deliveries I use a UPS address as I'm rarely at home to accept shipments. I paid to have the wine shipped and upon arriving in Portland FedEx returned it to Winebid in Napa without using the phone number in my FedEx profile to contact me. I just called Winebid and the CS person that I'll have to pay again to have the wine shipped, offered no other solution I'll probably just let the wine stay there and be done with it. edit: I later called the shipping arm of Winebid and they listened to and understood my problem. They also agreed to re-ship the wine at no further expense to me. Having said all this I cannot recommend buying wine through Winebid. It might look like a bargain but it's not...it's expensive. Plus many reviews speak of having been sold fake wine. Sadly this is a big issue these days. I know this because I'm in the business of selling fine wine. Buy locally or from a distributor, forget the middle man.

Good experience, but way higher then FMV I've always had good experiences with Winebid with bidding and shipping. For lower priced wines under $300, you will still pay a premium through Winebid. But for higher priced collector wines, sellers set their minimum bid at current fair market value or slightly higher. In other words, sellers are really listing their wine for sale at current (or even higher) fair market value (which already considers the cost of auction fees). Tack on the Winebid 17% buyer fee and you're paying way more than professional auction houses who appropriately set starting bids lower....i.e., so it's an auction, not a sale plus 17%. Anyone who buys at Winebid for investment should seriously reconsider their thought process.

Would Not Use Again It's true that WineBid may be a good source for hard-to-find wines, but it's tough to come up with an adjective that adequately describes their relative pricing and shipping speed. A 15% "buyer premium" and obnoxiously high shipping charges ($32 for a single bottle, ground delivery 3 states away) on top of the fact that the wine isn't shipped for 2-3 weeks after the auction closes? No thanks - won't make this mistake again.