Free frisbees for beachcombers as new online auction site is launched

BEACHCOMBERS were able to bag a bargain on Minehead seafront at the weekend as part of a promotion for MadBid.com, the UK’s new online penny auction which allows consumers to buy new retail goods at well below their normal price.
Madbid promotional staff spent Saturday morning handing out freebie frisbees with special voucher codes to people on Minehead beach and nearby.
The frisbees were promoting the fun new website at http://www.madbid.com/, which officially launched this month.
And they also contained vouchers for 10 free bids on the site valued at more than £10.
Madbid.com features premium retail products ranging from gadgets such as iPods, mobile phones, and laptops, to lifestyle products such as holidays and games consoles - often at a fraction of their retail cost.
Some recently closed auctions, for example, saw a Canon Ixus 70 plus kit sell for £2.23, a £100 Marks and SpencervVoucher fetch £1.86, and a Sharp 32-inch LCD television go for £4.33.

• Our photographs show some of the freebie Frisbee recipients. Photos submitted.

Borat-style beachgoers to promote new online auction site

STAFF from a new internet-based auction business will be storming the beach and seafront in Minehead on Saturday in mad-kinis (bikinis) and mankinis.
The stunt will be in honour of all things MAD, to hand out free frisbees to sunbathers and visitors to the area.
Yes, that’s right - mankinis... think Sacha Baron Cohen, aka-Borat (pictured) in the lime green suit that has wedgied its way into people’s long term memories.
The site in question is MadBid.com, an online penny auction which allows consumers to buy new retail goods at well below their normal price.
To promote the website, officially launched this month, the MadBid team will be wandering around the beach front handing out frisbees and vouchers for 10 free bids on MadBid.com - valued at more than £10.
The site features premium retail products ranging from gadgets such as iPods, mobile phones, and laptops, to lifestyle products such as holidays and games consoles, often at a fraction of their retail cost.