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I've bid and won on land based stays but not on cruises. Most of the time I watch them and see others overbidding. There is a Travel Agency behind the cruise auctions - however, it's a clearing house where they buy up cabins in bulk. Somewhere I have the phone number saved as it was posted on one of the cruise boards a year ago or so. Most that win these auctions are very happy. Only auction I ever did was on UBid back in 2001. It was on NCL's Norway. $425 for 2 people total for 7 days outside cabin. They don't have them this good anymore.