Times Mobile's celebrity alert service Follo has introduced Star Auctions which allows users to bid and buy celebrity memorabilia like accessories, apparels and jewellery among others. The company says it has signed up several Bollywood and regional celebrities for this initiative and will be offering memorabilia from Jacqueline Fernandez, Poonam Pandey, Radhika Pandit, Sudeep, Akash Dasgupta and Neetu Chandra among others in coming weeks. At the time of writing this article, the service is auctioning two products - a skeleton bike used by the Kannada movie star Puneet Rajkumar in one of his earlier movies and a T-shirt owned by the Bollywood movie star Jacqueline Fernandez. Its worth noting that Times Mobile has a tie-up with Puneet Rajkumar for Follo and other Times Mobile properties. The auctions are time-limited and users can bid for these products through StarAuction's website, Follo's mobile app or through WAP. We also noticed that these auctions are being prominently showcased on the homepage of the Follo website. During the auction process, the company says it will be alerting users via SMS and email whenever they are outbid by another user. Paid Auctions: One can register for the service by providing requisite details like name, email and mobile numbers or login with their Facebook credentials. What's interesting though is bidding for these products is not free: one has to purchase a bid pack before placing their first bid. The company currently offers two bid packs - 6 month pack priced at Rs 149 and a 12 month pack priced at Rs 249. There is however no limit on the number of bids one can…
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