Being an active bidder, I am usually watching to see what auctions I would like to bid on. Then I determine how much I am willing to spend and how high I will go on any given auction. Having won many auctions I can still be surprised with a unexpected win.
I had been bidding on a $10 gift card that when it got down to two bidders, then more bidders would jump in. I was about done trying to win the card and had set my bid buddy for the bids I was willing to use to “win” the auction. I decided to browse the auctions that were running at the same time, (I always keep the isolated auction up on my computer when I have the bid buddy set) to see if there was another item or auction I would like to try. I found there was one item I would have liked. It was a Pulse Massager. I thought, what the heck, I will put some bids on it and see if I can win. Imagine my surprise when after only two bids I won! Congratulations! Fireworks! (I love those!) And the price was really reasonable too.
That’s one of the reasons shopping and bidding on DealDash can be so much fun. You just never know when someone else is going to quit bidding and you are the winner! Customer service is excellent, the buy it now feature is awesome, and the free (fast) shipping can’t be beat.
Thanks DealDash.com for having such a fun and fair bidding site!
Being prepared to use the Buy It Now option is one of the smartest ways to do your online shopping on DealDash.
So often I find my self asking if I have bid too much or if I should just go ahead and buy the item I’m bidding on to get all of my bids back. But when is the smartest time to do this?
When determining when to Buy it Now or keep bidding, you have to take into account how much the bids are costing when you buy them. 19 cents, 18 cents, 15 cents? I’m going to use 15 cents for this example just to make it easy math.
Let’s say your biding on a $10 gift card and you bid 20 times, you have already spent $3.00.
20 x .15 = 3
By the time you have bid 20 times, often the auction price is up to at least $1.00 taking into account the other bids people have placed. I am all about saving but at this point it may not look as if I am going to win the auction so I have to make a choice.
A.) If I win now, I’ll only save $6. Are the potential savings worth it?
B.) Should I buy the $10 gift card and get back my 20 bids to put somewhere else?
There was one time I threw a large amount of bids on a vacuum cleaner. My vacuum had recently broke so I needed to buy a new vacuum cleaner anyway. I bought a 200 bids pack during a 15¢ sale and was able to level up during the auction where I earned an additional 150 free bids. At this point I had 350 bids to use towards trying to win this auction. I told my self “win or not, this was going to be my next vacuum”. So I started bidding and bidding and on this occasion I did not win.
I did however use the buy it now option so I could have the vacuum I wanted plus I got back all the bids I used in that auction. The vacuum was only valued at $100 so the price did not kill me. I then took my 350 bids and ended up winning over $300 in merchandise!! Being prepared and using the buy it now option is the smartest way to bid and to truly enjoy the fun shopping experience DealDash has to offer.
DealDash is an awesome way to do your shopping – not only during the holidays but all year-long!
You Better Watch out, You Better Not Cry, You Better Not Pout, I’m telling you why….. there’s still time to prevent holiday gift shopping anxiety and DealDash is here to HELP!
Let’s face it, holiday gift shopping anxiety is real and can hamper the joy and cheer of the season if not nipped in the bud! After all, Christmas is only 2 months away and time keeps on slipping..slipping..slipping..into the future – for a better experience click on the link and listen to music video while you keep on reading this blog post.
This time of year is always a crazy time of year, most folks wait until November before they even start to think about holiday gift shopping, which can cause many people including myself a downer case of holiday gift shopping anxiety. For a long time I also always waited until November to start planning my Christmas shopping. Due to this I found myself always feeling the holiday gift shopping anxiety and stressed because of time constraints, traffic, packed shopping malls, etc. Then I found DealDash! A place where I can have fun while I shop from home for a chance to get good deals and gifts for my family and friends.
Last year, I did all of my Christmas shopping by the middle of November which I thought was pretty good and so far this year I have already completed almost all of my shopping. Thanks to DealDash.com my holiday gift shopping anxiety is lower than ever and pretty much non-existent. My Christmas gift stash is growing so fast, I am practically running out of room. My fiance said “you’re going to need a storage room to store all of your DealDash winnings, we’re running out of space” LOL!
I’m so excited this year to give my little guy this new Imaginext Rescue City Center by Fisher Price. I won this for him on DealDash for just 89 cents and used only 25 bids! Talk about a great deal which takes some of the holiday gift shopping anxiety away. I know he is going to love this when he gets to open it on Christmas morning.
Won on DealDash for just $0.89 and 25 Bids – Click to view auction
DealDash has gifts for all ages, young and old, boys or girls. To quickly and easily find what you’re looking for I recommend using the filter options to browse different categories and use the search functionality to get more specific. Try searching an auction now!
You’ll be happy to know that on DealDash you can score some really good deals and save big when you win an auction, just as I did on the Imaginext Rescue City Center. Remember if you don’t win the auction you can just buy it at retail price and DealDash will ship your item for free! They’ll even give you back all the bids you used in the auction so you can try again for something else. The Buy it Now option is really a win-win-win. Here’s how:
You got the item you wanted
You got free shipping
You have a new gift to give for the holidays
You get to check an item off your holiday shopping list
You avoided the holiday shopping crowds
You helped yourself avoid unnecessary holiday gift shopping anxiety
You got your bids back to try for something else
You don’t need to buy more bids in order to keep playing
If you are going to buy more bids, I recommend waiting until DealDash has them on sale for 15¢. For example today you can get bids for just 15¢ because of the Columbus Day Weekend Sale so now would be a good time to stock up!
So why wait until the last-minute to do your holiday shopping and generate holiday gift shopping anxiety? If you want to get a good deal, the time is now! You can get ahead of the game this year and score some great deals on DealDash before the holiday rush starts. By starting now, I’m sure you will have a much better time leading up to the big day and not be as stressed out by all of the last-minute to-do’s.
Wouldn’t you rather lay your head down at night knowing your holiday shopping is all set and think about how excited your family will be when they get their gifts instead of worrying about what are you going to get them? Enjoy your pre-holiday shopping season and avoid the holiday gift shopping anxiety.
By loveablenicki
I’ve been shopping on DealDash for two years and continue to love it.
I’ve been bidding on DealDash for about two years now. One of the bidding strategies I have used to help win auctions is night bidding when everyone else is sleeping except BidBuddies.
I have found that a lot of the auctions tend go for low prices during the twilight hours of night bidding. Although staying awake is not the easiest thing to to do, I’ve found that if I just peruse the upcoming auctions that start after midnight, I’ll usually be pleasantly surprised at the number of wins people are able to get.
Think about it! Most people want to be sleeping so they will put on their BidBuddy and hope for the best when they get up the next morning. If they are smart, they have calculated in advance the number of bids they are willing and what makes sense to use throughout the night based on the value of the item. One can probably calculate pretty close as to when the other persons BidBuddy may expire taking into account bids were likely purchased at 15¢ a piece and the fact they may have earned free bids with time as highest bidder rewards.
Here’s one example of DealDash auctions all which sold while someone was night bidding between the hours of 12am and 3am on October 7th, 2014.
In my experience night bidding can be rewarding however also challenging as it requires patience and observation. Patience to watch and identify the BidBuddy bidders to be the only ones bidding and observing how frequently they are bidding. Once it gets down to two or three bidders that are using their BidBuddy, it’s probably a good time to jump in the auction circle and start bidding yourself.
Granted, there aren’t as many awake and active bidders at night which is a good thing for night bidding owls because it gives them more to choose from and more chances to win auctions at lower costs compared to the day hours. The auctions on DealDash are unpredictable and that’s what makes shopping on DealDash fun. While there’s no guarantee night bidding will score you that elusive item you’ve had your tired eyes on, I think you may have a better chance during the night.
What time do you find to be the best time for bidding on DealDash?
A little about myself: I like to frequent DealDash because it is fun and entertaining. I’ve gone to other sites but find myself coming back to DealDash because of the ability to buy it now and get your bids back if you lose an auction.
Dealdash has so many wonderful high ticket items that I have not had the fortune of winning….yet!
My hope is that one day in the not to distant future, I will be lucky enough to win one of these popular items many other customers have gotten such great deals on.
1. One item frequently up for auction on DealDash are Televisions of various sizes. I would love to eventually win one of these high ticket items. I have bid on many of them in the past, but I have not gone “all in” on one yet. Partly because some of the final auction prices scare me off just a bit and because I’m not completely ready to pay full price in case I lose. When I’m ready to use the Buy it Now, that will be my time to “go all in”.
However, every once in awhile, I’ll see the final auction price on a nice TV which sells ridiculously cheap and makes me wish I would have tried harder.
Check out the TV this customer won with just 206 bids and final price of $27.19!! This is a brand new 50-inch curved Samsung LED 4K Ultra Smart TV with built in WiFi so you can browse Facebook and other favorite sites. What a deal!
2. The ever elusive KitchenAid mixer. Now I admit I have one I bought several years ago on sale at Kohl’s but my daughter would love to have one of her own too. So, I have been trying to win one for her as a gift. This would make a great gift which I hope to give to my daughter.
This gentlemen won his KitchenAid mixer on DealDash with just 83 bids and final price of $26.83.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Ic6Ri3dqU
Here’s another customer who won a pro 600 series KitchenAid mixer with 39 bids and final price of $2.97 – WOW!!
3. A desktop computer for my Mom makes my wish list and would be a wonderful gift. Every time I go to visit my Mom I jump on her computer to, of course, surf DealDash. However, her computer is many years old and slow as a snail so I get frustrated just waiting for the page to change. She also has a 15″ clunky version monitor, not the flat models of today, therefore could really use an upgrade.
4. A Movie projector!! I am stillI trying to win a movie projector for the 92″ movie screen I won for $1.78 on DealDash. This would complete the entertainment center for sure!
So this is my short list of “wishes”. We shall see what the future holds. When I do win, I’ll be posting my photos to DealDash’s Facebook page so I can earn hundreds of free bids to help me win even more!!
I have been a bidder on Dealdash since Sept 2012. I have won over 170 auctions. I am married with 3 daughters and 2 grandsons {one that holds my hand and one that holds my heart}.
