Failure to Fortune: My 1st DealDash Win

My very first win on DealDash was a Samsung Galaxy S III Phone (Pebble Blue). I won it for $16.44 using 105 bids.

It was also a 50% off day so my final price was $8.22 + free shipping. I already had a Samsung Galaxy S III but my daughter was in need of an upgrade so this was to be her new phone. It finally arrived and she was anxious to get to Verizon and transfer her info to her new phone. 

She took her new phone to our local Verizon store, expecting to leave with her new SIII active and ready to use, the ESN on the phone could not be found in the system. Verizon then offered to buy the phone, but I wasn’t convinced yet that there was a problem so I had her bring it home

So I did some research online about how to unlock a cell phone even though it was supposed to be unlocked, but I wanted to make sure I followed the steps to make sure the phone wasn’t still locked.

After making some phone calls to Samsung, I discovered the phone was registered in Hong Kong and could only be used with a few select carriers in the USA and Verizon wasn’t one of them. Remembering Verizon’s offer to buy this phone, my daughter and I returned to the store to see what they were willing to pay me for the phone.

After looking at the available phones, my daughter decided she would rather have a Apple iPhone instead of the Samsung Galaxy I had won. I presented the Samsung phone I had won on DealDash to the salesman and they offered to trade in the Samsung for the Apple iPhone with a $10.00 upgrade cost.

I don’t know if I missed the part in the product description that stated which networks the phone would work on or not because this was my first win back in 2012 and I was super excited!! Now when I look at the descriptions of all the cell phones offered on DealDash.com I see a disclaimer stating which networks they will work on. Keep this in mind next time you’re bidding so you know exactly what you’re getting. All in all, my win turned into a big win for me and my daughter got her new cell iPhone!

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Have you seen the rumors about Apple’s iPhone 6 coming next month?

Supposedly Apple’s iPhone 6 line will sport faster Wi-Fi, improved fingerprint reader, A8 chip confirmed (exclusive) a 4.7-inch model will be ready to ship mid-September, while the 5.5-inch model is likely to ship several weeks or even a month later. Also, that the new screens will be made of ultra-durable sapphire glass. Source: Venture Beat – see full article here. 

By Kim Finnegan

I have been a bidder on DealDash.com 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.