Five Bidding Lessons I Learned On DealDash.com
Since I started shopping on DealDash.com, I’ve learned some important bidding lessons that I wish someone had shared with me when I was a new bidder on the site.
Here are five of the most important bidding lessons I have learned so far:
- Only bid in auctions if the product is something you would go to a store to buy. It is so exciting and fun to bid on DealDash.com that it is very easy to get carried away and start bidding on items that you do not really need and will not use.
- Before bidding, watch and learn who the “power bidders” are and avoid getting into the same auctions. You will only waste your bids if you get in an auction that has bidders with an endless supply of bids. Save your bids for the next time the same product comes up for auction or bid in other auctions you know you can win.
- Mainly bid in auctions you can afford to BIN (Buy-It-Now) if you do not win, so you can get all your bids back free.
- Only bid in one or two auctions at the same time. Granted, I might put a few bids on several gift cards at the same time so I do not get locked out. However, I watch to see which ones I might have the best chance of winning and then I seriously bid on one or two.
- Make a monthly spending budget. Decide how many bids you will buy for the month and how much money you can afford to spend. Write it down and stick with it.
If you follow these basic bidding lessons I learned on DealDash.com you should have a happy and positive bidding experience. Do you have any good bidding lessons to share? Post in the comments below!
Written by Barbara Sellers, resident of Tacoma, Wash., who has been shopping on DealDash.com since Feb. 8, 2012. So far, Barbara is on Level 49 and has won 560 auctions.
