How DealDash Helped Me “Deal” With a Tragedy

Normally I bid on DealDash just for fun, it’s something to keep me occupied while I am home with the kids during the day. It’s such a great feeling to see those fireworks and “Congratulations, LandOfNope!” across the screen.

I bid and WIN and BIN a good amount of gift cards. I WIN and BIN them for my own daily use, to save for the upcoming Christmas season, and also as little “tips” for my mailman, lawn guy, etc.

I have a pretty good stock of gas cards, department store cards, and of course restaurant cards which came in very handy a few months ago. Unfortunately my Father passed away on August the 3rd, very unexpectedly. So unexpectedly in fact he just bought himself a new (classic) Mustang three weeks prior! Anyway, it was a tight financial time for me since my family just got back from our summer vacation a few weeks earlier and used up our travel budget, and my Father lived about 8 hours away. That’s where DealDash came in and made a bad situation a little bit better.

On our way down to the funeral we used up my stock of 5 Shell gas cards and 1 Exxon Mobile card. Once we got there we used up most of my restaurant cards – Applebee’s, Subway, Panera Bread, and Dunkin’ Donuts. It may not have made the situation any happier, but it was definitely a relief to be able to use my gas and restaurant gift cards from DealDash to alleviate some of the financial tension.

My advice to my fellow DealDashers – have a small stock of gift cards WINned or BINned from DealDash, because you never know when they might come in really handy. And if you find yourself being very lucky and WINning more than you think you might need, they make excellent tips for service people, or little pick-me-ups for friends in need.

By Dawn Xu