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I love it when DealDash offers their Free Win specials. During these times you bid as you normally would bid, but instead of the winner paying the final selling amount, DealDash pays the final winning amount. It’s one of the times that I am most active on DealDash, and much to my dismay, probably one of the times that I use more of my bids.
Recently there was a Omaha Steaks Fantastic Feast package being auctioned. The retail price was $185.00. I could just imagine how wonderful those tender, juicy steaks were going to be. I could close my eyes and almost smell them, as they were sizzling on the grill. I had planned on having fresh corn on the cob with butter dripping off the ears with them and maybe even a margarita to accompany the meal.
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Yes, I really wanted those steaks. I used 173 bids, more bids than I have ever used for one item in my entire DealDash history. I was determined that this prize was going to be mine, but it was making me crazy seeing the bid amount go higher and higher. I kept forgetting that this was a Free Win time and I was wondering where I was going to get the money to pay for the win.
Finally I had set my bid buddy and walked away, returning in time to see that there were five bidders that had joined the activity. Guess many people had the same grill vision I had – these were popular! I decided that there were too many participants so I backed out of the auction, intending on going back in when I saw just two or three participating bidders.
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Evidently some of the other participants must have thought the same thing because the two people who were bidding ahead of me never showed back up on the bid screen either, and the person who had been immediately after me for each of my prior 10 bids won the auction right after I cancelled my bid buddy.
The winning price closed $46.55 and DealDash paid that final selling price for the winner. Here’s what I have to say about that. MOOO…
By Mary Dowdell
I have been a DealDash customer since August 2013. I am grandmother of seven and a resident of Virginia currently searching for a job as an administrative assistant.
