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Looking back, I remember the first day I played DealDash. It was June 28th 2013. I was at home that afternoon. I’m a teacher, but I hold a summer job each year. Kind of have to. Supporting a family of four off of a single income from a teachers pay is no easy task. I’m not complaining though…we make it. My summer job is evening shift, Sunday through Thursday.

But, this was a Friday. I had the day off. I just finished mowing the lawn and came into the house. The TV was on  — Read full post

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Top 3 Traits Of A Successful Bidder

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Before we talk about what makes certain bidders successful, let’s define “success” as it pertains to penny auctions.

If you define “success” as simply winning auctions, here’s something to think about. Say you “win” a $10 gift card for $3.50 and you spend 50 bids in the process. Was this a “successful” auction? I would say the answer depends on what your 50 bids cost you. If those bids cost you 15 cents each, you just spent $11.00 to “win” $10.00. Some would call that “success”. I don’t.

For the sake of this article, we’re going to define “success” not  — Read full post

The Good The Bad The Ugly
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The Good The Bid And The Ugly

The Good The Bad The Ugly

I don’t know how much longer I can participate in auctions with new bidders who do not understand the clock, the bid buddy, or the buy-it-now option. I have been a DealDash bidder for a year and a half. I have had some good, bad, fast and not-so-fast auction wins. I’ve seen the good, the bid and the ugly.

I liked the concept of DealDash because you really could win an auction quickly. As the new bidders join the auctions, lately, you see right away they do not understand what the process is truly about.

I just completed an auction  — Read full post

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Part Two: Bidding Strategy

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This is part two of a two part series which focuses on computing the cost of bidding and my auction bidding strategies. Here we will review the bidding aspect and how I implement my personal bidding strategy on DealDash.

When I locate an auction item that I want, I make one bid as soon as it goes live and of course before the $5 No Jumper limit. I then just sit back and watch the auction bidding patterns for a bit. For those of you not aware of what the $5 No Jumper limit here’s a clip from the Official  — Read full post

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What I Learned From Being A Bid Stomper

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While I will never fully condone bid stomping I do feel like it is a valuable tool to keep in your bag of bidding tricks when bidding on DealDash.

Many people feel that most bid stompers are just trying to annoy them and keep them from holding time on the clock and to them I say, you are probably right.

While I see nothing, at all, wrong with trying to maximize your chances of winning by limiting others from getting free bids there is a bit of weighing that must be done. People that you stomp and/or people that are  — Read full post