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Learn To Swim Before Diving In

February 5, 2014 DealDash Reviews

When entering a swimming pool, some people prefer to dive right in, while others like to ease in slowly. Assuming we already know how to swim, either approach is perfectly acceptable. But, what if we haven’t bothered to learn how to swim? Which would be the wiser approach?

The same holds true for entering a penny auction for the first time. Unfortunately, many new bidders dive right in before taking the time to learn anything about how penny auctions work. The sad thing is that many of these new bidders end up “drowning”. The good news is “drowning” here only — Read full post

Anatomy Of An Auction

January 31, 2014 DealDash Reviews

The word anatomy is defined as “the study of the body plan of animals” so you may be wondering why I’ve chosen to use it to describe an auction.

The reason is that I view an auction as a “living” thing. Each auction has it’s own individual “personality” based upon the various bidders involved. Every auction is unique, but watch enough auctions and you will notice that most auctions follow a certain pattern.

When an auction begins, it typically goes through a stage which is a bit like throwing a piece of raw meat into a cage filled with hungry

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Critical Mistakes People Make When It Comes To Bidding In Auctions

January 27, 2014 DealDash Reviews

Since joining DealDash back in August 2013, I’ve made more than my fair share of mistakes. Hopefully I can help you avoid making some of the same mistakes I’ve made. Why, you may be asking, would I be interested in helping you avoid making mistakes. Great question! Most of the mistakes we make result in something nobody wants – HIGHER PRICES!

If we were to talk about all the mistakes I’ve made, we’d be here for a long time, and I know you’re anxious to get bidding so let’s just look at the three most critical mistakes.

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Why Losing Is Not Necessarily A Bad Thing

January 13, 2014 DealDash Reviews

Losing in some cases is really like “winning”, you get the best of a fun shopping experience.

Bidding on Deal Dash is like shopping at the mall. Once a decision is made to begin bidding the auction goes at a snail’s pace or quick as lightning! Depending on how many people are bidding, and you can see that when you isolate an auction, the auction can take off quickly and end just as fast. If there are only a few “serious bidders”, those that set their bid buddy, the auction could take a while. I have found that I can — Read full post

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Celebrating One Year Playing on DealDash

December 31, 2013 DealDash Reviews

Celebrating One Year Playing on DealDash

I thought it would be appropriate to write something in celebration of my one year anniversary playing on DealDash. I’ve learned so much during this time while winning and/or losing several thousand auctions, and thought I would share some quick tips that might help the newbie-so here goes!

Everyone has their own ideas of what it takes to win, but have you given some thought to losing? I’d like to give you some common sense advise…only play with what you can afford to lose or purchase. I say this because I’ve seen so many

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