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Know Your Limits To Get More Wins Using Less Bids

February 25, 2014 DealDash Reviews

If you have an unlimited supply of cash, you may not want to read any further. If, on the other hand, you’re like most people and you don’t enjoy wasting your hard-earned money, you’ll benefit greatly by setting reasonable limits and sticking to them.

While the Buy It Now option provides an excellent “safety net”, it should only be used as a last resort. After all, your ultimate goal is probably not to pay full retail. Hopefully, your goal is to save money on the items you bid on. One thing’s for sure, you do not want to pay more — Read full post

What Do Steelhead Trout And DealDash Shoppers Have In Common?

February 12, 2014 DealDash Reviews

I am what you might call a “kitchen” shopping person.

Among my favorite things are quality linens and quality kitchen things. When I have fun and excellent kitchen appliances and gadgets, it makes cooking a complete joy for me. My favorite brands have been OXO and Oster.

From Wikipedia: OXO was founded by Sam Farber, an entrepreneur in the housewares industry, and his son, John Farber.^[1] Sam Farber, chose the name “OXO” because whether it’s horizontal, vertical, upside down or backwards, it always reads “OXO.”^[2] Noticing that his wife, Betsy, who suffered from mild arthritis in her

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Christmas Holiday Shopping Break Over | My Bidding Strategy

February 10, 2014 DealDash Reviews

Now that the Christmas Holiday has passed, it is time to slow down and take a break from shopping on DealDash…..OK break over!

I am already starting to bid for next years Christmas gifts. I got such a late start bidding on last years Christmas, I fell short of what I wanted to win so when I saw the Philips Portable DVD Player with 9-inch Display coming up for auction, I knew my 5 year old grandson would love watching his favorite animated movies. He has quite a collection of DVD’s at his disposal and this would be great for — Read full post

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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

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Simple And Useful Auction Observations

February 4, 2014 DealDash Reviews

DealDash Auctions Explained

Have you really looked at all the information on the auction screen?

Here is what you will find and why it’s important.

1. A listing of the 9 most current bids, this shows you the time the bid was placed, who did the bidding and what the item cost is currently.

2. You will see the amount of time between bids, this helps determine if you want to join in the bidding. If you see that time between bids is a second or two you might want to wait.

3. You also see information on the current bidder such as — Read full post