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Earn a Badge

How many badges have you earned on DealDash.com lately?

We all like to set goals, right? Perhaps we could set a goal to win one new badge every week, or all of them by the end of the next year. I earned 13 badges so far, and every time I earn a new badge, it gives me a sense of accomplishment.

Anybody can earn at least four badges because they are so easy to get — New Best Friend for booking two BidBuddies, Story Time for writing something about yourself in your Bidder Bio, Worth a Thousand Words for setting a custom avatar for your profile, and Automation for winning an auction using BidBuddy.

Four more badges that are fairly easy to win are:

  • Me and My Buddies for booking a BidBuddy in 5 different auctions at the same time. We only need to invest 5 bids to earn this badge because we could choose to place only one bid in 5 different auctions.
  • Runner Up for finishing in second place in an auction. I finished second next to the winner so many times that I feel like I set a record. In fact, I would be a very happy camper if DealDash ever rewarded us “runners up” by returning all of our bids free.
  • In It to Win It for placing 100 or more bids in an auction. Anyone could easily save up 100 bids without even purchasing any more Bid Packs. We would simply need to log in and place at least one bid in an auction every day for eight days.
  • On The Go for logging in with the DealDash app on Android or iOS. How difficult could this be? Most people own at least one Android these days.

Perhaps two of the most difficult badges to earn are: The Champion for winning a total of 1,000 auctions and Going the Distance for placing a total of 1,000,000 bids in all auctions on DealDash.

Some badges I might never win, but it could be fun trying.  Which badges do you think you could win?

Blog posts are written by real DealDash customers. The opinions and advice here represent our customers’ views and not those of the company. This sponsored blog post was submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers. Barbara was compensated by DealDash for this blog post. 

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Bid Pack Bargains

If you haven’t been shopping on DealDash.com for a while, you might be surprised at some of the changes that have been made.

One of the changes that I like most is on the “Winners” list. Now we can choose to see the “Featured Wins” for a list of the most amazing wins within the last 24 hours or we can choose to “View all winners.”

By checking the “Featured Wins” on a regular basis, we can see what has been happening from week to week and bid on the auctions that are selling at bargain prices. For example, after seeing the “Featured Wins” list today I think this would be a good time to place more bids on Bid Packs because within the last 24 hours all of the Bid Packs below sold for less than one dollar:

  • 1,000 Bid Pack sold for 36 cents. The winner placed only 3 bids, for a total cost was 96 cents. What a deal!
  • 600 Bid Pack sold for 51 cents. The winner used only 5 bids, for a total cost of $1.51.
  • 400 Bid Pack sold for 76 cents. The winner used only 7 bids, for a total cost of $2.16.
  • 300 Bid Pack sold for 24 cents. The winner used only 4 bids, for a total of cost of 92 cents.
  • 200 Bid Pack sold for 18 cents. The winner used only 4 bids, for a total cost of 98 cents.
  • 100 Bid Pack sold for 2 cents. The winner used only 1 bid, for a total cost of 22 cents.

It’s amazing that so many Bid Packs all sold for bargain prices. This proves that if we pay attention to trends on the “Winners” list, we can make better decisions concerning which auctions we might want to bid on.

Blog posts are written by real DealDash customers. The opinions and advice here represent our customers’ views and not those of the company. This sponsored blog post was submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers. Barbara was compensated by DealDash for this blog post. 

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Turkey Time

It’s almost that time of year again–Thanksgiving.

Guess what DealDash.com and turkey day have in common? Hint: What do we need to carve a turkey?

Answer: High-quality carving knives. DealDash offers the best-quality carving knifes we can shop for in the world. Auctions include a single knife, a set of two knives or a set of three knives. According to the DealDash descriptions, they all come in “natural-colored ash wood boxes for safe keeping.” The best part is that it is possible to win these knifes at bargain prices because several customers have already done so.

Why not check them out:

  • 7-inch Santoku Chef’s Knife–Nov. 7, one customer won this single knife for the sale price of $1.04. This winner placed only 37 bids, and counting the cost of bids, paid a total of $8.44. What a bargain price for this $675 knife.
  • Kensei Knife Set--This two-piece set includes a Kiritsuke knife and a Honesuki boning knife. The Kiritsuke knife is ideal for slicing fish or cutting vegetables. The Honesuki boning knife is perfect for de-boning poultry, and that would include turkey. Nov. 3 this auction sold for 66 cents. The winner used 15 bids and the total cost was $3.66. What a bargain price for this $1,015 two-piece knife set.
  • Knife Set–This three-piece set includes one vegetable knife, one slicing knife and one small utility knife. Sept. 12 this auction sold for 12 cents. The winner used only 2 bids and paid a total of 52 cents. What a bargain price for this $1,295 three-piece knife set.

According to the auction description, a great feature of these Japanese Honshu Steel knives is that they have a special handle with a non-slip surface–crafted to prevent the user’s hand from touching the sharp blade. Perhaps an even better feature is that they are made to last a lifetime.

Blog posts are written by real DealDash customers. The opinions and advice here represent our customers’ views and not those of the company. This sponsored blog post was submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers. Barbara was compensated by DealDash for this blog post. 

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Responsible Shopping

I recently saw a video discussing the part today’s technology plays in controlling our shopping behaviors. Apparently, a natural chemical in our brains called dopamine makes us feel good, and it also has a lot to do with our struggles to set responsible shopping limits.

Shopping on DealDash.com is a lot of fun, but if we fail to plan ahead, set and follow responsible shopping limits, it could lead to over spending, and that could spoil our fun. DealDash is intended to be fun, while providing us with an easy, new and exciting way to shop. However, it is our responsibility to make sure we set reasonable limits and don’t spend more money than we can afford.

Below are some ideas on how we can do that:

• Decide ahead of time how many bids we can afford to buy for the month. Write it down, stick to it and always make sure you pay all of your other bills first — such as food water and shelter.
• Before bidding, watch and learn the screen names of power bidders and try to avoid bidding in auctions where one or more power bidder already started bidding.
• Only shop for products we really need or want to give to a loved one as a gift.
• Try to bid in auctions we can afford to buy (BIN) if we do not win. Then we will get all of our bids back free to use in another auction.

DealDash is one of the best shopping sites online, and its support staff strives every day to keep customers happy. The rest is up to us. As long as we follow some simple guidelines, we will remain happy customers for a long time to come.

Blog posts are written by real DealDash customers. The opinions and advice here represent our customers’ views and not those of the company. This sponsored blog post was submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers. Barbara was compensated by DealDash for this blog post.