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Attention all you shoppers in DealDash.com land because I have some awesome news for you.

After the “Home Improvement Week” promotion from April 26th to April 30th, the excitement does not stop there. There’s brand new additions to the promotions on DealDash that you can read about below:

Cinco de Mayo

Beginning May 5, Deal Dash will kick off a Cinco de Mayo promotion.

Did you know it’s a misconception that Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican Independence Day? According to history, Cinco de Mayo actually commemorates the Battle of Puebla in 1861 at the Mexican territory of Puebla, but the Mexican independence was declared more than 50 years before the Battle of Puebla.

Today, in the United States, Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a commemoration of Mexican culture and heritage. Some people, especially in places with large Mexican-American population, celebrate the occasion with parades, parties, mariachi music, Mexican folk dancing and traditional foods like tacos and mole poblano.

I doubt DealDash would put Mexican food up for auction, but it will be interesting to see what else DealDash will come up with to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. So mark your calendars and make sure you check it out on May 5.

Mothers’ Day Specials

Beginning May 9 DealDash will highlight “Mothers’ Day” with flowers, chocolates and many other items that will help you to pamper your mother.

Did you know that Mother’s Day has been an annual event for about 107 years? According to history, Anna Jarvis was the founder of the modern version of Mother’s Day and it was designated as the second Sunday in May by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914.

Most mothers do so much for us every day of our lives. Being a mother can be a thankless job so it’s never too much to ask to spend this one day a year to show your mother how much she means to you. I’m sure you will be able to find some nice Mother’s Day gifts on DealDash.

Cyber Monday in May

Why celebrate Cyber Monday only once per year? “Cyber Monday in May” means DealDash will offer some great bid discounts and other perks for every bidder. They will also focus on auctioning the most exciting electronic items. So for all of you technology lovers out there this might be the best time for you to get online to win some of the latest and greatest electronic items you might have on your shopping list.

This could include items like a 55-inch LED TV, a 75-inch or 65-inch Smart TV, an iPhone, a Smartphone photography kit, laptop computers, MacBooks and tablets, headphones, cordless vacuum and robot vacuum cleaner, Bluetooth speakers, electronic keyboards, a home arcade and more.

Happy shopping everyone!

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

It’s that time of year again – time to do some spring cleaning throughout our entire house. Perhaps we could do some spring cleaning outside in our yards as well.

Spring cleaning usually involves thoroughly dusting and cleaning each and every room, getting rid of clutter and replacing old, worn-out items with new ones. In other words, this is the perfect time to throw away our old sheets, dishes, silverware, pots and pans and replace them with new ones.

Home Improvement Week

DealDash.com is going to help its loyal shoppers do just that during its “Home Improvement Week” from April 26 through April 30. That’s one event we won’t want to miss because DealDash will be highlighting many products we might need for our home.

A good way to start planning for the DealDash “Home Improvement Week” might be to make a list of some of the products DealDash already has available such as: An ergonomic office chair, massage chair, knife sets, sheets, duvet covers, sewing machine, laptops, popcorn machine, ceramic dish set, pancake pan, stainless steel cookware sets, placemats and a very popular cast iron casserole bowl.

After making my list, I went through my house to see which items I already had and which items I might want to replace. One item I would like to replace is my office chair because the one I’m using now is rather old and has tears in the fabric on the arms and seat. To have good enough back support I have to put an extra pad in the office chair, so it would be nice to win an ergonomic office chair that probably offers better back support, which is especially important for senior citizens.

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Many DealDash.com shoppers want to know how many bids they will need to place to win certain auctions.

Of course, we can never be certain exactly how many bids we need there are ways to get a good idea. If we are any good at math there are a couple different ways we can simply “go figure.”

There is a fast way or a slow way that takes a little more time and effort.

Past Winners

The first thing we must do is to look at the data from past winners.

The fastest way would be to check the data on the last 10 winners and look at the highest number of bids past winners used to win the auction. For example, let’s take a look at the 950 bid pack. Looking at the last 10 winners the most bids a previous “winner” used was 1,071 bids, so that “winner” overbid and lost more bids than he won. We would not want to do the same, so we might look at the most bids used without going over the BIN value of the auction, which were 567. Therefore, we could feel confident that we could win that auction by placing at least 567 bids or more to win the 950 bid pack.

Another way to come up with a ballpark figure might be more accurate but takes more time. Looking at the last 10 winners, two of them overbid the value of the auction and most shoppers will not do that. Therefore, we might want to throw those two figures out. Then add up the number of bids the other 8 winners used without overbidding — 388, 63, 49, 567, 124, 184, 225, and 315 and then divide by eight. I come up with 1,865 bids those eight winners used. If I divide that number by eight I come up with about 238 bids – the average number of bids it took to win that auction. Therefore, it would tell us that we probably should place at least 238 bids to win that auction. We could also consider the fact that five of the last 10 winners used fewer than 238 bids.

Other Factors

Doing the math definitely gives us a ballpark idea of how many bids it might take to win auctions.

It is impossible, however, for us to know exactly how many bids we will need to win an auction because of many unknowns and other factors that are always subject to change.

Some of other factors that can affect the closing cost of auctions are:

• How many other shoppers are participating and/or seriously competing in the same auction
• The experience level of the other shoppers competing in the same auction
• How many bids the other shoppers have to burn
• The day of the week and/or the time of day or night
• At what point we enter the auction (from the beginning, middle or end before all new bidders are blocked)
• The type of feature DealDash is running at the time (some features are more popular than others)
• How many shoppers have already won the same auction and have now been eliminated

Because of all of these other unknown factors we could win the auction with fewer bids than we anticipated, but if we “go figure” and go with the highest number of bids without overbidding, we will have a good idea how many bids we need to place.

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

I wrote an article once about some of the most important life lessons I’ve learned in my 74 years. One of them was that we should try hard not to develop bad habits because once we develop some bad habits they are so very difficult to break.

That lesson could apply to bad shopping habits on DealDash.com too. Ask yourself. Are you developing any bad shopping habits?  Perhaps you are wondering what I mean by that.  Let’s take a close look at some of the worst shopping habits anyone can have:

Overbidding

When shoppers develop the bad habit of overbidding, they not only hurt themselves but they also hurt other shoppers who come to this shopping site to win some great bargains. When customers overbid they help DealDash make money but even that is a catch 22. If too many shoppers consistently overbid and prevented anyone from ever winning good deals, eventually DealDash would lose customers too. Therefore, too much overbidding is not really good for anyone.

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