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Have you seen the new avatars DealDash.com now has available for us to use? If not, you can check them out by going to “My Dashboard” and clicking on “Public Profile.” That’s where we can see the 42 new avatars. We can also edit our bidder bio, see the photo or avatar we are now using, and/or select a new avatar. Perhaps now might be a good time for us to choose a new icon.

When we became a member on DealDash, we had the option of choosing one of our own photos or avatars or select one from a set of old avatars DealDash had at the time. We still have the option of using one of our own avatars or choosing one of the new ones, which have a whole new look to them. 

Why Change Our Avatar

Changing our avatar may or may not be a good idea, depending on what our objective might be. Other players on DealDash can immediately identify us by seeing our avatar and our screen names.

Our screen names never change, so that’s the main thing I always go by to identify various other shoppers. Sometimes I recognize other players from their avatars, too, especially if they have used the same one for several years. The avatars we use are not supposed to be selected with the intention of purposely attempting to intimidate other shoppers. However, there are a few avatars that slip through the cracks that do raise a red flag for me whenever I see them. The avatars are supposed to be more of a fun way to show off our individual personalities. Our bidder bios are also not supposed to be used to intimidate others.

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From my observations, I see three kinds of shoppers on DealDash.com:

• Those who enjoy playing on this shopping site because they find it fun and entertaining, but they don’t really care if they win or not;
• Those who shop on DealDash to win great bargains, but they don’t want to put in any effort to become better players; and
• Those who want to win as many auctions as possible. They continually read, research and study how to become the best and most successful shoppers on DealDash.

Shoppers who fall into the last group I mentioned above are most likely the ones reading this blog now to see if they can learn any new tips or tricks.

Since I started shopping on DealDash on Feb. 8, 2012, I’ve never stopped learning new things or getting new ideas on how to become a better player. In the early days of DealDash, shoppers did not have as much data to look at when making decisions on “to bid or not to bid.” Now DealDash provides plenty of data that shoppers can analyze to make wise shopping choices.

Data Available

When we double click on an auction a window will open up. There we can see the dates that same auction was last won, the screen names of the winners, what the sale price was when it closed, how many bids the winners used and what the estimated total cost was to the winners (the final sale price, plus the cost of the bids that were used to win it).

The total cost to each winner might not be very accurate because we do not know if the winners bought their bids on sale or if they won a huge pack of bids for only a few bids. That makes a difference to the overall cost for each winner, which is good to keep in mind.

There’s data available also on how real bidders have enjoyed DealDash. You can find the legit reviews online and make your own decisions based on that.

We can also see how many DealDash customers qualified to compete in the auction before it as closed to “No New Bidders.”

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If you are a senior citizen like me, you might remember hearing the song, (To) Everything There Is a Season. This song was written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s and was first recorded in 1959. Regardless, a certain place or event can often trigger the lyrics of a “catchy” song no matter how old it may be. Some songs can get stuck in our minds for a while and we can actually hear them play over and over again. In fact, that can sometimes happen to young people, too.

Recently, when I was shopping on DealDash.com the lyrics to that song came back to me, but instead of (To) Everything There Is a Season, the thought occurred to me For Everything There Is a Reason. Why was that? I was just wondering why some people over-bid the value of an auction and that’s when the idea For Everything There Is a Reason came to my mind.

Over the last several years, I probably wrote about 600 blogs about how to play smart and win more auctions on DealDash. In some of my blogs I suggested how foolish I thought it was for anyone to ever overbid the listed BIN value of an auction. Therefore, I was surprised to find myself doing the same thing.

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Are you looking for a “Sweetheart” of a deal for a special someone for Valentine’s Day?  

Is it a challenge to come up with the perfect gift for such special occasions? If so, DealDash.com might be the best place for us to shop to get outstanding gifts for family members and friends at bargain prices.

Did you know that Valentine’s Day started with the Romans? According to History.com the Roman Emperor Claudius II was trying to bolster his army and he forbade young men from getting married because he believed that single men made better soldiers. St. Valentine defied the ban and performed secret marriages in the “spirit of love,” History.com reports. For his disobedience, Valentine was executed on Feb. 14, paying the ultimate price in the name of love.

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