Looking for a great gift for friends or family, anniversary, wedding, or just because? Or maybe even just a gift for yourself. DealDash has tons of gift baskets! Check out these baskets that are listed as upcoming auctions!
To bid on them be sure to go to DealDash – Gift Baskets .

Mama Mia! Grand Italian Pasta Feast Gourmet Food Gift Basket Buy it Now price: $129 – Thanks to DealDash you could get a great deal on this Italian artisan gourmet gift basket. This basket is jam packed with artisan handmade pastas from tomato basil pappardelle pasta to basil garlic fettuccini, parmesan parsley linguine, alfredo cheese sauce, tomato basil sauce, lemon herb sauce, Tuscany seasoned olives, pomegranate balsamic vinegar, balsamic vinaigrette all tastefully placed in an oval gift basket. This auction recently ended for $0.06. 
 

Health nut or know someone who is? This Healthy Gourmet Food Gift Basket  is filled with scrumptious treats, dinner, snacks and more! Check out the entire list:
s. Includes: Pasta Mamas Whole Wheat Pasta, Gourmet Tomato Basil Sauce Mix, All Natural Organic Whole Grain Crackers, Alaska Smokehouse 7 oz. Smoked Salmon Filet, Artisan Breadsticks, D’Olivo Tuscany Green Olives, (2) All Natural Granola Bars, Sisters Premium Green Tea, Organic Mixed Berry Jam, Fruit and Nut Health Snack Mix, Ms Mays All Natural Pear Fruit Chips, Fancy Mixed Dried Fruit Snack, Smoked California Almonds, Large Round Willow Woven Basket With Handle. Please Note: Some items do contain sodium and may not be appropriate for a low sodium diet. An original sgift basket arrangement designed and created by Art of Appreciation Gift Baskets.
 
 

• Pasta Mama’s Whole Wheat Pasta
• Pasta Mama’s Gourmet Tomato Basil Sauce
• Kashi Heart Healthy Herb Crackers
• Artisan Breadsticks
• Alaska Smokehouse Smoked Salmon
• D’Olivo Tuscany Green Olives
• Two Kashi Heart Healthy Granola Bars
• Organic Mixed Berry Jam
• Fruit and Nut Healthy Snack Mix
• Mrs. May’s All Natural Pear Fruit Chips
• Fancy Mixed Dried Fruit Snack
• Sisters Premium Green Tea
• Large Round Willow Woven Basket with Handle

Broadway Basketeers Ultimate Happy Birthday Gourmet Gift Tower Buy it now for $69!

• Black licorice taffy,
• Butter toffee peanuts
• Salted caramel cookies
• Chocolate chip cookies
• Cajun mix,
• Dried fruit trail mix
• Almond pecan popcorn
• Honey roasted cashews
• Hot cocoa
• Biscotti

Whether you’re shopping for the best deal on a high rated laptop, or just need to ditch the desktop and switch to something more portable that actually has a full sized keyboard and can do everything a desktop can, then you need to find a great deal on a laptop! The auctions on DealDash may have just what you are looking for, but first there are a few things you should know about bidding, starting with the ended auctions.
This recently ended Acer 17 inch laptop had a buy it now price /value of $516. It sold for just $8.02! That was only 802 bids placed by all participating bidders. 

This auction is a one-per-user item, so once you win it you can’t win the same item again (and don’t you just want a great deal on one? – Thought so!).
 

 
This next recently ended auction was another pretty good deal on a brand new HP Laptop – Split x2 Ultrabook 2-in-1 13.3 inch touch screen laptop. It’s also a one per user auction, it sold for $35.95. 
DealDash bidding tips for everyone:
If you want to win a laptop for less money you will want to be careful about how much money you spend in bids. DealDash has the bidder in mind with tools that could help you save. For instance, bid buddy! The bid buddy feature can be found and used in all auctions. All you have to do is set the number of bids to bid for you at a specified price range – when it should start bidding for you and when it should stop. You can set it then forget it, or you can watch it and add more bids if needed.
Another super deal that recently ended was for this HP Split 2-in-1 13.3 inch touch screen laptop with 4GB memory. It’s a one-per user auction and ended for $14.68 but the end price as waived due to a promotion on DealDash! (Be sure to watch for bid pack deals and auction price slash promotions). This is also a one-per-user auction win. Bids at $0.15-0.17 if purchased during recent bid pack sales, would make this laptop a super deal even if the winner just paid for bids and not the end price! Wow!?

– See more at: https://www.dealdash.com/battle.php?auction_id=2366451#sthash.s8YMGrdP.dpuf

Bidding is fun, but it’s even more fun when you can bid for less!
You have to purchase bids for a chance to win items on DealDash, as you do on all penny auctions.
Bidding is fast paced.
So you need to keep track of what you are spending. A great way to do this is with a simple spreadsheet on Excel.
Before you bid on a new anything on DealDash I suggest you open up Microsoft Excel, or if you don’t have Office, OpenOffice (it’s free). And start a spreadsheet – do this for every auction you bid on. Be sure to note how many bids you have when you start bidding and how many when you stop.
Jot down the amount of bids and money you spent to bid. Note if you won, or if you lost. Note when the auction ended and how many bids were placed after you left.
After about a month of bidding reflect back on this data. Spot a trend? Do auctions end soon after you stop bidding, or would you have spent more money than you did before you backed out? Hard to predict, but it’s important to plan to win or you will fail!
Keep track of your bidding + winning patterns so that you may be able to improve your bidding skills! Also watch ended auctions. Look at the items that end cheaply. Did they end late at night, wee hours of the morning? Was the item not that desirable? Was it? Watch live auctions if you have the time even if you don’t feel like bidding. Watch an auction and see how others bid. Use bid buddy if you want to bid, but don’t want to keep clicking the bid button.
Definitely take advantage of not just bid pack promotions but half off auction deals. Sometimes items have gone for as high as $50-100+! When auction promotions like the 50% off September auction promotion that is running on DealDash.com are available you can save even more money off of an auction if you win it!
Not winning yet or new to bidding? Be sure to first bid on the newbie auctions. Wait until you receive the item to bid again, see how soon you get it. Did you have to spend much, or little? Let us know how you do on DealDash!
 

I love  good glass of wine. Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Chenin Blanc from South Africa, Bordeaux! Studying wine is like learning about a new destination. It’s incredible what you can learn from wine, the regions, the people. Different methods of cultivation. Napa & Baja is rife with family run vineyards, vineyard in Oregon, Washington State, Mendoza, Argentina hosts an annual wine/harvest festival. Wine is an international language. If you drink wine chances are you want to learn more about the wine you drink. Did you know that there are proper temperatures to serve wine at? Did you know that there are special tools called aerators to let wine “breathe” for optimal flavor?
If you’re a wine aficionado, or just starting to get in to drinking wine, you may be interested in learning that you can have special refrigerators just for your wine!
There are actually a number of different wine coolers you could buy. That way you can start your collection and not have to worry about taking up space in the fridge.

Store several of your favorite bottles in the Igloo Premium 12-Bottle Wine Cooler. With this cooler, you’ll always have cold wine available for when you’re ready to pop the cork. A simple touch-button allows you to regulate the temperature to your specific preferences. White interior light, adjustable height.

This wine cooler has a buy it now price on DealDash of $96. A recent auction just sold for as low as $1.25!

This NewAir AW-320ED cooler is a serious wine cooler! It has a digital control panel and two separate coolers – temperature controlled so you can chill red and white wine at the same time! Holds 32 bottles. Buy it now price: $591! – A recently ended auction for this same item sold for under $12.

 
 

 
 
Of course a wine glass named after a mysterious elite group has to have that special allure and quality. This six glass set of Epicureanist Illuminati Red Wine Glasses are made of lead-free crystal, so it’s safer for the environment and helps cut down on the fine scratches or cloudiness from washing. Each glass also goes through a hardening process to make it more resistant to breakage and everyday wear.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Now that you know where to find great deals on wine coolers and wine glasses, be sure you have the right tools to serve your wine. This Waring Pro Professional Wine Aerator enhances the flavor and bouquet of most white or red wines by mixing the ideal amount of air into the wine. Retail price is just under $45, but be sure to catch this on an upcoming auction on DealDash and win it for less in a penny auction.

You’ve heard of drinking games, but what do you know about wine drinking games? Check out this upcoming auction on DealDash for Wineopoly!
“Pop the cork off any gathering with WINEOPOLY!
Players buy favorite wines, collect bunches of grapes and trade them in for decanters. Sounds easy enough but add Import Taxes and serving faux pas and it becomes a little more difficult and a lot more fun!Pop the cork off any gathering with WINEOPOLY! Players buy favorite wines, collect bunches of grapes and trade them in for decanters. Sounds easy enough but add Import Taxes and serving faux pas and it becomes a little more difficult and a lot more fun! Learn while you play!
Each deed back contains wine descriptors and fun facts about each wine. It’s all fun and games until you’re sent to the Wine Cellar to age-then you’re out of the game for three turns. So choose your token (wine bottle, cork, wine glass, cheese, grapes, or a carafe) and advance to CHEERS! Who knows? You may be elected president of the wine club or you may be penalized for serving obtrusively malodorous cheese!”


Do you drink wine? If so, be sure to check out all of these and more wine related auctions on DealDash!