DealDash Community, Author at DealDash Tips

February 5, 2014

Why DealDash Loves Coffee + Almond Biscotti Recipe for You to Enjoy!

Are you a coffee lover? Do you need a cup a joe to jumpstart your day? DealDash has items just for you, the coffee lover in mind.
So many K-Cups and Coffee makers to be won on DealDash!
The Keurig K-Cup machine is a great way to have fresh brewed coffee fast, perfect if you’re on the go or at home or in the office when you don’t want to make an entire pot of coffee.
Here are just some of the types of K-Cups that DealDash offers:

Gloria Jean’s Butter Toffee
Starbucks Breakfast Blend
Caribou Coffee Blend
Starbuck’s Sumatra
Starbuck’s French Roast
Gloria Jean’s Hazelnut Flavor
Green Mountain Coffee Nantucket Blend
Donut Shop
Kahlua Coffee
Starbuck’s Pike Place
Tully’s Coffee
Keurig Vue K-Cups for the Vue Machine
Barista Prima Colombia Coffee
Caribou Coffee French Vanilla
See all of the K-cup auctions that DealDash has lined up
!

Not only does DealDash offer K-cups, they sell Keurig brewing machines, Mr. Coffee singleserve coffee machines, DeLONGHI 5-cup coffee maker, personal KitchenAid coffee maker, Bunn coffeemakers, Kenmore Red 12 Cup Programmable Coffee Maker, Bella Dots Collection Coffee Maker, a Cuisinart Grind and Brew coffeemaker and so much more!
Now after you win some delicious coffee on DealDash how about biscotti with your coffee? Here’s one of our absolute favorite Chocolate Almond Biscotti Recipes, it’s easy to make and amazing when enjoyed with a cup of fresh brewed coffee!

DealDashTips’ Chocolate Almond Biscotti Recipe (Don’t forget your KitchenAid mixer also winnable on DealDash)! DealDash currently has four KitchenAid Artisan mixers up for auction today in a variety of beautiful colors: Pink, Canopy green, Empire red and Imperial gray
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
2 tablespoons Amaretto
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon anise extract (this can be optional)
1 cup whole almond, toasted and chopped a few times,
1 cup chocolate chips, chopped
Directions:
1
Preheat oven to 300°F.
2
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
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Combine the dry ingredients and set aside.
4
Whisk the eggs, amaretto (or almond extract + rum), vanilla and anise extracts in your mixer until well blended.
5
Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
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At this point the dough should be thick and sticky! This is a good thing.
7
Scrape the dough out onto a parchment lined sheet pan.
8
Make sure to flour your hands and shape into a long flat loaf shape about 10 inches long and 5 inches wide.
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This will be messy, just try your best to make the dough look like a loaf.
10
Bake until firm and dry, about 50 minutes.
11
Remove from the oven and cool 10 minute.
12
Use a long serrated knife and slice into 1/2-inch wide slices.
13
Lay the slices cut side down on the baking sheet and bake another 20 minutes.
14
Turn the slices over and bake 20 minutes more, or until the cookies are a light golden brown.
15 Cool the biscotti before storing and enjoying!
Let us know if you try the recipe!

February 3, 2014

DealDash's No Jumper Auctions Explained!

Lam29, a bidder on DealDash, doesn’t like jumpers… Doesn’t like jumpers so much that whenever one of these ‘pesky’ bidders “jumps” in Lam29 gets right out and stops bidding…

“Bid Jumpers are the worst. If I recognize someone as a jumper I get out of the auction and don’t go back. Bids cost money and bidding is addicting!”
We know that no one likes jumpers, right? Well, unless you’re a jumper? But don’t the jumpers get annoyed by other “jumpers?”
And what’s a jumper anyway?
Jumpers are bidders who wait until an auction has been going for quite some time, with a lot of bids being used up by other bidders who have been in the auction longer than they have, in fact jumpers will wait until hours later to even place their first bid in a penny auction. What’s good is DealDash understands the “jumper” frustration and has been one of the first penny auction sites to introduce “No Jumper Auctions.”
How do No Jumper Auctions Work?

No Jumper™ auctions is a new type of auction that makes winning easier. The big difference between No Jumper™ auctions and normal auctions is that new bidders can’t enter the auction after $5.00. This means you won’t have to compete with users that didn’t bid in the auction from the start, before the price reached $5.00.

All of the penny auctions on DealDash.com are now classified as “No Jumper” auctions. What this means for the bidder is that no new bidders can enter “late in the game” – after the auction end price has hit $5.00. So, in order to bid and participate, you must place a bid soon after an auction has begun. As you will see by looking at the homepage, most all of the active auctions have yellow banners plastered over them stating that “No New Bidders” can enter the auction.
So, back to Lam29’s feedback – eventhough DealDash has a $5.00 threshold limiting all new bidders, their “no jumper” policy doesn’t limit anyone from waiting until bidders have spent bids and entering before $5.00.
On the other hand, DealDash users Mrs. Rutkowski shares,
” The bid jumper is a smart bidder if you ask me Its their money and their bids to use how ever they see fit
Its all part of a strategy in most cases but some times newbies do it not knowing how it all works
New comers should study these auctions and learn before jumping rite in and just clicking away
I like to jump other bidders because a lot of the time it will confuse and aggravate the other bidders giving me the upper hand. (SOMETIMES)
Happy Bidding”
Notice how Mrs. Rutkowski says she likes to bid over, “jump” other bidders because it confuses others and gives her an advantage.
Jumping is a bidding strategy, whether other bidders like it or not.
What’s your opinion of “bid jumpers?”

January 28, 2014

Secret Strategies Of A Bid Jumper

Ok, so you get frustrated, red in the face and just downright angry when a bidder comes in “late in the game” and outbids you. These bidders have been coined “bid jumpers” by penny auction users, but what if jumpers had it all right and you were just bidding wrong?
Jumping is definitely a form of strategy for some penny auction bidders.
In defence of bid jumpers…
1. Bid Jumpers conserve their bids.
Think about this: If you begin bidding as soon as the auction starts and continue to bid for a few hours, just because you got in the first, or one of the first bids does not mean you will win or are entitled to win. Anyone can place a bid at any time. Except: Since DealDash understands that bidders do not like late entry “jumpers” all bidders must place a bid before the item hits $5.00, all new bidders after the $5.00 mark will not be allowed to place a bid.
2. Bid Jumpers pay attention.
Bid jumpers “sit in the weeds,” and pay attention to the auction. They research their opponents, they watch their bidding patterns, and they only place bids when the auction has been running for quite some time, or when they think bid buddies have run out of bids.

3. Bid Jumpers often annoy and confuse other bidders, therefore causing them to win more often.
Think of it this way. If a bidder “jumps” in enough while the same, say two bidders, have been bidding against one other it may confuse one or both of the two causing the new “jumper” bidder to win. Not always, but this is a possibility.
Still don’t like jumpers? Check out DealDash’s No Jumper Auctions.
How do No Jumper auctions work?
“When the price of an auction hits $5.00 (500 bids), all new bidders are blocked from entering the auction. This means less bidders and auctions that are easier to win. This is only on DealDash.com.
What do you think about bid jumpers? Do you jump in later?

January 26, 2014

DealDash Features Explained: Avatars and Statuses

Did you know that you can personalize your DealDash bidding experience?
DealDash allows all bidders the opportunity to add more personal flair to their bidding experience with features such as avatars and status updates.
How do you select an avatar on DealDash? By going to the personal profile page which is found under the bidder dashboard you can put in a status update message to share with other bidders. Each time you place a bid your status will be displayed and it will also be displayed when hovering over all bidders in the “all bidders in this auction box.” The “all bidders in this auction” area is helpful because it tells you when a bidder’s first bid was placed. Note the rules, though state to not intimidate others with your status, but some do use this option as a part of their strategy.
Once you’re on the bidder profile page you can set your status. Note the rules:
“Maximum of 250 characters. (0/250 used) Please don’t try to intimidate others or post misleading content, bid count, links, emails, etc. Thank you!”
https://www.dealdash.com/dashboard-public-profile

Now you know how to set an avatar an status, just another great way to add more to the bidding fun on DealDash.com!
What’s your opinion of status updates and avatars?