Category: Strategies and Tips

Did you know that DealDash.com serves more than 20 million registered customers? In spite of so much competition, it might surprise you to know that DealDash shoppers still win fantastic deals on brand new products every day.  

If you look at the Winners’ List, you will be amazed at some of the best deals customers win. For example, just two days ago (as of this writing) a brand name pair of leather dress shoes, with a BIN of $1,450 sold at 10 cents and  the winner paid a total of only 50 cents including the cost of the 2 bids used to win them. We would never be able to find a deal like that anywhere else. Many people wonder how this is possible. 

Here’s how it works. DealDash helps businesses move excess inventory by purchasing a large number of items, and they also sell bid packs. Then, as DealDash customers, we have the opportunity to shop for and win these brand new products at greatly reduced prices. Sometimes the products sell high and sometimes they sell extremely low. We could say that Deal-Dash is a win-win for everyone. Even if we do not win, we have the opportunity to use the BIN (Buy-It-Now) option and get all of our bids back free to shop for something else in another auction. Customers love that. In fact, some customers do not care if they win or lose because they are bored and just go shopping on DealDash for the fun of it. After being a customer for more than 10 years, I have to admit DealDash is indeed a fun way to shop.

How easy or difficult it is to win an auction, however, depends on several different variables such as:

• The popularity and/or demand for the product (new vehicles, boats and massage chairs will be more difficult to win);
• The day and/or time the product goes up for auction; 
• The feature DealDash is running when the product goes up for auction (if winners get 75 percent off the selling cost it will usually sell at a higher cost); 
• The experience level of your top competitors (check the date they joined);
• The number of high-powered bidders who have already won and are now blocked from bidding again;
• The number of bids the last 10 winners used to win the same auction product; and
• Whether or not your strongest competitors recently won a huge bid pack.

The more shopping experience you get the more variables you will look at before you start shopping. Let’s take a look at more of the best deals shoppers won recently:

• Sunny Bahamas rug with a BIN of $1,110 sold at $1.12 and the winner paid a total of $1.72 including the cost of the 3 bids used;
• A set of  6 brand name knives with a BIN of $1,164 sold at 39 cents and the winner paid a total of $1.79 including the cost of  the7 bids used; and
• A set of 3 stainless steel pots and pans with a BIN of $2,490 sold at $2.72 and the winner paid a total of  $10.72 including the cost of the 40 bids placed.

The bottom line

Anybody can win auctions on DealDash.com if we know what we are doing. There is a lot more to winning auctions on DealDash.com than simply placing a random number of bids on a random number of auctions. Winners read the winning tips, watch the winning shoppers, study various winning strategies, know which screen names to avoid and win on purpose.

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.

Perhaps it’s time to buckle up and shop for some new belts. 

Did you see all the awesome belts up for auction on DealDash.com? Finding a good belt that fits can be difficult. However, DealDash has several high-quality belts up for auction that are sure to please everyone.

Let’s take a closer look at some belts up for auction on DealDash. But we start shopping for new belts, it’s important to check the size of the belts in each auction and also scroll down to see the size chart. We want to check to make sure the belts we shop for will fit our waist size. 

Reversible women’s belts

The Reversible Women’s medium Blush/White belts with a BIN of $80 comes in sets of two. 

Previous winners have given these belts rave reviews. Based on 33 reviews, these belts have received an overall rating of 4.92 out of a possible 5.0. So far, some of the best deals customers recently received were:

• April 5, this set of reversible women’s belts sold at $1.27 and the winner paid a total of $1.87 including the cost of the 3 bids placed;
• April 3, this set of reversible women’s belts sold at 47 cents and the winner paid a total of  $3.27 including the cost of the 14 bids placed;
• March 12, this set of reversible women’s belts sold at 2 cents and the winner paid a total of 22 cents including the cost of the 1 bid  placed; and
• March 8, this set of  reversible women’s belts sold at 3 cents and the winner paid a total of 43 cents including the cost of the 3 bids placed.

One customer wrote, “ My daughter loves these twin belts and they are pink. Good quality and will last a long time ..”

Women’s belt bundle

The Women’s Belt Bundle with a BIN of $120 consists of three belts:

1. One Black/Red Reversible Women’s Belt;
2. One Blush/White Reversible Women’s Belt; and
3. One Red Women’s Logo Belt

Not only are these belts stylish and high-quality, but they often sell (close) at less than $2 so most shoppers are able to easily win them at a huge bargain price.

Women’s single black leather belt

Shoppers who are bidding in this auction with the intent of exchanging it for bids, please note that this auction specifies it can only be exchanged for 350 bids. 

This brand name Women’s Black Leather Belt has a BIN of  $520 but some shoppers won it at bargain prices. The best deal so far was March 21 when it sold at 7 cents and the winner paid a total of 47 cents including the cost of the 2 bids placed.

If we are looking for a belt that surpasses all others, this is it. After receiving 12 reviews, all previous winners gave this belt a 5.0 rating out of a possible 5.0 and it does not get any better than that.

This 3.9-inch wide belt is 43.3 to 50-inches in length and it is crafted from100 percent top-grain Brown leather. The gold brand-name buckle makes it really stand out. 

The bottom line

If we are looking for a good deal on a high-quality belt we are shopping in the right place. Even if we do not win the first auction we try we will have many more opportunities to try again because DealDash.com has many more of these women’s belt auctions coming up. I’ll probably see you there.

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.

Are we still using the same steam iron we got decades ago? Perhaps it’s time for us to shop for a new updated one. 

Good news! A  new 3.5-pound steam iron with a BIN of $220 is now up for auction on DealDash.com. This 1200W steam iron is loaded with many updated features. The best news of all is that more auctions are coming up so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to win it. So far, 1,180 former winners have already left rave reviews, and most of them won this iron at bargain prices, too.

It comes with five precision fabric settings for synthetics, silk, wool, cotton and linen. This iron has three variable steam settings that can easily remove stubborn creases. What’s really nifty is the vertical steam function for touch-ups without using an ironing board.

We can go online and watch demonstration videos that show how the TurboFin feature self-cleans and we can also see a video that shows what the anti-calc function works to ensure many years of this steam iron’s awesome performance.

Another outstanding feature is the motion-sensitive technology that shuts the iron off if it is left unattended. According to the auction description, this iron will automatically shut off “if left unattended for fifteen minutes on the heel and 30 seconds on the sole-plate or its sides.” If a visitor  comes to our door or we get distracted by a phone call, this safety feature no doubt helps to prevent accidentally burning our clothes or causing a fire. 

The overall design of this steam iron is absolutely fantastic. The sharp point in the front makes it possible to easily get access to the hard-to-reach places like between buttons. This iron has a 360 degree pivoting of the 8-foot power cord that prevents tangles on the ironing board but allows for a long-reach at the same time. It even has an anti-drip design that prevents leaks at low temperatures or during switch off.

A brief history of irons

Before we had electricity, irons were heated by combustion, like a fire. The ancient Chinese used a scoop that was heated with hot coal or sand and they would rub it over clothing to smooth wrinkles. What modern people would identify as an iron first appeared in Europe in the 1300. It wasn’t until the late 1800s that people started using irons to get creases out of clothing.

American country irons flourished from 1850 to 1950. In the 19^th century, they were found in every country home and were heated on cast iron stoves. They were commonly called “flat” or “sad” irons. Compared to what we have available today, the early irons were pretty “sad.” I was born in 1947, and I still remember my mother heating the iron on a cast iron stove. To see how hot it was, she tested it by placing the iron on a newspaper. She did not want it to be too hot or it would burn the clothes. If it burned the newspaper, she let it iron cool off for a few minutes before ironing the clothes.

According to my research, the first electric iron has been around since the 1880s, but it weighed almost 15 pounds (6.8 kg) and took a long time to heat. The first electric flatiron was invented by American Henry Seely White and was patented June 6, 1882. However, it wasn’t until the 1920s that an iron came on the market that used a thermostat to regulate and control the temperature. The first electric steam iron, invented by Thomas Sears, was first used by a New York cleaning company in 1926, but it wasn’t until 1938 that the steam iron became commercially successful. Other electric steam irons first began to flood the market in the mid-1900s.

Today, fewer clothes need ironing since perma press  wrinkle free fabrics became popular. However, washing alone might not be enough to make our clothes look fresh, neat and stylish. Ironing them will remove all the wrinkles and give our shirts, trousers and dresses a more sophisticated look.

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.

Is it time to shop for a new microwave?  If so, you are shopping in the right place.

Good news! DealDash.com has an awesome 1250-Watt, 2.2 cubic-foot capacity stainless steel microwave with a BIN of $350 and it uses Inverter Technology. I never before heard of that but it means it heats and cooks at any temperature from the edges to centers for more evenly cooked meals.

A few features I especially like is that this microwave has an Advanced Inverter Turbo Defrost that speeds up defrosting time. It also has a “keep warm” feature to keep foods warm until they are ready to serve.

This microwave is a fairly new item so it only has 4 customer reviews. So far, however, it has a customer rating of 5.0 out of a possible 5.0 and no product gets better than that. In other words, all of the previous winners just love it. One customer wrote: “Very nice microwave, a little bigger than I expected.” How about that?

A brief history of microwaves

Today, microwaves can be found in 90 percent of American households.

Originally, this technology was used to emit radar signals that could detect enemy aircraft and ships during World War II. 

Percy Spencer, an American engineer, accidentally discovered that microwaves had the capacity to quickly heat foods when he was conducting experiments with a new style magnetron and a candy bar in his pocket melted. He then developed and patented the first microwave oven in 1945.  However, it was not until the late 1970s  that microwave ovens became affordable enough for residential use.  Prices fell quickly in the 1980s and that’s when the use of microwaves quickly spread throughout the world for commercial and residential use.

According to my research, early microwaves were like giants compared to modern compact microwaves. They were 5.5 feet tall, weighed more than 750 pounds and had a price tag of $5,000.  I learned, “Consumer suspicion about the new technology also suppressed microwave sales.”

The first public use of a microwave oven was in January 1947, one month before I was born, so that would be 77 years ago.  The first food to be deliberately cooked with a microwave was popcorn.

Some people had (or still have) concerns about radiation leaks.  Microwave radiation leaks are difficult to detect because we cannot smell or see microwaves. It is possible for microwave ovens to leak electromagnetic radiation if they are used while broken or altered. If the screen or rubber seals around the door have perished, it might allow some radiation to leak out. For peace of mind, we can buy a microwave leakage tester or just purchase a new updated microwave.  A microwave often lasts 7 to 8 years with normal usage for an average family, but for a single person, if well-maintained, the lifespan of a microwave is more like 10 years.

The bottom line

Microwaves older than 10 years or with faulty doors should be replaced immediately to reduce radiation exposure while you cook, and DealDash is a great place to shop for one.

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.