Category: Strategies and Tips

I started shopping on DealDash.com in 2012 and I’m still here. You might wonder why.

What makes me and many other people like me continue to shop on DealDash for nine or more years? Are we still trying to figure out how to win? No. Over the last nine years, I won a total of 918 auctions, which averages out to be slightly more than 100 auctions per year, and I’ve won nearly everything I want or need. Then why am I still shopping on DealDash?

That’s a good question. I cannot speak for all of the other loyal DealDash shoppers, but I can tell you four good reasons why I’m still here.

Fun

One main reason I am still shopping on DealDash is because it is such a fun and entertaining way to shop. Even after shopping on this site for nine years it never gets boring because DealDash rotates a variety of features, has many opportunities to earn free bids, offers a daily challenge and frequently introduces new products. What could be better than that?

Convenience

Another reason I continue to shop on DealDash is because it is one of the most convenient ways to shop. I can shop at any time of day or night. If I have any difficulty sleeping for any reason, I can get on my computer or mobile app to shop on DealDash in the middle of the night from the comfort of my home.

I also like having everything delivered to my door with free shipping and handling. That was especially good during the last year when many shops were closed down because of the COVID-19 virus.

Most of all, it saves time and money. With the higher gas prices we now have the less I have to drive the better.

Gifts

Have you ever received a graduation announcement, birthday party or wedding invitation at a time when you are so overwhelmed with other activities and obligations that you just do not have time to go out and shop for a last-minute gift?  Well, there’s no need to fear because DealDash is here.

To take care of all of my last-minute gift-giving emergencies, I created a special “gift box” where I put various items I win from DealDash throughout the year. Whenever I need a last-minute gift, I go to my “gift box” and select an appropriate item for the occasion. That saves me from having to shop at a store when I’m too busy or too low on funds. Murphy’s Law says that these special occasions will often come up when we can least afford them.

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If you are a boat lover who loves to fish, I have some exciting news for you.

Remember how thrilling it was when DealDash.com offered a brand new vehicle for sale for the first time? Guess what DealDash is going to do now!

How about a new fishing boat! That’s right. DealDash will put its first boat up for auction on May 17. That’s one auction you will not want to miss, so mark your calendars now.

The 16-foot boat, with a BIN price of $13,195.00 comes with a 20 HP motor with a 6-gallon fuel capacity, and a custom-matched boat trailer for ease of transfer.

The maximum person capacity is four persons, with a maximum person weight of 600 pounds, and a maximum person, motor and gear weight of 1,100 pounds. Now, why is this important information to know? It is part of boating safety rules, just like making sure you have a life vest on board for each person in the boat. Regardless of how well you swim, it is always best to side on the side of safety so everyone can enjoy their boating experience.

One thing you might find interesting is that the boat DealDash is auctioning is listed among the top eight best boat brands.

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Did you see the new laptop computer DealDash.com put up for auction for the first time on Sunday afternoon?  Yep, it’s a brand new item. By the time you read this blog you may have already missed the first one, but it might come up for auction again.

Nearly every home owner today also owns and uses at least one computer, whether it’s a full-sized home computer, a laptop computer, a galaxy or another device. I know you have one or you would not be able to shop on DealDash.

Perhaps you may not be interested in shopping for a new laptop because you already have one. I may not know a lot about computers, but one thing I do know is that technology is moving quickly and it’s not slowing down for anyone. Therefore, it does not take long before the computers or laptops we bought a few years ago are already outdated. It can be difficult to keep up.   

That is why I am always glad to see DealDash introduce us to some of the latest electronic technology to help keep us up to speed. In the very least, it’s worth clicking on the newest laptop and reading all the data that shows us what the latest and greatest features might be.

For example, some of the things we might find include:

• The new laptops decreased in size and smaller computers are much easier to carry around.
• New computers are less expensive (than our older computers were when we bought them), more powerful, more efficient and have more features.
• New computers have a larger memory and can run several and more complex programs at once.
• The graphics of modern computers have also developed so much that they now look more like real life.
• The speed of computers has also increased so much that we can now download a full-length movie in about five minutes.

A Little History

The word “computer” was derived from the word “compute” which means “to calculate.” Originally, that was the main function of computers – to calculate arithmetic operations.

In the late 1960s I remember seeing a huge electronic machine at an insurance company that was used to calculate numbers and it took up an entire room. At the time, I thought it was pretty amazing but in today’s world it would look like an awkward elephant.

Today, computers are used not only to solve problems of different kinds, but to obtain and save information and conduct business everyday life like paying bills online, learning how to eat healthy diets, how to fix broken lawn mowers, obtain answers to any questions of all kinds and to shop on DealDash.com.

Old Computers Have Value

Even if we win a new updated computer on DealDash, it might not be a good idea to simply discard your old computer because it is still be worth more than you may think. After conducting a search online, I learned that old computers can contain valuable metals such as gold, copper and aluminum. An older laptop could contain $30.00 worth of gold, whereas newer laptops might include gold worth $15.00 to $25.00.

That might not sound like much, but as Benjamin Franklin said, “A penny saved is a penny earned.”

Here’s hoping we not only save pennies, but many dollars, by shopping on DealDash.

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 have wonderful news for all you good folks out there in DealDash.com land. DealDash plans to take us all on special road trips by featuring items that we might want to take with us on all of our road trips this spring and summer. The Road Trip promotion takes place next Saturday 5/15 and Sunday 5/16.

I have gone on several road trips in my life. In fact, I’ve been in all 50 states in the United States and I lived in seven states – Minnesota, Washington, California, Virginia, Maine, Rhode Island and Florida. For many years, I was a military spouse and we moved every time my military husband got new orders. Much of the time we traveled by car hauling a trailer full of our belongings.

I’m so glad that DealDash decided to highlight the theme of road trips because we can see much more of the country on the road than we can by flying through the air. Road trips offer many other advantages as well. When traveling by vehicle we can stop along the way and take in all of the major attractions our country has to offer.

One of my favorite places to visit is Mount Rushmore. I was there four times and all four times I was there the most incredible sense of peace and quiet engulfed me. I cannot explain it but that’s why I love visiting Mount Rushmore so much. It just feels like such a magical place.

Shopping on DealDash for some road trip gear can help us a lot because one lesson I’ve learned from all of my “road trips” is how important it is to pack all of the right gear that we might need along the way.

Shopping for Road Trips

I don’t know what all the items are that DealDash.com will feature for our road trips but I do know that DealDash often has some really good tents that go up for auction. I won one of those awesome tents on DealDash. I gave my new tent to my son Ryan so he could go camping and I took some pictures after he got it all set up.

If you don’t already have a nice tent I suggest you put that on your DealDash shopping list. We never know when an emergency situation might come up. For example, on one “road trip” my family took we got stuck with no place to sleep. All motels and hotels were full without a single vacancy within 100-mile radius. A huge event was happening in the area (that we didn’t know about) so all the rooms in all the motels and hotels were booked solid. With nowhere to sleep, we really wish we had packed a nice tent so we would have had an alternative place to sleep.

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