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Unknown Factors

When shopping on DealDash.com something that could help us save bids and win more auctions is learning how to consider the unknown factors.

The unknown factors are things we do not know about each of the auctions. Let’s take a look at a few of them:

Unknown Factor No. 1

Whenever an auction first opens for bidding, we do not yet know how many other shoppers will be competing with us. Of course, if we wait until all new bidders get locked out, we can then count the number of bidders who placed a minimum of one bid and, therefore, are qualified to go for the auction win. If we wait for other players to get locked out, we might also miss out if the auction happens to close early. I usually choose to only bid in auctions with 30 competitors or less. That seldom means, however, that all players who are qualified to bid in the auction will continue to play.

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Best Times to Shop

Perhaps the most common question people ask me about shopping on DealDash.com is, “What is the best time to bid?”

What is the best time to shop?

Of course, there is no way I could provide a perfect answer to this question because I do not have access to the statistics. Therefore, I cannot see what day of the week or what time of the day or night the greatest number of shoppers are actively shopping. If I were to give my single best response to this question, I would say, “The best time to shop on DealDash is when we have the most time available with no other distractions.”

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Shopping Blunders

Did you ever make a mistake or use poor judgment while shopping on DealDash.com?  That can happen to the best of us, but what about a shopping blunder?

According to Webster’s dictionary, a blunder is “making a mistake through stupidity, ignorance or carelessness,” so I think making a shopping blunder is worse than simply making a shopping mistake. Either way, it could make the difference between losing and winning.

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