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If you are a tea drinker you might want to shop for one of the exotic tea sets now up for auction on DealDash.com.

Tea parties are not only fun for children. If you win one of the many fantastic tea sets from DealDash you might enjoy inviting a group of your friends over for tea. Don’t you think that would be great fun?

Here we are now well into the New Year of 2024 already. Whoever said, “Time is like a roll of toilet paper – the closer we get to the end, the faster it goes” is right. I remember when I was in first grade thinking it would take forever for me to get to my senior year, and it did seem like time went by so slowly during that part of my life. After I graduated and got out on my own, it felt like the years went by much faster. Before I knew it, I had become a senior citizen and I wonder how I got here so quickly. Sadly, as the years fly by, we often get so busy that we neglect to connect with our family and friends as often as we should. 

Why wait for the holidays to get together again? What better New Year’s resolution could we make than making a bigger effort to invite our family and friends over more often for a relaxing afternoon of tea.

Awesome Tea Sets

Recently, I noticed some awesome tea sets up for auction on DealDash with a BIN of $850.  Each ceramic dishwasher-safe set includes 1 tea pot (8-inches in length by 5 1/2-inches wide by 5-inches in height), 4 tea cups (3-inches in diameter by 2 3/4-inches in height) and 4 saucers (5 1/2-inches in diameter). Each set has a matching pattern. The teapot holds 27 ounces, and each cup holds 6.75 ounces. It might sound like a lot of money for a set of 4, but these tea sets are offered in different unique designs that we do not see anywhere else. 

According to the DealDash description, one “striking design” is “a kaleidoscope of blues” in a “contemporary Geometric pattern.” Another “Botanic design” showcases “the graceful flutters of our feathered friends,” providing “a sense of motion and serenity amidst the floating florets of the dandelion.” Another “Olive design” reflects the “evergreen tree which lives for thousands of years” reflecting a comforting feeling of solace and “evoking a sense of calm with its soothing olive green, tangerine and sea blue hues.”

These tea set patterns brought back many fond memories when my late husband who went on a military tour to Greece brought back a gorgeous tea set that had an intricate gold design. I still have half of the original set. When my late mother visited and saw my tea set, she loved it so much that I gave her half of my 8-pieces set. She valued that set so much that she even got special permission to bring it with her to the nursing home, where she prominently displayed the set in a little glass case in her small  room. My mother kept that tea set with her to enjoy until she passed away at 93. I never regretted giving her half of my tea set because it meant so much to her. Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that are valued the most.

Some of the best bargains DealDash shoppers won so far were:

• Dec. 30, the blue Geometric tea set sold at $2.96 and the winner paid a total of $7.16 including the cost of the 21 bids placed; 
• Jan. 1, the Botanic tea set sold at only 28 cents and the winner paid a total of $2.23 including the 11 bids placed; and 
• Jan. 4, the Olive tea set sold for only 31 cents and the winner paid a total of $1.71 including the cost of the 7 bids placed.

Would you or any other loved one in your life enjoy having a special tea set like the ones on DealDash? Imagine how good it would feel to give it to someone who would value it as much as my mother valued hers. Perhaps you could win the next great deal.

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.

Regular DealDash.com shoppers most likely noticed the same auction products are offered in different sizes. For example, the men’s leather shoes come in a variety of sizes. 

What does size have to do with winning auctions? I once analyzed ring sizes and learned the smallest sized rings were easier to win than the larger sized rings, probably because most American women are bigger boned and have a much larger ring size than many women in other countries. When we win an auction (unless otherwise specified)  we are given a choice to keep the item won and pay the selling price or exchange our win for free bids. If the product we win has a BIN of $800 we would most likely get the opportunity to get 800 free bids instead in exchange for the item. That means we do not have to shop for the right size if we can exchange the win for bids.       

Some auction products could be easier to win simply based on size or color, so it might be worth looking at. Therefore, I decided to look at the men’s black and brown leather shoes.

Men’s leather dress shoes

The men’s leather dress shoes go up for auction in sizes 8, 9,  10, 11 and 12.  I only looked at the two best deals won in each Size. I left out a few sizes if I could not find enough data or the data was too old.

In Black (Sizes 8, 9, 11)

• Dec. 26, Size 8 sold at $1.14 and the winner paid a total of $4.88 including the cost of the 23 bids placed;
• Dec. 28, Size 8 sold at $5.18 and the winner paid a total of $13.89 including the cost of the 63 bids placed;
• Dec. 25, Size 9 sold at 22 cents and the winner paid a total of $1.02 including the cost of the 5 bids placed;
• Jan. 1, Size  9 sold at $1.97 and the winner paid a total of $7.40 including the cost of the 36 bids placed;
• Dec. 23, Size 11 sold at 6 cents and the winner paid a total of 26 cents including the cost of the 1 bid placed.
• Dec. 31, Size 11 sold at 16 cents and the winner paid a total of 64 cents including the cost of the 3 bids placed.

In Brown (Sizes 9, 10, 12)

• Jan. 6, Size 9 sold at 94 cents and the winner paid a total of $5.94 including the cost of the 25 bids placed;
• Jan. 6, Size 9 sold at $2.00 and the winner paid a total of $14.80 including the cost of the 64 bids placed;
• Dec. 31, Size 10 sold at 28 cents and the winner paid a total of $1.07 including the cost of the 5 bids placed;
• Dec. 31, Size 10 sold at 39 cents and the winner paid a total of $1.10 including the cost of the 5 bids placed;
• Jan. 4, Size 12 sold at 83 cents and the winner paid a total of $2.83 including the cost of the 10 bids placed;
• Dec. 25, Size 12 sold at $1.16 and the winner paid a total of $4.32 including the cost of the 21 bids placed.

You might want to know what I learned from the above data. Me, too. I have not yet figured it out, but after looking it over I can come to a few conclusions:

1. The best deals DealDash shoppers won in the men’s black leather shoes were in Size 11;
2. The best deals DealDash shoppers won in the men’s brown leather shoes were in Size 10;
3. DealDash shoppers won great deals in all sizes of the men’s leather shoes;
4. DealDash shoppers won the best deals when shopping for the brown leather men’s shoes over the black. The difference is very insignificant, however, it might indicate shoppers prefer to shop for the black men’s shoes over the brown.

Of course, there are a lot of different ways to look at and calculate data, and I only used data from the best deals won in each Size. If I were to take data from the last 10 winners in each Size instead of only using the best deals won,  I might have come up with different conclusions. 

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 our win truly a win or would we be better off using BIN? 

That is the question we should all ask ourselves whenever we shop on DealDash.com. 

Sometimes we would be much better off if we simply purchase the product to get all our bids back free to use in another auction. Therefore, I decided to write this blog about how to better understand how the BIN option works so more shoppers can learn to use it wisely.

When the Buy It Now (BIN) is a great choice

Before we start shopping on DealDash  we should make a shopping list of all of the items we need or want and plan to buy in the near future. Then look to see if we can find any of the items on our shopping list that are now up for auction or will soon go up for auction. If the products we want are listed for upcoming auctions but are not yet scheduled, we can press the “Alert Me” button to be notified when these auctions will go active.

Next, we should take a note of the BIN price listed with the auction. When shopping for the items we need, we should never continue bidding over the BIN price listed. If we do not win the auction by the time it reaches the BIN price, we should stop bidding, purchase the item, and get all our bids back free to use in another auction. 

This may seem straightforward, but some shoppers might not understand how the BIN option works or how to make it work for them. I hope this explanation helps more DealDash shoppers know how to “win using BIN.” 

That, my dear fellow shoppers, is how we keep the bargain in the win. 

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.

Did you see all of the candles and candle holders that go up for auction on DealDash.com? 

During the holiday season many church services and fabulous community events included beautiful candle-lighting ceremonies.

For many years, I collected candles and candle holders, so nearly everyone gave me candles and candle holders as gifts under the tree. In fact, my collection got so big I had to ask everyone to stop giving them to me because I no longer had any more space for so many candles and candle holders. Whenever the electricity goes out, I still have plenty of candles for light. 

It’s really nice to have some candles in my house, and you can, too, because DealDash has several candle auctions. Some candle auctions now listed are: 

• Large ceramic candle (set of 2), with a BIN of $96
• Large ceramic candle (set of 4) with a BIN of $192
• Glazed candle-holder (set of 2), with a BIN of $135
• Medium candles (set of 3), with a BIN of $84
• Soy Candle (set of 3), with a BIN of $116

Let’s take a look at the best deals won so far:

• Dec. 28, the large ceramic candle (set of 2) sold at 2 cents and the winner paid a total of 21 cents including the cost of the 1 bid placed;
• Dec. 16, the large ceramic candle (set of 2) sold at 8 cents and the winner paid a total of 68 cents including the cost of the 3 bids placed;
• Dec. 27, the large ceramic candle (set of 4) sold at 1 cent and the winner paid a total of 21 cents including the cost of the 1 bid placed;
• Dec. 27, the medium candles (set of 3) in Asian Pear, Lychee and Cassis, sold at 2 cents and the winner paid a total of 22 cents including the cost of the 2 bids placed;
• Dec. 28, the medium candles (set of 3) in Asian, Pear, Lychee and Cassis, sold at 22 cents and the winner paid $1.05 including the cost of the 5 bids placed. 

A brief history of candles

Little is known about the origin of candles. However, according to my research, the earliest use of candles were attributed to the Ancient Egyptians, who made rush lights or torches by soaking the pithy core of reeds in melted animal fat. But candles were mentioned in Biblical times, too, as early as the tenth century BC. 

The early candles were made of wicks stuck into containers filled with a flammable material. The first dipped candles were made by the Romans from rendered animal fat called tallow. 

It is believed that candles were used as a source of light and to illuminate celebrations from 3,000 to 5,000 years ago. We all know candles provide light, but the significance of candles goes beyond  providing light in the darkness. 

Candle light is also the symbol of holy illumination of the spirit of truth. In fact, candles are often lit in times of death to signify the light in the next world, and candles represent Christ as the light. Lit candles represent Jesus’s light in the world, bringing hope to people living in darkness. Memorial candles are also lit in remembrance, honor and respect for the lives of those who have passed away. They also symbolize the continuation of the life of the deceased in spirit, and serve as a reminder that the memory of our loved ones will live on.

The bottom line

As you can see from the winning deals listed in this blog, DealDash shoppers are still winning some fantastic deals, and you could too. 

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.