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Win a Quality Pen

I am thrilled to see that DealDash.com now has several great ink pens up for auction.

How important is it to have a good working ink pen? To me, having something as simple as a quality pen is huge because I cannot get through a single day without needing one. Did you place bids on these pen sets yet? If not, why not?  I did, and I already won a set of 20, which I plan to give out as gifts.

Here are some reasons why I shopped for these pens:

  1. Pens are something everyone needs;
  2. It appears it usually does not take a lot of bids to win an ink pen auction, so most shoppers might find these auctions to be an easy win;
  3. If we don’t win these auctions, we might be able to afford to use BIN (Buy-It-Now) to get all of our bids back free. A few of them are high-dollar auctions but some of them are not;
  4. Pens always make great gifts.

If we look at all of the previous winners, we will see that some of them won these pens for only a few bids and low selling cost while others used a large number of bids and had to pay a high selling cost. The question is: How can we win a great deal, too? Answer: By following these rules:

  1. Watch the auctions to see what time of the day or night the best deals were won;
  2. Check to see if most of the main power bidders are already locked out from bidding
  3. Count the number of shoppers who are competing to win the auction, and if there are too many, wait for another auction.

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.

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Go With the Flow

If you go with the flow when shopping on DealDash.com you will probably win more than you know.

Now what do I mean when I say, “go with the flow?”  It’s another way of saying if you see an auction that looks like it might close early don’t give it another thought because it probably will.

For example, a few moments ago, I had the feeling that the auction for the Metropolitan Magazine subscription looked like it was about to close early, so I quickly bought a package of bids with the idea of placing some bids on it. Just then a third bidder jumped into the auction, so I changed my mind. Well, I could just kick myself for changing my mind because moments later that auction did close early and I could have been the winner if had just gone with my first instinct. I cannot tell you how many times this happened to me. Most of the time I think an auction might close early, it usually does.

To play it safe, so we don’t miss another “easy win” auction, here’s what we should do:

  • If the auction is down to two or three bidders, immediate place enough bids on the auction to give ourselves some thinking time. So many times an auction closed while I was “just thinking about it.”
  • While we are thinking about it, count the number of other bidders in the auction. If 30 or fewer customers placed a bid in the auction and we do not see any screen names of recognizable power bidders, we probably should invest some more bids in the auction.
  • Check the sale price of previous auctions. If an auction closed for an extra high sales price one time, the next time it often sells for less.

Analyze it, but if we really want to win the auction and our gut instinct tells us it might close early, the best suggestion I would give you is to go for it. If we get into the habit of just “going with the flow,” we may be glad we did.

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.

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Shopping Checklist

Before grocery shopping, do you make a shopping list of all of the items you need?  I do.

When shopping on DealDash.com we should do the same thing. If we have a list of all of the auction items we most want and need, we will be less likely to be distracted by other auction items we don’t really want or need.

Now that spring has arrived, we might need items to do yardwork outdoors. Perhaps we need a new lawn mower, a weed eater or pruning shears. A few years ago, I won a wonderful set of pruning shears and I still use them to cut back my rose bushes. We might also want other outdoor items, such as a metal detector or a new bicycle to get some exercise on nice-weather days.

Here’s what worked well for me:

  1. Look at the auction products that are up for auction, and make a list of the top five items we most want to win. I ask myself, “Do I really want or need this product?”
  2. Check those auctions to see which ones have the strongest competition, and if any of them have 30 shoppers or less, focus on those auctions first;
  3. See if the same product is listed more than once and check to see if any power bidders are competing in the auction. If you see the screen names of one or more power bidders, wait for the next auction;
  4. Check to see how many bids were used by previous winners to win this product, and make sure we have enough bids in our account to win the auction;
  5. Place some bids into BidBuddy at the beginning of the auction and save the bulk of our bids until the auction gets down to two or three players.

We should always make a shopping checklist to help keep us on track. Happy shopping!

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.

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My First Book Auction

Today was an exciting day for me. I got to see my first book go up for auction on DealDash.com.

After retiring as an award-winning journalist and writing more than 500 blogs for DealDash, I returned to a file of notes I kept for more than 50 years to write my own powerful story of survival:  Get Tough or Die: Why I Forgave My Parents for My Abusive Childhood.

I felt deeply honored when the founder of DealDash offered to add my book to be auctioned on DealDash. It is so exciting to now have my book available on DealDash, hot off the press, three months before it is scheduled to be released on Amazon Sept. 1. In other words, Get Tough or Die is so new that those who have already read advanced copies of my book are not yet allowed to post reviews. But here is a note I received today from a customer who just read my book:

(We) received your book today and DEVOURED it! Thank you for writing it! As soon as Amazon allows, I will give you a 5-star review.
    – Beth Rigoulet

This is a typical reaction to my book, nothing but rave reviews. Here are some short versions of a few more reviews I received:

I found this book very captivating and could not put it down once I started reading. It was brutally sad but also taught me some lessons to carry forward in my life. I enjoyed the book very much.
– Dawn Phillips              

You are a fighter. I can’t believe you went through all that and came out such a positive person. I couldn’t stop reading your book once I had gotten started. I just finished it, and I’m still in mild shock. Thank you for writing this book.
    – William Wolfram

I really think this book is going to help people with their journey in life. This story is a captivating and very real look into the trauma’s surrounding domestic violence.
– James Rodgers     

In her riveting book, Barbara clearly does not put her focus on her often, life-threatening plight as much as her unyielding determination, which inspires us all.
– Patricia Seger

 

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.