Pet Lover Loves to Shop on DealDash.com

This adorable kitten is only one of many rescued foster kittens the DealDash customer, LuvMyPets, has helped to save.

... Especially When She Sees Products For Pets

I recently talked with a Florida retiree who loves shopping on DealDash.com and she also loves her pets – four dogs and three cats of her own.  Additionally, she often fosters cats and occasionally dogs.  That is why this DealDash customer, LuvMyPets, would really like to see more products for pets in upcoming auctions..

“I shop for the animals,” said LuvMyPets, who requested that I use her screen name only.

“I won three pet beds and a DrinkWell fountain, but my favorite pet item is an extra-large cage” she said.  “When I cannot get what I want for my pets, I try to win Amazon gift cards instead because then I can buy my pet products, like cat food and pet vitamins from them.”

Her pets include two Doberman Pinchers, a Staffordshire Terrier (pit bull), a Silky Terrier, a Lynx cat, a Domestic Short-Hair Tortie cat and one Blue Russian cat, which are all rescue animals.  She has a facebook page that is dedicated to other animal rescue people, too.

LuvMyPets best wins, however, include other items like the 5,000 bid package for only $20.85 (retails for $3,000), two TVs, two Nikon cameras (one on Thanksgiving Day for only $17.00), a pressure washer and a sewing machine.  

She said she shops on DealDash.com about four days a week.

“I mostly bid on gift cards, said LuvMyPets. “If I do not win, I BIN (Buy It Now).” 

Everything she does as a retiree is strictly volunteer (non-paid) jobs, so she said she does need to save money.  One of her volunteer jobs is working at an animal rescue Shelter.

“I played on one or two other penny-auction sites before I tried DealDash but I did not like the other sites very much,” LuvMyPets said. “Before I tried DealDash, I first read everything there was to read about how to play.”

As a long-time DealDash.com customer, LuvMyPets has graciously agreed to share a few shopping tips for new customers.

“I do not want to give away all of my winning strategies, but I am willing to share a few important tips for new bidders to follow:

• Read directions on the bottom of the home page and learn how the site works before you begin to play
• Set limits for yourself
• Watch how other bidders play and make a list of screen names to avoid and
• Avoid bidding until the auction gets down to the last two or three people.

One thing LuvMyPets would like to see improve on DealDash is the prevention of team bidding, which is something DealDash has been working on because it is important to them to keep its site fair and honest.

“I really like the 10-second clock much better because then I can get the job done so much faster,” she said. 

LuvMyPets also loves the DealDash “Best Photo of the Week” competition and she already won the photo contest twice and received a free $500 gift card each time.

“I used my first gift card to buy a bike for my husband and a tricycle for myself,” she said.

Visit me here:  https://plus.google.com/111941944154930718258/about?rel=author Barbara Sellers

How to Save Money on Bids

Buying Bid Packages is Not Only Option

To get great deals on www.DealDash.com penny auctions, customers must obtain bids for the lowest cost possible and use the least amount of bids possible to win auctions.

Experienced bidders save bids two different ways:
1. By placing one bid early so they do not get locked out of the "no jumper" auction,  and then saving the rest of their bids until the auction gets down to the last two bidders;
2. By only placing a limited number of bids early in the auction, which means that bidder will always win at a low cost (whenever they win) and never waste too many bids by not getting involved in any long auctions.

In this blog, I will discuss how customers can save money on the overall cost of bids.

Unlike any other penny-auction site, DealDash offers customers four different ways to obtain bids:
1. Purchase bid packages;
2. Bid on and win bid packages;
3. Earn FREE bids for time on the clock as the highest bidder and
4. Post a photo of yourself with an auction item you won.

Let's take a look at each one of these areas.

Purchasing Bid Packages
The full cost of bids is 60 cents per bid. Experienced bidders, however, only purchase bids when they go on sale. Until the end of 2013, the lowest price DealDash will offer for the purchase of bid packages is 15 cents per bid. When the cost of bids goes down to 15 cents each, that is the best time to purchase your bids and load up your account, even if you do not  plan on doing any bidding until later. 

Bid On and Win Bid Packages
Once you have purchased a package of bids, you will have the opportunity to bid on and win additional bid packages. DealDash auctions off additional bid packages in a variety of sizes:
25, 40, 60, 70, 150, 300, 600, 800, 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000. Customers can bid on and win bid packages from 25 to 1,000 as many times as they like. Bid packages of 2,000 and 5,000, however, are limited to only one per household to give more customers a better chance of winning those larger packages.

I won this 1,000 bid package for $22.34.

Most customers, of course, go for the largest bid packages, but this could be a huge mistake. Why? Three reasons it might not a good idea to go for the largest bid packages are:
1. They usually have much more and stronger competition and, therefore, are much more difficult to win;
2. It usually requires you to invest a much large number of bids to win and
3. If you do not win, most customers cannot afford to do a BIN (Buy It Now) of $3,000 to get their bids back, especially when you could buy more bids on sale. Therefore, you can pretty much kiss those lost bids goodbye that you could have used to win other auctions.

That happened to me once. I ended up losing more than 5,000 bids in my effort to win 5,000 bids. I know, how stupid is that? ... But I am not the only one that did that. I saw other bidders do the same thing. It was the worst bidding mistake I ever made, but I learned a lot of important lessons from it. How could something like this happen to an intelligent person? Have you ever found yourself in too deep to stop. Yes, I think we all have. Once you have invested a large number of bids, you feel like you have no choice but to keep on going until you win. Often times, however, stopping is the smartest thing to do before losing an even greater number of bids. 

Some lessons I learned from that experience are:
1. The bigger the auction value, the more bids you could lose.
2. Instead of blowing 5,000 bids in an effort to win 5,000 bids, you might have a much better chance of winning the 5,000 bid package by investing 500 bids on 10 different 5,000 bid-package auctions, or even 100 bids in 50 different 5,000 bid auctions. That way, you increase your chances to strike it lucky in one of those auctions. For example, one lucky bidder won  the 5,000 bid package for only 77 cents. Why could that not have been me? It could have been if I would have implemented my new strategy plan above.
3. After the 5,000 bid package sells for an extra large amount of money, I noticed it usually sells for much less the next time it comes up for auction, so that might be the best time to bid on the 5,000 bid package. Looking for patterns could help.

Why bid on small bid packages?
1. It is usually a lot easier to win the smaller bid packages
2. If you win enough small bid packages, they will add up to be the same number of bids as a large bid package.
3. You could end up getting more bids for less money. One week, I won five small bid packages (2 packages of 60 and 3 packages of 70),

Earn Free Bids
Whenever you are the highest bidder, a green line moves on the bottom center or right of your screen.
For every second on the clock that you are the highest bidder, you start earning free bids. Once that line gets to the end, you get to collect your free bids, and you move to the next level up. The higher the level, the more bids you win.

One way to get more time on the clock (1 to 10 seconds) is to avoid bidding with Newbies, who do not yet know how to play. Often times, Newbies think DealDash is like eBay, so they cut our time on the clock, waste bids by bidding every other one, and do not even notice the green line at the bottom of the screen. Also, Newbies often bid from the home page and do not even know BidBuddy, the automated bidder, exists. Eventually, they learn how to double click on the auction item of their choice, and discover what's happening behind stage. The Newbies mainly show up during the early part of the auction, so if you wait until the Newbies go away, you might get more time on the clock.

You can also earn more free bids by taking advantage of DealDash specials when they give you double (2X) or triple (3X) time on the clock. Then the green line will get to the end faster and you will be able to collect more free bids.

Post Photos of Auction Items Won
To win more free bids, once a week customers have the opportunity to post a photo of themselves (or a family member) with an auction product they won on DealDash.
The number of free bids the customer receives for the photo posted depends on the retail value of the item won as follows:

• Items valued from $199 or more = 200 free bids
• Items valued from $99 to $198 = 75 free bids
• Items valued at $99 or less = 10 free bids

Link to guidelines for collection up to 200 free bids for submitting a photo: 

https://www.facebook.com/notes/dealdash/get-up-to-200-free-bids-for-posting-a-photo/399932523354753

Link to Best Photo of the Week Contest: 

https://www.facebook.com/notes/dealdash/win-a-500-gift-card-best-photo-of-the-week-contest/516698678344803

Not only do you get awarded free bids in exchange for your photo, but once a week the customer who posts the best photo of the week will win a $500 Amazon or Walmart gift card.

Photo taken by Ryan K. Harvey

I posted this photo of myself with the new Schwinn bicycle I won on DealDash and I received 200 free bids because this item retails for $279.00.  Not only that, but because this photo was judged to be the best photo of the week, I also won a $500 gift card.

Visit me here:  https://plus.google.com/111941944154930718258/about?rel=author Barbara Sellers

Window Shopping on DealDash.com

Free clip art, depicting three women window shopping.

Stuck-at-Home Customer Goes 'Window Shopping' From Comfort of Her Home

"I have vision damage and cannot drive," said +DealDash.com screen name OCDOCDOCDOCD, who I will just call Linda to protect her identity. "I live in a very populated area, but I am more or less stuck at home. I seldom get a chance to go out to shop because my husband is a truck driver who is on the road most of the time."

Linda said she thinks DealDash.com is a very good shopping site for anyone who cannot get out to the stores as well as for people who live far out into the country in secluded areas.

"DealDash would be good for people like my sister because she has to drive about 100 miles just to get to places like Wal-Mart," she said.

Because there are other DealDash customers with similar screen names, it might be easy to get them confused. Linda from Texas, screen name OCD (x 4), has only been a member of DealDash since June of this year, while another DealDash customer, OCD (x3), has been a long-time DealDash customer, who won more than 500 auctions, according to the All Penny Auction site's Hall of Fame. When deciding who you want to bid with and who you do not want to bid with, it is important to know the difference between these two similar screen names.

"So far, my best win was a $100 Chilli gift card for only about one dollar," Linda said. "That is my family's favorite place to go out to eat, so I really got excited when I won that!  I also won some bid packs, including one 800 bid pack."

Linda said she first learned about DealDash.com from seeing a TV commercial.

"The thing I like most is the free shipping and handling," she said. "I was bored and I thought it would be a good way to get Christmas and birthday gifts."

Linda shops for her husband, kids, granddaughter, nieces and nephews, and she likes the huge variety of gift ideas included in DealDash auctions.

"I open DealDash almost every day to go window shopping," she said. "I mostly just do a lot of looking. I wait until I see something I really want before I start bidding. I know my husband really likes tools."

Because Linda is unable to work, she said she has to stay within a strict budget.

"I do not have enough money to go for the big items," she said. "I do not play with the big dogs."

Linda has tried another penny auction site, but she said she did not like the processing and shipping and handling fees, and she thinks DealDash is the best penny-auction site she has found.

If Linda could change anything about DealDash to make it even better, she would:

1) Limit how many auctions each customer could bid on at the same time
2) Go back to the 30-second timers or have more special events where customers get 2X or 3X their seconds on the clock to earn more free bids.
3) Offer more auction items for dogs.

The best advice Linda has to give to other bidders is to take the time to read how to play and learn the bidding habits of other customers.

"I learned so much in the month or so I just watched the site before I started bidding," Linda said. "Some people consistently overbid and it is important to know who they are because you cannot win against stupid!"

Visit me here:  https://plus.google.com/111941944154930718258/about?rel=author Barbara Sellers
                                                                      

Overcoming Boredom

Artistic drawing by Crystal Nadine Harvey (my granddaughter)

DealDash.com Helps Patient Pass Time in Hospital

If you ever have to stay in bed for long periods of time, it does not mean you have to be bored. Perhaps you could help pass the time by shopping on DealDash.com.

That's what happened to screen name StayOnThePorch. He discovered DealDash while recovering from heart surgery.

"For several months, I really did not have anything else to do, so I was cruising the Internet and just happened to find DealDash purely by accident," said StayOnThePorch, who requested that his real name be kept private.

This customer from Maryland has been shopping on DealDash since April 2012, and is already on Level 43.

"There is a saying that "if you cannot run with the big dogs, you should stay on the porch," he said, and that is how he came up with his screen name.

"I do not 'run with the big dogs,'" said StayOnThePorch. "I set reasonable limits, stay within a budget and never overbid."

The primary reason StayOnThePorch started shopping on DealDash is because he appreciates the free shipping and no tax.

While still in the hospital, he won some toy trucks and assorted children's items that he donated for the kids there.

So far, his best win was a LG 50-inch TruSlim 600HZ Plasma TV that retails for $1,199.00.
"I won that TV for only 91 cents and about 10 bids," StayOnThePorch said.

His first win, however, which he got for only one penny, was his most memorable. It was a John Wayne Ultimate Collection, a four DVD set that included 25 movies.

"That went right to my 86-year-old mother who watches Westerns all day long," he said. "When I gave it to my Mom, she sent me home with a fresh homemade apple pie ... the best penny I ever spent!"

StayOnThePorch also won a gas generator last year, which he received just in time before a bad storm.

"We lost electricity for six days, but my gas generator kept the lights on and the beer cold," he said. 

In an effort to minimize his losses, StayOnThePorch only plays for gift cards for his wife of 35-years, two daughters and oodles of extended family members. Mostly, he enjoys shopping on DealDash every day because it helps him to unwind after a busy day of traveling on his job.

"Most of my Christmas shopping is done on DealDash throughout the year, and mostly in gift cards," he said. "It is the gift that nobody takes back ... a gift that everybody is usually happy to receive."

DealDash is the only penny auction site he knows of that sells gift cards at list price (in most cases, except when bids are attached), ships free and gives all the bids back.

StayOnThePorch noticed that DealDash does not yet offer gift cards for Lowes, which he would like to see added to future auctions because he can get some products there that he cannot get at Home Depot.

Although StayOnThePorch said he believes DealDash is the "best penny auction site out there," if he could change anything about DealDash, he would:
1) Eliminate the "tell us about yourself" bio section
2) Give everyone new to penny auctions a free users guide -- Penny Auctions 101  
3) Offer some "blind" auctions (no screen names or avatars are seen during the auction)                                                                 
4) Limit the number of auctions each bidder can bid on at any one time.                                

StayOnThePorch said the bio section takes away from the fun and excitement of the auction because too many customers abuse it by using it to intimidate others, which is unfortunate.

"This just gives people an area to complain, threaten, brag about having a billion bids, being a millionaire or even to advertise," said StayOnThePorch, who actually saw one customer advertise a heating & air conditioning business, including a contact phone number.

Before he ever started bidding on any penny auction site, StayOnThePorch said he did his homework, researched, read everything he could about how each site works and collected tons of data.

"New bidders cannot just jump on any penny auction site and expect to win," he said. "I watched and studied the sites for a long time before I started playing. It is important to know your competition."

StayOnThePorch said if new players want to be successful, he would encourage them to: Watch the auctions for at least 30 days before jumping in, learn the competition by observing how they bid and start out by bidding on low-value items that they would buy, anyway, like gas cards or toys.

All new bidders need to be aware that it can become addictive, but if they play smart and stay within a budget, it can also be a very entertaining and enjoyable experience, he said.

After playing on almost all the (major) penny auction sites available, StayOnThePorch said DealDash is the best overall penny auction site he has found.

"DealDash is user friendly," he said. "It is an honest company with a great support staff. They listen to you and take action to help you with any issues you may have."

Another thing StayOnThePorch especially appreciates about DealDash is that they never "hound" him to buy additional bid packs whenever he calls customer support, unlike some other sites he has tried.

"For my money, DealDash is the best penny auction site out there and has the best support team in the Industry," he said.

                                              

Customer Service

Photo Credit: Courtesy of DealDash
These friendly customer service representatives at DealDash.com are some of the staff members who are there to help you.

 Customer Service With a ‘Magic’ Touch 

 ‘Magics’ Loves Customer Service at DealDash

Often times behind-the-scenes employees who work hard every day to ensure everything runs smoothly get little recognition from anyone outside of even the most successful organizations. One happy customer, however, did notice and greatly appreciates the customer service at DealDash (www.dealdash.com).

“I have never had such excellent customer service as I have had with DealDash,” said ‘Magics,’ who started shopping on DealDash Nov. 10, 2012, and has already reached Level 35. 

During a recent telephone interview, ‘Magics’ requested that I use her screen name and keep her actual name private.

“All of the DealDash staff members with whom I have had contact are always very courteous,” she said. “They all have excellent communication and outstanding customer service skills. In fact, Magics said if it were not for the awesome customer service that DealDash provides, she would have “thrown in the towel,” but she’s still a loyal customer. 

“I think the CEO does a fantastic job of hiring people who are the very best at doing that job,” Magics said. “Whenever I have a question, they are always so quick to get back to me; and whenever I have any kind of problem (like if the timer wasn’t working), they are always quick to resolve it. I am very impressed with them.”

Magics first learned about DealDash from facebook. She said she uses the site mainly as a place to shop for herself, her son and her dog.’ 

So far, her most exciting win was a $1,000 Sigma lens for a Nikon camera, which she won for only $2.58 and a very small number of bids.

“My son got super excited when he saw that lens, so I plan to get a Nikon camera and give the camera and the lens to him for Christmas,” she said. “The biggest problem is that it might not be so easy to win a camera.”

Because some power bidders win more than their share of cameras, it makes it a lot more difficult for other customers to win one, Magics said. She noticed that another customer has already won 10 cameras.

“Now what is that customer going to do with that many cameras?” she said. “I wish DealDash would put a limit on the number of cameras each customer could win. Then maybe more customers could have a better chance to win one.”

If Magics could change anything else about DealDash, she would:

1) Offer a free bid package for every three to 10 bid packages a customer buys 

2) Get back the 30-second timer because the 10-second auctions uses up too many bids too quickly and it takes longer to earn the free bids (see the green line at the bottom right of the screen)

 3) provide some kind of incentive (like free bids) for new bidders to read and learn how the site works before they start bidding.

“Jumpers  are the biggest irritation,” Magics said. “When they do not know how to play and keep cutting the clock, they are cheating me and the other bidders out of earning our free bids.

Although Magics likes the auction products, she would like to see DealDash add some swimming pool supplies, more products for women (like purses) and more office equipment, such as nice chairs and other office supplies like paper shredders.

“I tried one other penny auction site, but I will probably be shopping on DealDash for a long time,” she said. “I tell everybody about DealDash. It is so much fun that it is really easy to get hooked.”

Magics said she wishes there was a penny-auction support group to help customers set healthy limits and learn how to walk away from auctions sometimes.

“Christmas shopping will start pretty soon, so that might be really difficult to do,” she said.

Visit me here:  https://plus.google.com/111941944154930718258/about?rel=author Barbara Sellers

 

Customers on a Budget

Photo credit: Barbara L. Sellers, Disney World, Orlando
DisneyDame, who shares a DealDash account with his wife, said she loves everything Disney and would like to see some Disney products on DealDash. 

Smart Bidder Sets Strict Limits Ahead of Time

One DealDash customer knows he is certainly not the richest bidder online, but he might be one of the smartest because he sets strict budget limits ahead of time and sticks with them.

DisneyDame, who shares his wife’s account, has been a very happy DealDash customer since August, 2011. He recently agreed to a telephone interview, but requested that I withhold his actual name.

During the interview, DisneyDame gave me some good information and tips that other DealDash customers on a tight budget could use.

“I am a very conservative bidder,” said the retired paramedic from California. “I cannot afford to buy the high-retail auction items, so I seldom bid on them. I go for the sure thing. I mostly bid on gift cards and other low-cost items I can afford to buy if I do not win.”

As a loyal DealDash customer, DisneyDame has now reached Level 23.

“But I am not the person who is keeping DealDash in business,” he said. “I play for enjoyment and entertainment. I play DealDash … DealDash does not play me.”

Nonetheless, Disneydame hopes DealDash stays in business for a very long time because they are the most fair and honest penny auction site he has been able to find.

“Before I found DealDash, I tried other penny-auction sites and lost a lot of money,” he said. “I won many auction products I never received from other penny-auction sites.”

Fortunately, his experience with DealDash has been much different.

“DealDash has been wonderful,” he said. “DealDash is definitely the best online site (www.DealDash.com) out of all of the ones I have tried. I am extremely happy with them. Now I would never participate in any other site. DealDash is the only one I play.”

DisneyDame first discovered DealDash by accident.

“I was just researching stuff when I happened to see it,” he said.

One of the first things that caught DisneyDames interest was that players who do not win can pay the retail price for the item and get all of their bids back free. 

“I really like that because I am not a gambler,” he said. “With DealDash I am not interested in gambling and I don’t.  If I do not win, I BIN (Buy-It-Now) and get my bids back free.”

DisneyDame said to figure out the “real cost” of an item, it is important for customers to add the closing cost of the auction to the cost of all of the bids used to win it. As the price of the auction climbs, people should count their average bids purchased as part of the overall price paid to make the decision when they would be better off to BIN than win, he said.

“Winners could end up being the biggest losers if they overbid because then it is too late to get their bids back,” DisneyDame said. “I am very, very, very conservative, so I have never won my quota (wins allowed per week). Usually, I win two to three auctions in one week.  I have gone to maybe five in one week, but that is the closest I ever came to winning six.”
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To see one of DisneyDame's wins, go here:

http://www.dealdash.com/battle.php?auction_id=236034

To register, buy a package of bids and start bidding in DealDash auctions, go here:

http://www.dealdash.com/battle.php?auction_id=168787-1 
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Another thing DisneyDame likes about DealDash is the free shipping and handling.

“My favorite special events are the ‘free to the winner’ auctions and when all the bids are returned to the bidders (who didn’t win) after the auctions are over,” he said.

If DisneyDame could change a few things about DealDash, he would:

1)      Lower the ‘no jumper’ limit at $2 or $3 or, to be allowed to continue bidding, require each bidder to invest about 15 bids, instead of one, before the $5.

2)      In payment for a customer’s loyalty, give them a free bid package on their birthday or anniversary date when they became a customer.

“Everybody likes to be treated extra nice, especially on their birthday or anniversary,” he said. “Of course, I know that DealDash has to make enough money, too, or else we all lose.”

DisneyDame believes the more experienced bidders are the more careful and smart they become about selecting what auctions they bid in and how much they bid.

“For anybody to say they never quit is insane,” he said. “Even on a fair and honest bidding site you still have to be careful not to become addicted and overbid. Each customer must decide what their limits are and work that out for themselves.”

DisneyDame said sometimes the smartest thing a bidder can do is to simply BIN and walk away.

“Everybody has to stop at some point,” he said.

This happy, loyal customer said he plans to continue playing on DealDash for a long time into the future.

“DealDash is a very reliable and reputable business,” he said. “I hardly ever have a problem, but whenever I do, DealDash always corrects it.”

Visit me here:  https://plus.google.com/111941944154930718258/about?rel=author Barbara Sellers

Best Time To Bid




Here are some of the many clocks I have in my house. They are seldom on exactly the right time, but when you are bidding, doing so at the right time could make the winning difference.

 

Bidding at the Best Time Could Make a Winning Difference

Since I started shopping on DealDash, I learned that being in the right auction at the right time saves bids, money and increases my chances of winning.

Did you ever look at the list of winners who already won a high-value item with a limit of one-per-household?  Sometimes the list shows a bidder who was lucky enough to win the item for less than $5 and yet the exact same item closed as high as $300 or more for another bidder. Why? What made such a huge difference in the closing cost of the same auction product? That is what I tried to figure out, and this is what I learned:

1) If two or more power bidders get into the same auction, they will both be too stubborn to stop. That means the auction will continue for a long time and they will drive the closing cost up to a ridiculously high level. For example, if bidders with screen names like "NeverQuits" and "NeverStops" get into the same auction and if they mean what their screen names indicate, that obviously spells trouble. They will knock heads until one proves to the other they are a meaner, tougher, more stubborn, richer or has more staying power than the other. They cannot both win, so one will eventually have to give up.

To avoid auctions that have two or more power bidders, you must observe the auctions long enough to identify screen names so you know who they are. I have created my own list of bidders to avoid, and I suggest you do the same.  Every penny-auction site has its share of rich and/or crazy and addicted bidders. If a bidder uses more than 5,000 bids to win a 5,000 bid package, that falls into the  "crazy bidder" catagory. I am not saying I have never been there because most of us have made our share of  bidding mistakes. Let us just say I believe I've learned my lesson never to be there again. 

2) If you bid when the competition is low, you will have a much better chance of winning. But when is the competition low? Are certain days or times of the day better than others.  Yes, and that is what this blog is about.

Best Days to Bid

I believe the best days to bid are near the end of each new special. Why? Because it appears that most power bidders reach their win limits near the beginning of each special. Once the power bidders have already won their win limits and get locked out, they are no longer there to compete with me. Therefore, bidding near the end of each new special might mean fewer power bidders are left in the competition.  This is especially true during  "Free to the winner" specials. Let the big boys and girls win their maximum, get locked out and then you might have a better chance of winning.

Late Night Bidding

I believe one of the best times for me to bid is between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Why? Because most bidders in my own time zone have gone to bed while most bidders on Eastern Standard Time (three hours later than my time zone) have not gotten up yet. While DealDash has many retired bidders who might choose to bid all night and sleep in the next morning, at least the bidders who have to go to work the next day have probably gone to bed, cutting down on at least some of the competition.

One bad thing about late-night bidding is that I often found myself falling asleep at my computer and I have lost many auctions because I was too tired to stay awake. To be successful as a late night bidder, you must be able to stay awake and pay attention to the bidding. Therefore, it might be a good idea to take a power nap earlier in the evening.

Early Morning Bidding

I have seen some of the best auction deals close between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, so it might be a good idea to go to bed early and get up early to bid on DealDash.  Why? Because many DealDash bidders are already retired. That means they do not have to get up to go to work the next day, so they might stay up all hours of the night and sleep in the next morning. If the retired bidders stay up late bidding, chances are they will be in bed sleeping during the early morning hours. It also means the working bidders will be busy getting ready to go to work. So early morning hours might be one of the best times to find less competition and have a better chance to win.

High Noon Bidding

High noon bidding might also be a good time to bid.  The bidding at noon often appears to be less competitive. It does not appear to be consistently less competitive, but comes and goes. I am not sure

what causes this time of day to be good at times and not so good at other times. I have learned that it is a good time to check to see how it looks.

Bidding on the right auction at the right time is often pure luck, but bidders can increase their chances of winning by paying attention to the days and times of day when the competition appears to be at its lowest.

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