DealDash

Never won an auction. Couldn't stay up and follow auctions till 2 or 3 in the am. Might be different if you live in a different time zone.

I appreciate being able to resolve issues online as apposed to a phone call and being on hold for long periods of time. The staff is very helpful.

I am one of the many idiots who got suckered into signing up for this site. Fact.

From approximately 11:30pm to 7:00am, I monitored the deals on the site, continued to bid on a DS3 and still left the site with $63 dollars of negative income, and no DS3. (Mommy is so sorry I failed you, bud!)... Fact.

DealDash claims they are positive you will win something on this site. Fiction.

To be honest with you, this site is for people who have a LOT of time on their hands and a LOT of cash to spare. I do not recommend signing up for this unless you are both of the above. The deals are sweet, definitely; but think of all the time and effort (and yes! MONEY) it takes to "save" money on a deal (which really isn't a deal, because when you think about it: the cheapest thing they have on the site is a 10 dollar gift card... the minimum amount of bids you can buy is $34... getting the picture now?

Also, even if you buy $34 dollars worth of bids, the chances of you winning a nice TV (like those they post of Facebook with the nice old lady who genuinely seems happy) well - it's slim and none... That old lady probably spent her entire retirement money on this thing. The bidding is addicting, but it burns a hole in your pocket faster than you can say "DealDash".

I'm sure they make a ton of money on this site. Honestly, I wish I thought of it first. Bravo!

In conclusion - save your money. If you like the thrill of the hunt of a great bargain, do what the rest of the people do and go shopping on Black Friday. There's no fee for that!

Me? I'm going to hang my head in shame...

My experience have not been good, I have not won an auction since I joined which is very disappointing since I am a member of other auction sites I am very happy with

I made a bid, but did not hear back from you. Is this the site I can use to get my money back? If not, please tell me how to do it. Thanks.

Not worth it at all. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I purchased my first bid pack and i won a $10 gift card with one bid. Ok, thats great, 16 cents for a $10 gift card. Then a few more small items that supposedly no one was bidding on, which i honestly believe they were just there because i was a beginner, and if i have luck with a few purchases, then I'll keep bidding. The auctions are supposedly fair because there are items that are one-per-user. I tried winning a kitchenaid stand mixer several times, I've spent about 400 or so bids trying to win one when i noticed i was bidding against someone who had already won one. It was a different color, and different model, but they're both kitchen aid stand mixers so its clear some people are bidding to sell items won which makes it unfair for the rest of us.
Also, after an auction reaches $5, no new bidders are allowed, but if you placed even just one bid in the very beginning, you basically have your foot in the door for the rest of the auction. I was up all night trying to win the kitchenaid stand mixer and then out of nowhere people who had not been bidding were able to place bids because they had placed in the beginning.
I would recommend Quibids instead. It is much better and more fair. In quibids, once an auction has been going on for a while, it is locked and only recent bidders can continue bidding. I just wasted $75 for nothing and all i got was a $10 gift card. You're better off just buying things on amazon.
This brings me to another issue. On dealdash, you get your bids back if you buy the item at full retail price, but items are rarely sold at retail price. On Quibids, the money you spent on the bids placed goes towards the buy now price, so you don't have to make another large purchase, you can just pay the difference.

UPDATE: Thank you, Dave, I just saw the credit on my card statement. I did give DealDash another try, but I have not had any luck. I do appreciate your customer service, thank you so much.

Couldn't ask for better service. Put my needs down on the grid. Seconds later my problem was solved. What more could one ask? Thank you Deal Dash!

Saw the ad on TV. I tried it but didnt know what I was doing. Always find out about the program completely before you give personal information.

There aren't really any deals because you have to spend so much money just to participate in the auctions.

I JUST HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO BID ON THE AUCTIONS. I KEEP DOING LIKE I DID ON EBAY. WHEN SOMEONE OUT BIDS ME I JUST SPEND EVERY BID I GOT ON THE AUCTION I AM PLAYING. WITCH IS STUPID ON MY PART I HAVE WON A FEW GOOD THINGS. BUT I HAVE TO STOP PLAYING THIS SITE. I HAVE ALMOST MAXED MY CREDIT CARD BUYING BIDS.AND THEN BIDING ON THINGS WHERE THERE IS ONLY A FEW PEOPLE BIDDING. BUT WHEN THEY OUT BID ME I GET MAD AND BLOW ALL MY BIDS. I WOULD DO THE SAME THING AT THE CASINO. I WOULD WIN A COUPLE HUNDREN DOLLARS AS SOON AS I WALK IN THE DOOR. BUT I WOULD NOT LEAVE TO GO HOME. I WOULD LOSE THE MONEY I0 WON0 AND $500 TO $1000 MORE. STUPID I KNOW! BUT THERE WAS FIVE TO TEN TIMES I WOULD LEAVE THE CASINO WITH THE $1000 I COME WITH AND $3000 TO $7000 MORE. I JUST HAD TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE MACHINES AND NOW I HAVE TO DO THE SAME WITH THESE GAMES. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT SITE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING IT

The site is good if you are smart... You have to beware of a handful of bidders the only bid on large items and go all out. It seems crazy that people bid over the cost of an item But there are a few factors you need to be aware of... if you win a 600 bid pack for $30 that = 30/600 = $. 05 a bid and at that price you can afford to bid high. The thing i do not like is the limit you can win in a month ( i reached it 2 times already) and you have to wait until your start day (15th) for the limit to be reset, with high prices of a lot of items it is easy to reach the limit IF you win large items ( example apple computer is 1100 to 1700) that is 1/3 to 1/2 of your monthly limit. They need to rethink that limit over again. They need to a block on bidding after a certian $ amount is reached to stop all the last minute bidders from comming in and stealing the item that are bidding on and losing all you time and money for that item. I think like after the auction reaches $10, no more bidders are amitted and the current bidders can play out the auction fairly..

If you're persistent and learn the tricks of the trade, you can score some decent deals but this does take a lot of time and mental energy. Their prices for electronics at the "Buy it Now" price are exorbitant but that is probably the real retail price (which no store really sells items at). The cost per bid is 60 cents but in my time on the site, I've only seen them ACTUALLY sold at 60 cents once a week at most so it's better to wait for one of their deals.

Also, their shipping could be faster. They make a ton of money off these auctions (even being generous with saying its 16 cents a bid which is the usual sale price, they make $100+ bucks off an item they sell for $10 that was maybe worth $25) so they could certainly afford two day shipping.

Customer service was nice but they really need to do something about the issue of having multiple users play an auction at the same time in an effort to help each other out (push other legitimate bidders out by creating an illusion of 5 bidders when really it's just 1 and a couple of his friends or one person on a couple of devices). This is called "team play" and explicitly against the DealDash rules but TONS of users do it to the point that the bigger auctions especially are almost completely rigged. I don't believe this is a scam by the company but they should really log ips to prevent the problem before it starts.

They are much more afforable and win-able than QuiBids but I wish they would occasionally implement a multi-choice auction like QuiBids so that you can choose between a laptop, camera or tv for example. They also need to have more auctions going live simultaneously. There's usually only one auction going live every five minutes so with the No Jumper feature (which is nice but needs to be reduced from 500 bids to 300 like they do on their Black Friday deals) you may log on and only have an option of seven or eight auctions.

Overall, not a bad penny auction site though.

I understand the business model of DealDash - they are fairly upfront about it, but...

I did spend several weeks watching and observing "winning strategies", but there are hoards of professional bidders on the site who win the vast majority of the auctions.

I have found many items purchased on DealDash being resold, which is against the terms and conditions, but it happens anyway.

The value / prices quoted for items are very inflated - you can buy many of the items for much less than stated.

They have several unique-to-Deal-Dash items - if you try to find them via internet search engines to research the value / price, you will find web pages which say the value is what Deal Dash is quoting, but I suspect the pages are put up by Deal Dash. Examples include the Schultz Massage Chairs and the designer furniture. The Massage Chair lists a value of $14,500 (!), but no one would ever PAY that for a brand/chair that can't be evaluated or purchased through any other outlet. The decorative items - clocks, etc - the quality is NOT GOOD. I actually won an auction for a clock, which arrived damaged. I contacted customer service who responded to me after EIGHT DAYS. I was asked me to send pictures. I did. Then I was sent an email with a return label and it all had to be in original packaging (save your boxes!), then it had to be returned before a new clock would be shipped out. I finally got the clock and the face was installed slightly crooked and frankly it is cheaply made. This for a clock where the value was portrayed as $575! How about the Japanese knives for $1500?

Bids are always discounted now - one day 15 cents, the next day 14, the next 13 then 12 cents... a fairly repeatable pattern. Even with discounted bids, the wins are so infrequent that it just isn't worth my time or effort.

Summary: expensive "infotainment" where you *might* get something of value from time to time if the professional bidders slip up.

Update: yes deal dash will refund your PURCHASE PRICE if you are not happy with product... BUT they do NOT refund your bid costs!

DealDash is a wonderful auction site good merchandise, a lot of action, but insane bidders. Sometimes it make think that employees is bidding.

Although I did not win the bid I did purchase item at a good price and received some of my bids back.
Thanks

Each time I win a bid, I can't believe it. The competition is fair and honest. Free shipping. The products are high quality.

I am a 1st time user who has not used the service yet, but wanted?'s answered and the response was quick and accurate.

I had a problem with the item in the paying for my item but it was taken care of very quickly. Thanks again

As well as I can tell it is impossible to win anything, I lost all of my money and never won a thing.

They are an Penney auction site. What differs them from everyone else is that they are fair, honest and have great customer service.

I had an issue with my understanding what I was paying for on the big package and clearly remedy with unexpected positive results!

Very impress with the turn around time on support response, clarity of explanation and customer politeness. Thank you for the feel of worthiness.

Need to pay attention to certain bidders who have unscrupulous bidding practices that drives other bidders away from auctions so he can win.