James T.

Late late last night I went "all in" on a blender. Overpriced at $500 I would value it at at no more than $100. According to it's bid history it usually sells for around $25 and rarely goes for over $40. Almost all bidders who win the blender do so while placing 800 bids or less. With over 1300 bids I went "all in" and after several hours and a final selling price in excess of $43 I ran out of bids and lost.
There's a saying "if it sounds too good to be true it probably is". I'ts easy to run the math and see how DealDash actually COULD be making a killing while still selling items at auction below their retail value still DealDash did sound too good to be true. Having longed to give it a try I finally succumbed to that desire, downloaded the app and purchased my first bid pack.
I have been bidding for close to a year now with NOT ONE single win. I read the tips and blogs. I looked at the previous winners noting bid totals, and price ranges (lows, highs and averages). I paid special attention to bidders I needed to avoid. I bid at "off times and days" when items were going for less. I never expected to win a car, a computer or any Apple product yet I didn't come here to pay for something I neither wanted nor needed such as gold plated costume jewelry or a $50 barrel shack gift card (i've Yet to see that $50 Walmart gift card I've read so much about). I spent the vast majority of my bids on some relatively inexpensive items such as lower end and mid range bid packs and basic appliances. Focusing mostly on a few barrel shack items and several kitchen appliances I primarily placed bids on the items you see multiple times on a daily basis such as toaster oven's, KitchenAid mixers, knives, barrel shack end tables and dog beds, air fryers, tv's, cutlery sets, flatware, blenders, and much much more. I've tried bidding early, I've tried bidding late, I've been beaten by "jumpers" and then tried "jumping" in myself. Seems like whenever I bid and every single time I have gone all in, the selling price as well as the total number of bids placed by the eventual winner has been much much much higher than average. Seems every time I bid there is someone who always has more bids than me, is always willing to stay until I'm depleted of bids, always willing to pay more and use more bids to win against me than the vast majority of previous winners of the same items auctioned and won for much less. Once, twice, three times and more, a coincidence? Well we're well beyond that now. Too good to be true?
I've just read several other reviews that sound like mine. The blender I bid on was no Viitamix, and is not mentioned in any real consumer reviews nor found for sale in retail stores outside of eBay and Amazon where winning bidders are profiteering off fools like myself. Too good to be true? Manufactured by or for DealDash who can then set their own overinflated MSRP? Maybe. Other reviewers here seem to think so.
I have been buying items at auction including Ebay for decades now and have made several excellent purchases. I consider Dealdash to be a waste of time since apparantly it does not matter what I bid on or how much I bid or how many bids I place. It does not matter when I bid or who I bid against. I will not, seems I am not allowed to win anything on Dealdash unless I want to pay (in bid cost plus winning price) more than the legitimate retail value or I could choose to "buy it now" at full manufacturers suggested retail price when I could simply "shop" for the same or similar item of equal or better quality at a less expensive price elsewhere. Well what about all those bidders I see winning the same Items I bid on for far less than I bid? What about those various bidders who always seem to have more bids and are willing to bid however much it takes so that I end up winning nothing? Is it "real or is it Memorex?". Only Uncle Tan knows for sure". Sounds to good to be true?
I have deleted my photo and payment method, i'm done buying bid packs if the bids I buy are completely useless. You can delete my account if you want. For those wanting to try Dealdash it's your choice. Just ask yourself, "does it sound too goo to be true?". After that, you're on your own and good luck. As for me, "fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me". Don't like being played for a fool.