Anyone use Deal Dash . com?

[Cranky]

Is it any good?

 

[69L48Z27]

Never heard of it.

 

[Fervantmender]

Signed up n tried it one time seemed like a huge ripoff.

 

[YY1]

is that the one where you pay for each bid?

all the "deals" they show in the TV ad say "not typical final price" or something similar

 

[Fervantmender]

Yep that’s the one I think it’s .50 for every bid and I think there is a fake bidder online!

 

[Pikser]

The cost per bid changes every day. Today is 0.13. I invested $20.00 and now have over 2000 bids and have won a few thousand dollars worth of mainly tools. Also if you place one bid per day you start to acquire up to 15 bids free every day. I place one bid when I wake up every morning. If you see something you want place one bid early. Then wait until only two are bidding on it. Then start your bidding. Also good to use the bid buddy then which you decide how many bids you want to use.

 

[WileE]

I look at everything as a scam nowadays.

 

[SDCoronet]

I've seen their lame shitty commercials. Reason enough for me to boycott them.

 

[YY1]

I smell a "plant".

 

[70chall440]

Its great if you want to sit at a computer all day and watch the crap. Just watch the ads and you will get a sense of who loves the site. I am sure there are some exceptions, but I agree that its pretty "scam" like.

 

[Cranky]

Ok....tanks! Thought I'd ask before messing with it.

 

[slimt]

Its great if you want to sit at a computer all day and watch the crap. Just watch the ads and you will get a sense of who loves the site. I am sure there are some exceptions, but I agree that its pretty "scam" like.

That sounds the the California special site. Sit all day and watch the crap.

 

[Xp29h]

Saw it on tv way too many times, therefore I thought it was a rip off and never even looked at it!

 

[Wingfoot]

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[69BBody]

You buy bids for $0.60 each, which only up the bid by $0.01. Regardless if you win or not, each bid you place costs you $0.60. Someone is making a lot of money here and it's not the player.

From Wikipedia:

• DealDash has been criticized for offering poor value to customers and for making disclosures only in fine print.[14]
• Penny auction sites, including DealDash specifically, have often been criticized for failing to disclose or include the cost of bids in what customers actually spend in total to win a product. In a conventional auction, bids are based on prices that participants are willing to pay, with the item sold to the final bidder within a set period that bids the highest price. This usually allocates the item to the person who is willing to pay the most. By contrast, penny auctions award items to parties that are persistent or lucky enough to place the final bid, with money raised primarily from the cost of bidding rather than the final price of the item. In most cases, users spend substantial sums of money without winning anything. DealDash and others have been compared to gambling by consumer groups.[9][8]
• According to Consumer Reports, the "buy it now" prices can be significantly higher than the same products on Amazon.com.[8] Unsuccessful bidders not using the option lose the value of the bids placed. A company spokesperson says DealDash generates significant business from bidders who choose to buy items after losing, with hundreds of orders processed daily.[29]
• Consumer Reports also reported that many “luxury” brands touted on Deal Dash are non-existent beyond the website and their trademarks are registered by the owner of DealDash.[30]
• Consumer organization Truth in Advertising reported that a DealDash television commercial shows "Roseanna" winning a $349 kitchen mixer for "less than $25". Small print explains she bid 761 times on that mixer, which cost her over $456, plus the $25 "price" she won it for. This means she paid closer to $481 - well over the stated $349 retail price.[10] Both Truth in Advertising and Consumer Reports noted that DealDash's own terms of service tell users that they are likely to spend more than the retail cost for products and are unlikely to save money using the site.[10][8]

Caveat emptor.

 

[BeatersRus]

The cost per bid changes every day. Today is 0.13. I invested $20.00 and now have over 2000 bids and have won a few thousand dollars worth of mainly tools. Also if you place one bid per day you start to acquire up to 15 bids free every day. I place one bid when I wake up every morning. If you see something you want place one bid early. Then wait until only two are bidding on it. Then start your bidding. Also good to use the bid buddy then which you decide how many bids you want to use.

so have you actually gotten the items youve won?
were they quality tools or just chinese garbago??

thats quite a return for 20 bucks.

 

[Pikser]

Yes, Tools have been Wilson & Miller. A few other items I really did not need just ended up winning and a few gift cards. Bids are 0.13 today. I place one bid every day to get the free 15 bids for doing so.
Shipping is free and has been very good

 

[YY1]

This (huge red flag)-

• Consumer Reports also reported that many “luxury” brands touted on Deal Dash are non-existent beyond the website and their trademarks are registered by the owner of DealDash.[30]

But more importantly, THIS-

• Consumer organization Truth in Advertising reported that a DealDash television commercial shows "Roseanna" winning a $349 kitchen mixer for "less than $25". Small print explains she bid 761 times on that mixer, which cost her over $456, plus the $25 "price" she won it for. This means she paid closer to $481 - well over the stated $349 retail price.[10] Both Truth in Advertising and Consumer Reports noted that DealDash's own terms of service tell users that they are likely to spend more than the retail cost for products and are unlikely to save money using the site.[10][8]

 

[SoCal440GTX]

As far as i am concerned, those sites are straight forward gambling. Sometimes you might actually "win" but there are more losers than winners.
Each bid (BET) costs you money, with a chance at winning the auction (getting a prize).
That's gambling, plain and simple.