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DealDash Review
There's no way to win any of the items unless you throw so much more money at them than they are worth. It's a game of gambling that you will lose.Keep having that add one bed and someone keeps overeating you until the item is more expensive than just going out and buying it off the shelf in a store.The fact that I have to bid against people who have a seemingly infinite number of bids to spend as the purchase their monthly limits. I can't compete, especially against the more prized auctions, with those who have to have a source of funding, buying and reselling on eBay, etc. I even know personally of stores that sell the products auctioned on DealDash.
Yes I have complained but get the same response.
DealDash wouldn't be in business if it were not for this grand deception.In reflecting, my first exposure to DealDash would give a great example of how they operated. And I would understand that all the very nice-sounding people in customer help were just that. They did take my advice on their commercials, which is what attracted me to the website. I filed a complaint with the FTC. Emailed and spoke with the friendly people telling them their commercials where false and misleading. (Are you tracking with me?) Their commercials would say something like - I bought this on DealDash for ten dollars and it cost $100. There was no mention of what the bids cost that you have to purchase to bid on auctions. That, especially to new people can be a substantial amount. You will notice NOW a small written disclaimer at the bottom of their ads.
My biggest complaint, and why I rarely am on their website anymore, is the disparity between old-timers and new-timers and the number of bids the old-timers keep throwing down. I took notes of the bidders to assist me. What I found out was there were people who had been on the site for years. They bid for numerous items throughout the day, every day. I knew how I had to covet my bids and what I saw was a never-ending supply from old-timers. I complained many times and was always told by the nice people that they would forward it up to the decision-makers. I would go to eBay and see many of the items from their website on sale. I explained to them that people with so many bids were either independently wealthy or they had enormous amounts of free bids that I didn't come close to having OR they were being funded by their purchases and resale of items.
The quality of their products is remarkably good. That is what keeps me coming back to look for stuff. I was able to buy a robot mop for $40 plus bids for our church as we look to use these machines to replace paying people to clean the church's floors. Again it needs to be repeated - their products are remarkable.
Have I ever heard from the higher up people or have they addressed my complaints? Crickets.
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“Scam”
March 18th, 2024
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Paying for every bid is a joke. People think they're getting a good deal because they got an ipad for $150 but the increments take so long to get there you have to spend $300 in bids to keep it going and even if you lose, you are still paying for the bids on something you didn't even win.This site could be a good thing but seems like it might be going downhill. I have seen 2 times now within 2 days were a person has bought a $25 gift card for $30+ dollars, and that does not make sense. Almost like there are insiders just driving the bids up. I don't trust this site anymore due to this. I would rather find a good price elsewere and just pay. I spent a bunch of bids and it seems like I was up against a bot with unlimited bids.What a scam! This should be illegal. Buy bids for 13 cents to raise the bid 1 cent. Who ever heard of an action where you have to buy bids? There are a handful of winners and a whole bunch of loosers, and deal dash rakes in the cash. It reminds me of the old pyramid scheme. Run away!You can spend hundreds of dollars or even thousands buying points to compete with others for a win. Be cautious!This company used my password as a greeting in an email. Really? They have no regard for Personally Identifiable Information and data privacy laws.
Tip for consumers:No regard for PII and data privacy laws.
Products used:None. The company addressed an email greeting to me with my password.This website is so under regulated. I have no doubt it will be under investigation in the next 12 months.
VERY misleading, very TRICKY and SCAMMY. Be warned, they make it sound easy and you'll find yourself spending hundreds of dollars and getting NOTHING. If you do win anything you'll find it's pretty poor quality.
Tip for consumers:SCAM. UNTRUTHFUL. UNFAIR. FALSE ADVERTISING!
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QualityNormally I don't do reviews at all but when I clicked on the deal dash site and filled out a username and created my new account, just to look at their stuff it charged my card 72 dollars! Now I didn't see nothing about a membership fee or anything to that effect of them even charging my card! Thankfully on my bank account I had just under 70 dollars in there so it declined that purchase! So please guys read EVERYTHING or you could be like me and get charged for just trying to look at their inventory!
Tip for consumers:They should tell people before they create an account that it's going to charge them money before they create itUnless you have 500 plus buds it is very difficult to win. If you want to win you have to invest and purchase 500 plus bids. There should be better incentives for those who bid daily.The TV ads were misleading. I got X for 10 dollars! You are not informed that: a) you have to purchase "bid credits" (which should be added to the cost of the item); and b) the auctions take hours and hours and hours. I spent 6 hours bidding on two items. DealDash embodies the old adage: if it seems too good to be true...
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QualityYou will find some users have been members for several years. Those same users must be bots, workers, or something to that effect. Those users will bid on multiple auctions 24 hours per day. So in effect, this means that each of these users is literally spending thousands of dollars daily. I assume the implementation of these bots keeps the paying customers coming. I've spent hundreds and received nothing. Total Scam.
Tip for consumers:Do not fall for it.
Products used:I 'used' the auction services.
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QualityIt was fun playing. Expensive but fun. There are people out there who have infinite bids.You have ones that have such great bidding power. They wait for a newbie to run the bid up to about $5 then the Old deal dash members scramble and take over The newbie lose all their bids. Power in numbers. The only chance way to win is to buy a $#*!load of bids 600+ You pay more than it's worth because you just want to win to recoup your lost bids. This site isn't new user friendly at all. Deal dash is not fair to most. You have to many Bidding bullies. I think I'm just going to delete my account. No real chance
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QualityYou can buy $50 in bids which is say 20 bids you bid 20 times and after every bid someone out bids you so on bid 21 your out of bids down $50 but others keep bidding and since it only goes up 1 cent if no one bids after the time limit say after bid 22 it sells for 22 cents alot of people loose alot of money that's how these "deals" are paid for its a legal twist of words for people who take the easy way out instead of trying to run a actual business. Not founded in the USA enough said!
Tip for consumers:Just go to the store unless your that bored you have better luck on a gambling site
Products used:I used the call my credit card company to report fraud product
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ReturnsI posted a negative review. I stand by the negative review. However, Dealdash did reach out to me and refunded my money. I move to 2 stars due to this. My review is still negative due to the fact that you will lose lots of money. They have preferred bidders. The warning stays the same on the fact that you will lose money. Also be aware that you can lose a bid at the last seconds due to "system errors". Giving bid to the other person. This happens a lot
Tip for consumers:Dealdash is not for newbies or for those with small amount of money to spend. THUS IS NOT A PENNY AUCTION SITE AS ADVERTISED. The "penny bid" is actually $0.13-$0.22 cents A BID. they don't tell you this. Nor do they mention that you will be charged $70+ on your credit card once you sign up. However, they do issue a refund if you reach out to Dealdash about the charge. But it's a crappy way to get business.The various sheet sets auctioned on Deal Dash are all top quality sheets. The most recent won auction was a gift for our son and daughter in law. They loved it and the shipping was quick.In order to get started with deal dash I had to buy bids. A half price sale got me 500 bids for $30. Looking at recent auction winners it soon became obvious that most auction winners were spending far more than 500 bids to win anything actually worth more than $30. The values indicated for products being auctioned were much higher than comparable products sell for. For example; the buy it now price for a stocking cap was $50, a two-pack of underweat was $95, a pair of flip flops was $88! The only items I saw that were priced correctly were gift cards. I tried several auctions and after spending 350 bids managed to win a $50 gift card for $1.38! My remaining 250 bids didn't get any more wins, so that gift card actually cost me $31.38. I felt ok about that until I discovered the Wilson & Miller store gift card I won is worthless. That store only lists about 35 products and every product is grossly overpriced. The least expensive product currently available is a set of 3 stainless magnetic parts trays listed for $95. I already own an identical set of those that cost $8. After more research it appears most of the products being auctioned on deal dash are from companies basically owned by the same people who own deal dash. This learning experience cost $31.38, plus about 8 hours spent bidding.
Now, for the good news. After filling out a complaint with customer service, they immediately refunded my original bid pack and then basically converted the gift card to 300 more bids. So I am back where I started a few days ago with a pool of bids to use on the site. No doubt I will end up attempting to win something. The site is very addictive and time-consuming, but people do spend hours playing solitaire or on gambling sites with fake money. Deal Dash costs real money up front to play. It is basically very low percentage gambling to win stuff you could buy and save a bunch of time.
UPDATE: So I had a pool of 300 bids and a little experience with how the auctions work. My 300 or so bids won 200 bids and those won nothing. Since I got most of my money back, the experience only cost me $6.39. I spent quite a few hours on the DealDash site basically losing to people who could spend more bids than I had available.
Tip for consumers:Unless you have lots of time to kill, close the browser window and do something, anything else.
Products used:Just Bidding on stuff.
ValueTotal scam. Got charged $70.00 instantly, Don't know why.
They should tell you all charges before becoming a member.Must be careful as there are many "high rollers" on the site that will spend as much as they have to too win.
Many players spend way over the purchase price because they are just entertaining themselves.
Just do not get hooked and be smart.
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Products used:flashlight,candle
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QualitySo far I have liked every product I have won on Deal Dash. Quality products. Good variety of items, easy checkout. Timely shipping. What's not to like.
Wish they would let us pick our own amount of bids to purchase. Sometimes I don't want 300 bids. Let me decide how many I want to purchase at a time.I've been a DealDash member and have won some great items at a great cost. People's bidding can be foolish and an auction for a remote control truck worth $50 in Walmart went on for over 26 hours and the winner paid $212. DealDash's Buy it Now prices are insane. A motorcycle jacket had a BiN price of $4,600. The max store price was likely less than $300. This is just one example. Ppl need to limit their bidding and don't get into a bidding wars. You can win but bid smart.
Tip for consumers:Budget your bidding and only bid on what you really want. Don't get into a bidding war as you will waste your bids and and in thee end you will lose all your bids and likely lose the auction. Bids cost money. Don't drain your bank account or max out your credit cards.
Products used:Electronics, kid's toys, tools
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QualityWon some cool stuff but super high maintenance operating site. Annoying AF other auction sites much easier and faster to navigate
Products used:Just dealing with website - keeps crashing
ValueThis is a scam business getting away with recurring charges without authorization, wildly high prices, deceptive advertising, and inferior products.
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