DealDashReviews 4,499

I am to the point I am thinking DealDash is a joke I been doing this every day for a few years and never win. I even bided over 2000 bids on one before and nothing

People frequently drop 1 penny and then wait till late into bidding to drop hundreds if not thousands of bid mean while your out money because you've been bidding the whole time!

It's a gambling site ( A+ scam), please do not use, you are not saving money what so ever like they are advertising, someone will sue them for misleading.

Around 2011, possibly 12, I became a player of Deal Dash. I won a Gerber knife and a small convection oven. Both items were quality. After a week, maybe two, I began noticing the frequency of being pitted against those who seemed to have unlimited number of bids. I contacted customer service about the unfairness of bid packages and the advantage it gave to those who were rocks from 2009, maybe 2010. I never received a response. That bothered me. I would have stayed with Deal Dash were it not for bid packages. Auctioning bid packages is cash money for Deal Dash. The bids are computer generated and are not tangible like a toaster oven. I won't declare Deal Dash a scam, but I disliked the bid packages because to win one is difficult because the competitor is bidding with unlimited computer-generated resources that overwhelm.

I don't actually know if deal dash is legit or a scam but here is the real problem with this site: It's the constant bids they offer for auction and the bids they offer in exchange for an expensive item a bidder wins. The power bidders naturally flock to these items, taking turns winning them, and are therefore supplied with a constant stream of bids to the point where the bidding power of anyone new is a no contest so new comers either bow out of an auction when a power bidder comes in, don't enter the auction at all if a power bidder is there or they just lose their bids to those power bidders. I have seen power bidders bid over 5000 times to win 950 bids. Really? And it doesn't even make a dent in their cache of spare bids. If deal dash wanted a true legitimate auction site, then they would not offer these great bid opportunities. They would instead make "all" bidders fork out the money to buy the bids and have an even playing ground. If these power buyers were having to buy their bids like the rest of us, maybe they wouldn't be so wasteful with them. Indeed, deal dash evidently thinks they are making more money on the bid packages, but I doubt it if you consider the people who quit the site because of it. Having said all this, I use deal dash and I often win. Anyone can win. But as most of the reviews reflect you have to be in an auction with no power bidders, the power bidders while waiting for the new bidders to stop when their bids are gone or the price has been run up, make a mistake and the auction accidentally ends early because a regular player stopped bidding leaving another player to win before the power bidders jump in, get lucky enough to find a time when power bidders can't bid on an item because they have already won it and are blocked, be patient enough to wait and wait and wait, buy a crap ton of bids and try to take on the power bidder or just be unusually lucky. I know all these things and I still use deal dash and i often times win but sometimes it feels more like a job or a trauma... not the fun it's supposed to be... this is real money being played with and i actually think casinos are easier :) Imagine the money dealdash might make if "all" bidders were going head to head on an even playing field instead of power bidders constantly swooping in and taking nice items or gift cards for 9 cents or 47 cents or 1.12 etc. In any event, I doubt the people calling deal dash a scan are correct. I have won too many times and seen others win too many times to believe that... it is simply the excess of bids beings offered constantly that dull the site for so many. One last point... some will say then those with more money will win all the time...and I would say, pretty sure they are anyway. At least they wouldn't have all these excess bids to go for things over and over and over or things they don't want just to get the exchange bids instead. I'm telling you it would be way more fun and tons more fair.

I ended up "buying bids" while trying to slide the bar. Can't find an undo. Just checking out the website! Did NOT want to purchase.

I think the items they offer are overpriced. I just signed up today to try it out, if don't win any auction after I spend the 500 bids I purchased, will not buy anymore. See screenshot https://snipboard.io/UZw7bx.jpg
Same chair is listed for $649 on dealdash.com https://www.dealdash.com/auction/*******

It's an ingenious business model. I joined on July 5,23 and I have won 33 auctions including a couple of big ticket items. One of those bit items for dirt cheap (just dumb luck) I don't have unlimited funds and I don't have unlimited time but I learned quickly 1) only bid on items that I want; 2) who the heavy bidders are (and stay away from them); 3) understand how much I'm willing to lose. For me, it's no different than buying lottery tickets and never winning (kiss that money goodbye) or going to a casino. At a casino, I know I am not going to win but I want to have fun playing so I know how much I am willing to pay for that fun. I love playing DD using strategy. There's lots of info available on the bid page that can help you make a decision to stay or quit. And patience. Lots of patience. It's not a scam... you pay and play. Do your research and understand how it works before you jump in and have unrealistic expectations. It's gambling for sure, but I would rather spend my money and receive products than buy lottery tickets. I will probably take a break for a bit from this spending spree. And then I will look to going back.

In five years, I won four auctions. All on the first day:
A set of pens that no one else bid on, so I paid one cent.
A nice Sheaffer pen that no one else bid on. Paid one cent.
Calligraphy pens. One cent
100 bid pack. One cent.
Enthused, I immediately bought 200 more bids. "This is great!"
After that, I never won another auction. In some cases, I'd bid on gift cards. Say, a $25 Target card. After it got up to $15 or so, I'd drop out, as it was no longer worth it. But tracking them, I'd see bids go above $40 for a $25 card. In one case, a $10 gas card "sold" for over $100.
Does anybody really believe that actual humans are making these bids?
In my most recent auctions, where I set out to use up all of my remaining bids so that I could close my account, I noticed that I was down to bidding against three other "users" whose accounts had all been created that very day. After my bids ran out, they immediately stopped bidding against each other.
Quite a coincidence, eh?
My conclusion is that when you first sign up, you see legitimate auctions for legitimate low-priced items, but that ONLY you see those auctions. You win a few auctions, think this is great, and then will never win another auction again, unless you spend an insane amount of money. Is it fraud. No - they sent me the advertised items, with free shipping. Is it a scam? Absolutely.

It's impossible to win a bid. You sit for hours, even days bidding 1 cent at a time. And you loose your money each bid. Not like a regular action where you only pay I'd you win. No, you pay for each bid. And NEVER win. Even at 3 am. Even tried for stupid items like lip gloss. Still couldn't win a bid. It's ridiculous. Keep your $.

Deal Dash is an addictive rip off designed to separate you from your money.

If you keep track of the cost of the bids you buy, and the final cost of the item you win, you will see that there is no real price savings most of the time.

If you don't win the bid, you're still out of all the money you paid to purchase the bids. In a real auction, you bid up to what you're willing to spend, but don't lose the money if you don't win.

Deal Dash is the only one profiting from this auction site. Just think, they will buy your winnings back with bids that cost them nothing to produce if you win. They know that these bids will be used to jack up the bids on other items that people have paid to bid for, thereby making them even more money.

I guess you would say I was lucky in that I won some low level bids at first but lost my shirt when it came to the larger items. I started looking at the cost of the bids, and the final costs of the items won / purchased and discovered a huge discrepancy in the value of the items compared to their actual costs.

This is a total SCAM! There is no way that a PlayStation could be 0.50 cents! Now the Playstation is 148 dollars this a scam and fraud! Would not recommend buying here! How in the world is a PlayStation 0.50 cents!

They are not specific on how to bid for someone who is new to the site. I tried to ask questions beforehand but you can't contact anyone. Don't waist your time.

Total scam. They suck you in thinking you'll get items cheap. There's no way to win anything when bidding against auto bids.

I'd rather ebay. With ebay pay once, when you win. Don't like paying to bid and then paying for item

I had won the Doting Dews Amos Earrings & received an email from their customer service letting me know. They did offer 3 other options, another pair of earrings; a ring (both by Doting Dews); and a refund along with 721 bids. I chose the first option the Doting Dews Harriet Earrings. They replied within a couple of hours and placed my order that quick. I would like to thank DealDash Customer Service for working on the issue so very fast.

I 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