{"id":2083,"date":"2014-05-16T14:06:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T18:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dealdashblog.com\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2014-05-16T14:06:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T18:06:20","slug":"how-i-funded-a-birthday-dinner-with-dealdash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dealdash.com\/blog\/how-i-funded-a-birthday-dinner-with-dealdash\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Funded A Birthday Dinner With DealDash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color:#404040;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dealdash.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_100486003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2084\" src=\"http:\/\/dealdash.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_100486003.jpg?w=652\" alt=\"DealDash Gift Card Birthday Party\" width=\"652\" height=\"652\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#404040;\">It is our family tradition to take each one of our three daughters out for dinner on or around their birthdays. The whole family goes which totals 7 people so the bill can get pretty pricey. One of our favorite places to eat is Texas Roadhouse. Since DealDash offers Texas Roadhouse gifts cards, I figured why not bid on some of those. I scanned through the up-coming auctions to find the ones I wanted to bid on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#404040;\">The first auction was on March 30, which I successfully won for $0.22 using just 5 bids. The next auction was on April 8. I won that auction for $0.82 using just 9 bids. For $1.04 and 14 bids, I had won $100.00 worth of Texas Roadhouse gift cards from DealDash. I figured I would try once more since I knew our bill would total over the value of those first two cards. On April 12th I once again began bidding on a $50.00 TRH gift card. Well, I got in with several bidders who were determined to keep the auction going at all costs so I eventually, after using 100 bids, chose to use the BIN option (Buy it Now and get my bids back) and got all my spent bids returned to me. I then had enough gift cards to cover the birthday dinner. My total investment for $150.00 in Texas Roadhouse gift cards was $51.04 and 14 bids. Not a bad haul!<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#404040;\">By <a title=\"Kim Finnegan\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/114450758200939888770?rel=\"author&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Finnegan<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#404040;\">I have been a DealDash bidder since 9-2012. I have won over 150 auctions. I live in Ohio with my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is our family tradition to take each one of our three daughters out for dinner on or around their birthdays. The whole family goes which totals 7 people so the bill can get pretty pricey. 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