HoundsGood: Chronicles of a Virtual Volunteer

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Bidazzled. All opinions are 100% mine.

At the age of 58, Jimmy Ruch was a man dying of small cell lung cancer. The disease is caused when small malignant cancer cells form inside the lung tissue. His wish for his friends to find a way to raise awareness, and they not only created a website to raise awareness of these disease caused by smoking, second hand smoke, and asbestos exposure, but they created an auction website to raise funds as well. Bidazzled is an auction site created in his memory under the auspices of the Ruch Foundation.

The auction site is a bit different as there are no private sellers. Much of the merchandise appears to the factory sealed. As a participant, you buy bid packs. You pay for each bid you make with credits. Instead of bidding the maximum dollar amount you would pay for the item, you could make a single bid. It is similar to what they used to call a chinese auction. The winner is the last one to bid. One may think that it would be impossible to win, but there are safeguards in place. One can only use as many bids as they have purchased. Sometimes bonus bids are accrued, and credit is given if an auction isn’t one, but you are limited by the bids you have available. In other words, it is not like other auction sites where a bidder can place a skyhigh bid they don’t think anyone else will touch. Also, you are able to win up to five items a week, so participants are required to think carefully on where they are going to use their bids on.

The only constructive criticism about the site is the apparent inability to search.  This may contribute to the thrill of the hunt, however.  I scrolled through several pages of items and was impressed by the different electronics and movies that I saw and have, in fact, been looking for.  Saving up to 80-90% off of the retail prices of items are definitely something that outweighs that by far.

Right now, Bidazzled is offering a bonus. You can use the code BBP1202A to receive 15 bonus bids. If you choose to purchase bids, bids are available in packs of $25.00 or more.  You can have a great time, get some rock bottom deals on electronics and more that you have been looking for, as well as help a good cause.  It will help the Ruch Foundation on its funding of smoking cessation programs, and provide information about treatment for the disease.

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