I had never even heard the term "Deal dash commercial" so there you go. I'm a night owl, so I would think they would be on late at night when I'm watching TV, but yet I've never seen one. However, I NEVER watch any of the home shopping networks, so perhaps that is why I've never even heard of those commercials.

We get a lot of those BS auction site commercials where they claim you can buy a brand new laptop for $15. Those are of course a ripoff because you have to pay for each bid you place, and most of those sites only allow upping a bid by 1 to 2 pennies, so you would potentially have to make a lot of bids to win an auction. The new laptop might only cost $15 if you win the auction, but to claim your item you have to pay for all those bids you made and that generally drives up the total/actual cost above retail value.