Why do people spend so much energy to try and disprove deals instead of posting a better one?
I don't make anything for posting deals. I do it because I enjoy the hunt.
I post what I think is a good deal and some people comment "that's not a deal" without posting a better one for the same item. I'm not naming any one person in particular but it seems that it is becoming more prevalent. A lot of times, these commenters have never posted a deal of their own.
I guess I could post and never look at it again, but the comments do interest me and I will be the first person to agree if a better deal is found.
Just curious why people feel the need to do that..
any ideas?
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commodog
asked 4 months ago
"This just in: Some people on the Internet are petty jerks who like to crap on the efforts of others without ever contributing anything of worth themselves.
News at 11."
@anotherhiggins: Excellent reply! You hit the nail straight on the head!
@anotherhiggins: lol
@anotherhiggins: TRUTH!
Goes down to the 80/20 rule. 80% of the people do 20% percent of the work, and 20% of the people do 80% of the work. The 80% are claiming "No Deal" on the deals because they don't know how to (or want to) find new deals.
Not a good question. I saw better question earlier.
:)
It's an ego boost. If I can't do better on my own, I'll see if I can make you look worse than me.
happened to me recently and i nicely asked the commenter if they could post the deal they knew of that was better. i even offered to coach them through the steps of making their own deal post. i got a reply of "just look on amazon".
for the record, the item they mentioned would be better deal was a different size anyway. the equivalent of saying "you get a better deal on a 12" sub versus this 6" sub you posted". what's wrong with 6" subs?!?!
If someone posts a link in a reply instead of posting it as a deal on their own, I'll check it out and post it myself sometimes. Thanks for the deal.
I appreciate the 'not a deal' feedback when people explain why and/or show evidence. It's common, especially in a down economy, for companies to mark things up before putting them on sale. That's just one of a dozen tricks that are sometimes hard to catch when you don't have a baseline to compare.
One of my biggest beefs is with the optical hard drives lately. Yeah, $99 for a 1TB is kinda low now, but it's twice as much as it was six months ago. Is it really a deal?
I'll occasionally point out that a posted deal isn't a very good price. I hope the poster of the deal won't take it personally because I'm doing it to save other readers a buck or two.
And if you notice I haven't posted many deals it's because I don't post duplicate deals, and I'm beat to the punch 99% of the time.
@liquidblue1: Optical hard drives? Is Syquest making a comeback?
Yeah, I posted a deal a few weeks ago and the FIRST post after that was "duplicate" and nothing else. It wasn't a dupe (I checked before I posted it) but it just baffles me as to why someone would be so stupid in public.
(end rant) ;-P
@anotherhiggins: I watched your news program and frankly I've seen better! I think the lighting on your set is all wrong and what's up with the sports guy's teeth? Don't even get me started about the woman doing weather those dresses she wears are so 1997!
The comments that always amuse me are those that say something like "This isn't a good deal! I bought this for X dollars 2 1/2 years ago at my local noname store." Oh, really?!? Or those that say it's not a good deal because you can get it at xxx.com for $3 dollars less. Look there & it is $3 less, but shipping is $7.99. ::sigh:: Most of the time, I simply ignore their comments.
Why people do this? ...pick one or more from all the reasons stated before me.
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