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What do I do when a deal I posted becomes a sponsored deal an hour later?

Apr 17, 2012 5:04 AM

I posted a deal on the Ubisoft Battle tag set on 1saleaday at about 11 pm. Then at midnight, the deal shows up on the sponsored deal list. Do I tattle on mine now or do I let it run its course. Has anyone else ever had this happen?

silo11 silo11

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stroke your ego. Yes, you're that good!

capguncowboy capguncowboy
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Pat yourself on your back.

Your deal will magically get deleted. If you want, you can tattle on yourself.

bkarlan bkarlan
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leave it up tattle on @thefenst for posting a dup. or email him/her and say you expect all upvotes it gets credited to your rep.

moosezilla moosezilla
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@bkarlan: not if he RIPs it first.

At least you'll get some question rep out of it. Looks like this one will do nicely

capguncowboy capguncowboy
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@capguncowboy: ahhh but he can tattle and then RIP it

bkarlan bkarlan
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This happened to me with the 10 dollar gas card for 5 dollars. Mine got taken out twice before midnight. I was super confused and angry at the time.

gideonfrost gideonfrost
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I'd sit back and laugh. You, for free, posted a deal that they paid to get put up on the site and your free version will be removed. So, find a swivel chair, get a cat (preferably yours, if you have one) and work on your dramatic villain spin and laugh. Mwahaha.

captainsuperdawg captainsuperdawg
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just so you know: @veroniquehicks posted a link to your post as the second comment telling everyone to go upvote you. you are still getting some upvotes, just not as many as the sponsored one.

moosezilla moosezilla
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Apparently the correct answer is Ask A Question about it.

cowboydann cowboydann
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Same thing happened to me with the Entertainment Books :)

jeremytheindian jeremytheindian
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Same thing happened with me (quite some time ago now) when I posted GoldenEye for the Wii from GameStop. The day after I posted it, I saw it as a sponsored link.

What did I do about it? Nothing. I didn't really see much reason to do anything about it.

lparsons42 lparsons42
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I think by all rights if you posted it first you should get rep credit for all its traffic and voting.

djbowman djbowman
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I'd say expire your deal, or tattle on the sponsored one as they posted a duplicate! Or Both!

oompaloompa18 oompaloompa18
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@silo11 it appears that your original posting of the deal has been deleted

natedogg828 natedogg828

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