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Do you ever go to post a deal, and realize you don't really think it's a deal?

Mar 19, 2012 11:39 PM

I was going to post a deal for 30% off on Levi's, then realized that the price on the site was way to high even after the discount. Barring other users comments, do you ever rethink posting after looking at a deal more closely?

okham okham

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Not really. I don't post many deals, but I do try to price check them when I do post. I look at the current going price for the item.

jsimsace jsimsace
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I do.

- If the sale price is just "ok", I think twice about posting it. This is deals.woot, not just.a.sale.price.woot.
- If the item has mixed reviews but at least a good price, I think twice about posting it.
- If the item is sucky, even though it's a great price, I probably won't post it.
- If it's a site that I wouldn't buy from, no matter how good of a deal it appears to be, I definitely won't post it.

narfcake narfcake
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No, but I've seen good deals that I forget to post and then regretted it when I see other people post it days later.

teevoo teevoo

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