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Is this a conflict of interest?

Oct 6, 2012 1:48 PM

There is a deal up right now on the first page of deals.woot!

If you post on Facebook, on Amazon's MP3 page you can get an MP3 for 5 cents...

http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/8d4c0bf2-5d6f-43fa-8ed0-61e4bff3fcec/get-a-song-for-a-nickel-at-amazon-mp3-with-facebook-post#2

But, as we all know, posting Facebook deals is not allowed on deals.woot!
It's the second rule listed

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dUtrnLF_tT2j1SbohQjJpOR9wRH7tnK7QlqXwuCCvFM

Funny how some deals are removed in record time, sometimes within seconds, but this one has been up for over 5 hours already.....

mkentosh mkentosh

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I tattled it. It has appeared and disappeared several times in the last few weeks. So far it has been removed every time. Conflict of interest? Hard to say since there are no "official" rules.

jsimsace jsimsace
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Yes, this deal keeps popping up and getting removed. I posted it when it first came out and it was removed within 10 minutes. Other times when it gets posted it takes a couple of hours to get removed. Either way, it's actually a pretty nice deal - $0.05 for an mp3 for basically doing nothing. I have a FB account that I use exclusively for contests, giveaways and other promotional crap so that I can sign up and not care about having a bunch of spam on my wall.

90mcg112 90mcg112
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Gee, maybe because it was posted in the middle of the night? I was working but didn't notice it was a FB deal. I only lightly moderate the deals overnight for counterfeit and spam deals plus the obvious no-nos.

Please be tolerant of our sleep schedules and business hours. Thanks.

thunderthighs thunderthighs
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@thunderthighs: Maybe you should be a little more willing to meet the needs of the community. You can start by providing us with a home phone and cell phone so we can reach you when we have any issues or questions. And for us insomniacs, someone we can call in the middle of night and talk to when we can't sleep....

tarasadies tarasadies
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@tarasadies: OMG, you're right. How selfish of me. My number is 1-800-555-NOWAY.

thunderthighs thunderthighs
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@thunderthighs: oh, that explains why I wasn't getting through! I was calling 1-800-867-5309.

mkdr mkdr
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@mkdr: that's customer service. =P

thunderthighs thunderthighs
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I'm surprised to see @thunderthighs distribute the secret customer service number; before you call, you might want to read about what happened to one customer when she called.

neuropsychosocial neuropsychosocial
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Oh Look! It's happening again a day later

http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/586f9a50-bcd7-4b5e-b7cd-bb742c86acf4/get-a-song-for-a-nickel#4

mkentosh mkentosh
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And again, 2 days later:

http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/61143b4e-fec1-4218-a463-ebb42c1d51bf/get-a-song-for-a-nickel

90mcg112 90mcg112
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Maybe the Amazon deal stays up because it owns Woot.

balbright balbright
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Blame the posters, not the postee (?) or whatever.

thunderthighs thunderthighs

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