Non-deals in the Hot Deals forum

[aramis109]

Hey, love the site. It's one of the first places I check each day for Deals and BD news. That said, the Hot Deals forum is beginning to get pretty clogged. "Where's my 5 free", "AVP preorder back up to $48", "Where to find Shooter" and things of this nature that are at best on the fringe of being deal-related.

I'm not asking for them to be deleted, but could some threads of that nature (and especially duplicate threads) be maybe moved to the General forum or locked?

It seems of late that the Moderators have taken a bit of a light hand at least in that forum. If you're busy, or things are going on, I can understand. If you need more help, I'm sure there's lots of folks who would be happy to moderate one or two forums for you (I myself would volunteer).

Just want to toss that out there as I don't want to see the Hot Deals (and, by extension other sections) become less useful to members and guests because they must wade through a lot of other stuff.

Thanks for your time.

[Caligula]

lol good luck with mod job, not many want to give up their "ONLINE JOB" or the power they have here

however,i agree with you about hot deal forum, i agree.. Lets see what others has to say

Originally Posted by aramis109

Hey, love the site. It's one of the first places I check each day for Deals and BD news. That said, the Hot Deals forum is beginning to get pretty clogged. "Where's my 5 free", "AVP preorder back up to $48", "Where to find Shooter" and things of this nature that are at best on the fringe of being deal-related.

I'm not asking for them to be deleted, but could some threads of that nature (and especially duplicate threads) be maybe moved to the General forum or locked?

It seems of late that the Moderators have taken a bit of a light hand at least in that forum. If you're busy, or things are going on, I can understand. If you need more help, I'm sure there's lots of folks who would be happy to moderate one or two forums for you (I myself would volunteer).

Just want to toss that out there as I don't want to see the Hot Deals (and, by extension other sections) become less useful to members and guests because they must wade through a lot of other stuff.

Thanks for your time.

[jw]

There are alot of pointless threads there, yes, but maybe you arent looking for that particular item, five people are. If you have a complaint, pm a mod/admin and they will fix the issue if its wrong. The Shooter hard to find thread isnt needed, IT has NO substance other than for the OP as its not a hot deal. The Administrator created a share your hot deals thread here but no one uses it.

The only real way to fix this is to start offering infractions/warnings if people dont follow the rules. Do that enough times and I guarantee it will stop, but it also creates a negative atmosphere here as a result.
and rule #2 is never followed

Here are the Rules:

Hot Deals Forum Rules

1. Webmasters are not allowed to advertise their own sites. *
2. One post per week.
3. You are not allowed to post advertising.
4. You are not allowed to have advertising or advertising links in your signature.
5. You are not allowed to have a username that's the same as a site, or similar indirect advertising.
6. You are not allowed to post scans of manufacturer's coupons, however, posting an alert that a certain store has coupons available is allowed.

* The idea for this forum is for users to share hot deals that they've found, not for webmasters to advertise their offerings. If a deal is good enough other users should be compelled to post about it here anyway.

The forum rules have been added to avoid turning the Hot Deals forum into a huge ads/spam area.

Alot of people forget that the purpose of this area is for everyone to be able to get the deal. If Amazon has a B2G1,available to everyone,thats a HOT DEAL, not member X getting Planet Earth for $x.x or member X getting another title because he got 15 different refunds and they took it off the total price.

Now if all of us thought about that before posting, it wont be a problem

[aramis109]

I'm not looking for a mod job. I have moderated forums in the past, but mostly I didn't want to say "fix this" without offering my own services. I still would if asked however.

As for jwbbud's comments- I don't disagree, but an "on it" mod team should be able to keep up with threads like that in the wrong places. I'm not personally looking to get any members in trouble by "reporting" them, I'm just wanting a more-organized forum to play in.

[jw]

Originally Posted by aramis109

I'm not looking for a mod job. I have moderated forums in the past, but mostly I didn't want to say "fix this" without offering my own services. I still would if asked however.

As for jwbbud's comments- I don't disagree, but an "on it" mod team should be able to keep up with threads like that in the wrong places. I'm not personally looking to get any members in trouble by "reporting" them, I'm just wanting a more-organized forum to play in.

I dont think anyone reports it, or it would get fixed
My only wish people would follow the rules as I am sure the mods do as well.

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

I dont anyone reports it, or it would get fixed
My only wish people would follow the rules as I am sure the mods do as well.

Well, I went ahead and reported a few that I felt were not hot deals, with comments like "not hot deal- move to general?" so we'll see what happens.

[Chaka]

Sometimes it just feels like they have to be the first to post something without putting too much thought into it. You have to also realize that there isn't many "hot deals" as there used to be. I can understand limiting the threads about ebay and half.com even though majority of the good deals are found there so I think its just people getting restless. Same can be said about the Blu-ray Movies and Releases Forum and the General Forum. There isn't really much to talk about other than speculation/wishlist and who is buying what. I think what the mods are doing so far is fine and letting this be for now until it becomes the wild west. You don't want to deter people from this site. Remember what happened with the coupon threads?

Best thing to do is just ride it out until things settles. I personally just ignore a couple users because I feel they really don't offer anything other than to gloat or post *****. I can deal with humor but there are some that are just complete morons.

[Caligula]

no coupon deals blows!! Truly blows!!

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by Chaka

Sometimes it just feels like they have to be the first to post something without putting too much thought into it. You have to also realize that there isn't many "hot deals" as there used to be. I can understand limiting the threads about ebay and half.com even though majority of the good deals are found there so I think its just people getting restless. Same can be said about the Blu-ray Movies and Releases Forum and the General Forum. There isn't really much to talk about other than speculation/wishlist and who is buying what. I think what the mods are doing so far is fine and letting this be for now until it becomes the wild west. You don't want to deter people from this site. Remember what happened with the coupon threads?

Best thing to do is just ride it out until things settles. I personally just ignore a couple users because I feel they really don't offer anything other than to gloat or post *****. I can deal with humor but there are some that are just complete morons.

Agreed. Just that this morning when I logged on (I hadn't in a few days) I really had to wade through all the other posts and really felt it could be handled better.

[jw]

well the coupon thread was promoting illegal activity and this site condones that. There are forums that post this stuff and thats where alot of the sales ads, etc are coming from. I think that should be left over there as it benefits only a few buyers not all.

Hot Deals:

Amazon sales, B1G1
Brick and Mortar stores sales
a valid coupon code all users can use at checkout like the Amazon Visa $5.00 off code


NOT Hot Deals:
open 15 google accounts to save 10.00 on each movie
Half/ebay users sale on a title that he only has one copy of
telling your story of how you scammed a retailer to get money of your next purchase

These are common examples, but some information that isnt a hot deal is useful like xxxxx has shooter in stock or Retailer X is offering this promo but you have to do this(i.e, sign up for sony card, get 100.00)

Just my 2 cents

[Ice2Dragon]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

well the coupon thread was promoting illegal activity and this site condones that. There are forums that post this stuff and thats where alot of the sales ads, etc are coming from. I think that should be left over there as it benefits only a few buyers not all.

Hot Deals:

Amazon sales, B1G1
Brick and Mortar stores sales
a valid coupon code all users can use at checkout like the Amazon Visa $5.00 off code


NOT Hot Deals:
open 15 google accounts to save 10.00 on each movie
Half/ebay users sale on a title that he only has one copy of
telling your story of how you scammed a retailer to get money of your next purchase

These are common examples, but some information that isnt a hot deal is useful like xxxxx has shooter in stock or Retailer X is offering this promo but you have to do this(i.e, sign up for sony card, get 100.00)

Just my 2 cents

I agree, but to an extent. I post deals for video games, whether it be WII or PS3, but I always get positive comments for the most part, every now and then some fool comes in and complains about it not being a blu ray deal.

People need to lighten up.. as long as its a deal then it should stay.

But the "LOOK I GOT FREE STUFF CUZ I USED GCO TEN TIMES" needs to go.

[jw]

Originally Posted by Ice2Dragon

I agree, but to an extent. I post deals for video games, whether it be WII or PS3, but I always get positive comments for the most part, every now and then some fool comes in and complains about it not being a blu ray deal.

People need to lighten up.. as long as its a deal then it should stay.

But the "LOOK I GOT FREE STUFF CUZ I USED GCO TEN TIMES" needs to go.

lol, but you posted a deal everyone can benefit from regardless whether they want a game or etc. We appreciate it I buy games too

[Chaka]

I have no problem with hot deals that are not blu-ray related. I do think that there should be some consideration though when posting a deal especially if you are just cut and pasting from another website of what it actually is.

[Ice2Dragon]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

lol, but you posted a deal everyone can benefit from regardless whether they want a game or etc. We appreciate it I buy games too

And im glad my posts benefit EVERYONE, its the people who act like jerkoffs who make me not want to post anything.

I counted at least 13 threads on the first page of the hot deals forum that dont belong.. at all.

"MY AVP WENT BACK TO 48.95". how is that a hot deal?

"SHOOTER HARD TO FIND OFFICAL THREAD" ..?

Its threads like these that pollute the hot deals section, no offense to the creators or anything.

[krazeyeyez]

fully agree, the hot deals thread was far more useful when i started coming here late in nov. 07. and not because of recent sales, but because it was far easier to locate threads and deals that interest me. now more often then not when i do check there and click on a thread it generally is a "i got this for blank amount" or something not useful to other members/browsers.

there is far to much clutter and stuff that doesn't belong imo, and it does make it tougher to locate the threads that actually have some great contributions to make.

[Blu Titan]

The best thing to do is to report a thread that is useless (hot deals forum). Mods usually take quick action when something is reported.

[Ice2Dragon]

Counted at least 15 today that dont belong.

This is getting out of hand.

How the hell is 39.99 for GT5 prologue a deal?

Enchanted give a way coupon?

Come on guys.. seriously.

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

The best thing to do is to report a thread that is useless (hot deals forum). Mods usually take quick action when something is reported.

...or not. I need to double-check but it appears that none of the ones I reported have been moved or closed.

Maybe I'm missing it, but has a mod even replied to this thread?

[Rantlers]

The thread "What BD showed up in your Amazon.com Gold box today?" does nothing but help boost one's post count. It doesn't belong for two reasons:

1) Your Quick Pick deals do not in any way/shape/form help out other members

2) Quick Picks can be manipulated to get ANY BD you want to appear by simply altering your preferences.

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by Rantlers

The thread "What BD showed up in your Amazon.com Gold box today?" does nothing but help boost one's post count. It doesn't belong for two reasons:

1) Your Quick Pick deals do not in any way/shape/form help out other members

2) Quick Picks can be manipulated to get ANY BD you want to appear by simply altering your preferences.

And it's one I already reported in the past. I don't care personally if it's in the General/off topic areas, but it surely doesn't belong in Hot Deals.

Yet... there it is. *sigh*