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is it a deal

197 221 November 5, 2019 at 07:41 AM
We need to have like a real way of knowing if something is a deal. I feel alot of the "deals" are just people sharing items that are barely deals.

Like, a wireless router, that goes for $50 is a deal but you could find other items for similar price on a regular day.

Or even like $5 off is not much of a deal.

Idk but slickdeals was supposed to be about deals that are slick now it just feels like its a marketplace.
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fsyowad
11-05-2019 at 01:49 PM.
11-05-2019 at 01:49 PM.
Yes there are less fish in this pond these days,but they are still there.You just have to wait longer for them to swim by....
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finzz2dlft
11-05-2019 at 02:30 PM.
11-05-2019 at 02:30 PM.
Quote from fsyowad :
Yes there are less fish in this pond these days,but they are still there.You just have to wait longer for them to swim by....

That was beautiful, man!
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Iaaaiws
11-05-2019 at 03:55 PM.
11-05-2019 at 03:55 PM.
Quote from GujuNilesh :
We need to have like a real way of knowing if something is a deal.
There is a way. Just do a little research yourself on something you are interested in and it isn't all that hard to determine if it is a deal. I almost always double-check deals here to see if the price is good or not.
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Jokester713713
11-05-2019 at 04:08 PM.
11-05-2019 at 04:08 PM.
Quote from fsyowad :
Yes there are less fish in this pond these days,but they are still there.You just have to wait longer for them to swim by....

Sometimes they swim by too fast .
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uniquename
11-05-2019 at 05:26 PM.
11-05-2019 at 05:26 PM.
Quote from finzz2dlft :
That was beautiful, man!
Wow, my "finzz" and "beautiful" deal alert finally set off Woot
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finzz2dlft
11-05-2019 at 07:04 PM.
11-05-2019 at 07:04 PM.
Quote from uniquename :
Wow, my "finzz" and "beautiful" deal alert finally set off Woot

I shall pay pal you your $5 by end of day tomorrow heart hug
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11-05-2019 at 08:57 PM.
11-05-2019 at 08:57 PM.
Quote from GujuNilesh :
We need to have like a real way of knowing if something is a deal. I feel alot of the "deals" are just people sharing items that are barely deals.

Like, a wireless router, that goes for $50 is a deal but you could find other items for similar price on a regular day.

Or even like $5 off is not much of a deal.

Idk but slickdeals was supposed to be about deals that are slick now it just feels like its a marketplace.
Well if it's nothing to you, can I have $5?
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11-06-2019 at 03:42 PM.
11-06-2019 at 03:42 PM.
Quote from fsyowad :
Yes there are less fish in this pond these days,but they are still there.You just have to wait longer for them to swim by....
High Five

Only problem is some of the folks who have been fishing in this pond have been using dynamite and some of the more recent ones are hoping somebody ELSE can catch them for them and just give them to them.

I see it every time I post a YMMV deal from X or Y retailer. All the thumbs down and negative comments because they can't point, click and ship the cheap items to their doorstep with free shipping. The Amazon deal hunting era has made some consumers really, REALLY lazy.Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)shake head
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11-07-2019 at 03:13 PM.
11-07-2019 at 03:13 PM.
All Amazon these days. Nevermind the fact that it allegedly sells a whopping 60% of brand name products that are knockoffs.
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11-07-2019 at 03:59 PM.
11-07-2019 at 03:59 PM.
Quote from LC2 :
All Amazon these days. Nevermind the fact that it allegedly sells a whopping 60% of brand name products that are knockoffs.
Don't forget the fact that the majority of the time Amazon's "sales" are just them matching some other sites/stores.
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11-07-2019 at 07:39 PM.
11-07-2019 at 07:39 PM.
Quote from CheapestGamer :
Don't forget the fact that the majority of the time Amazon's "sales" are just them matching some other sites/stores.
They've waged war on everyone from Walmart to dollar stores and that greed will cost them. They can't get stuff to me in 1 day and I'm surrounded by their fulfillment centers. Now they're shipping $1- $5 items free with no minimum order amount. Seems pretty reckless as those shipping costs will catch up to them.
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