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Add ability to block Slickdeals Scout

163 59 January 27, 2025 at 07:13 AM
Slickdeals Scout tends to flood my for you section anytime I search up a new item on Slickdeals. The posts generally have little to no engagement, and aren't that relevant after I have done my search.

Can the ability to block it be added?

The October post announcing the bot said the ability to block would be available, but that is not the case. "In fact, you can toggle between viewing and hiding Slickdeals Scout deals to match your preference."
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02-01-2025 at 04:08 PM.
02-01-2025 at 04:08 PM.
The Slickdeals Scout pushes BS like $400 plastic boxes
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eryeal
02-05-2025 at 06:13 PM.
02-05-2025 at 06:13 PM.
Slickdeals Scout is absolutely awful - worst thing I've seen SD do at this point. My inbox is getting so many things that are not deals and not stuff that matches my alerts. We need to have the ability to turn those posts off.
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ivebeeninretail2long
02-05-2025 at 08:11 PM.
02-05-2025 at 08:11 PM.
I just got 14 email alerts for the same Slickdeals Scout deal post in the last six minutes.

Make that 16 total since I started typing this post.

EDIT: 55 and still going
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02-05-2025 at 08:42 PM.
02-05-2025 at 08:42 PM.
You can turn off the emails, thankfully. At the bottom of the email click manage alert and at the bottom of the page is slickdeal scout. I kept getting like 10 of each deal and none of the deals were good. My sanity can't keep the alerts turned on for the hope of an actual good deal.
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02-05-2025 at 08:58 PM.
02-05-2025 at 08:58 PM.
Quote from ScarRed87 :
You can turn off the emails, thankfully. At the bottom of the email click manage alert and at the bottom of the page is slickdeal scout. I kept getting like 10 of each deal and none of the deals were good. My sanity can't keep the alerts turned on for the hope of an actual good deal.
Thank you for this. Just got like 100 emails of the same deal by Scout. SD need to turn this bot off until they can test it more. That's ridiculous.
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02-05-2025 at 09:26 PM.
02-05-2025 at 09:26 PM.
Quote from ScarRed87 :
You can turn off the emails, thankfully. At the bottom of the email click manage alert and at the bottom of the page is slickdeal scout. I kept getting like 10 of each deal and none of the deals were good. My sanity can't keep the alerts turned on for the hope of an actual good deal.
I'm at 191 and counting. Part of me wants to turn it off, other part wants to see how many they'll ultimately send me.
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02-07-2025 at 07:36 AM.
02-07-2025 at 07:36 AM.
Quote from ivebeeninretail2long :
I'm at 191 and counting. Part of me wants to turn it off, other part wants to see how many they'll ultimately send me.
when did you receive the most recent one? it's my understanding that they finally were able to squash this glitch but if not they may need a heads up
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02-07-2025 at 03:16 PM.
02-07-2025 at 03:16 PM.
Quote from acesmuzic :
when did you receive the most recent one? it's my understanding that they finally were able to squash this glitch but if not they may need a heads up
Just saw this. It stopped at 1253AM Thursday morning after 248. I just got the apology email from SD for the glitch.
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02-07-2025 at 03:21 PM.
02-07-2025 at 03:21 PM.
Quote from ivebeeninretail2long :
Just saw this. It stopped at 1253AM Thursday morning after 248. I just got the apology email from SD for the glitch.

Glad to hear it. Sorry again for the inconvenience and happy slickdealing Peace
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