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Q: I had deals posted to the main site, why do I have a zero?

A: It's not updated automatically, post a link to your deal on the forum(*), the DDMS link, and the number HT it should be and Dan will update it.

(*)If your HT is already in the DDMS post there's no need to link to the forum thread.

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« Last edited by Dan on September 06, 2023, 05:12:52 PM »

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Re: Hat Tip Request Thread (Status for posting deals that are posted to main site)
« Reply #3948 on: December 19, 2018, 11:51:45 PM »
Still didn't update.
I believe earlier in this thread someone said only Dan can update HT's


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Re: Hat Tip Request Thread (Status for posting deals that are posted to main site)
« Reply #3950 on: December 20, 2018, 01:30:44 PM »
@jj1000  this deserves an HT it was posted on DDMS way more than 30 days. Kindly update.

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Going to have to make Dan decide which of those get ht's or not. 30 days 6 months a year, idk which it is.
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Re: Hat Tip Request Thread (Status for posting deals that are posted to main site)
« Reply #3951 on: December 20, 2018, 01:35:53 PM »
Going to have to make Dan decide which of those get ht's or not. 30 days 6 months a year, idk which it is.

Got it, So i'm posting below as well. also way past 30 days. And leave it to @Dan

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Re: Hat Tip Request Thread (Status for posting deals that are posted to main site)
« Reply #3952 on: December 20, 2018, 01:38:50 PM »
Going to have to make Dan decide which of those get ht's or not. 30 days 6 months a year, idk which it is.
Got it, So i'm posting below as well. also way past 30 days. And leave it to @Dan

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I didn't get HT even a year after it was posted. Once it's a update post. You don't get the HT

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Re: Hat Tip Request Thread (Status for posting deals that are posted to main site)
« Reply #3954 on: December 20, 2018, 01:41:55 PM »
I didn't get HT even a year after it was posted. Once it's a update post. You don't get the HT

Even if a deal is dead. and times passes? I think i actually got an HT for that in the past. Many deals were posted sometime or other on DDMS

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Re: Hat Tip Request Thread (Status for posting deals that are posted to main site)
« Reply #3955 on: December 20, 2018, 01:43:23 PM »
Even if a deal is dead. and times passes? I think i actually got an HT for that in the past. Many deals were posted sometime or other on DDMS
Post the link ?
Even if the deal was dead.  Once it says "update" in red. That means that old post is getting updated. 

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Re: Hat Tip Request Thread (Status for posting deals that are posted to main site)
« Reply #3956 on: December 20, 2018, 01:50:16 PM »
What makes you think that 30 days is the time frame?

I have seen it mentioned somewhere, i don't know if this is it.

Wow ok a lot going on here.

Let’s try to break it down

1. If a deal dies and comes back alive a few weeks later and merits a new ddms you’ll get a ht if it just gets a update to a old post alive again you won’t. Or if it simply went out of stock and back in same story no ht
2. Where to post your deals. No clear answer on this. But the basic rule i gathered is once a thread becomes a chatting thread and the deal has been dead for say a month it prob pays to start a new thread. Instead of posting now $10 less in the same thread.
3. The point of ht is you were the source of the deal. Which means it need to be seen by Jj or Dan. New threads accomplish this. But don’t start posting new threads every time it drops $1 every few days
4. If the deal went dead for 2 years yes you will get a ht bumped or new thread. But you should post in a new thread if it’s that old.

Hope this was helpful.

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Re: Hat Tip Request Thread (Status for posting deals that are posted to main site)
« Reply #3957 on: December 20, 2018, 02:08:44 PM »
Post the link ?
Even if the deal was dead.  Once it says "update" in red. That means that old post is getting updated.

There is a mention somewhere by the Mods with guidelines when to update an old DDF post or start a new topic, i recall 30 days.

I actually updated it on DDMS in the comments with a link to the new thread on DDF and @jj1000 updated the post

Here's an example of old DDMS deals that got HT's for updates, I have seen a few in the past.

https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/amazon/yi-compact-1080p-dash-cam-2-7-lcd-screen-night-vision-loop-recording-25-shipped-amazon/

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Re: Hat Tip Request Thread (Status for posting deals that are posted to main site)
« Reply #3958 on: December 20, 2018, 02:22:37 PM »




https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/amazon/yi-compact-1080p-dash-cam-2-7-lcd-screen-night-vision-loop-recording-25-shipped-amazon/

How do you know  that the HT wasnt there in the original post ?
When JJ is updating a old post , that means he is updating a old post and brings it up same as it was posted originally. So if the original post had a HT attached to it , then the updated the post will also have to the old HT attached. But it won't count as an other HT. it's just a copy of the old post .

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Re: Hat Tip Request Thread (Status for posting deals that are posted to main site)
« Reply #3959 on: December 20, 2018, 02:26:20 PM »

How do you know that the HT wasnt there in the original post ?

I know it wasn't there, because i posted that update comment under ZV on DDMS which got the HT and the post on DDF was from me.

Anyhow I assume @Dan will clarify once and for all.