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S&S in brick lowered the limit today to $200 on a card.
Each GC only $200 but you could buy more than 1 yesterday I was able to buy $500


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Should every deal from the forum go public?
« on: February 10, 2014, 08:33:28 AM »
Thinking now about the gas deal that was posted last night on the main site, it's an awesome deal, but we know very well that we don't see a stop and shop on every corner, so let's say the Brooklyn branch there are not so many MC GC in each branch for so many people, so basically all the CG will be vanished so quickly, also these branches from this neighborhood is going to become flooded with people, so the branch will decide that no more credit cards for GC, and much more other reasons things should be kept quietly rather than loud so they should stay alive.

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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2014, 08:36:38 AM »
You may be right. But how would you feel if deals are kept from you?

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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2014, 08:40:01 AM »
You may be right. But how would you feel if deals are kept from you?
There not kept from him. DDF is a public forum...
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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2014, 08:46:56 AM »
Well, if DD would be my site I would definitely publicize this deal,
This is exactly what a site owner is trying to achieve, gain more site visitors.

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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2014, 08:49:08 AM »
Tell me if I'm wrong...
No you are not wrong. Members should think twice about what they post in the open.
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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2014, 09:46:14 AM »
No you are not wrong. Members should think twice about what they post in the open.
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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2014, 12:38:31 PM »
As long as ppl are paying their CC bill, why would the manager care that he is selling GC off the shelves? I imagine he makes $ on it, besides that it drives traffic to his store.
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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2014, 12:42:27 PM »
As long as ppl are paying their CC bill, why would the manager care that he is selling GC off the shelves? I imagine he makes $ on it, besides that it drives traffic to his store.
Even if their not paying the CC bill that doesn't affect the store. I doublt they make money off this. As for traffic no one I know that goes there for GC buys anything else.


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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2014, 12:59:53 PM »
Why would they publish a deal in their circular that they send to millions of people if they don't want you to take advantage of it??
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2014, 01:03:40 PM »
Why would they publish a deal in their circular that they send to millions of people if they don't want you to take advantage of it??
Thats not a good raya if you ask me. Dan, lets cut to the chase... Your one tweet reaches more frum jews than there circular does. :D

Esp the ones who call them to ask which GC they have in stock...
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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2014, 01:07:30 PM »
I'm not here to kill long-term deals.  This is hardly a secret deal though.

The notion that only one who knows should be able to take advantage of a random deal (and otherwise they will run out of GCs in your local store) strikes me as selfish.

Should I apply the same logic to a price mistake?  After all people eat up all the good inventory even though it's a short-lived deal.
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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2014, 01:10:13 PM »
I'm not here to kill long-term deals.  This is hardly a secret deal though.

The notion that only one who knows should be able to take advantage of a random deal (and otherwise they will run out of GCs in your local store) strikes me as selfish.

Should I apply the same logic to a price mistake?  After all people eat up all the good inventory even though it's a short-lived deal.
I understand, I am just explaining the OP's problem
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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2014, 01:10:19 PM »
I'm not here to kill long-term deals.
But the notion that only you should be able to take advantage of a random deal otherwise they will run out of GCs strikes me as selfish.
It's nothing to do with that. 


This deal is too complicated for main site dummies.  + this deal is very easy to kill bec it is up to the store whether or not they want to take CC for gc. 

They can stop any say. 

Someone commented in the main site they he called the store to find out of they had $500 gc's in stock  :o :o

Attracting extra attention to the promo will kill it very very fast. 

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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2014, 01:10:50 PM »
Why would they publish a deal in their circular that they send to millions of people if they don't want you to take advantage of it??
I could buy all of them that one store had if they would let me. Do you think that is what they want.
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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2014, 01:13:09 PM »
Why would they publish a deal in their circular that they send to millions of people if they don't want you to take advantage of it??
Seriously?  ::)

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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2014, 01:14:40 PM »
The notion that only one who knows should be able to take advantage of a random deal (and otherwise they will run out of GCs in your local store) strikes me as selfish.
Using this logic then we are all selfish.
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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2014, 01:15:54 PM »
I'm not here to kill long-term deals.  This is hardly a secret deal though.

The notion that only one who knows should be able to take advantage of a random deal (and otherwise they will run out of GCs in your local store) strikes me as selfish.

Should I apply the same logic to a price mistake?  After all people eat up all the good inventory even though it's a short-lived deal.
This deal is not the typical deal you post, most of the main site posts are clear easy straight forward posts. This post is more complicated and by getting the main site involved can just ruin it for everyone else.


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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2014, 01:17:30 PM »
Should every deal from the forum go public.
No no! please don't stop the deals on the main site, we need stuff for the "Comments that leave me speechless" thread!

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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2014, 01:19:12 PM »
I'm not here to kill long-term deals.  This is hardly a secret deal though.

The notion that only one who knows should be able to take advantage of a random deal (and otherwise they will run out of GCs in your local store) strikes me as selfish.

Should I apply the same logic to a price mistake?  After all people eat up all the good inventory even though it's a short-lived deal.

A price mistake is usually something that happens 123 and its sold out no one here loses out.
This specific deal have been on and off for quiet a while.
It is a bit more complicated then just click and buy, which we all know lots of people that read this site that is what they need.

Being that its complicated people will make an issue in the stores (as you see they are calling and asking) and then S&S will realize its a bad idea to continue as suddenly they sold $100k worth of GC and nothing else. Then what do you think will happen? Next time they were planning on running the same promo they won't and all of us that have a little common sense and understand the way it works and were quietly enjoying this won't be able to take advantage anymore.
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Re: Should every deal from the forum go public?
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2014, 01:19:50 PM »
No no! please don't stop the deals on the main site, we need stuff for the "Comments that leave me speechless" thread!
You don't need real deals for those comments. Just post anything and you will get some stupid comments.  :)
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