Discussion of DDMS Posts/Deals

[Euclid]

would DDMS ever host an ad that turns out to be a scam

[Abebee]

would DDMS ever host an ad that turns out to be a scam

Lol, I was actually asked the question prior to DDMS ad. But side note can you really trust any random raffles? I for one dont trust any influencer giveaways. Not to say that plenty of them are legit, but there are too many fake ones.

[lcm]

Well, the domain
Creation Date: 2022-03-23T20:44:30Z

[yfr bachur]

https://www.dansdeals.com/advertisement/special-offer-double-chances-win-apartment-yerushalayim-2/

Maybe a dumb question, but is there a way to know if this is a real raffle and/or organization?

No info on the website besides for a generic 2 year old letter with the organization name filled in...

For a while "Yiddish raffles" was spamming my email with ads for raffles that i recognised from here in EY...just at a higher price point...

There's no way in the world that they are following US law in how they conduct the sweepstakes (i.e. there needs to be a way to enter for free... yes, you can enter the oorah auction for free  ) and they (Yiddish Raffles) are not followisraeli law either (i.e. you must write which lawyer is in charge of making sure everything is above board...)

[Spoon]

For a while "Yiddish raffles" was spamming my email with ads for raffles that i recognised from here in EY...just at a higher price point...

There's no way in the world that they are following US law in how they conduct the sweepstakes (i.e. there needs to be a way to enter for free... yes, you can enter the oorah auction for free  ) and they (Yiddish Raffles) are not followisraeli law either (i.e. you must write which lawyer is in charge of making sure everything is above board...)

Not worried about them following US law. Just wondering if it's real.

Do you recognize this raffle from EY? Do you know the organization?

[yfr bachur]

Not worried about them following US law. Just wondering if it's real.

Do you recognize this raffle from EY? Do you know the organization?

... and they (Yiddish Raffles) are not following Israeli law either (i.e. you must write which lawyer is in charge of making sure everything is above board...)

I've seen the kupa's logo around,
Have no info to vouch for them or not
Even if the raffle is real, You also have no garuntee that this US org really enters you into the IL raffle....

[ExGingi]

Great question, can someone verify? Someone actually asked me the other day how we know its legit .

TBH, why would I care if it's legit or not? If it's an organization I care for and want to support, I will do so without a raffle. If I don't know or care for the organization, no raffle in the world would get me to participate for more than a token amount, and would NEVER do so online or provide my personal contact info.

[sillypainter]

TBH, why would I care if it's legit or not? If it's an organization I care for and want to support, I will do so without a raffle. If I don't know or care for the organization, no raffle in the world would get me to participate for more than a token amount, and would NEVER do so online or provide my personal contact info.

Agree. You give to the organization, not the raffle.

[ckmk47]

TBH, why would I care if it's legit or not? If it's an organization I care for and want to support, I will do so without a raffle. If I don't know or care for the organization, no raffle in the world would get me to participate for more than a token amount, and would NEVER do so online or provide my personal contact info.

Many people are touched by the message in an ad. Or the prize is enticing.
So they donate - it's tzedoko after all.
But sometimes the collecting is done by con artists.

[Spoon]

TBH, why would I care if it's legit or not? If it's an organization I care for and want to support, I will do so without a raffle. If I don't know or care for the organization, no raffle in the world would get me to participate for more than a token amount, and would NEVER do so online or provide my personal contact info.

True but one question is if the organization is real

No info on the website besides for a generic 2 year old letter with the organization name filled in...

Even if the raffle is real, You also have no garuntee that this US org really enters you into the IL raffle....

Which means that even if it's a real organization, your money might not be going to it.

[mevinyavin]

They advertised on Arutz Sheva today.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/372762

[YitzyS]

https://www.dansdeals.com/advertisement/road-recovery-urgent-campaign-little-raphaels-home-care-florida-drowning/

Just wondering why JJ didn't write that the boy was in his son's class. I would assume that the personal connection can have a huge impact on people donating. Was the omission intentional?

Just curious, not trying to pry into any personal details...

[mevinyavin]

Re: The recent Gateway deal. And yes, I know it was dead by the time I saw it.
https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/electronics/notebooks/hurry-gateway-14-1-2-1-core-i7-256gb-ssdd-elite-notebook-just-299-shipped-walmart/
Since this is my area of expertise:
WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

Okay, now I got that out of my system. 
So, don't take offense, DDMS team. My bias against Gateway is well-known by DDF, I hope, and to be fair the post noted that they aren't known for their build quality. Okay. I also understand your fascination with the i7 sticker that comes with laptops that happened to be labeled with those stickers.
But this is an 11th gen i7, almost identical to an 11th gen i5. It is also 3 years old. Do you want to know how much progress processors have made since then? The 12th gen i3, from Q1 2022, outperforms it. (We won't talk about the 13th gen.) I elaborated on this in my thread:
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=132600.msg2721201#msg2721201
And if you don't believe me, check out this comparison. I threw in the i3-N305 as this is supposed to go in budget laptops (like the $300 kind, before they go on sale).
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/3830vs3814vs5213vs4754vs5300/Intel-i5-1135G7-vs-Intel-i7-1165G7-vs-Intel-i3-N305-vs-Intel-i3-1215U-vs-Intel-i3-1315U

For $300 I wouldn't go near this computer. It would have to be at least $200 to catch my interest... And sellers take advantage of people not knowing this stuff (even the manufacturers, AMD and Intel do). In particular, Gateway brand - since its revival by Walmart - has taken OLD processors that were high-end in their day and put them in their laptops, trying to entice people with "i7". Their first computer had a 6th gen i7 - the one from the Surface, no less - when manufacturers were selling 8th gen. And it wasn't worth it then, either.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/3303vs3825/Intel-i7-6660U-vs-Intel-i3-8145UE

Okay, folks. Stop dwelling on labels and do your research. The above site (CPUbenchmark.net) can tell you how old a processor is and give you a good idea regarding how it will perform. I'm also a PM away.

You should all be blessed with good health!
M

[AMH]

You should all be blessed with good health!
MY

Always thought Mevinyavin was just your first name

[YitzyS]

Always thought Mevinyavin was just your first name

Maybe it is, and his last name also starts with a Y

[mevinyavin]

Maybe it is, and his last name also starts with a Y

Always thought Mevinyavin was just your first name

Hums mysteriously...

[ckmk47]

Re: The recent Gateway deal. And yes, I know it was dead by the time I saw it.
https://www.dansdeals.com/shopping-deals/electronics/notebooks/hurry-gateway-14-1-2-1-core-i7-256gb-ssdd-elite-notebook-just-299-shipped-walmart/
Since this is my area of expertise:
WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
....

Okay, folks. Stop dwelling on labels and do your research. The above site (CPUbenchmark.net) can tell you how old a processor is and give you a good idea regarding how it will perform. I'm also a PM away.

You should all be blessed with good health!
M

Could DDMS run computer deals by you? If it's really a bad deal, you'll nix it.  Otherwise, buyer beware.

[AMH]

Could DDMS run computer deals by you? If it's really a bad deal, you'll nix it.  Otherwise, buyer beware.

Thats exactly what this thread is

[mevinyavin]

Could DDMS run computer deals by you? If it's really a bad deal, you'll nix it.  Otherwise, buyer beware.

Sometimes it is really last second. Despite how it looks, I am often not online for long stretches. I don't blame them for posting it - I'm just frustrated.

[yelped]

Could DDMS run computer deals by you? If it's really a bad deal, you'll nix it.  Otherwise, buyer beware.

This is not a bad deal at all for $300.