This thread is for disclosing take-down requests from merchants and related discussions. We at OzBargain often receive requests from merchants to remove pages and deals on this website. Sometimes the requests can be reasonable but sometimes not. The moderators will use this thread to post requests from merchants + our actions.
For merchants / store representatives:
Free Delivery Platform Wide @ Uber Eats
Why is this associated with GYG? It was posted as platform wide excluding McDonald's.
It's actually a GYG-only deal, but the main issue is with the post containing screenshots of snippets of internal communication.
Alltrails+ 1 Year Subscription $17.99 (Was $35.99) @ Alltrails
Alltrails sent us a DMCA claiming "copyright infringement". Also received an IP Rights Infringement Notice from Alltrails via Red Points claiming "the following content is infringing upon their valid intellectual property rights". However so far only an URL is provided — no exact violation is mentioned.
I've sent back an email requesting for more information, and will update here if there's any followup. Meanwhile, I am replacing the Alltrails store image with our default "Removed due to copyright issues" image just in case.
Zinus Mattress Sale from $88 King Single + Delivery ($0 to Most Metros) @ Zinus via Marketplace
Marketplace provider does not want to be associated or named in posts by Zinus Marketing. Takedown request jointly issued by Zinus and marketplace provider.
Zinus and marketplace provider were fully informed of, and they agreed to the consequence of us accepting a takedown notice. Post removed and Zinus Marketplace store is permanently banned.
Yes, but that was Zinus direct, this post was a Bunnings Marketplace post (by Zinus), so the complaint must be from Bunnings, the "Marketplace provider".
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:…
Maybe check my link again…
Property Development Experience with Caifu Property
Received Letter of Demand from lawyers representing Caifu Property yesterday afternoon.
Page unpublished, as
Received a registered mail from Avocate au Barreau de Paris representing MOMENT, stating that
a user of the Portal has violated these terms of use by publishing the URL for access to the Portal on your site
They claimed that page is unlawful, and requested it to be removed.
We have changed the URL of the deal to link directly to the Nice airport's website.
Just curious as to how were a bunch of French lawyers able to locate this post on an Au bargain site??
Just a bunch of keywords?
They were probably tracking the URL to see who is directing to the portal and large hits from ozbargain haha
tracking the URL to see who is directing to the portal
See, this is the kind of big brain stuff that I know nothing about.
@Gervais fanboy: ozb tracks it too
November 2024 Transparency Report
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
@Gervais fanboy: and here it is!
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
Whirlpool(whirlpool.net.au) - 62,186
Reddit(reddit.com) 67,765
Facebook(facebook.com) - 62,293
Oursteps(oursteps.com.au) - 19,534
Instagram(instagram.com) - 12,214
Twitter/X has become unusable due to API limitations.
@Gervais fanboy: You can find this information out via your browser too.
More Tools > Developer Tools > Network > Click on the file (usually at the very top) > Under Request Headers, look for Referer: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/
We noticed that items from Tradiebrokers have recently been posted on the OzBargain website. While we appreciate the enthusiasm and support from the community, we kindly request that Tradiebrokers' deals and listings not be featured on OzBargain.
We would greatly appreciate your assistance in removing any existing posts related to Tradiebrokers and ensuring that no new listings are shared in the future. Please let us know if there’s any additional information or actions required on our part to facilitate this process.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. We value the work OzBargain does in creating a platform for sharing great deals, and we hope this request can be managed amicably.
All past posts related to TradieBrokers on Amazon have been removed, and that store has been permanently blocked.
Actually a very respectful email. Much nicer than some in this thread in any case.
The deals were on Amazon though, I don't get why they don't want their Amazon deals to be posted.
Exactly. It's not like they're some member-only portal, like PowerPass or something…
@HamBoi69: Maybe they're worried about creating a history, or for people to discuss their products. Either way, seems perculiar given they're on Amazon and subject to scraping/public discussion anyway. Agreed it was very polite/respectful in their request though.
$12.50 Standard / $27.50 LUX Movie Tickets (+ Online Booking Fee) @ Hoyts
As a business, HOYTS does appreciate Ozbargain, making our offers accessible to a wider range of consumers.
Unfortunately for this offer, it is meant to be a ‘hidden’ offer for Uber One members. When it’s leaked, it just means we have to update the link, which will cause issues for Ozbargainers trying to access the link.
No action taken for now. As the deal post was already marked as expired yesterday, due to the link no longer working, the post will remain published.
However in the case there is a future deal post for this specific Uber One Hoyts offer, with a direct link to Hoyts, it would be removed as per Hoyts request, rather than keep it published and have Hoyts change the link and make the deal redundant/expired anyway.
HOYTS email reads to me like: “We’re too lazy and or cheap to come up with a system where targeted deals are only available to those targeted so please stop spreading our generic URLs”
For future deals posted and the URL is replaced, so longer as the OP posts with the deal URL originally, I assume we’ll still be able to find the URL in the revision of the deal.
or perhaps just post in comments, maybe with a Google redirect to keep OzB hidden - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&url=
and we pay $1.10 as a booking fee for each ticket and their system is still this bad! Unbelievable…
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BOGOF Burrito Bowl @ Guzman y Gomez via DoorDash, $5 Burrito + Service Fees + Delivery Fee @ Guzman Y Gomez via DoorDash, $10 Burritos Every Monday in March @ Guzman y Gomez via Menulog and Free Delivery Platform Wide @ Uber Eats.
Request
Emails from Guzman Y Gomez claiming the OP has posted commercial sensitive & confidential internal communication material. The uploaded images containing screenshots of material that should not be made public, and these posts need to be removed.
Action
We have determined that these screenshots are indeed internal memo that's not meant for public. Posts are unpublished.
Posting internal communication would be against the employment contract in most places, and might jeopardise the actual promotion. It is strongly discouraged here.