What Type of OzBargainer Are You? (Scenario)

indium on 20/06/2015 - 02:19
Last edited 20/06/2015 - 02:21

You are at a friends house when a friend of a friend mentions they will be taking their first uber ride home which will cost them around $20. This person does not know of any such promotional code discounts.

But you know from your experience on ozbargain that you can either:

Get them a generic $25 off first ride code (Satisfaction of getting them a bargain, helping them out)

or

You could give them your $10 off referral code so that you then receive $10 credit to your uber account and they still get a discounted ride. (Well if it wasn't for you they would be paying full price anyway so you both benefit from this)

Which do you do?

Poll Options

  • 132
    Give friend of friend generic $25 off code so they get a free ride home.
  • 23
    Give them your $10 referral code which will cost them $10 but you then receive $10 credit yourself.
  • 10
    You're narcissistic and find pleasure in watching the ignorant pay full price (Give no code)
General Discussion

Comments

  • GnarlyKnuckles on 20/06/2015 - 02:50
    +7

    The extremely grey area here is the phrase "friend-of-a-friend" (FOAF).

    If it was an actual friend of your own, almost everyone would surely alert them to the $25 credit code. But a FOAF can take many forms. Sometimes you may not even like a FOAF at all, and sometimes you may actually dislike them them a lot. Conversely, other times you might take such a 'shine' to a FOAF that you would likely offer to give them a lift home (etc.) yourself, thus sacrificing a potential 10 clams of UBER-credit for a potentially much more substantial (albeit non-monetary) reward; a 'new friend' ;)

    • bargdebarg on 21/06/2015 - 22:21

      I'd still take the $10 over said non-monetary reward…

      • chill on 22/06/2015 - 04:14

        You place a low value on non-monetary reward

  • BlazinPast on 20/06/2015 - 03:42

    Definitely first choice. I always try to help people find the best priced items and giving them a $10 code over a $20 code wouldn't be right. Not to mention I'd be profiting over it which I wouldn't want to do to a friend. It actually makes me feel happier that they saved $20 rather than me making $10.

    • GnarlyKnuckles on 20/06/2015 - 03:50

      "… which I wouldn't want to do to a friend."

      The scenario described does not involve a friend, because as you (and incidentally, I) have pointed out, the answer would be pretty clear if it did. The OP has intentionally phrased it in terms of a 'friend-of-a-friend', so that the personal relationship between the two peeps involved does not cloud the issue (because there is no personal relationship).

      • BlazinPast on 20/06/2015 - 03:56

        Oh ok, but regardless, my stance still doesn't change. Even if it was a stranger at a party I still wouldn't. I would get more gratitude that they saved more money rather than me making money.

        Now that I'm thinking about it, it's a lot to do with the money involved. I don't really care too much about making the $10, I'd rather just help a person out. Maybe if the gap was different, say a $50, $100 scenario my stance would be different. My thought process would be "well at least he can save $50 rather than nothing and at the same time I can also make $50 for helping". Now I still wouldn't do it to a friend but could see myself doing that to a friend of a friend.

        • GnarlyKnuckles on 20/06/2015 - 04:05

          What if you actually knew the "friend-of-a-friend" (FOAF) quite well, but hated them a lot? Or conversely, what if this FOAF was someone you'd just met that night, and you found them extremely attractive/really wanted to hook up with them?

          "FOAF" is such a broad term, that no poll based on it can be meaningfully/uniformly voted on… everyone responding will be voting on something different!

        • BlazinPast on 20/06/2015 - 04:08

          @GnarlyKnuckles:
          Yep I was going to mention that scenario but thought it was sort of obvious. I wouldn't do it if I hated the person. If I hated the guy I probably wouldn't give them the code to begin with. Yeah like I said, I would even give the stranger the $20 off code so I'd definitely give an attractive person the $20 off code. My stance would only bend if the stakes were higher as I don't care to make a measly $10 but if it's $50 then now we're talking.

        • GnarlyKnuckles on 20/06/2015 - 04:22

          @BlazinPast:
          So even if you hated the dude you would not attempt to make $10 out of them, by giving them the referral code? That seems odd.

          Also, why would your moral stance change depending on the amount of money at stake? Shouldn't a moral position remain constant/ be unrelated to the magnitude of potential material gain in question?

        • BlazinPast on 20/06/2015 - 12:04

          @GnarlyKnuckles:
          Yeah, if I hated soneone I'd rather they didn't save anything. Like I said I don't care about making $10. If it was a stranger I'd help them, again the $10 means nothing to me.

          Sure my stance would change with higher stakes - money can make anyone's morals bend. If we are talking about a hypothetical $500, $1000 scenario then sure I'd rather profit $500 over a stranger yet if it was a smaller amount I'd help them out by not bothering to profit. However I wouldn't do this to a friend.

  • GnarlyKnuckles on 20/06/2015 - 04:00
    -1

    I have a question that is off-topic, but kinda' relevant in that this post is an example of it… can everyone else see the two arrows (top one pointing right, bottom one pointing left) to the far right of the "Poll Options" text? Hovering over it I get "Allow changing votes"; suggesting that it is actually MY poll/sommat I've created/ have control over… Surely this is a bug? Also, I'm assuming that all poll votes are anonymous… is that the case? And if so, where is the 'boundary' of anonymity… i.e. can the mods actually see who votes for what, or is that information not even readily available (i.e. 'at a glance'; obviously they could find the info out if they cared enough) to the mods?

    • BlazinPast on 20/06/2015 - 04:04

      pretty sure all that means is that it allows you to change your own vote. notice that you can revoke and choose another option if you choose to do so.

      • GnarlyKnuckles on 20/06/2015 - 04:10

        Yeah I'm pretty sure you're right, but my question was why can I see this box, given that it was not me who set up the poll/ I actually have no power to change whether to "allow changing votes" or not.
        If it is simply to notify voters of the conditions of the poll, it should read accordingly; i.e. 'Vote-changing is allowed for this poll' or sommat like that. Currently, what you see when you hover over that box makes no sense.

        • BlazinPast on 20/06/2015 - 04:12

          Yeah I could see how you led to that conclusion. It actually is there to notify others that it allows changing votes - I guess it's missing the s in allows

  • Davo1111 on 20/06/2015 - 05:35
    +2

    Depends if i liked them

  • scotty on 20/06/2015 - 10:03
    +1

    None of the Uber referral spammers (most of the unpublished deals on our Uber deals page) voted in this poll.

    • GnarlyKnuckles on 20/06/2015 - 14:27

      Is there a button/way to see who has voted, or is voting anonymous?

      • BlazinPast on 20/06/2015 - 14:30

        anonymous

      • scotty on 20/06/2015 - 14:43

        That's all anonymous. When I posted the comment there was none choosing the second option thus that remark. I didn't even check who posted those referral code before.

      • Davo1111 on 20/06/2015 - 19:08
        -2

        used to be public, but it just resulted in people downvoting each other.

        Only mods can see the votes.

        • GnarlyKnuckles on 20/06/2015 - 19:53

          Not sure what you mean by 'down-voting each other' Davo, I'm talking about the votes in polls, not the 'pozzes' (which are not anonymous/can be viewed), and 'negs' (which are anonymous).

        • Davo1111 on 20/06/2015 - 20:20

          @GnarlyKnuckles: ahhh ok, misunderstood the question

  • kyttiekat on 20/06/2015 - 13:31

    I have to say I'd give them my referral code. Simply because I know the code off the top of my head, whereas I don't know the generic $25 ones (and can't be bothered doing the quick google required if they're not a close friend). Does this make me an awful person. :(

  • stargalaxy on 20/06/2015 - 13:55

    I wouldn't be bothered is it is a FOF, some people don't like you to tell them you are better than them by telling them you can get them a free ride while they don't know ("or stupid") even when you try to save them some money. If it is a friend, of course you get them a free ride.

    • Pumpkin_rrr on 20/06/2015 - 20:33
      +2

      I was about to say that!
      For those who know me, my siblings especially, they know I love to share, especially good deals.
      But outside of that circle I'd be careful.
      Not that I am seeking for gratification, but often I sense the contempt when I tell people of some deals, when or after or during time the are about to pay for full price. Or I get scoffed at, no matter how low-profile I tried to be. Wish I know the reason, maybe it's about losing face?? Or is that 'I-am-more-clever-than-you' the superiority thing.

      Yep, I wont be bothered. Been burnt too many times.
      Nowadays I only share deals with the Great OzBargainers :-))

  • [Deactivated] on 20/06/2015 - 15:15

    What Type of OzBargainer Are You?
    You are at a friends house..

    Not a very good one. Who has time for friends? /stay-at-home-ozbargainer

    • Davo1111 on 20/06/2015 - 21:07

      it's the cheapest way to live…. (Y)

    • maximum on 21/06/2015 - 21:46

      You are at a friends house eating their food and using their wifi - win!

  • donga100 on 20/06/2015 - 15:23

    I would tell them I have a $25 Uber "gift card" that I would sell them for $20. By the way, aren't Uber referrals $25 each?

  • try2bhelpful on 21/06/2015 - 12:00

    I would just tell them about ozbargain and let them find their own codes. It comes down to the "teach a person to fish" as opposed to "giving them the fish". They can find lots of things with ozbargain rather than just the uber ride.

  • Guybrush57 on 21/06/2015 - 14:15

    I wouldn't give a code at all if they were my friends. It's annoying being called a jew despite helping them out.

  • [Deactivated] on 21/06/2015 - 16:40
    -1

    Uber gives you both $25, so your hypothetical scenario is pretty useless.

    • phoenixx on 21/06/2015 - 16:50

      They changed to that recently.

      • [Deactivated] on 21/06/2015 - 17:03

        Like over six months ago, yes.

        • phoenixx on 21/06/2015 - 17:16

          Like, totally.

  • Weezle on 21/06/2015 - 19:46

    depends if they're a friend or a "friend" ;)

  • mparf on 22/06/2015 - 08:36

    Definitely $25 off.

    But I'm the kind of person who brings extra Spotlight 40% coupons with me when I go and give them to the poor old people in front of me trying to buy curtains.

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