Has anybody noticed almost every post is from an employee and pretty much very little posts from consumers?
Also, people are much more likely now to defend shitty business practices.
Does It Feel Like OzBargain Has Been Infiltrated with Sales People as of Late?
asafasr on 19/08/2019 - 18:16
Last edited 19/08/2019 - 18:22 by 1 other user
Last edited 19/08/2019 - 18:22 by 1 other user
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Please provide some examples.
Better still, post deals rather than complain about them.
I'm so angry right now, I can almost want to do something about it.
He is lucky I am scheduled to sit around and do nothing.
just the quality of the deals and discussion has sort of changed a lot, back in the days you had like crazy deals that were really good, now the crazy deals just seem to be sellers dumping old stock
Has anybody noticed almost every post
Shouldn't be hard to provide examples then, prefer to see facts over feelings.
Nope, still plenty of deals to be found.
What you're likely seeing is just more deals, which is diluting the really really good ones, that didn't happen before.
Just from the last 3 months, my standouts:
Frasier Boxset - $16.95 (retails for around $70 elsewhere)
$20 gift cards to be won - scored $80 from $15 investment
Cheap 10" tablet
$30 off Hush Puppies - Scored shoes for $9.95 and they're comfy!
50% off @ thefork - used twice
$1.99 meat thermometerAnd the best one:
10TB HDD for $130So that's only 3 months worth of bargains for me personally, others may differ with ebay sales, amex cashbacks etc
Spaceback?
Never heard of him.
No
From what I can see on the latest 20 posts, only 4 are associated. So not almost every post. Look at it carefully and get your facts right :)
Using your brain source again I see..
Yes
Brain users. What a poser.
LOL
people are much more likely now to defend shitty business practices.
It's the other way around. If a new business posts a deal. Users won't hesitate to neg if it isn't a bargain.
Yup. I'm a lot more ruthless with business-posted deals than consumer posted ones. My logic is, if you're in that industry selling that product, you should know what a good price is. Rather than a customer who might actually think a price is good because it's lower than RRP, etc.
100%
Plus by neg voting on store rep deals, you limit their posting abilities.
By negging an L-plate poster, or someone not sure, it could end in tears :/
I'll very rarely neg a normal member (tho did today!). If I do, it's because I'm the first (generally), but not to 'gang up'.
I'm a lot more ruthless with business-posted deals than consumer posted ones.
lol. This is why I don't post business deals on behalf of my wife. She has a business & I know that her items are cheaper than other businesses in the same industry (wedding). It won't be considered a deal because it won't appeal to the ozbargain community & may get negged or not enough +. I know her jewellery is cheaper but just the fact that people don't know the real prices, especially men when it comes to organising weddings, engagements etc.
Hahaha, while I'm tempted to say "Go for it, we'll be gentle!" I completely agree with you that you'll no doubt get a lot of comments saying "People spend how much for a wedding? That's ridiculous!"
And they'd be right, no one needs to spend (any amount) on a wedding, but that applies to holidays, booze, chocolates, anything but milk, bread and butter really. So probably the smart choice on your part.
(Plus, wedding stuff tends to always be in demand. I know some friends in the industry and they get more than enough business just from word of mouth.)
I've seen more than usual but that's only because I scrolled more pages and more specific areas, each time they've just posted an Ad rather than a bargain =
Nope.
Next question?
How was your weekend? You were MIA for most of it. Some people missed you.
Who did? lol and was lovely, thanks for asking
You know people …😳 Full disclosure, I sometime stalk you on ozb when I'm bored. You lead me straight to the juicy posts.
OZB has been infiltrated by others. I liked it better when it was just us.
Make Ozbargain Great Again?
We need to build a firewall
Beaten to it! :(
Let's build that
wallfirewall and make ozb great again! Build that firewall! Build that firewall! Build that firewall! 😋And make the store reps pay for the firewall.
and make Whirlpool pay for it!
I'm not keen on paying 25% more on deals from China though..
Not all of us reps post bad stuff ;)
Just most according to OP's amazing intro, lol.
I think it's been infiltrated by alcoholics.
While I was jumpin' and pumpin', building up a hard-earned thirst due to liftin' and shiftin', we had 3 alcohol deals hit the front page in a row at about noon (Grants, Asahi, Kraken). I don't know if it's more concerning that the deals were posted at noon on a weekday or upvoted at noon on a weekday.
Take it easy, friends: https://drinkwise.org.au/
My impression and it's only an impression is that the posted Ebay Plus deals have taken off like a rocket lately. After my 6 month free trial expired, naturally.
I don't think people are necessarily defending shitty practices but some of the expectation some OzBargainers have are just out of this world. Mistakes happen and you have people trying to force businesses to honor pricing errors, etc (some real low stuff). I'm all for an honest deal but some people here will swoop real low just to save a few bucks, for me that just isn't worth it. To each their own I suppose.
If only there was someone on staff to ask who does stats on a monthly basis…
EDIT: Messed up the SQL query on the first go. :)
3.85%?! Damn that's some serious infiltration!
Sorry, 20.86%. Messed up the query.
haahah Neil doesnt accept upvotes
I would also say employees are in the know of good deals coming out
Fixed that for you.
how accurate is that data when its completely up to the user to associated themselves?
I'm especially talking about deals linked to ebay or amazon accounts
Mods are very strict with sockpuppeting, and do have checks they can do.
Not that sometimes things get missed or they can't prove otherwise.
Still, relax yeah? There's not that many L-plate posters lately, and they all come under scrutiny.
Our system audits voting, posting etc and moderators are constantly investigating sockpuppeting. 40 deals were removed in June for sockpuppeting. Obviously we can't find everyone but if you do have suspicions please do use the report link.