Anandtech and FW Make the Wall Street Journal!!!

[Tanner]

hope this isn't a repost... I searched: WSJ, Wall, Wall Street, Wall street journal... didn't see it...
So, anyhow...

apparently you have to be a registered user to read it tho....if ANYONE can get it and SAVE it...I"ll host it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1026415883700124520,00.html?mod=srecommerce2002%2D5%5F2
never mind...
msn from FW said: "Not to bother, the paragraph that was posted is the whole thing - it's just as it is here."

BARGAIN HUNTERS' MESSAGE BOARDS

Anandtech (forums.anandtech.com)

Fat Wallet (fatwallet.com/forums)

Despite all the shopping bots and bargain Web stores, the best way to find a deal is still word of mouth. These two remarkably similar hot-deals message boards are like 24/7 cheapskate conventions. Penny pinchers from around the country post their latest finds in the area of secret discounts, rebates and bill-lowering techniques. Most of the talk centers around electronics and computer-related stuff, though there is plenty of chatter on other things. Fat Wallet has postings from both consumers and businesses about coupons, rebates and other sorts of deals. A recent perusal at Fat Wallet revealed a link to a free video or DVD rental at Blockbuster, a $70 leather chair with free shipping and a 15% coupon code for use at 1800Flowers.com. Often times, when a deal is posted, readers react with even better deals or advice on how to maximize savings. In a thread on Anandtech, users discuss how to traverse Sprint PCS's customer-service line to find a customer-service agent who is empowered to offer the best unpublished cellphone rates. The downside is the sheer volume of postings, which makes finding the best deals a chore. To post messages yourself, you have to register.

w00000t w00t!

for reference: (7/23/2002 12pm CST)
There are currently 541 users logged in.

94921 users are registered to the AnandTech forum.

 

[pyonir]

haha, now the non-subscribers are going to start 50 threads with "are the forums slow for anyone else" cause there will be a crapload of lurkers on.

 

[pulse8]

whoa...

I wonder how many users are going to register now. :Q

 

[Beau]

Hey RossMAN, I bet you could get a one-on-one interview with them, being the Cheif Ferengi and all

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Beau6183
Hey RossMAN, I bet you could get a one-on-one interview with them, being the Cheif Ferengi and all

It's funny you mention that because it almost happened. I received an odd PM from an ATer who claimed to be a WSJ reporter who's doing a story on the Sprint PCS Hot Deals threads where ATers were negotiating a better rate plan, he asked if he could interview I said sure but I wouldn't be any use since I use VoiceStream Wireless and not Sprint PCS. So I never did get interviewed, oh well, I woulda given major props to AT/FW if I were.

I think he was an actual WSJ reporter because he had a WSJ e-mail address and direct phone number.

 

[Tanner]

I wonder how many users are going to register now.

NEVER!!!!!!!

JustLJ from FW posted this:

That's the way that WSJ works -- no signup no read.

Stop by your local library and read the hardcopy version!

Now THAT's a GREAT idea! THAT's what a REAL Anandtecher/FW'er would do!

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Tanner

I wonder how many users are going to register now.

NEVER!!!!!!!

ummm, you already are registered. he wasn't talking about subscribing.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

I don't even know how nonsubscribers use this forum, and it will get even worse. Man it is going to be slow.

 

[Tanner]

I'm a frikin' moron...

I honestly thought He was talkin' about people registering for the WSJonline... I know, I'm a moron. I don't know Y I thot that...but I did. Well, does anyone do like counselling for a living or something...I think I've found the root of many of the communications problems between myself and the wife.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Tanner
I'm a frikin' moron...

I honestly thought He was talkin' about people registering for the WSJonline... I know, I'm a moron. I don't know Y I thot that...but I did. Well, does anyone do like counselling for a living or something...I think I've found the root of many of the communications problems between myself and the wife.

hahahahaa....

 

[spanky]

are like 24/7 cheapskate conventions

how true it is... hahahaha

 

[Stifko]

I am kind of suprised that they didn't mention the coupon for free underware at the gap that was circulating last week.

That was a hot deal !!!

 

[Tanner]

It's too bad that they missed things like free 15" compaQ Monitors, $0.82 DELL Belkin NICs, and $140 WD120GB SE HDs... we'd have 150,000 more members today. hehehehhe

 

[ElFenix]

remarkably similar ha! we all know FW started to post coupon codes when AT decided to make that against policy. i assume they started using fusetalk because it was familiar.

 

[compuwiz1]

WSJ has not learned the term, Ferengi , yet. :Q

 

[FelixDeCat]

I figured the readers of WSJ had to *SOMETHING* with all that money they are pulling out of the market!:|

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
remarkably similar ha! we all know FW started to post coupon codes when AT decided to make that against policy. i assume they started using fusetalk because it was familiar.

Why aren't we allowed to post coupon codes anyway?