HOT! dell, buy.com, staples coupon codes officially on anandtech??

[Devistater]

According to the o so loved ad banner on the left side of the page , you can get dell coupon codes here:

Dell.com coupon codes
Total list of Dell coupon codes, specials, promotions, clearance
www.**********.com


BTW, in case anyone thinks I'm serious about this, I'm not. This is a sarcastic post. I have an extreme dislike for the new google sponsered ad bar on the left. At the very least it should be moved to the right, or the page should wrap under it after its done instead of taking up space for 100 messages that are displayed (and YES this is possible, see blizzards battle net forums).

I noticed after posting there are links to sites that supposedly have buy.com staples coupons and more.

Its just highly ironic to me that with the rule against coupon codes, and here google puts a coupon code ad in on the ad bar, and AT displays it and gets money for it.

Yes, I did not post the link, I dont want to get in trouble from the mods, just watch the ad bar on the left or use google if you need them that bad.

Mods: Feel free to lock this up.

 

[BurntCpu]

bump for free speech :brokenheart:

 

[kantonburg]

As much as I know this is the wrong place I agree. It's just silly to have a rule against posting codes and whatnot when every hot deal board on the net does it. But hey this isn't my board so I have to follow the rules.

 

[Ionizer86]

Oh well, there's always phatwallet, which is a really nice place for catching up on deals

 

[ChefJoe]

Every other big board has had legal action threatened against it by these retailers at one point or another. Anand doesn't want the hassle, and I understand that (though I think links to the sites that have such codes should be allowed).

BTW: Google's adbar stinks. Here's a link to original Forum Issues topic on the subject. I hate the stickied "hot deals ads" nobody can respond to.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=42&threadid=1031869&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=&STARTPAGE=1

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: kantonburg
As much as I know this is the wrong place I agree. It's just silly to have a rule against posting codes and whatnot when every hot deal board on the net does it. But hey this isn't my board so I have to follow the rules.

That's not the silly part. The silly part is AT displaying google ADs on the left and getting PAID to show coupon code links.

Personally I agree with the coupon code policy here, I've seen threads where everyone starts begging for codes, or to buy codes and whatnot, and I think that this policy keeps that kind of lameness to a minimum. Besides if people use 10 seconds to search google they can find them if they need them.

 

[Greg03]

>> Anand doesn't want the hassle, and I understand that (though I think links to the sites that have such codes should be allowed).


ANd yet hundreds of members continue to pu the links to code sotes in their sigs.

 

[Qtip]

AT is not posting coupon codes. They are selling ads to places that have coupon codes. AT is a great forum. I'm glad the dude can pay his bills and maintain the quality we all take advantage of.

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: Qtip
AT is not posting coupon codes. They are selling ads to places that have coupon codes. AT is a great forum. I'm glad the dude can pay his bills and maintain the quality we all take advantage of.

Yeah thats all well and good. I applaud a web site that can pay bills. I've even been a subscriber here previously. But do they have to use lazy (or sloppy?) coding on the adbar on the left?

Why can't the forum wrap back to the left after the ad bar is displayed? See battle net for an example.

 

[Macro2]

RE:"I'm glad the dude can pay his bills and maintain the quality we all take advantage of."

Me too, I'm glad he's bringing in over a million a year and can get that BMW.
It does perturb me a bit to see a "good deals at Newegg" topic on the general hardware board though.

 

[Stevem627]

This really belongs in the Forum Issues or Off Topic forum. I don't see this as a big issue at all.

 

[Conscript]

if you're not able to find the code referenced elsewhere on the web, you don't deserve a hot deal.

 

[mdcrab]

I have no ad bar on the left.

One way to get rid of it is to become a member of AnandTech.

mdcrab

 

[Analog]

What about COUPONS and PROMOTIONAL CODES?

You may post:
Links to coupons on the issuing vendor's own site.

Links to scans of coupons that invite you to share them with your friends.

Links to scans of other coupons, AS LONG AS they do not state that copies or reproductions are not allowed, or that the coupon is valid only for the original recipient.
DO NOT post:
Coupon or promotion numbers.

Links to coupon numbers you could not post, here.

Links to scans of coupons other than those listed, above.

Requests for others to post or send you coupon numbers or offers to send them to anyone else.
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