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[cmccrkn]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
Why is the ad link a referral link?

There's no referral in the link that I'm aware of. It was copied straight out of the email from OM.

 

[zaph]

Originally posted by: deeznuts

Originally posted by: superfob99

Originally posted by: zaph
I'm on the 80GB drive for 20.00 and the external version too!!

This is not the external version. The external is $89.99 AR.

i guess that's why you're a super fob. it's apparent he wants to get both!

Thanks for getting my back deeznuts.
Yes, i intend to get both versions 🙂

 

[brucekatz]

Originally posted by: allisolm
I knew about this 3 days ago. I already bought 5 (YES COUNT THEM....5) of these babies and waiting to return/rebuy on Sunday.

Some people are always going to do this but I have never understood their need to come here and post about it. They know they're biting the hand that feeds them; they know they're committing fraud and yet somehow they think that people here will applaud them for it. I don't get it. :disgust:

I agree. Although it is nothing wrong buying more than one, how about sharing good things with others? I don't get it, either.

 

[DarkNephree]

I feel like I'm high school again after reading these thread. :Q

 

[id10t1c]

Originally posted by: huesmann
Idiotic hot!

You rang?

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: RMSistight

Originally posted by: Salvador

Man, the 80GB hard drive deal is old news. I knew about this 3 days ago. I already bought 5 (YES COUNT THEM....5) of these babies and waiting to return/rebuy on Sunday. It's great to have multiple addresses to use. I should run a RAID setup.

5 names and addresses to use? How? Are you going to return and rebuy them all at once? Did you put all the drives on the same receipt?

Sal

No...I know how to pay the rebate game very well. I bought the 5 drives all separately on separate receipts. I'm thinking about return and rebuy maybe all at once or 2-3 at a time. You don't need to have different names to get the rebate. As long as you have different addresses, it's all good. Think about it. There are so many people with the same names out there. I mean...there could be John Doe and this address and another at another address. So there wouldn't be any reason why I would be turned down. And plus, I've done before with no problems.

Thanks for screwing not only the retail companies, but eveyone else. BTW, this is against the law you know.

No it's not against the law. Out of the 5 drives I have, two of them are for my roommate and my uncle. So that leaves me down to 3. Out of those 3 drives, I PHYSICALLY live at 2 different addresses (one for school, another home). So now I'm down to one drive where I can use my other uncle's address, or a friend's address with THEIR names. So I'm not breaking any law. It's as saying they are buying it themselves. Besides, I'm not using the same name. And if they have any problems with me with the two different addresses I can PROVE to them that I live there with my electric bill and my credit card bills. I've known MANY people that have done this without a hitch. I BET you anything right now that the people who have read the deal on the HD's are doing that EXACT same thing I'm doing.

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: 1Cheap2Crazy

Originally posted by: RMSistight
Man, the 80GB hard drive deal is old news. I knew about this 3 days ago. I already bought 5 (YES COUNT THEM....5) of these babies and waiting to return/rebuy on Sunday. It's great to have multiple addresses to use.

And you're just so damn proud of that, aren't you?

I should run a RAID setup.

No, you should run for the hills before someone beats the crap out of you.

Don't put any guilt on me. I didn't say I was proud of it. Some of the guys probably have done the same thing in the past. Besides, it's common nowadays. I normally DON'T do this, but every single time I've been to OMAX they are always out of stock. Even when I get there right before they open, they are OOS. WTF is that!? It's my turn to be the one to get in on the deal. It's black friday all over again.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: RMSistight
No it's not against the law.

Incorrect.

I would suggest actually perusing Section 1341 and Section 1342 of Title 18. One should have a knowledgable frame of reference prior to offering opinion of how their activities are under the letter of the law when they are in fact not.

It's as saying they are buying it themselves.

A logical circumvention of this situation would be those friends or family members actually purchasing the product themselves.

I've known MANY people that have done this without a hitch. I BET you anything right now that the people who have read the deal on the HD's are doing that EXACT same thing I'm doing.

This does not make this practice legal, of course. The fact that this crime (and it should be monikered that, as it is what it happens to be) is easily exercised by many and often does not carry consequences is irrelevant. Surprising as it may be to hear, there are some who possess a bit of moral fibre, and the intestinal fortitude to declare it when necessary (such as in this thread).

 

[sixt7gt350]

Catch-22 for the buy/re-buy and OOS condition:

RMSistight buys 5 before the sale, but everyone showing up at his store when the sale actually starts is greeted by the OOS condition. (no comment on the mail fraud)

People showing up during the valid sale dates get fed up with the OOS condition and start trolling deal sites like this and FW so they can buy/rebuy and not be the poor saps on Sunday morning.


It will only get worse until more stores start pulling what BB did on Black Friday.

 

[GMaximus]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Screw you dude for buying that many. Save some for the rest of us. Buying 2 drives is pushing it IMHO.

...and just because other people do it doesn't make it okay. Nice grade school logic.

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: RMSistight
No it's not against the law.

Incorrect.

I would suggest actually perusing Section 1341 and Section 1342 of Title 18. One should have a knowledgable frame of reference prior to offering opinion of how their activities are under the letter of the law when they are in fact not.

It's as saying they are buying it themselves.

A logical circumvention of this situation would be those friends or family members actually purchasing the product themselves.

I've known MANY people that have done this without a hitch. I BET you anything right now that the people who have read the deal on the HD's are doing that EXACT same thing I'm doing.

This does not make this practice legal, of course. The fact that this crime (and it should be monikered that, as it is what it happens to be) is easily exercised by many and often does not carry consequences is irrelevant. Surprising as it may be to hear, there are some who possess a bit of moral fibre, and the intestinal fortitude to declare it when necessary (such as in this thread).

Ok fine. My friends and family are buying them with their money using their addresses. They keep the hard drives until they get their rebates, then they give me the HDs.

 

[Growltiger]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: RMSistight No it's not against the law.

Incorrect. I would suggest actually perusing Section 1341 and Section 1342 of Title 18. One should have a knowledgable frame of reference prior to offering opinion of how their activities are under the letter of the law when they are in fact not.

It's as saying they are buying it themselves.

A logical circumvention of this situation would be those friends or family members actually purchasing the product themselves.

I've known MANY people that have done this without a hitch. I BET you anything right now that the people who have read the deal on the HD's are doing that EXACT same thing I'm doing.

This does not make this practice legal, of course. The fact that this crime (and it should be monikered that, as it is what it happens to be) is easily exercised by many and often does not carry consequences is irrelevant. Surprising as it may be to hear, there are some who possess a bit of moral fibre, and the intestinal fortitude to declare it when necessary (such as in this thread).

Whoa! Somebody just got owned!

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: Growltiger

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: RMSistight No it's not against the law.

Incorrect. I would suggest actually perusing Section 1341 and Section 1342 of Title 18. One should have a knowledgable frame of reference prior to offering opinion of how their activities are under the letter of the law when they are in fact not.

It's as saying they are buying it themselves.

A logical circumvention of this situation would be those friends or family members actually purchasing the product themselves.

I've known MANY people that have done this without a hitch. I BET you anything right now that the people who have read the deal on the HD's are doing that EXACT same thing I'm doing.

This does not make this practice legal, of course. The fact that this crime (and it should be monikered that, as it is what it happens to be) is easily exercised by many and often does not carry consequences is irrelevant. Surprising as it may be to hear, there are some who possess a bit of moral fibre, and the intestinal fortitude to declare it when necessary (such as in this thread).

Whoa! Somebody just got owned!

Yeah...and I'll own 3 x 80GB HD's in a RAID setup for less than $75. I understand that what I'm doing is shady. But OMAX ripped me off when other customers were doing the same thing in front of me by buying up all the stock and I get the OOS look on some sales myself. Like I said, I don't do this on a regular basis. It's my turn to rejoice for once...ONCE. I'll stop doing this when OMAX has stuff in stock when I actually GO on sale days the moment I walk into the store on Sunday morning when they open. OMAX and customers screw me once, I screw them back. If it happens again that I actually GO on the sale day and they are OOS, I will screw them back again.

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: allisolm
I knew about this 3 days ago. I already bought 5 (YES COUNT THEM....5) of these babies and waiting to return/rebuy on Sunday.

Some people are always going to do this but I have never understood their need to come here and post about it. They know they're biting the hand that feeds them; they know they're committing fraud and yet somehow they think that people here will applaud them for it. I don't get it. :disgust:

Meh it's human nature to brag, he'll probably just sell it on ebay like the rest of the lurkers. Cept he 'll probably make up some lame excuse like fighting the corporation or something screwing him out of stuff and how everyone is doing it... Sooner or later they'll stop these hot deals but he'll be 5 drives richer. :frown:

 

[kenrippy]

kudos to RMS for having a spare $535 on his credit card to buy those 5 hdd's up front. 😀 that would be my main drawback in spending the full amount up front.

 

[Lager]

The guy who bought 5 hard drives, did you pay cash or credit? :Q

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: kenrippy
kudos to RMS for having a spare $535 on his credit card to buy those 5 hdd's up front. 😀 that would be my main drawback in spending the full amount up front.

would it matter? just sign up for one of those 12 month no interest cc's and bam u got a spare $600. Then later use the rebates to pay it off, although it would look a little suspicious to omax. Having 5 purchases with the same cc and name but I'm sure he probably already thought of that...

 

[duhh]

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: kenrippy
kudos to RMS for having a spare $535 on his credit card to buy those 5 hdd's up front. 😀 that would be my main drawback in spending the full amount up front.

would it matter? just sign up for one of those 12 month no interest cc's and bam u got a spare $600. Then later use the rebates to pay it off, although it would look a little suspicious to omax. Having 5 purchases with the same cc and name but I'm sure he probably already thought of that...

obviously you are unaware how credit ratings are generated

 

[crobusa]

No it's not against the law. Out of the 5 drives I have, two of them are for my roommate and my uncle.

Most rebates say Limit 1 per person/household. FYI, TITLE 18, PART I, CHAPTER 63, Sec. 1341.

Whoever, ... obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses ... shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Of course the average joe on the street will treat something like this like he would a speeding ticket..

I can only be thankful I chose to spend the weekend in surburbia where there are stores with 10 and 20 of these in stock, after reading articles how FWers have torn Chicago to shreads looking for em. Rich people don't troll OM for deals I guess. 🙂

WOOT! 400th post.

 

[batmanuel]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: RMSistight
No it's not against the law.

Incorrect.

I would suggest actually perusing Section 1341 and Section 1342 of Title 18. One should have a knowledgable frame of reference prior to offering opinion of how their activities are under the letter of the law when they are in fact not.

It's as saying they are buying it themselves.

A logical circumvention of this situation would be those friends or family members actually purchasing the product themselves.

I've known MANY people that have done this without a hitch. I BET you anything right now that the people who have read the deal on the HD's are doing that EXACT same thing I'm doing.

This does not make this practice legal, of course. The fact that this crime (and it should be monikered that, as it is what it happens to be) is easily exercised by many and often does not carry consequences is irrelevant. Surprising as it may be to hear, there are some who possess a bit of moral fibre, and the intestinal fortitude to declare it when necessary (such as in this thread).

Just because someting is prohibited by law, doesn't exactly make it "wrong" in a moral sense. It used to be illegal for african american people to drink out of white people's water fountains in the south. And until a few months ago, sodomy was illegal, too. And let's not forget the prohibition. Not trying to be an anarchist or anything, but it always amuses me when people act like man's laws were handed down on stone tablets to Charlton Heston by God himself. What he did might be considered rude, but hardly a crime that threatens the moral fiber of the nation. You're just pissed that he went a little overboard on the deal and want to make him seem like a criminal.

It's not like OfficeMax or Western Digital is gonna press charges or anything. The drives are going to get sold and the rebates paid out just the same regardless if one person buys five drives or if five different people buy them. I'm sure Western Digital doesn't mind moving the product and building market share. They probably want to get rid of all this older stock anyway to start making room for SATA product. ANd I'm sure that OfficeMAx isn't crying either, since WD is picking up most of the rebate bill.

If he wants to tie up that much money for the 4-5 months it could take to get back the rebates, so be it. If you weren't fast enough to get in on this deal, and other people got to it first and bought a bunch, TOO BAD. These are hard drives we are talking about, and it is hardly a life and death matter. If I've learned anything, it is that there will always be a better deal tomorrow, because the drives just keep getting bigger and cheaper. This is all just a game to most of us anyway, so don't dis the man for playing better than you.

The only thing I see that he's done wrong is turn this thread into something more fit for the Brag and Moan forum.

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: duhh

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: kenrippy
kudos to RMS for having a spare $535 on his credit card to buy those 5 hdd's up front. 😀 that would be my main drawback in spending the full amount up front.

would it matter? just sign up for one of those 12 month no interest cc's and bam u got a spare $600. Then later use the rebates to pay it off, although it would look a little suspicious to omax. Having 5 purchases with the same cc and name but I'm sure he probably already thought of that...

obviously you are unaware how credit ratings are generated

obviously someone was made aware of their credit ratings 🙂 oh yes please enlighten us with your knowledge...

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: duhh

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: kenrippy
kudos to RMS for having a spare $535 on his credit card to buy those 5 hdd's up front. 😀 that would be my main drawback in spending the full amount up front.

would it matter? just sign up for one of those 12 month no interest cc's and bam u got a spare $600. Then later use the rebates to pay it off, although it would look a little suspicious to omax. Having 5 purchases with the same cc and name but I'm sure he probably already thought of that...

obviously you are unaware how credit ratings are generated

obviously someone was made aware of their credit ratings 🙂 oh yes please enlighten us with your knowledge...

The more credit cards you have, the more it negatively affects your credit rating. Also when you apply for a new credit card, it lowers your credit rating for several months.

 

[crobusa]

Just because someting is prohibited by law, doesn't exactly make it "wrong" in a moral sense. It used to be illegal for african american people to drink out of white people's water fountains in the south. And until a few months ago, sodomy was illegal, too. And let's not forget the prohibition. Not trying to be an anarchist or anything, but it always amuses me when people act like man's laws were handed down on stone tablets to Charlton Heston by God himself. What he did might be considered rude, but hardly a crime that threatens the moral fiber of the nation. You're just pissed that he went a little overboard on the deal and want to make him seem like a criminal.

It's not like OfficeMax or Western Digital is gonna press charges or anything. The drives are going to get sold and the rebates paid out just the same regardless if one person buys five drives or if five different people buy them. I'm sure Western Digital doesn't mind moving the product and building market share. They probably want to get rid of all this older stock anyway to start making room for SATA product. ANd I'm sure that OfficeMAx isn't crying either, since WD is picking up most of the rebate bill.

If he wants to tie up that much money for the 4-5 months it could take to get back the rebates, so be it. If you weren't fast enough to get in on this deal, and other people got to it first and bought a bunch, TOO BAD. These are hard drives we are talking about, and it is hardly a life and death matter. If I've learned anything, it is that there will always be a better deal tomorrow, because the drives just keep getting bigger and cheaper. This is all just a game to most of us anyway, so don't dis the man for playing better than you.

The only thing I see that he's done wrong is turn this thread into something more fit for the Brag and Moan forum.

I usually agree with laissez-faire, but his actions have hurt two parties. The obvious first are tomarrow's morning deal hunters. By that time the phone will be off the hook with people looking for these, the salespeople will know they're one per person.. last years BF I had to BRIBE some idiot $10 to get one of the 15 loss leader item in his cart. (Seemed better than tattle-tailing at time)

The second party who he hurt (and who we disregard) is Officemax. They have loss-leaders for a reason, to get people into the store and create some goodwill as well as a reputation for good deals. (Much better than Office Depot, but I digress.) If one surveyed the satisfaction at the ferengi's store tomarrow, OM's rate of return would plummet.
A family member (in the store) and I bought one each in advance, so I was somewhat greedy. I may nip at the hand that feeds me, but I don't wave a bloody stump for all to see. I'd love to see the tact he shows his clients, whereever he works. (Guess what my margin was on that transaction, N0013)

 

[allisolm]

Seeing the HP 300e DVD-writer for $200 AR sure makes me thankful that I read the deals here before Christmas and got this from Office Depot for $70 AR AC (and the rebate arrived Friday.) Thank you Hot Deals!

 

[carpenter]

allisolm, it's called greed. They want it all and end up with nothing.