Strange rules of this forum - TRHEADS GET LOCKED FOR NO REASON AND WITH NO EXPLANATION!

[slucky]

..why was this thread locked? If it doesn't belong to hot deals, then where?..

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[emanon]

It doesn't appear to be a whole lot different than, say, the thread that alerts us to a hard drive bargain featured in next week's Best Buy ad (like the one recently posted). It's not like it allows you to cheat the system; it merely offers a preview.

BTW, I had missed the original thread. Thanks for calling my attention to this!

 

[jaybert]

About the best buy thing...there was actually some webforum that got threatened legal action from Best buy if people kept posting next week's ad information. I use to work at Best Buy and I know that if you were caught taking the next week's ad out the front door (they have the next 3-4 issues in the back), you could be immediately terminated. The reason they do this is because they want people to come to the store, then find out the best deals. By making them come into the store not knowing what they can get a good deal on, they're much more likely to purchase other stuff. If you saw that a certain DVD was $14.99 the week before, you would most likely go to Best buy, grab the DVD, and go. Best buy is actually losing money selling those DVDs @ such a low cost. The same thing happened when the Limp Biscuit cd came out. Best Buy sold it for $9.99 (even included a bonus cd) and captured over 60%+ of the market share of that CD sale. While they lost money on selling this CD, they made it up by those people buying other things (say CD holders, other non-sale cds, etc.)

 

[slucky]

So, I see that none of the mods really has an answer as to why they did it...

Next time I'll think three times before I post anything to this strangely run forum!

 

[Russ]

The moderators are under no obligation to explain anything to you.

Russ, NCNE

 

[slucky]

That's exactly my point. Rudeness all around...

 

[Viper GTS]

That's exactly my point. Rudeness all around...

There's a very easy solution to that problem.

The door is thattaway. ==>

Viper GTS

 

[John]

<< That's exactly my point. Rudeness all around... >>



Call it what you want....but YOU, myself, and everyone else are guests at AnandTech.

 

[SinfulWeeper]

<< ..why was this thread locked? If it doesn't belong to hot deals, then where?.. >>



Havn't you learned yet? The Mods around here are extrememly power hungry (I will probably get a 'vacation' for tellin the truth).

Anyway get used to it. I seen countless threads get locked around here for no apparant logical reason. After all, it is the Mods discussion board when everything boils down, if they do not like it, they will edit/lock a post when they feel like it.

-SinfulWeeper

 

[maleficent]

I don't know why it was locked...maybe we're just missing something. Maybe it goes against a rule we're not thinking of right now? I'll check this thread again. i think it must be what was said above -- revealing deals ahead of time?