Buy.com Savings (10/5)

Good OTD price on the Kingston 4GB DataTraveler USB 2.0 Flash Drive. I sure would like a _smokin'_ deal on some flash drives, however.

Buy.con has less than 3 months before they crumble under the pressure and go bankrupt. You heard it right here, folks.

shingletingle said: Buy.con has less than 3 months before they crumble under the pressure and go bankrupt. You heard it right here, folks.

OK STinkle. I propose a deal as follows:

If Buy.com goes out of business by 12/31/2007 I will request that the MODS ban me from this forum.
If Buy.com is still in business after 12/31/2007, you agree to be banned (for good this time).

Put up or shut up troll.

WDEagle

WDEagle said:
Put up or shut up troll.Apparently in the Connect3D thread these folks post a "Red Alert" whenever a new Buy.com thread is started and give the link to it so everyone can vote it red.

shingletingle said: Buy.con has less than 3 months before they crumble under the pressure and go bankrupt. You heard it right here, folks.

Maybe they can have a HUGE (after rebate) blow out sale for BF, screw everybody and make enough money to stay in business a little longer.

It is so good to see fellow FWers to get agitated over buy.con ... I always give it red/green to help the losing side. Since green is winning today, I gave it red ...

Sparhawk said: I don't know about you, but the fact that because a Buy.com post receives red all the time, it makes me more likely to look at it at this point. In a sea of green bars, the red bar becomes a lot more visible.Yes, but I suspect that some people filter posts by rating which means they might not see the thread at all. I am surprised that FW has not cracked down on this but they seem uninterested in going after rating violations in general (like when I found one bozo using it as a marker of the posts he had read).

billrubin said: Sparhawk said: I don't know about you, but the fact that because a Buy.com post receives red all the time, it makes me more likely to look at it at this point. In a sea of green bars, the red bar becomes a lot more visible.Yes, but I suspect that some people filter posts by rating which means they might not see the thread at all. I am surprised that FW has not cracked down on this but they seem uninterested in going after rating violations in general (like when I found one bozo using it as a marker of the posts he had read).

Agreed, but for casual FW users like myself who doesn't filter the messages, a big red bar makes me more likely to view it at this point if it has "Buy.com" in its title.

Personally, I haven't had any problems with Buy.com. Because I live in SoCal, my order is usually received the next day with free budget shipping, so if I need something fast and their price is competitive enough, even with tax, I'll usually buy from them.

WDEagle said: shingletingle said: Buy.con has less than 3 months before they crumble under the pressure and go bankrupt. You heard it right here, folks.

OK STinkle. I propose a deal as follows:

If Buy.com goes out of business by 12/31/2007 I will request that the MODS ban me from this forum.
If Buy.com is still in business after 12/31/2007, you agree to be banned (for good this time).

Put up or shut up troll.

WDEagle

I don't see what this has to do with the topic, and I don't know what you mean by "for good this time". I don't think this is a fair challenge to say the least since you're likely to rig the result in your favor.

WDEagle said: shingletingle said: WDEagle said: shingletingle said: Buy.con has less than 3 months before they crumble under the pressure and go bankrupt. You heard it right here, folks.

OK STinkle. I propose a deal as follows:

If Buy.com goes out of business by 12/31/2007 I will request that the MODS ban me from this forum.
If Buy.com is still in business after 12/31/2007, you agree to be banned (for good this time).

Put up or shut up troll.

WDEagle

I don't see what this has to do with the topic, and I don't know what you mean by "for good this time". I don't think this is a fair challenge to say the least since you're likely to rig the result in your favor.Put up or shut up troll.

Real mature. You think that kind of talk is appropriate for the community?

I thought that when you get burned by a deal you are supposed to suck it up and go on to the next deal and not cry about it week after week

If not getting a rebate is the worst thing that has happend to you recently, then you are very fortunate and there are some people in the hospital now that would like to trade places with you

taf said: I thought that when you get burned by a deal you are supposed to suck it up and go on to the next deal and not cry about it week after week

If not getting a rebate is the worst thing that has happend to you recently, then you are very fortunate and there are some people in the hospital now that would like to trade places with you

Well said. Unfortunately, some people really enjoy being whiners. hmmmmm.....I wonder...Stinkletinkle....is this you?

their song ad on cnbc is kinda annoying - i can't get it off my head!

shingletingle said: WDEagle said: shingletingle said: Buy.con has less than 3 months before they crumble under the pressure and go bankrupt. You heard it right here, folks.

OK STinkle. I propose a deal as follows:

If Buy.com goes out of business by 12/31/2007 I will request that the MODS ban me from this forum.
If Buy.com is still in business after 12/31/2007, you agree to be banned (for good this time).

Put up or shut up troll.

WDEagle

I don't see what this has to do with the topic, and I don't know what you mean by "for good this time". I don't think this is a fair challenge to say the least since you're likely to rig the result in your favor.

Wow. Stinkle, just when I think you've said the dumbest thing any one person could ever say, you start typing again. At one point, you think your stupid little 'boycott' is going to close the store, but somehow WDEagle is going to single handedly keep them open. Do you hit yourself in the head with a hammer before you post, or what?