sgnihttrams
March 17, 2016, 5:02pm
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here are some discussion posts from the deal-posting thread (I will be deleting mine from there now. If you agree with this new methodology for separating the deal-posting from the carry-on discussions about those deals, please do the same…
I think that there needs to be some form of discussion around each deal. For example we all need to know if the current product will work with smartthings or if it is community supported. Nobody here really wants to buy something that is not compatible. We also need to discuss location, coupons, etc… I would say instead of making another thread, try to clean up the current one. If you are really worried about missing out on a deal then there are better sites for that like SlickDeals or just keep up with the thread as many deals come and go quickly like they have with the contact sensors.
I think that there needs to be some form of discussion around each deal. For example we all need to know if the current product will work with smartthings or if it is community supported. Nobody here really wants to buy something that is not compatible. We also need to discuss location, coupons, etc… I would say instead of making another thread, try to clean up the current one. If you are really worried about missing out on a deal then there are better sites for that like SlickDeals or just keep up with the thread as many deals come and go quickly like they have with the contact sensors.
There’s an entire forum here that’s dedicated to “Is this device compatible?”
Why can’t we just use this thread for posting actual DEALS, and go elsewhere to discuss them?
It’s not a huge deal (we survive, regardless), but still…
There’s an entire forum here that’s dedicated to “Is this device compatible?”
Why can’t we just use this thread for posting actual DEALS, and go elsewhere to discuss them?
Deals tend to be short lived and change constantly. I think we should just start a new Deals Thread at the beginning of each month but keep the discussions going because that’s what makes this different from say Slickdeals or Dealnews websites. It’s good to know HOW to get some of these deals and bonus discounts such as the Lowes percentage off sites. We should, however try to stick to deals that are compatible with SmartThings in some way. Of course, there can be exceptions such as the BloomSky deal that became compatible later. Just my two cents…
Ya, it’s a great idea that never goes anywhere simply because we don’t abide by our own rules lol
The mods have already ‘cleaned-up’ this thread many times, and have closed and restarted a new one at least once.
I don’t think they can afford (and it’s not fair) to dedicate somebody to always coming here and ‘cleaning it up’ or starting new threads every month.
Don’t get me wrong, I too normally enjoy the discussions in here, and have benefited from the add-on details, etc, and I’m not personally really hard-core about this issue, but all of that discussion could be done in the other thread, and nobody would miss anything as long as we all keep with the program and use a thread for what the initiator of the thread intended.
I know…it’s ‘public property’ and anything is ‘fair game’ once it gets created and all that, but is that OK? Sort of seems kind of selfish, inconsiderate and lazy to me (and I’m including myself in that, because I have violated that aspect of this thread too…like I’m doing right now).
If we’d just use the discussion thread for discussing these issues, we wouldn’t be clogging up this present deal-posting thread with non-deal posts.
It is one thing to have someone ask it it is compatible, or what the process to get the deal is. But when the thread degrades into people discussing shipping, etc it is really pointless.