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Well, beltway, I'm glad you love to attack other Flyertalker members who just come here for a little help. I read through that post many times. I even posted the specific post about wine insiders. I think you prove my point in that I had to read through a pretty long post when all I was interested in at the time was the wine insdier deal. I standby my original comment that this would be a lot easier for folks if each partner had a thread with detailed instructions, questions, special deals, etc.
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Well, beltway, I'm glad you love to attack other Flyertalker members who just come here for a little help. I read through that post many times. I even posted the specific post about wine insiders. I think you prove my point in that I had to read through a pretty long post when all I was interested in at the time was the wine insdier deal. I standby my original comment that this would be a lot easier for folks if each partner had a thread with detailed instructions, questions, special deals, etc.
Look, the information is there.
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In some alternate universe, that's a great idea. In the reality plane I inhabit, it's a total disaster because
Here's a useful way to assess the current partner-specific threads: How many of them have a post #1 that summarizes key info? Is that info updated regularly? And how many such threads are simply a string of Q&A, often repetitive, with no organizing structure/FAQ? Hell, let's go to post #12 in this very thread, which provoked the present discussion: How many of the partner-specific threads even tell readers in post #1 how to find the US website offer terms and hyperlink for that partner?
Now tell me all about what a paradise it would be to have 70+ partner-specific threads.
- There would be literally dozens of partner-specific threads sprawling across several pages of the forum home, interspersed with general threads (FAQ, How Many Hits?, etc.). The order would be entirely random, not alphabetical.
- Lazy/clueless posters -- and they are legion -- wouldn't post in the right thread, but would instead post in the wrong thread or even start a second (or third, or fourth) thread on the same partner. Maybe the mods could keep up & maintain order, maybe not. Questions would get asked, and re-asked, and re-asked, producing wildly unnecessary duplication and general frustration.
Here's a useful way to assess the current partner-specific threads: How many of them have a post #1 that summarizes key info? Is that info updated regularly? And how many such threads are simply a string of Q&A, often repetitive, with no organizing structure/FAQ? Hell, let's go to post #12 in this very thread, which provoked the present discussion: How many of the partner-specific threads even tell readers in post #1 how to find the US website offer terms and hyperlink for that partner?
Now tell me all about what a paradise it would be to have 70+ partner-specific threads.
Last edited by beltway; Sep 26, 2011 at 8:11 am
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I think I'm somewhere in the middle: I have been using beltway's Post #1 in the huge thread often and am very appreciative that he maintains it with links and such, but I've also been reading and using a lot of the partner-specific threads - especially ones where there is a lot of ongoing Q&A and discussion beyond "just go to the site and buy any product."
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and now half of this thread is crap because we're debating why we should/shouldn't have a specific thread related to this deal. is it hurting anyone's feelings that there is a specific thread to Wine Insiders? I would hope not.
back to discussing the specifics of this hit, now......
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Because people are lazy and it's easier to create a new thread than it is to search for something.
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I spoke to Wine Insiders' CS today and was told they take 2-3 weeks to process an order. I'm not worried about getting the order or points now. I would recommend anyone planning on this hit to do it soon and not towards the end of the promo to prevent posting issues.
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Except that I've done this in the past with items shipped to my valid address. I was going to be away for the day of scheduled delivery (normally work form home) and didn't want the package left at the door of my home. I was able to redirect it on the website without calling as a matter of fact. Picked it up at UPS that evening.
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LATER: I looked it up. The miles posted on 11/1/2010. This was the very slowest posting of any of my hits last year.
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Please let us know when the points/hit posts to your DM account.