Originally Posted by
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I answered your question when I responded I'll put on my blog whatever I want to put on my blog. Using your line of thinking posting about the Mint is an assault on the entire nation. I posted it as did many others. Did i take money out of your pocket then? Did you participate in that one? Did you take money out of peoples pockets? I could care less if you did or not and I won't judge your answer either, just as I won't judge if people hit Costco on this idea. That is a personal decision.
But back to my question, what are you going to contribute to the FF community? Why not start a blog to share your infinite wisdom and experience? In the mean time after reading your comments on this thread and the AA/Verizon/Catera thread, it is obvious to me you have nothing constructive you want to add. I have never ignored anyone before. How is it done ?
What does this have to do with the US Mint and my participation in these forums?
-OP starts a thread about his belief that the credit card offers are on the way down.
-I posted that I believe they are declining and one of the causes of that are because of bloggers like yourself encouraging scamming the system
-You state that the reason for putting that on your blog is that you just "report what I hear and get"
-I asked you to clarify why you posted the costco scam even though you "will not be using this technique. everybody has their line." but yet you will "edit comments that I personally feel are not a constructive addition to the blog."
-You attack me and ask that I don't question your moral compass and not to complain and to start my own blog
-I reply that as a shareholder of Costco I don't appreciate you encouraging others to scam Costco out of merchant fees
-You bring up the US Mint and my participation in these forums
Deflect much?
I understand why you're reacting the way you do. You make money by people signing up for credit cards. It's the reason your blog is littered with links. But encouraging people to scam Costco? Come on man. I won't even bring up your post on Kiva.
My point is: one of the reasons the offers are dying down are bloggers like yourself - those that encourage abusing the system. In the end it only hurts everyone. Yea, you may get a few extra signups...but in the end you're ultimately "biting the hand that feeds you".