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Old Jun 16, 2016, 3:16 pm
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I would be making a formal complaint to BA about that. Nicking the deal, fine, we all do that. Copying it word for word is just shocking.
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Old Jun 16, 2016, 6:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Raffles
Copying it word for word is just shocking.
It's all about conversions
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Old Jun 17, 2016, 12:57 pm
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Originally Posted by Raffles
I would be making a formal complaint to BA about that. Nicking the deal, fine, we all do that. Copying it word for word is just shocking.
Resolved by Randy, thanks.
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Old Jun 17, 2016, 3:43 pm
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Originally Posted by ctownflyer
My blog post: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/89722

BA blog post: http://canadiantravelhacking.boardin...gs-59-one-way/

Yes it starts off saying that he found it on my site, but what are this boards thoughts on the entire post being copied literally word for word from my post?
Well it looks like Canadian Travel Hacking's link is dead - have they withdrawn the post?
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Old Jun 17, 2016, 4:02 pm
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Randy removed it.
Cached version here for now: http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=us
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Old Jun 18, 2016, 1:09 pm
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Originally Posted by ctownflyer
Randy removed it.
Cached version here for now: http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=us
did they intentionally leave out 'quote' formatting, or was it a 'mistake'?

I found a great deal via DansDeals. I wish I had a stopover in Toronto this summer to take advantage of this!

[copy/paste with no formatting or quotations]

Enjoy!
pretty crazy / lazy / etc
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Old Jul 6, 2016, 8:42 pm
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Originally Posted by kokonutz
On the one hand, everyone learns/steals from everyone. I always say: stealing from one source is plagiarism; stealing from two sources is editing; stealing from three or more sources is research.

AKA, I couldn't believe it when I found out what other blogger was caught plagiarizing! Neither will you!!!!!!
Plagiarize,
Let no one else's work evade your eyes,
Remember why the good lord made your eyes,
So don't shade your eyes,
But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize -
Only be sure always to call it please 'research'.
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Old Nov 8, 2016, 6:47 am
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Just to give credit where credit is due. A few days ago I posted this thread in the Marriott forum:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...sale-ebay.html

Yesterday, I noticed one of the BA Bloggers, Angelina Travels, posted this:

http://angelinatravels.boardingarea....ing-ebay-buck/

It was suspiciously worded like my post, we both referred to the writing of the eBay ad as "copy" for one. I contacted her and she apologized, offered to delete the article if that's what I wanted and then immediately gave me the hat tip credit with link that I asked for in the alternative. Sad that it happened, but glad it was handled right.
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Old Nov 8, 2016, 1:52 pm
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Originally Posted by CMK10
Just to give credit where credit is due. A few days ago I posted this thread in the Marriott forum:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...sale-ebay.html

Yesterday, I noticed one of the BA Bloggers, Angelina Travels, posted this:

http://angelinatravels.boardingarea....ing-ebay-buck/

It was suspiciously worded like my post, we both referred to the writing of the eBay ad as "copy" for one. I contacted her and she apologized, offered to delete the article if that's what I wanted and then immediately gave me the hat tip credit with link that I asked for in the alternative. Sad that it happened, but glad it was handled right.
Way to protect your intellectual property!! ^
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Old Nov 8, 2016, 2:08 pm
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Originally Posted by CMK10
Just to give credit where credit is due. A few days ago I posted this thread in the Marriott forum:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...sale-ebay.html

Yesterday, I noticed one of the BA Bloggers, Angelina Travels, posted this:

http://angelinatravels.boardingarea....ing-ebay-buck/

It was suspiciously worded like my post, we both referred to the writing of the eBay ad as "copy" for one. I contacted her and she apologized, offered to delete the article if that's what I wanted and then immediately gave me the hat tip credit with link that I asked for in the alternative. Sad that it happened, but glad it was handled right.
Not totally clear what your exact issue was. Are you saying this post content of yours...

The guy really has a talent for writing copy, I'll give him or her that.
...was plagiarized here in the blog post?

...I must say that I give this seller credit for creating some persuasive copy in the item's description and coming up with a unique way to "recycle" a hotel key from a past stay...
Or you were just concerned over the blogger not attributing where she presumably found out about the story?
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Old Nov 10, 2016, 8:42 am
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Originally Posted by 84fiero
Not totally clear what your exact issue was. Are you saying this post content of yours...



...was plagiarized here in the blog post?



Or you were just concerned over the blogger not attributing where she presumably found out about the story?
I'm saying it was a similarly written article where I wasn't given credit for the original post.
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Old Nov 10, 2016, 5:23 pm
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Originally Posted by CMK10
I'm saying it was a similarly written article where I wasn't given credit for the original post.
Did you run that by FT's legal department first??

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Old Apr 14, 2020, 11:37 pm
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Lots of copycat love being spread around in tense times:





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Old Apr 15, 2020, 7:44 am
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