Thanks for the thread djburkes !
Yeah, i didn’t like that BLF348 deal undercutting the’s deal either…
But i personally think Gearbest shouldn’t have made that possible.
In defence of Fin17 and r3crac, i like their topics with their clear overview (with pictures and all) of good deals, but they should limit it to coupon deals, without flash deals and without non flashlight related stuff.
Also the relentless bumps by means of seemingly irrelevant edits should stop.
@SB:
Thanks for the new homepage / bookmark options. :+1:
I now have 2 BLF bookmarks on my browser toolbar: one among the forums and one among the webshops.
However, it used to be nice to have interesting deals etcetera pop up every now and then on the main page.
In all, in my opinion the stores themselves should provide us with sweet deals, but apparently they often prefer to use affiliates.
A well-known rage-inducing phenomenon on mobile…
Sorry if one felt anoyed by me and my posts!
i also was not happy with the direction the advertising in BLF took the last weeks...
If anyone wants to share his toughts or tips please feel free to write me a PM or send me a mail!
i try to reduce the "annoying, repetitive" part of bringing you some deals in the BLF.
PS: thanks that some see me as "not as bad" as other affiliates ;)
M4D M4X & Freeme don’t bother me at all, and I’ve bought plenty from both. Just this recent rash of new guys that come out of nowhere, contribute nothing, and have no intentions to contribute anything, as the OP alluded to
+1.000.000
+1
Gonna quote RobertB with a few edits:
M4DM4X, tantasal, everydaysurvivalgear, Freeme don’t bother me at all, big thumbs up to them! Just this recent rash of new guys that come out of nowhere, contribute nothing, and have no intentions to contribute anything, as the OP alluded to
I have not found your posts annoying at all M4D M4X…. I can rarely even find them on the “recent post page”. :person_facepalming:
I have to go to “my subscriptions” or hunt up your thread to see if you have anything new added. :+1:
So “no worries” in my book.
The deals you are able to negotiate are greatly appreciated also. :+1:
Thank you!!!
If someone is a flashaholic is ok for me the aff in his thread or in his reviews…. If your are seller is ok the aff….if your are a person that arrives here for get money of people that are flashaholics….for me is spam and I must click this…
Wow…… that is pretty neat. A simple second right click and those that wish not to see it don’t have to. :+1:
Nice ‘SB’…………
I haven’t read all the posts in this thread so I don’t know if it’s been said yet and it’s been suggested before… I think it would be great if the affiliate links didn’t show up on the new posts page, if you want to shop go to the affiliate page
I hadn’t noticed that, that’s great, so to get there you need to click on the non comercial at the top of the page?
skipping 13/25 on the recent post page
…priceless
Yep, or else as a sub-item under “Recent Posts” at the top left “Main Menu”.
Unno, I ain’t got a dog in this fight either way, and maybe I’m not quite understanding the problem(s). Is it the recent-posts being cluttered with “commercials”? Is it that X, Y, and Z “advertise” here but don’t “contribute” in other ways? Both? Other?
If (and I’m only mentioning him ’cause others were kinda beating up on him) Fin17 lists “unnecessary” flash-sales and coupon codes and whatnot from GB… umm, maybe someone can clue me in how to find them on GB? I see the thread, browse through the new additions, and with pix, see at a glance what kind of light it is (keychain, EDC, cudgel, whatever), and with price, know whether/not I’m even interested in it. Nice.
A big-ass table of just micro-text to squint at, no pix, nothing else, is kinda dry reading. Do I know what an XB-17 is? For 30bux, is it an overly expensive keychain light, or an L6-class spotlight at an amazing price? At least with Fin17’s format, I can see at a glance.
So I appreciate the leads, the easy-to-read format, etc. I’ve availed myself of Freeme’s and Fin17’s services, don’t recall if M4D M4X’s or r3crac’s, so I appreciate the discounts. Do I care if they don’t review lights or show beamshots? Not in the slightest. Unless I’m missing something, it seems to me they offer savings, thus a service, to BLF members.
Nice solution with the non-commercial filter, so those who won’t want their listings “polluted” can have it so. Me? I’ll keep mine as-is.
Anyway, just wanted to toss in my 2¢ as far as the convenience of these threads/listings. And Kudos to SB as far as filtering them out for those who don’t want them.
When I do a mod thread I usually dig several pages to make an update and find the other mod threads along the way or later yet those ad threads are always on the front page or near. I’d much rather dig to find them than dig through them to find what I want.
I was thinking about my actions and competition with other users for the top row in the forum topic.
It was not clever and it was definitely a mistake.
I want sincerely apologize if it annoyed anyone in BLF community.
Please accept my apologies.
Also, I would like to contribute to this community.
I have some ideas that could be useful for all of us. I will share my ideas with SB.
With respect,
Fin17