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Originally Posted by Kerplunk
And by "gaming the system" you mean "trying to legitimately buy a product from a retailer online".
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I think there was some serious kinking going on at RFD. Existing customers were sharing sign up codes etc, to get the price to about $30. I can get how people are pissed, but this is typical of the "RFD Effect". A small group of scalpers and scammers ruin the deal for everyone.
I guy I know that used to work at Staples, said they had to specifically change their price matching policy because of all the RFD shenanigans. People were cleaning them out of thousands of dollars of merchandise they were getting for free, because of the policy. I remember a couple deals in particular, where people were getting label makers, and another where they were getting computer speakers, for free, and then posting pictures of their haul on RFD. There was also another incident where someone somehow hacked Staples database, and was posting stolen gift card codes that could be used online. People were outright knowingly stealing from Staples with zero conscious. To add insult to injury, they were making sure to stack the codes properly, to qualify for free delivery, of stolen goods. I like RFD to find the odd deal, but the site is frequented by some really scummy people.