DD Deals Consolidated

[Sandstar]

Didn't Emerson say something about foolish consistency?

[DirkBelig]

Where are the mods with their side of this story? Funny how they appear to have disappeared from owning their decision.

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by DirkBelig

Where are the mods with their side of this story? Funny how they appear to have disappeared from owning their decision.

They already appeared and explained the reason. Closing the threads was/is forum policy. It is very difficult for them to make exceptions, because then we all complain about that.

[DirkBelig]

I missed that, but that makes sense in this unwieldly and useless thread. That I did kinda proves my point.

So we can look forward to speedy's threads being mushed together into unworkable blobs? Out of fairness. Out of POLICY. This is the same madness that results in low-level drug mules going to prison for life because judges are bound by mandatory minimum sentencing rules. (Bleeding hearts judges are a problem, too.)

Rigid adherence to policy allows the weak to avoid using judgment when it's needed. "Sorry, can't do that (even though it's a good idea) because it's against POLICY." Web sites depend on traffic for income and if Draconian policy enforcement means dumb (in)decisions that drive members away, I hope that policy manual will keep them warm.

Look what happened to DVD Aficionado when Ed arrogantly eliminated 3/4 of the features (like PDA support) and then demanded that members beg (or give donations) to encourage him to restore the lost functions. It took me two numbing days of copying and pasting 1100+ entries, but DVD Spot now has my patronage and their numbers are on the rise while DVDAF's are flat.

Alternatives are just a click away. Webmasters forget this at their peril.

[An4h0ny]

Originally Posted by DirkBelig

I missed that, but that makes sense in this unwieldly and useless thread. That I did kinda proves my point.

So we can look forward to speedy's threads being mushed together into unworkable blobs?

on CAG, Speedy merges BB, CC and Target into one megathread, but he really takes time to format it nicely so it's easy to scroll through everything.

i actually prefer to check that thread as opposed to DVDTalk a lot of times, but that's just three ongoing sale threads, instead of DD which can range up to over a dozen at one time.

point taken, though

[DirkBelig]

True, but at CAG there are a zillion other games, platforms, stores, etc. that are competing for attention in the main Game Deals area. Here, it's pretty basic: DVDs and Blu-rays. When he polled about what to do with his threads, I voted for keeping the way things are and am a little annoyed that people keep asking, "Hey, any metric screwdrivers or laptops with triangular screens and warp capability?" He doesn't seem to mind, but then again, he's a Saint doing God's work in bringing us the deals he does. I would never impose upon him that way.

[cardsfan111]

Originally Posted by Trevor

Hopefully the voices will be heard and we can go back to the way it was. However, if the mods decide they have to keep the rules as is, just let someone else start half your threads for you punit. You can email one or two of us the details and we'll take turns being the thread starter.

We can just start a thread with the title and a note in the 1st post that says see post #2, punit can take over from there!

[Abob Teff]

DOD is DOA -- $34.86 now

[JWAR]

When is the 20% sale happening?

[old-boo-radley]

How often do they run B1G1 on Anchor Bay titles? Are the Bava sets always included? I don't want to get them on the 20% sale if they come on sale much cheaper often.