Comments on: Coupon Code: GETTINGFUCKED

By: bradmkjr

bradmkjr — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:32:01 +0000

Those are the times I go looking to see if they have an affiliate program. Then buy the stuff through my own links. That way I know I’m at least not paying full retail.

Bradford Knowlton
http://x86v.com

By: Garrett

Garrett — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:30:39 +0000

This happened to me twice recently, but I actually got lucky both times and quickly found 10% off coupons via Google. One coupon was expired, but the cart still accepted it (saved me ~$150 on a conference).

I often wonder why more companies don’t conditionally display these fields. In my case, both companies lost profit$ b/c I simply saw the promocode field and went Googling for a code. What if the company conditionally displayed (and pre-filled) the box for anyone coming in via a coupon site aff link or special promo email?…then they could save profit$ on all of their organic traffic (they also should get a boost in conversion rate by limiting pissed off customers like quads). I guess if you do tons of offline mktg, the conditional could cause some issues, but you could always post a different url on your offline collateral (ie. site.com/promo).

Just my $.02.

By: underworld

underworld — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:47:58 +0000

this is nearly as bad as having to confirm every fcking item added to the shopping cart when you plan on building 3 pc’s out of 10+ components

By: Can’t Find a Coupon Code? at Train Thoughts

Can’t Find a Coupon Code? at Train Thoughts — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:02:38 +0000

[...] There’s a little riff on SEO Black Hat about abandoning a shopping cart when they display a coupon code box and you don’t have one. I have to say, while I wouldn’t use the language he does, that. Yes. I totally do a search for the coupon code when I see that box. Then I always find an expired code. And. Abandon my shopping cart because I think I could be getting a better deal. You’re not alone. [...]

By: bl.asphemo.us

bl.asphemo.us — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:53:45 +0000

You certainly have a point.

Doesn’t mean you’re not totally fucking crazy beside the fact.

By: threehundred

threehundred — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:33:43 +0000

Same thing happened to me just 2 days ago, trying to buy a Pingdom account.

When I first read the title, I thought you were giving away coupons for some exotic massage parlor, haha.

By: eugene-uk

eugene-uk — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:16:35 +0000

Only a moron won’t feel fucked in cases like that.
Let’s fuck them too!
check out:
retailmenot . com
This really pays off, e.g. I got Avis car for a week and had a 70% off the price (employee coupon).

By: groneg

groneg — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:56:51 +0000

Shit this just happened yesterday when I was paying for some traffic thru Looksmart — I thought paying 3 days advance AND the lack of coupon code was the dealbreaker.