[quote name='SickBoy']You could argue that, technically, acquiring the coupons is fraud, as to do so you're claiming to have purchased one of those products. There are no terms or conditions to redeeming it, but there are to its acquisition. Technically.
To j's point on RFD (I couldn't help but take a peek at that thread), I don't see anything worse here than abuse of the Amazon coupon -- in fact I'm probably more comfortable with this deal. That doesn't make him any less of an ass -- and I'm talking about his attitude, not his cross-posting of the deal.
As for "who's worse" I think there are good users on both forums. RFD has a much larger reach and that means anything posted there is gone quicker, which sucks for someone slow like me... but I don't like tarring them with the "they suck" brush... a lot of posters on that forum take issue with the same behaviours people on this forum attribute to RFD on the whole.
That being said, law of averages would also lead you to suspect that more of the jackasses who do do
really lame stuff (like clearing out every copy of a cheap game) or even delve into the illegal (like fraudulent returns at Wal-Mart, etc.) are probably from there than here -- whether it be as active posters or lurkers.[/quote]

Best post I've read in ages.
Why can't the rest of you make rational, coherent, concise arguments like that? I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that my sage, reasonable remarks would be met with the ubiquitous flurry of "gay jokes" over on RFD.
You're all awfully paranoid: Quick to attack - Quick To defend.
When I made my point about you guys not sharing I guess I was making a point about the "Firestorm" of controversy that erupted. I received a ludicrous amount of PMs with name-calling and threats, plus all the posts here with the requisite "what a dumbass!" remarks, led me to believe that this forum was represented by a large faction of people who didn't like to share. Because here I was, being chastised for sharing.
So what you're now saying is: you share. But if it's a really good deal, you do not share? I'm being serious. How do you decide whether or not to share it? After you've used it - then you share it? And the follow-up, if the few of you HATE RFD soooo much, then why are you members?
Lastly and most curiously, which one of you has MOD privliges over at RFD?
How did my legitimate, truthful, word-for-word copies of YOUR OWN Coupon post get taken down so quickly? I almost gave up! Very weird, very conflict-of-interesty. It's like a company taking stories exposing it, out of the newspaper it owns.
Well. I had my fun. Maybe next time you want to avoid a mess like this, just loosen your sphincters a little like SickBoy and get a big cup of Apathy to go. If you guys hadn't made such a big fuss in the first place I wouldn't have been able to get my Troll points.
Cheers.