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Hi guys, have many people come to LatestDeals from HUKD due to the introduction of allowing companies to post deals?
This site looks good!
Hi thank you for joining Latest Deals! I saw that the site that shall not be named 
started to allow companies to post deals alongside normal member deals... and can understand how they may not be to everyone's taste.
A few years ago they did a big site re-design and destroyed the comping community there too. Many members moved over to Latest Deals at that time too. We continue to grow and are at 2 million members 
I hope you enjoy Latest Deals and if you have any questions please do just ask!
Tom please don't go down that route. Learn from you know who's mistake
. We like not having businesses uploading deals
I used to use "the other site" but never been back since i came here which was over a year ago now i think!
I find LD so much better. The members are super people and admin are great. Im probably on LD far too much if im honest 
Hi MadeInBeats
welcome on LD sorry to hear you’re had bad experience there .i did read this comment earlier I was waiting but no one mentioned we only allowed to amend deal price 5% here too.similar thing happened to me I posted voucher Lloyd’s pharmacy I made mistake for adding extra o in code no one told me I thought problem on site but i received notifications for expire my voucher I wrote comment in no one reply as they might be busy other user posted correctly so for got 4 likes.user can tell other user here but they don’t totally different here user wait when someone deal will go expire then they will repost it I hope LD Team should make some rules too within on month if deals goes expired other user tell Original deal poster rather then post a deal themselves other site user tell deal poster stock available please check. here totally different once my Lacoste perfume deal went expired same day within 10 minutes other user posted they were allowed still on boots page as a expired both deals posted same day I hope after reading my comments LD team will make some changes I apologise if I wrote something wrong thanks
Hi Jasmine111. Thanks for that. I'm starting to find my way around here. I actually just did a test on HUKD after my suspension expired. I reposted a deal by the 'expert' member in question in my situation, because the price on the item had dropped more than 5% since he originally posted.
Now, as the 5% rule was applied to me (my post expired in favour of the new 'experts' one) was the 'experts' post expired in favour my repost? What do you think LOL. But don't worry, they absolutely assure me there's no favouritism or corrupt moderation on there 
MadeInBeats i wrote here‘s rules we only allowed 5% price change I only like the way there users tell deal poster when product come back in stock. here no one favourite all same here.i hope you’re enjoying here take care 
MadeInBeats another person reposted one of my deals because someone added a code to the add info. There was no need for a repost. The mods didn't care either and probably because im not one of their favourite people. The decisions were always against me as if they had a grudge or something
Thats what I am doing TBH some cracking deals on the home page here that are not on that site!
Welcome to LD. I've never used the other site, but I've seen quite a few negative comments here about it from members.
The moderators on hotukdeals can be awful and very unfair with their own agenda. I'd put comments into many threads giving my opinion, never abusive always polite but you get so many keyboard warriors on that site who write abusive comments and the moderation is terrible. Instead of just deleting the abusive comments it often seems like moderators act unprofessionally.
In cycle threads I've pointed out issues like how marginal the gains are in speed when you buy an expensive bike vs a more reasonably priced bike often just a few seconds over a kilometre and the huge expense of maintaining such bikes too compared to cheaper bikes. Such comments were not popular with some moderators there.
Anyway its pointless writing comments there just for a moderator to delete them without reason so don't write many comments on hotukdeals nowadays.
Hotukdeals is a German site I believe despite the name, Pepper company or something like that. It presents itself as a community but clearly a very commercial company focused on revenue.
I have to say though still a better source of deals than Latestdeals purely because of their up and down voting system which brings the real deals to the top of the page. Still hoping Latestdeals will do that in the future and hopefully then this site will become more popular than hotukdeals.
Well, HUKD used to be a U.K. company though later on was sold to Pepper, if I recall correctly.
They even had a For Sale section, but since they couldn't get any commission they axed it.
I've swapped sides as HUKD is getting like the police. You can't have a good laugh and joke like you could years ago. If you post something that doesn't suit them, then you get this lovely message. Just a courtesy message to let you know you might notice a comment you made in the below thread missing as it was quoting a deleted comment. We tend to tidy a thread up when this happens or else comment replies do not make sense and it just messes with the flow of discussion. Latest Deals have a better laid out website that covers everything to help its members. Since joining i've got some really good bargains. 
Me! Been a member since 2009. Had various run-ins with mods over there the last couple of years over unfair, bias treatment. Today, one of their paid 'expert' posters basically stole one of my deals.
Posted the same deal as me not even 24 hours after at a lower price. Instead of allowing me to update the price on my original post (and me pointing out to mods I had already posted it), the mods unceremoniously expired it in favour of their paid expert's re-posting!!!
Pretty sure I'm not out of order taking issue with that. 
Not the "Hope it helps someone" expert?
I used to use that phrase, but I hate it since it's been overused so much to death with everything.
I don’t like the some of negativity on HUKD site where people vote an offer either + or -.
Although I have nothing to do with HUKD and rarely visit - I actually think that allowing negative ratings to deals gives the overall rating more validity.
Furthermore, as far as I know, as there is no reward for rating it doesn't encourage people to rate for no other reason than a reward.
Must be honest and say I take no notice of how many likes some things get on LD - I decide for myself as to whether it's a good or bad deal.
davidstockport To be fair members (I'm no longer one for over 2 years ) do actually give their opinions on deals often with a degree of knowledge . My biggest moan about LD is that members ( apart from me) rarely if ever give an opinion on a deal (apart from Aww my mum ,dad ,sister ,husband , dog etc would soooo love this 
) . Just for the points (and isn't it obvious !) .
I left the other site as most of the deals were games ,vinyls etc (always for 5p off a previous (often the same hour )) posting !
Since joining Latest Deals I have been totally frustrated by members using it to solely earn points . Rarely , if ever ,do we get a constructive opinion on a deal (unless I do ) . Missing a great opportunity to help members by validating (or not ) the numerous posts for points .
Honestly I would love to see "don't likes " But . Sadly members on here post non deals solely for points - not for kudos , so posters know they are posting non deals and would not be deterred by negative likes .
To be fair the business model appears to work for the site and to their credit the LD founders always seem to take note of my comments (tough rarely act on them )
Well, here they give you "heat" or nothing. S'pose it beats dragging deals thru the floor when they may be good, but without any heat.
Been around since 2016 ish when it was called Pedlar, but I registered on LD as a user mentioned it.
I still visit HUKD albeit as a guest. Too much censorship and Twitter-like nonsense over there.
Latest Deals could learn a lot from that site on what to do and what not to do ! Whatever the business model (Profit !) runs the roost . That's why as a member of Latest Deals I regularly ! add my opinion - hope it's useful ? Trouble is members on here , gaily posting rubbish just for the points never dare voice their opinions (if they actually have any 
) .
Golfforall We're singing from the same hymn sheet, I rarely comment on deals (I rarely use the like tab either). It's easy to see who the dodgy points gatherers are I sometimes wonder why the LD team permit some of them to rip them off.
I wish I could find it again but I saw one member commenting on a deal with something like "I've nothing to say about this deal but I want the points". He was one of the trolls from HUKD who came here just over a year ago when they got rid of the trouble makers. (some didn't delete their accounts they were banned).
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It is very difficult for the LD team to monitor the comments on deals and I urge others who see such things to report them, I just wish I had.
I'm afraid members are their own worst enemy . Daren't say "Boo to the golden goose " in case they get barred an lose their precious Amazon points !
However , despite being outspoken and critical of Latest Deals on multiple occasions I'm sure they appreciate honest feedback . I'm sure they must get totally fed up with the fawning from members (which means nothing in a business sense ).
AS members we have to help and report . Latest Deals have the business plan that employs a minimum amount of people and replaces them with a "very ropey " algorithm with moderation and deal posting "bots" . Totally obvious to those of us with functional minds , but the "points for posting " majority of members seem to oblivious (or NFI) to the fact ?
That's the business model and it seems to work for Latest Deals - who am I to argue .
Golfforall I feel sorry for some of them if they need to lie and cheat to gain a few points, it appears some push things to the absolute limit. They might not realise they could be killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
I visit both sites I do not care where the deal comes from, what matters is that we all are getting the best deals & 2 sites are better than one.
nissan3 agreed. I tend to find better Amazon deals here while other retailers over there.
Dalton95 the comment section on there looks weird now. They turned it to how it's on Reddit.
Joeydeacon (maybe misspelled his username) posted a lot of foreign PSN deals and after much criticism he deleted his account, but it was undeleted and then deleted again.
I particularly don't like foreign PSN deals as it requires multiple accounts although the criticism he got was excessive.
joeydeacon LD doesn't seem very focused on gaming and I'm thankful because I'd rather see non-gaming deals.
Anyway, good to see you around.
I love this site it’s helping me make an extra £10 or so a month and I’m finding some great deals and chat topics. I love it
Came here first for competitions and noticed that I was getting rewards as well . Love the sense of community and eclecticism. Like a one stop shop. I recently joined HOTUK after reading about it here but have not used it much if at all as yet.
SandraFitton if it wasn't thanks to LD I'd never have been aware of a deal on a tower power strip with 12 slots for £13~15 (price slightly reduced when on offer) and this has been extremely helpful.
PhilipMarc it is extremely helpful, I have 5 children, one of which is severely mentally disabled. This helps me find deals for Xmas presents, I tend to start in January for Xmas as Xmas can be very expensive
PhilipMarc I was saying the same thing to my family. You won’t see Christmas lights outside many homes this year. 
PhilipMarc this is very true, the way finances are for everyone, I think everyone will feel the pressure this year, I’m thinking of putting gas & electric on my Xmas list 
Just come from the other site. Some political activists have abused the site to re-post the same political literature again and again. Certain re-posts of political books sold on Amazon such as "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine " have been posted almost on a weekly basis since Oct 7. It will generate over 2000 degrees of heat very quickly even though there is no deal. Not hard to figure out why. How many times can you post the same book ?
The same is true for other products such as Palestinian dates which get over 2000 degrees of heat even though it's only a 15 % price reduction. Go figure
After a while, it gets a bit heated with arguments at which point HUKD stop any further comments but the post is still visible and generated even more unwarranted heat. HUKD does not give you the choice to block this type of content.
Yesterday some sad desperate activist even tried some mental gymnastics to twist a simple deal regarding an olive tree from Homebase into a political point about Palestine. He failed and the mods quickly deleted the post.
I know it's not a nice thing to say but I feel there is a lot of anti-semitism on HUKD. I have told them again and again but the mods don't do really do much.
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