STOP!!! Using [GET] Coupons for "Limitied" Free Available - THEN - Switch OR Trick Members by Offering PAID Coupons in [GET] Threads

[bluenose10]

Big deal...

A new rule that should be brought in on the BBHF is unless you've been a member for over 1 year then no bitching and moaning, remember this forum has been going many years and the admin do a good job.

Focus on the good things about this great forum, stop worrying about what others are doing and concentrate on yourself making money.

[Omni Potens]

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Cheers,
DD

[Techside]

I reckon F4LT should have a time limit attached to it so people know exactly when this is going to become fully paid so ie free till a certain date and so forth.

[Sumiko]

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[quote='Normal' pid='1133468' dateline='1423546884']Some of these idiots try to get around the rules by posting 10 free coupons in the F4LT section and then writing something like "When those are gone go here" and then posting a discount thread right below it that leads directly to their Udemy course page instead of a BBHF post in the Udemy discount section like it should. [/quote]

you are welcome to send me a message once a person provides 10 free coupons only to create a discount code, that's actually disrespectful and can be dealt with...

we already closed 2 threads of a person who asked for reps and a PM to get a coupon (a person which wasn't a udemy instructor by the way)... he also got a warning.
[/quote]Thank you citizenkane but what if they provide 11 free coupons and then go to discount coupons? What if the number of free coupons is unspecified and we don't know how many free coupons they are offering BBHF members? My point is that no matter how many free coupons they are offering they must not be allowed to use BBHF to drive traffic to their Udemy landing page by posting a [Get] or a [F4LT] in their title on the F4LT section and then posting a discount coupon in the same thread. If they want to provide a discount coupon they should follow the rules and post it in the Udemy discount section. I don't even think they should be allowed to do that without having to buy a BSO but those are the rules so if BBHF is going to be so generous to them they should at least follow the rules and post their discount coupons in the Udemy discount section and not in the same thread they posted their F4LT course. Now this next part is important so please be sure to read this. If Udemy is allowed to post discount threads in the F4LT section and advertise their thread as a F4LT [Get] then that will drive traffic to that thread because people will flock to it for the F4LT course. Here is 1 of 2 problems. It is an unethical bait ans switch marketing tactic that is being run on BBHF members and makes us look like fools but here is the 2nd problem. If the Udemy instuctor is allowed to post a discount link in the F4LT section directly to his landing page and not to the BBHF discount section it will increase his Google ranking at our expense. BBHF members are being tricked into clicking on their links and that is giving them massive link juice and we are all being duped. BBHF should make a tool out of Udemy for BBHF members to use. But thanks to the naive Udemy groupies on BBHF Udemy has now turned the once proud members of BBHF members into tools for Udemy.

[Sumiko]

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[/quote]That's good to hear but you're going to have to start banning a lot of people, some with thousands of rep points. There are now noobs on BBHF that have nothing but Udemy shares with nearly 10,000 reps or more who do this. What about members who post free Udemy courses that are available to everyone and drive traffic to their threads by falsely claiming they are F4LT as a way to farm rep points? Which is expressly forbidden in the rules by the way.

[Moremucho4666]

Congratulations on running this amazing forum!!!. Some food for thought. I am, admittedly a noob with no rep, and who just happen to stumble into the forum a couple of months ago; except that I just happen to notice something strange. Today, I re-clicked on some old free coupons links where a month or so ago I got sold-out messages in red letters and the courses' price remained unchanged. Then, I retried a few more. On a few of them, I am still getting the coupon xyz sold-out message with no price change. However, on others I was now getting the $10 AMAZE1010 campaign price (which BTW expires tomorrow). This is pure speculation on my part, but it appears to me that right now the UDEMY site themselves may be experimenting with bait and switch ???. Incidentally, I bought what I needed to buy regardless of price, and then I did "bite" going on a spending spree... Thanks for reading, and keep up the great work!