• vodka@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    That’s just one issue, there’s also the fact that they partner with stores to give worse coupons than are actually available, by letting them get affiliate money when doing so. And then advertising that they ALWAYS give you the best codes, while getting paid by stores not to do so…

    Theres also another video coming up with stores that have been screwed over by Honey getting hold of codes that are supposed to be hidden/limited. (though that’s honestly on the store, make your limited coupons actually limited to avoid this…) But he only teased this, there might be something wkse/more.

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      4 days ago

      Slightly scummy on the first front, but then again, if I knew the better codes, I’d just use them rather than use a browser extension.

      On the second front, that’s more the fault of companies not validating exclusive codes.

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        4 days ago

        Sure but when you advertise we well find you the best price available and you don’t cause the company paid you to give this lower coupon it is fraud.

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          4 days ago

          He mentions in the video that they stopped advertising that when the BBB brought it up with them.

          I think for this story, the timeline is paramount. What Honey used to be compared to what it became are worlds apart. Claims they made when they were just a coupon aggregator should be considered in a different light than claims once they started partnering with vendors