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[Bryant] She's not a bot! And actually it seems like she retired :(

[Bryant] Well, we definitely don't support anything that involves fraud. You'd be surprised about the stories that we hear and the lengths that people would go through to get a deal. For example: one time, a user suggested that users should distract the cashier and then punch in a discount code on the register. This is a no no.

However, when it comes to things like price mistakes and cancellations, I believe burden rests on the merchant to provide a good customer experience and ultimately it's their responsibility. Should everyone expect to get anything out of it? No. They shouldn't try to circumvent the system or attack some poor customer service rep on the other end of the line either...

That being said, if its a legitimate offer or policy (such as price matching a TV at Amazon) we're all for it.

[Bryant] One of the reasons is because we care about our editorial independence. We want to be able to post whatever deals we want. You'd be surprised about how many merchants will send us a cease and desist because someone posted something like a Pizza Hut coupon that was "designed for the email channel" only. It's the internet! Everyone's gonna share what they find.

The second reason is we don't have the staff or resources. Cashback is a huge issue when it comes to tech, security, customer service etc, especially when you deal with people's money. Right now, we want to be at arms length. That isn't to say that we aren't always considering our options and doing research about the feasibility of doing something like cashback in the future.

The giveaways are 100% legit. We (Slickdeals) actually purchase the prizes ourselves and ship them to the winners. You can see a list of past winners and prizes here as proof!

Nope, we absolutely has nothing to do with her. If we did, we'd want to post more useful and detailed information.

We actually reached out to her once to see if she wanted a tshirt.. swag, etc for posting so much and she even declined.

Then we thought she was a merchant shill, but after inspecting her posts, she posts deals from all sorts of different people.

We do know that she got deals from newsletters and merchant feeds though so she did have an edge up from mere "mortals"