Comments on: I Won The Irish/English Sweepstakes! http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/i-won-the-irishenglish-sweepstakes.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:15:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mmb http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/i-won-the-irishenglish-sweepstakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-788 mmb Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:15:11 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=261#comment-788 Fascinating! They are realy getting better aren't they? It almost sounded like you had actually WON. As opposed to the whole "You could already be a winner. Call us to find out." And then you call and they try to sell you magazine subscriptions... Everytime I get one of these direct mails or email I think of that Jerry Seinfeld bit where he says, "Just once I would like to receive a mail that says YOU HAVE MOST CERTAINLY LOST." Fascinating! They are realy getting better aren’t they? It almost sounded like you had actually WON. As opposed to the whole “You could already be a winner. Call us to find out.” And then you call and they try to sell you magazine subscriptions…

Everytime I get one of these direct mails or email I think of that Jerry Seinfeld bit where he says, “Just once I would like to receive a mail that says YOU HAVE MOST CERTAINLY LOST.”

]]> By: nickel http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/i-won-the-irishenglish-sweepstakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-785 nickel Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:08:52 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=261#comment-785 How exactly are pf bloggers scammers? If anything, writing about, referencing, and linking to other articles is beneficial for the authors of said articles, as it draws attention to their work and drives traffic to their sites. It also improves *their* search engine rankings far more than your own. Actually, this sort of writing, linking, etc. goes on in all areas of the web... That's why they call it a *web*. And believe me, for the vast majority of bloggers (personal finance or otherwise) that are using AdSense, the payout barely covers the associated costs (primarily hosting). People generally do this because it interestes them, not because it's a great way to get rich quick. Besides, if jim (or anyone else) really wanted to make big money at this, he'd have a slew of posts on topics such as mesothelioma rather than writing about things like an amusing spam that he received. Bottom line: If you don't like it a particular site (or a general category of sites), do yourself a favor and don't visit it/them. <a href="http://www.fivecentnickel.com/" rel="nofollow">fivecentnickel.com</a> How exactly are pf bloggers scammers? If anything, writing about, referencing, and linking to other articles is beneficial for the authors of said articles, as it draws attention to their work and drives traffic to their sites. It also improves *their* search engine rankings far more than your own. Actually, this sort of writing, linking, etc. goes on in all areas of the web… That’s why they call it a *web*. And believe me, for the vast majority of bloggers (personal finance or otherwise) that are using AdSense, the payout barely covers the associated costs (primarily hosting). People generally do this because it interestes them, not because it’s a great way to get rich quick. Besides, if jim (or anyone else) really wanted to make big money at this, he’d have a slew of posts on topics such as mesothelioma rather than writing about things like an amusing spam that he received. Bottom line: If you don’t like it a particular site (or a general category of sites), do yourself a favor and don’t visit it/them.
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]]> By: jim http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/i-won-the-irishenglish-sweepstakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-784 jim Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:40:22 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=261#comment-784 I just thought it was funny... most of my articles don't just reference other articles, the other articles stimulate some sort of thought on my part. I'm not just slapping some lipstick on someone else's girl and passing it off as my own. The word phishing appears in this post <strong>once</strong> and that's only because last time when I wrote a satirical post, some readers didn't realize I was kidding around. Also, if you look at "news articles," a lot of them are just pulled from Reuters or Associated Press news pools anyway so maybe you should ask them to stop stealing from the pools. :) I just thought it was funny… most of my articles don’t just reference other articles, the other articles stimulate some sort of thought on my part. I’m not just slapping some lipstick on someone else’s girl and passing it off as my own.

The word phishing appears in this post once and that’s only because last time when I wrote a satirical post, some readers didn’t realize I was kidding around.

Also, if you look at “news articles,” a lot of them are just pulled from Reuters or Associated Press news pools anyway so maybe you should ask them to stop stealing from the pools. :)

]]> By: PF Idiot http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/i-won-the-irishenglish-sweepstakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-783 PF Idiot Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:23:04 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=261#comment-783 You PF bloggers are shameful. This is stupid post - we all get shit email like this and ignore it - why do we care you got this. I'll tell you why . . . it's another opportunity to publish keywords like "avoid phishing scams" to try to improve your search engine placement. Pathetic. Sorry to rant, but most of you PF bloggers are scammers . . . you reference other articles where people actually took the effort to write something original, add your personal comments, and try to make some AdSense money. Produce something! Stop stealing! You PF bloggers are shameful. This is stupid post – we all get shit email like this and ignore it – why do we care you got this. I’ll tell you why . . . it’s another opportunity to publish keywords like “avoid phishing scams” to try to improve your search engine placement. Pathetic.

Sorry to rant, but most of you PF bloggers are scammers . . . you reference other articles where people actually took the effort to write something original, add your personal comments, and try to make some AdSense money. Produce something! Stop stealing!

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