Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam
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Was Honey a legitimate money saving tool? Or just an affiliate marketing scam promoted by some of YouTube's biggest influencers?If you have any inside inform...

🖕 Fuck PayPal

And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.

  • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
    85·
    2 days ago

    Yeah I always wondered what the catch was? The CEO was always posting on Reddit trying to defend honey and how cool they were.

    Either way, I never trust any shopping deal plugins. The whole idea of them is sketchy.

    • Electric@lemmy.worldEnglish
      262·
      2 days ago

      Only shopping plugin I use is the one that comes with Edge. Surprisingly good to track price history and find other sites selling the product. I considered some Chrome plugin that displays an Amazon product’s country of origin to avoid Chinesium but apparently it didn’t work well or something like that from reading the reviews. Had some attached rewards function for shopping with it, ick.

      • ZC3rr0r@lemmy.caEnglish
        121·
        2 days ago

        It’s funny how Edge got lambasted for it when they introduced that feature, but it’s legitimately super helpful and non-invasive.

        • Electric@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          I had no idea it was, I don’t keep up with browser news. I just wish they didn’t migrate to Chromium. It became my main browser for a brief period before that.

          I just used it randomly when I was working and doing some shopping for a computer in my downtime and decided to try out the feature. That and the AI are super good when combo’ed to shop smart. Managed to save $800 off a quality laptop.

      • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
        12·
        2 days ago

        There’s a good one for Amazon called Keepa that shows you the price history of the item. Helps a ton keeping prices in check during sales like Prime Day to see how much you are actually saving, if anything.

        Also nice to see how much you could potentially save if you just wait for the next sale or if there was already a price decrease. Often times it looks like I’m good buying without waiting for any sale as the sales only knocked off a few dollars, at most.

        • Electric@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Thank you for the recommendation, looks neat. Tracking prices of different conditions is a nice touch. I’ll have to scrutinize it further when I make my next online purchases and chuck it into Edge as I made that my dedicated shopping browser.

    • reev@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      131·
      2 days ago

      https://keepa.com/#!

      I use this extension to get a general idea of whether a product usually goes for cheaper and whether or not to wait. Really conveniently on the Amazon page directly.

      • stardust@lemmy.caEnglish
        81·
        2 days ago

        Also pcpartpicker to track pc parts. Isthereanydeals for game prices.