This was not my deal and I know it was not a deal for everyone but I'm flabbergasted that a moderator just decided it was a "joke" (official reason) on a whim and deleted it.
Thoughts and comments? Any moderator want to face up and explain? You can't delete a post just because you don't like it.
The deal was "Mercedes CLA Coupe for Only under $53,000"
Yes it was cute that some other models were incorrectly listed.
You missed, "In comparison to other cars".
You said
the title of the deal wasn't about the car
If the deal was actually about that car, the OP would have put the actual price, not "only under".
I fixed the deal to what it should have been, but the moderator deleted it.
Yep, that one was arguably a joke and moved to forums, fair enough. This one is hitlermod.
This is not a democracy
Riffing on my comment in the deal that was deleted by a mod that didn't like it:
A $50k Mercedes is deemed a "joke post" for being too expensive while people drive around in a $60k Prado without thinking twice.
As repeated in every $1000 headphone post, this is not OzPoverty.
The Prado won’t cost them a fortune in repairs or maintenance, so technically it is cheaper.
Where is this $53k CLA?
How was it a bargain though? It wasn't on sale.
Deal post also pointed to a specific dealer, not MB Australia.
All the up-votes were the usual ones just doing it as a joke, they weren't because it was a deal as such.
And really, aren't there worse things to worry about? Over the last week I've caught out at least a handful of deals that were blatantly sockpuppeting, and my reports had them deleted and banned.
Hell if I was a mod I'd be chatting to the rest of the team about your username - having something which targets another member shouldn't be allowed.
As I said, there's bigger things to worry about than a joke post.
I am closing this thread as "pointless". Here's what happened. All time are in AEST:
9:46AM — a moderator responded the reports by unpublishing the deal as "joke post", which is correct considering the only content in the deal post was:
Grab yourself a bargain by picking the the cla coupe when compared to other makes
9:58AM — you created a TWAM questioning why moderators deleted the deal on a whim.
Due to this public post, the moderators now refuse to reply your TWAM and deal with you. I am only replying here because of there are now 2 reports on this post. However as I have now listed out the sequence of event and the reason why that Mercedes "deal" was unpublished, consider this forum post "answered".
As of your comment here
This one is hitlermod
I'll also give you a public warning of personal attack here. Moreover if you do not like the moderation here, you know where to find the button to deactivate your account.
It was pretty clear that it was a joke post, the title of the deal wasn't about the car, it was a reference to the $10m other cars, hence being a joke. If the OP wanted to make it a real deal, they would have put the actual price and actual link.