I've been checking OzBargain all day, every day recently, and am curious to know how often others consume their deal digest. Please select the option that most closely matches your habits.
This poll from 2015 offers a comparison between now and eight years ago. :)
Edit // This comment by scotty outlines an important point:
Poll is actually a bit flawed. How many "weekly" or "monthly" users will actually discover this poll in the forums and actually vote on it?
Every few seconds when alive.
How often do you check when not alive?
Less often.
The pursuit of bargains is compelling and all-consuming.
Going to have to run the poll a fair while to pick up those monthlys
Too often. With irony being that I rarely actually purchase anything.
But I don’t want to miss out. You know, just in case.
I’m just here’s for the lols half the time
Bargains r just a bonus
Answered the poll within 21mins of it being posted if that is any indication.
Had to turn off my last seen status as I was just always online
I hit F5 with every breath
Sometimes I close my OzBargain tab, only to open a new tab and instinctively type in the OzBargain url.
instinctively type in the OzBargain url
All I do is type the 'O' key and press enter
Autofill does the rest
On my phone I have the ozbargain home page set up as an icon on Home Screen.
1 click and it takes me straight there.
Optimisation brah
close your ozb tab?
whatever for?
I close OzBargain whenever I need to get work done
And without fail open it back up 5 seconds later out of sheer habit without even realising it
there's a comfort in having ozb as a pinned tab - it's always there, like an instant-deploy safety blanket
ozbargain?
never heard of it
Poll is actually a bit flawed. How many "weekly" or "monthly" users will actually discover this poll in the forums and actually vote on it?
Gigachad Admin coming in and telling OP that their poll is dodge.
Where is the way to bloody often option?
Whenever I open a new tab it's the default page. Otherwise I might forget for days at a time and miss out on good deals ways to waste money/time.
Absolute bargain FOMO.
I learnt from a few random checks in the middle of the night and getting awesome deals that I need to be checking Ozbargain more.
It definitely helps with being financially irresponsible.
yes
When i wake up
When i go toilet
On breaks
After breaks
During work
After Work
When i'm idle some where
When i'm not idle some where
Lets be honest, if you have a desk job if you're not refreshing every 10 minutes you're doing it wrong.
pro tip - use a browser (vivaldi here) that has an auto-tab-refresh option
As often as every single minute, for the true FOMOists
Just ask Scotty nicely lol
Every couple of hours or so - but however often I check it is clearly not often enough as half the time the deals I am interested in have expired by the time I see them.
There needs to be an option for "every 2/3 days"
I only check the daily emails - am I doing it wrong?
I want to stop checking the forums - it's too time consuming and has nothing to do with finding bargains. But the only way I can stop, is to not read the email.
Me too, then go to the forum's posts mentioned in that email if they interest me.
Exactly what I do
I'm too curious and need to have a peak at almost all of them…. next thing I'm in a 3-day debate :(
I check the forums (selected subjects) most days, I have only minimal interest in the bargains or competitions.
hey man… got any more of those deals man… I just need one more. last one, promise.
Depends whar you mean by check ozbargain? Unless I'm actively looking for something in particular, I'll just check the daily email and that's it really.
It depends. Sometimes it's constantly throughout the day, other times I can go weeks or months without it
Gotta say OB is kind of addiction to me. Whenever I openned my phone or laptop, this is my first stop (before FB, YT or …work)
I usually check the front page deals once daily on weekdays, but I don't check on weekends unless there's something I'm looking for.
Depends how much 'play' money I have. If I've got money to burn I'll be checking the site more often.
Generally I'll check the website a few times a day. If it's during a big sale e.g. Black Friday/Prime Day I'll be checking hourly.
I constantly press f5 to refresh comments
As usual… every 5 min :)
way too often…need stop wont stop.
Constantly, like 3-8 times a day in a work day, which makes it all the more frustrating when a new deal comes up since last time I refreshed, and it's already expired or out of stock. getting Ozbargained is a real phenomenon.
every hour, i heckin love consooming
Every 1500 seconds
Thanks for asking. Cheers.