Gems from TBB Comments – May 4-10, 2014

Quick post today singling out some comments from the past week. Having a great time in Charlotte and falling behind with the blogs but it’s all worth it. Got upgraded to a beautiful suite in the excellent Hyatt House downtown as I am Diamond for…two more days. At last, I got something right that required timing! Thanks to all the readers and their kind words. Looking forward to meet.

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May 4 post:

harvson3: I’m going to make a recommendation based on my opinion, and leave it out there. I think my opinion applies widely, given the variety of events out there.

If I was running a conference or gathering regarding this hobby, I would not invite as a featured presenter the author of MileValue. It has been demonstrated time and again that he purposefully deceives his readers with regard to the best credit card offers out there, and deletes comments pointing out better offers and his deceptions. It’s been demonstrated a sufficiently large number of times, in fact, so that “pulling an MV” or “becoming an MV” are both expressions (on this blog and elsewhere) meaning “lying to your readers in order to get more commissions.” (I’m not clear on which other blogs do this as or more flagrantly because I’m not a former reader of many other blogs.)

There’s lying by omission (e.g., not listing hotel loyalty credit cards that do not pay a commission) and there’s lying by deception (pointing readers to sign up for inferior offers, and hiding evidence of better offers). I think the former is poor behavior, and I think the latter is sleaze. I would not reward people who engage in the latter by giving them a bigger audience.

This comment was provoked by MV’s recent post about “airlines hide deals,” which already has comments deleted.

Edmund Burke: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” – Edmund Burke

Matt: [responding to ingy] The impression I get (and I understand it could be a trick here) is that you sold out your readers for cash. Have no qualms in taking money from various sources, and little care as to who is getting screwed over as long as you are getting paid.

You then go on to mock those who seek to enlighten the naive public about the antics that you and those you defend will use to line your own pockets at their expense, and do it in a bullying manner.

Don’t get me wrong, I am happy that you sold FTG and don’t think that is actually selling out, you can’t really control what they would do with the site – and if I was offered a similar package for Saverocity back in the day I would have been very happy with it too. However if the new owners had gone on to make things even more of a sham to sell cards rather than help people I would have buried my head in the sand and hidden, knowing that I was a sell out and that my good work had been used to convert people into $ with no regard for their well being, or if the information provided was accurate.

So, the biggest issue here Ingy, isn’t that you ‘sold’ it’s that you sold out your people and now spend your days heckling anyone that says this is wrong to do. You can scream this until your dying breath, but it won’t stop you being wrong and I think we both know it.

harvson3:  Quick summary for those too busy to read the extensive text blocks: