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I used Sprig a lot in the end of 2014 when I had to say at the office late due to DDoS attacks, but I have no use for it otherwise. I received a poorly penned u

by cft 11y ago

I used Sprig a lot in the end of 2014 when I had to say at the office late due to DDoS attacks, but I have no use for it otherwise. I received a poorly penned up email from a recent Berkeley MBA graduate, working for Sprig. It asked to give Sprig another chance and offered the first $20 credit. I used up that credit on basically a single lunch $13+ tax +$2.75 delivery fee. Then suddenly I received a push notification with another $20 credit the next day! Then since I liked that game I invited my dev phone to Sprig and got another $10... With Lyft, I actually received $150 in credit total. I picked a coupon for $50 at SoMa food park. Then I received $50 credit for my 5 star rating, and then suddenly my dev phone also received the same $50 credit since it had a dormant Lyft account that I only used in 2014: apparently it had a perfect 5 star rating too.

askafriend 11y ago
Time to rig up all my dev phones...heh. This is awesome, and kind of crazy. That's so much money to be spending on user acquisition. There's no way even traditional restaurants spend $50+ on customer acquisition. Sprig's margins must be ultra slim. I too have gotten many many free meals from Sprig.
spydertennis 11y ago
Violating the limit 1 per customer policy is stealing. EDIT: I wasn't going to engage but with this many downvotes I feel obligated to explain myself. Like I commented below, I'm not trying to tell you how to act. I merely wanted to point out that just because it's easy doesn't make it not wrong. As a group of people who actually run their own companies I would expect us to know better.
- chm 11y ago
  Is it stealing if the company gives you the coupons? They could have detected that his account already benefited from a 50$ rebate, no?
  - spydertennis 11y ago
    Look, I'm not the ethical police or anything, but I think it clearly is.
    - cft 11y ago
      I had a second phone with an existing dormant Lyft account that I have used in the past, and I involuntarily received a promotion on that phone, in addition to my active phone. Both phones were configured with the same payment method by the way, same name, same card. How is this stealing? With Sprig, I invited my second dev phone as an experiment, but I have never used the remaining credit- I simply have very little use for their service. And I can prove that. How is that stealing? I think you should be careful laying anonymous accusations.
    - chm 11y ago
      I wasn't dismissing your point of view, but I still think they could have easily made due diligence and verified if the account already had used a coupon.
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  - spydum 11y ago
    it's still stealing if the anti-theft mechanisms in the store don't go off, right? Terms of Service likely stipulate this sort of thing. Just because they aren't enforced with technology doesn't make it legal.
    - dave2000 11y ago
      I don't understand how breaking a private organisation's terms of service makes you a criminal. As a taxpayer I don't give a shit what any business's TOS are, and I don't think a penny of my money should be spent enforcing them. Enforce them technically or stfu; it's not my problem and none of my concern. Someone gets too many free vouchers from some retarded dot-bubble startup's shitty software and suddenly I'm forking out for the cops and judges to get involved? I don't fucking think so! Get me on a jury for one of those cases please!
- JamesBarney 11y ago
  We already have a term for what he did, he broke the terms of service. That was clearly laid out in his comment. I don't think you added any new information to it. I think you are getting down voted because he explained the entire situation, and you generalized it in a way that strips his actions of context. For instance if someone told me your were a thief, I would instantly form a poor opinion of you. However I would form a very different opinion if I knew the reason you were a thief was because you posted your bike on craigslist, and then broke the terms of service by re-posting those pictures elsewhere. Thus anyone who introduces you as a thief is doing you and communication a disservice.

by cft 11y ago

askafriend 11y ago

Time to rig up all my dev phones...heh. This is awesome, and kind of crazy. That's so much money to be spending on user acquisition. There's no way even traditional restaurants spend $50+ on customer acquisition. Sprig's margins must be ultra slim. I too have gotten many many free meals from Sprig.

spydertennis 11y ago

Violating the limit 1 per customer policy is stealing. EDIT: I wasn't going to engage but with this many downvotes I feel obligated to explain myself. Like I commented below, I'm not trying to tell you how to act. I merely wanted to point out that just because it's easy doesn't make it not wrong. As a group of people who actually run their own companies I would expect us to know better.

chm 11y ago
Is it stealing if the company gives you the coupons? They could have detected that his account already benefited from a 50$ rebate, no?
- spydertennis 11y ago
  Look, I'm not the ethical police or anything, but I think it clearly is.
  - cft 11y ago
    I had a second phone with an existing dormant Lyft account that I have used in the past, and I involuntarily received a promotion on that phone, in addition to my active phone. Both phones were configured with the same payment method by the way, same name, same card. How is this stealing? With Sprig, I invited my second dev phone as an experiment, but I have never used the remaining credit- I simply have very little use for their service. And I can prove that. How is that stealing? I think you should be careful laying anonymous accusations.
  - chm 11y ago
    I wasn't dismissing your point of view, but I still think they could have easily made due diligence and verified if the account already had used a coupon.
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- spydum 11y ago
  it's still stealing if the anti-theft mechanisms in the store don't go off, right? Terms of Service likely stipulate this sort of thing. Just because they aren't enforced with technology doesn't make it legal.
  - dave2000 11y ago
    I don't understand how breaking a private organisation's terms of service makes you a criminal. As a taxpayer I don't give a shit what any business's TOS are, and I don't think a penny of my money should be spent enforcing them. Enforce them technically or stfu; it's not my problem and none of my concern. Someone gets too many free vouchers from some retarded dot-bubble startup's shitty software and suddenly I'm forking out for the cops and judges to get involved? I don't fucking think so! Get me on a jury for one of those cases please!
JamesBarney 11y ago
We already have a term for what he did, he broke the terms of service. That was clearly laid out in his comment. I don't think you added any new information to it. I think you are getting down voted because he explained the entire situation, and you generalized it in a way that strips his actions of context. For instance if someone told me your were a thief, I would instantly form a poor opinion of you. However I would form a very different opinion if I knew the reason you were a thief was because you posted your bike on craigslist, and then broke the terms of service by re-posting those pictures elsewhere. Thus anyone who introduces you as a thief is doing you and communication a disservice.