Facebook Group FAQ

LatestDeals.co.uk has a Facebook Group with over 180,000 members. It is free to join and anyone can take part.

It is called the Latest Deals, Extreme Couponing and Bargains Group.

To join the group, visit the link above and press Join Group. Your application will then be reviewed.

The Facebook group has different rules to our website. Below, you can read our guidelines for the Facebook group:

• Why has my post or comment not been published?
• Why have I been removed from the group?
• Why am I unable to post on the group?

Ask yourself... Did I...?

• Post a freebie in our deals group (post it in our freebie group instead: ldeals.uk/lfs-group)
• Post a request for a discount code
• Self-promote
• Post a promo code
• Post a referral code or link
• Post an affiliate link
• Private Message another member
• Criticise another member
• Get in an argument
• Shame another member's purchase
• Post anything negative
• Facebook Live
• Post a competition link
• Post a deal to a cheap product of low value
• Post a deal to a low quality item
• Post a charity donation request
• ... More (read below)

If yes to any of the above, it breaks our group rules and zero-tolerance policy (and you may be banned without warning).

If no, there are other reasons why your post may not be published. Please read the reasons below.

This is an FAQ about our Facebook Group

Please read this if you're wondering why your post has not been published or deleted.

Every day our volunteer moderators sift through hundreds of posts and member requests. Every single one is manually reviewed. This takes time and we are unable to respond to individual posts to explain why it was not published.

Please do not write to our volunteer moderators on their personal Facebook accounts. If you have a question, you can share it here in the comments below.

Why was my post or comment not published?

The rules of the Facebook Group

There are more reasons why your post may have been deleted and not published. They include:

We just have too many

We receive hundreds of posts every day. Our volunteer mentors sift through them and try to post a balanced range of messages. It may simply be that on the day you shared it, there was already a large queue. If you feel your deal should have been posted, feel free to post it again.

Quality

The Latest Deals & Free Stuff Group seeks to be a place of useful and practical advice for saving money. We're looking for discussions which are helpful. We want quality not quantity.

Photos

We love to see your freebies, yellow sticker hauls and glitch success stories. However, we only post a selection of what we receive. This is because we do not want to fill our members' Facebook Newsfeeds with hundreds of photos. Again, we're looking for quality discussion.

Your photos should have a helpful explanation of how you got it and preferably with a link to the deal if it's online.

If we've received many photos of the same thing, we may not publish them all to avoid duplicates.

If you've shared a photo of your freebies, Amazon discounts from sites such as Vipon, price glitches etc., we may summarise them alongside those of other members.

Posts are not shared on the group in a first-come-first-serve basis. We seek to provide a mix of content so our members are not always seeing the same thing.

Other Deal Sites

Sometimes we do not accept links or mentions of other deal sites. This may be because they are competitors to Latest Deals, or because they have asked us not to mention them, or because they are on our naughty list for self-promotion, or many other reasons. These sites include but are not limited to:

• Vipon
• AMZReviews
• JDeals
• HotUKDeals
• BlastMyDeals
• JumpSend
• Elite Deals
• ... Anything similar

Negative Posts & Comments

Latest Deals is a positive community. We've seen first hand what happens to other groups and website when you allow negative people and feelings to foster. Any negative post and comment will be deleted and you may be banned. Positive, constructive feedback only.

'Greedy' Shaming

Again, we are a positive community encouraging deal hunting. Some bargain hunters love to get big hauls and to share their pictures. We want to be an open space where you are free to do this without fear of criticism. Negative criticism or 'greedy' shaming is not allowed and will result in an instant ban.

Naming & Shaming

The nature of deal hunting is that it operates in a morally grey area. Price glitches, freebies, coupon requests etc. The group aims to facilitate open discussion about such things without judgement. You're welcome to raise questions and share your point of view, but if any post names and shames specific members, has a negative standpoint e.g. You're all monsters! then your post will be deleted.

Donation Requests to Charity

Latest Deals has an official charity it supports which you can read about here. We are sorry that we are unable to help with any further charity requests, and politely ask that you do not ask other members for donations, nor post on any of our social media channels for donation requests. We wish you the best of luck on your fundraising efforts, and commend you on your campaign.

Private Messaging

Do not private message other members. If a member complains about you sending them a private message you will be immediately banned. Do not ask people to private message you. This is for your own safety and to maintain an enjoyable experience for all members.

Self Promotion & Referral Links

It's been mentioned above already, but let's say it again: Do not promote your own referral codes, links, blog posts, groups, products and services. To maintain quality and unbiased advice in the group we need to delete all such posts. You may be banned for doing this.

Banned Retailer

Companies sometimes reach out to members asking them to post deals in our group. This is not allowed. If they are found to do so all future posts about their deals are banned. Here is a list of naughty companies:

• Andoer
• Homgeek
• Ammoon
• Nux

If a company reaches out to you to promote a deal on our website or Facebook Group please tell us immediately - we may give you a nice points bonus as a thank you!

Who is an Admin in the Facebook Group?

You can see who the admins are by opening the group, navigating to "members" and at the top you'll see the names of admins and moderators. There will also be a badge next to their names every time they post.

We may get it wrong - Post a query here

Reviewing hundreds of posts a day is just a small team. It takes time and we may get it wrong. If you feel a post has been deleted by mistake, please contact us so we can investigate.