How did you find RFD?

[Jon Lai]

Believe it or not, my dad first told me about RFD. Then, on a boring Sunday afternoon, I started looking and decided to join!

How about you?

[AzN_RiverdaleCI]

24, newspaper.

[DJXP]

I found out about it from isonewz. I used to know about fatwallet already and a lot of their us coupons for office depot worked for us here :). Anyways one day someone posted a bunch of candian sites that were like fatwallet, since a lot of canadians there were getting frustrated at the US only deals being posted, rfd was the only one that appealed to me so I joined :)

[Spidey]

Friend in my office told me about it I think the day it showed up. Was s guest for awhile, didnt join offically for a few months

[cmge]

found it from another forum called thecomputermechanics.com .. i havent been there in ages since RFD has consumed me.. :)

[UrbanPoet]

bought something off some guy on hofo...
Then he mentioned some other great site for buying and selling stuff.
So then i joined RFD to buy and sell my used goods.

For the longest time i thought RFD was just a buying/selling site...
Then i realized there was offtopic.

Then many yrs later i realized it was for deals.

[vrus]

I honestly... don't remember >:(

[yao416]

I think I was googling for psp and RFD popped up O_O!! LOL

[Rehan]

Then many yrs later i realized it was for deals. Imagine that... RedFlagDeals for deals! :idea:
:cheesygri

[CanadaBoy]

Imagine that... RedFlagDeals for deals! :idea:
:cheesygri

15,399 Posts :O

One more till you hit 15,400!

[MkmBandit]

I found out about RFD via HoFo. Now RFD is my homepage, and HoFo is lost somewhere in my bookmarks under the p0rn category. http://speakfree.ca/forums/images/smilies/shifty.gif

[DJXP]

Then many yrs later i realized it was for deals.

You mean you found out earlier today :cheesygri

[Keelie]

a friend of mine recommended it to me and i've been here since! :)

RFD is the site i visit most often, and at times the only site i browse in a day.

EDIT: Hah! i just realized this was a new forum!

[smuncky]

24, newspaper.


same here. i kept seeing the "deals" thing near the back and thought id check out the site one day.

[monty613]

I worked at Future Shop in Home Theatre awhile back when I was going to school. A customer came in with scans of our Boxing Day flyer before any employees had even seen it!

I've been hooked since then!

[nsx]

It was a pure accidental encounter when "googling" for an extra "$20 off $200" Staples coupon for a notebook purchase back in 2005. :)

[rchong]

I was googling for computer part reviews and I stumbled upon pric3n3twork. A few months later I saw someone posted something about "RFD" and decided to google it. I then stopped going to pric3n3twork and then began my daily visits to RFD. It's just too addicting... :|

[Ryan]

Derek told me he had created a webpage.

[wilson.311]

bought something off some guy on hofo...
Then he mentioned some other great site for buying and selling stuff.
So then i joined RFD to buy and sell my used goods.

For the longest time i thought RFD was just a buying/selling site...
Then i realized there was offtopic.

Then many yrs later i realized it was for deals.

+1

Totally agree with this LOL~ :lol:

Plus the fact that hofo bans 90% of its members, i fed up with this and start loving RFD~

[yao416]

Hehe just noticed this was a new forum niceee ;)

[bokep]

i found it through some accidental google search in 2003, lurked the forums for about a year.

then i got off for about a year. in summer 2005 i was gonna buy a new computer and wanted to see if newegg would ship to canada. a few google searches later and evil techies' post about newegg expanding to canada brought me back to the site, and i registered the second time around.

[bembol]

My brother-in law told me about it!

[tkl]

Derek told me he had created a webpage.

LOL

I was on PN when I found out about RFD.

[Tha_Doggg]

Did a google search once...can't remember what I was looking for but I stumbled upon RFD.

[V A N Q U I S H]

24, newspaper.

:arrowu:

[raptorsfever]

24 Newspaper

[esq05]

24 Newspaper

+1, dun0 why they stopped advertising in it.

[Jon Lai]

Derek told me he had created a webpage.

LOL ;)

[Mendesb]

How old is this site?

I found it looking for a wii 2weeks ago lol :P

[nextboy]

I had heard about it on 24 newspaper but never visited the site until a friend at work told me about it in more detail. Now RFD is part of my daily ritual :)

[alkaholikc]

24 Newspaper also... After seeing that RFD anime girl pic over and over again I hoped on (:

[squall458]

Skeletor got me to join. Thanks man!!

[joep]

the wii availability thread got me here

[Gee]

I found out about it from isonewz. I used to know about fatwallet already and a lot of their us coupons for office depot worked for us here :). Anyways one day someone posted a bunch of candian sites that were like fatwallet, since a lot of canadians there were getting frustrated at the US only deals being posted, rfd was the only one that appealed to me so I joined :)

This is EXACTLY how I found RedFlagDeals.

[phomp]

Howard Forums back in 2002, but I didnt sign up until way later.:D

[Jon Lai]

I had heard about it on 24 newspaper but never visited the site until a friend at work told me about it in more detail. Now RFD is part of my daily ritual :)

Daily ritual? For some of us, it's like an HOURLY ritual, lol!

[kleptodathief]

i actually read bout rfd via the metronews paper a couple years ago! seen an ad there if i rmember correctly :confused:

i just signed recently tho cuz i don't 'hang' here that much :|

[Odysseus_Maximus]

Via a friend.

[d_jedi]

Believe it or not, my dad first told me about RFD. Then, on a boring Sunday afternoon, I started looking and decided to join!

How about you?
A school related forum (since closed). Someone posted a coupon code for Chapters.. when someone asked where he got it from, he said this site.

[Deadmon]

Found this awesome site via a friend on these forums.

[Setz]

I found out about RFD from my friend. I frequently used Kijiji and I didn't like how there's no guarantee on what the sellers sold, and there's no real moderation, so I asked him, he pointed me in the right direction.

[Jkim]

Found out RFD thru 24 hours (The free newspaper when your on the subway etc)

[Hybrid88]

An oldtimer like me found RFD when I was a member on goldfishlegs.ca back in the day. Too bad I joined late...

[HighFlyer]

I can't remember how I found out about RFD, but now that the previous poster mentioned goldfishlegs, I think that was it.

[radeonboy]

i don't remember exactly, but I think I was here by word of mouth (friend)...

Best thing ever to happen though! Lots of freebies, good deals.

[sw1ft]

Howard Forums back in 2002, but I didnt sign up until way later.:D+1 Something along the lines of this.

[Kickus_assius]

Dealt with a Canadian trader on Hardforums and he recommended this site's forum for Canadians. Dedicated member ever since, more active than alot of the US BST forums.

[shawn99]

Through a friend, great site. Haven't looked back since.

[felix]

I found RFD through the newsgroups I believe. I used to visit a small message board that had coupon codes for onvia.ca (similar to staples.ca with hot prices after huge discount coupons), but that site went dead somehow, and later I found RFD shortly afterwards. I didn't register until 2002 but had visited the main page prior to discovering the forums.

[jollyeskimo]

It was fate. ;)

I used to use the BST on several smaller canadian computer forums (modthebox, bigfoot, 3gm), but didn't get good results. Saw a lot of people were using RFD, so lurked for a couple of weeks then joined.

[blizzah]

Found it from 24

[Cafe_333]

Was in the market for some used parts to build a computer for a friend, and my buddy sent me links to some FS threads on rfd. Signed up just to pm, never bothered checking out the forums untill half a year later. My daily post count would be alot higher had I checked it out then. ;)

This is a good thread to help the forum owner decide where best to market RFD!

[NiMSo]

24, newspaper.

Yup, same for me!

[ramaslamma]

a friend told me about it, for hot deals actually.

[jerrytoyer]

off a friend

[Zephyr22b]

saw my friend browsing on it a few times and he sent me links of things here he wanted to buy...then i decided to join :D

[liquidimpulse]

through a couple of members on anandtech that used RFD to sell computer stuff locally.

[Decius]

My god, I've been on this site soooooooooo long I can't remember. I think it was through a friend back in 2001

[Sprite_TM]

through someone's BST pot at howardforums.

[spamblockers]

Just browsing thru the web and came across it accidently :razz: Kinda like picking up a cougar at a club if it happens, it happens... :D

[BaconMunch]

Through a friend, it happened to be exactly during one of the Dell's Day of Deals. Imagine being introduced to RFD and being told that if you want that price you HAVE to buy all in that exact same day. I trusted my friend, bought the monitor, lurked for about 3-4 months and have been checking daily every since.

[Menace]

I can't remember since it was a long time ago. I think I was surfing around on the other local forum, someone mentioned RFD.

[viper123]

My cheap brother told me about it.

[munsifn]

i was selling something on HoFo and someguy named "wanted" refered me to RFD...:cheesygri

[m4gician]

I worked at Staples, a guy came in showing me two online coupons to try to use instore. Told me he was from some website called Red Flag deals. Even though I knew it wasn't allowed, hopefully when I went deal hunting I would be rewarded, so I approved both of his coupons and stacked them (he got $40 off + 15%) :)

[ricenice]

Found it useing google while trying to find good Sushi palces to eat in the GTA.

[Ix2L]

howardforums b/s/t section of 03', lurked for a few months then finally joined

[chococrazy]

I was looking for good deals on red flags.




Nah, co-worker told me and I've been hooked every since!

[djjosee]

Google'd "Cheap Bastard"

[walleye*guy]

Looked at my home page this morning.....

[Badman]

My bro showed me a couple deals and i finally decided to check them on my own. I never bothered to sign up for 2 months but there was a thread that i was really following and i signed up to post a question.

From that thread and those post it made me go on more and more often and now this is my fav site.:razz:

[jtcb]

I think I was searching for coupon using one of those search engine like yahoo. RFD was one of the result. Now five years later I am still using RFD. I only use the forum section though.

[P__S__2]

I dont even remember how I found RFD...I think it was through google...I was searching for someone and up came RFD...

[van]

I was using the newsgroups years ago, until it got flooded with a bunch of threadcrappers. Some guy emailed me, and told me to check this place out (moderated and less chaos) and I've been here ever since.

This site also has got a cool catchy name to signify it's canadian. Instead of the usual "Canada" or "Canadian" deals which is what everyone will typically use - "RedFlag" is definately original.

[satstuff4you]

I found this joint while I had a few extra minute's to do some trolling on the net earlier today

I then decided to take a closer look at the Forum's, there after doing so I registered up as a member

I find this Forum to be well thought out, easy to navigate and genuine, that compairing to other's such as Kijiji & Craigs List to which I have absolutely nothing good to say about at all

So hello to all the member's here, and I will be looking forward to getting to know some of you through posting

Thank you

satstuff4you

[pakwan]

24 newspaper..

[ladybug193]

I Googled "Canadian deals". Been hooked ever since:D

[maidennomore]

Circa February 2006, I 'yahooed' something and a RFD thread came up in the search results...but I can't recall what that keyword was even if my life depended on it.

[localmuffin]

Originally it was word of mouth, but it's come up a bunch of times on Google since then.

[Lancer2004]

I originally found RFD on a website I was on. Someone listed a 1999 Sunfire on here and on one of the car club forums I was on someone posted it up saying it was a good deal etc etc... So I thought, looks like an awesome forum and the rest is history..... :lol:

[rookie]

If I remember correctly I believe it was CP24.

[cruzer24]

During Boxing Day I was searching for some deals, and RFD always kept on coming up. I joined and never looked back since.

[torontodragon]

My colleague told me that. He's gone now. But I am still RFDing.

[pintobean]

A lady came to my door one day last summer trying to get me to sign a fixed-price natural gas contract. She said it was the best deal that was available in Canada. I told her I needed to do some research before signing the contract and asked her to come back the following day. I then went over to Google and was going to run a search using the terms "best deal Canada natural gas", but my finger slipped and hit the enter key and I just ended up searching "best deal Canada"...this site was the very first link that popped up.

I've been here ever since...

And in case anyone was wondering, I never did sign the natural gas contract :lol:

[weedb0y]

I ended up here years ago from a warez site/forum where they had a freebies section..and it was a primarly a US site..but i saw a link to rfd for freebies for canadians! been here ever since!!

edit: i think it might've been isonewz

[actgear]

my brother showed me the site... and i've been hooked since.

Mostly been a lurker around these forums for a good year and half before i actually started posting..

[weedb0y]

This is EXACTLY how I found RedFlagDeals.

same here! ;) HAHA

[Snake_doc]

I was googling info about the "Le Biftheque" deal about all you can eat ribs :) ... That's how I found this website.

[the_stig]

I heard a Toyota radio commercial one day, and misheard their annual "red tag deals" for "red flag deals," so here I am, hahaha.

[Anessa]

Friend was on it and I was intrigued by all the redness. Been here ever since.

[trixstar]

24 hour newspaper.. after it repetitively showed up.. i decided to check what rfd was... thats when the curse of the wallet all began.

[flame02]

a friend of mine was searching through this site .. it looked cool so i joined

[Manduh]

I have heard about this site through other forums so I finally decided to sign up


does anyone here participate in pointsandprizes.com?

[Fahrenheit]

A co-worker told me about RFD!

[berryblu]

I found an rss feed to your site on another forum, and have heard 'many nice things' about this forum - so well - now I'm here

[felix]

3 two post newbies in a row! Welcome!

[spol]

To be exact it was a post at Silent PC Review to this thread. MSI MEGA 651 (http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153013&highlight=mega+msi) Anyone remembers this deal at all? :lol:

[mark_in_2k]

An Xbox modder (Duke) told me about RFD when I went to his place to get my Xbox modded. He asked me if I'd seen his ad on RFD, I told him that I'd never heard of it... the rest, as they say, is history!

[cywhiz]

One day, my glasses broke...They normally cost > $100 a pair in retail stores...So, I try my luck online and googled "prescription eyeglasses"...Up came a RFD thread titled "Prescription Eyeglasses for just over $30 shipped"...I never knew they sell eyeglasses online! The $30 eyeglasses were my first online purchase ever...

I learned lots of stuff from RFD, such as pricematching/negotiating skills, buying/selling things, staying up to date with latest technology, how to get stuff for free, and sometimes, how to get paid to buy stuff :)

Thanks RFD!

[FerrisB]

I was searching for a deal on something specific and I think I found a RFD link in another forum. I lurked for a while before registering.

By my registration date and the number of posts I have I suppose I'm something of a lurker still :)

[reflex]

Found out about it in the 24 Hours newspaper a few years ago and been on RFD ever since.

[loonie]

Noticed a small red banner ad in the last pages of Metro ( I think) a few years back , it soon became my homepage and still is .........but didn't register for a while.

[Kakarot]

Hmmm, trying to remember how it went down.....

Someone must of mentioned it to me, or a google search turned up and item....

I wasnt not into buying or selling online until here.... so I have no real idea :(

lol

[a_y3n]

I also saw it in the 24 hour newspaper, but my bro was the one who got me hooked on it (trixstar) .. he was on it like 24/7 so I had to check it out - now I'm on RFD more than him !

[EH100501AC]

I don't even remember but I'm guessing it was from forum hopping and seeing other people's ads from here on other computer forums.

[felix]

To be exact it was a post at Silent PC Review to this thread. MSI MEGA 651 (http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153013&highlight=mega+msi) Anyone remembers this deal at all? :lol:
I remember it. I had actually looked at it recently because we're still having the 2GB SD media card reader problem and then realized I had already posted about it but nobody answered.

[BNster]

A work colleague told me about it. I was never into forums and did not know there was a world out there in freebies postings. RFD is really a great aid in being a smarter shopper. Now I am hook like the rest of you :!:

[me0kat]

I found while googling for some Canadian freebies.

I noticed many American sites with a similar concept but this board seemed to have the largest selection.

[ASharp]

I was first turned on to it a couple of years back when I saw the little section for it in the 24 Hours (http://toronto.24hrs.ca/) paper (I think...it was one of the free newspapers in Toronto, that's for sure). At first I didn't really make much of it but a few months ago a friend was looking at the page and realized hey, this is pretty neat and useful so I joined and here I am today.

[Gloaming]

Found it when a couple of classmates were talking about PMing cell phones at Staples for $15.00

[3weddings]

I perused the Freebies and Coupons sections for years before I realized there was a forum!!! Lucky me! :D

[ali123]

During Boxing Day I was searching for some deals, and RFD always kept on coming up. I joined and never looked back since.

+1

[Jeff146]

I don't exactly remember but it was either through Howardforums or a google search.

[cash_money]

Redflagdeals found me...

[gimz]

from www.neogaf.com :twisted: :twisted:

[CSR]

friend told me he got a $1 mouse

[Cisco KId]

heard it from a friend. All I can say is it has saved me cash but then again I also probably spent cash on alot of things that were not really required. In addition it is an addictive time waster which I am sure many will agree and may deny. Try not to visit here for a week lol, especially now in summer, I have really curbed the wasted time, saving that for the winter lol

[demha88]

my friend told me about the free stuff.

[Noob1ee]

google.ca :)

[Gantz]

I found RFD from another Canadian board when I was looking for parts to build a new system. Someone kept talking about RFD this, RFD that and google did the rest :razz:

[905kidd]

couple of my friends post on here