Deals/coupon thread

[bright sparks]

Joan I see where you are coming from with respect of wanting to share deals with everyone, but this is a forum directed towards home daycare providers and parents and not a place to "ONLY" post about the kind of deals that are posted through such sites as wagjag, redflag deals and teambuy. Summer camp is something you did post, but is only relevant to a very small portion of people on this forum as home daycare providers primarily provide care for under 5 year olds who generally aren't old enough to go to summer camp. Yes there will be a few providers offering before and after school care, and of course the older siblings of young children, but I imagine most providers aren't going to want to spend extra time at the door telling them about a summer camp that is only suitable for older children or pitch a deal about teeth whitening to parents at the door.

I started following this thread from the start in the hopes of finding deals and coupons relating to cheaper groceries and household products, toys or services DIRECTLY related to the theme of this whole forum which is childcare. If I could find some deals that would save me money and enrich my home daycare business, then this would be a relative place to post. Otherwise, my suggestion would be to post either on another forum where it is not the primary goal for daycare providers to support each other in our work field, or start the thread in the parent's section of this site. Maybe they will be more receptive of what you hope to achieve whereas I think most providers on this site are already overwhelmed by how many spammers we seem to endure at times, and really aren't receptive to your vision.

[joan tack]

Joan I see where you are coming from with respect of wanting to share deals with everyone, but this is a forum directed towards home daycare providers and parents and not a place to "ONLY" post about the kind of deals that are posted through such sites as wagjag, redflag deals and teambuy. Summer camp is something you did post, but is only relevant to a very small portion of people on this forum as home daycare providers primarily provide care for under 5 year olds who generally aren't old enough to go to summer camp. Yes there will be a few providers offering before and after school care, and of course the older siblings of young children, but I imagine most providers aren't going to want to spend extra time at the door telling them about a summer camp that is only suitable for older children or pitch a deal about teeth whitening to parents at the door. I started following this thread from the start in the hopes of finding deals and coupons relating to cheaper groceries and household products, toys or services DIRECTLY related to the theme of this whole forum which is childcare. If I could find some deals that would save me money and enrich my home daycare business, then this would be a relative place to post. Otherwise, my suggestion would be to post either on another forum where it is not the primary goal for daycare providers to support each other in our work field, or start the thread in the parent's section of this site. Maybe they will be more receptive of what you hope to achieve whereas I think most providers on this site are already overwhelmed by how many spammers we seem to endure at times, and really aren't receptive to your vision.

Fair enough. I don't want to rock the boat anymore than I have. Apologies everyone, I won't post here anymore.