Ben's Bargains

zzyzx · Last edited by zzyzx on Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:28 am; edited 1 time in total

I think dave_c has been a great semi/quasi-representative for Ben's Bargain. To me, he seems like the personality of Ben's Bargain web site.

I think Ben's Bargains should think about giving Dave a decent salary and rename Ben's Bargains to Dave's Bargains since he is the only web site personality that users get to interact with regularly.

I don't think Dave should have to live near El Segundo though. I think he likes living where it snows, he likes visiting his Mother in law, and his 5 gallon bucket tomato plants would be too hard to move across the country...

dave_c · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 20896

lol, what if my real name is Ben and I'm pretending to be a forum member named Dave who pretends to be a forum member named Ben so nobody catches on to my diabolical scheme?

zzyzx · Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:09 pm Post subject:

Well, because Ben lived/went to school in San Francisco and I won't think it would be likely that Ben would move to the Right Coast just to grow tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets in his backyard.

dave_c · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 20896

But wouldn't that make it the perfect cover?

zzyzx · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:34 am Post subject:

Hey... Yeah, it would. But if you were really Ben C*hui, you'd talk about Salsa dancing every once in a while and you would write with a slight oriental accent. You write more like a honky...

http://pujutengineered.bacon.com/2007/09/ben-bacon-founder-of-bensbargains.html

http://www.wisebread.com/the-man-behind-the-bargains-an-interview-with-ben-bacon-founder-of-bensbargains-net

http://www.bumpershine.com/2006/11/01/ben-bacon-interview-on-juxtaviews.html

Interviewing Ben:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMK9cpTDK2M
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSr0-I3mNRo

Ben goes after a plagiarizing competitor:
http://www.internetlibrary.com/pdf/BensBargains-baconargains-SD-Ca.pdf

JediKnight · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:09 pm Post subject:

Could be David Ben-Gurion.

JediKnight · Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:38 am Post subject:

Dave's Not Here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUPNeR4nu44

Scooterbug · Joined: 24 Apr 2010 Posts: 50 Location: Land of the Giants

Besides a salary, I believe that Dave_C should be given the appropriate ornaments to accompany his position, ie, a crown and a robe.

If he so chose, a cape could be used in place of a robe, but it'd have to be a good looking cape, not some cheap Chinese knockoff from "Capes-R-Us".

zzyzx · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 5:57 pm Post subject:

I think this might be Dave and his friends meeting in LA for a LAN party:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMqJ0XXmBM8

dave_c · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 20896

^ lol, it took them seven hours, then at 5:02,

zzyzx · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:33 pm Post subject:

Dave, you shouldn't make fun of your fellow Ben's Bargain staff members. Computer parts aren't their bag. That's why they hired you :)

dave_c · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 20896

Yeah, I'm sure I was a bit awkward at it the first time too, but I can't even remember what my first full build was as I was mixing/matching/upgrading/repairing/etc OEM systems for a while before then... and it was a lifetime ago.