Jonk’s Bargains is an interesting Australian bargain site. First of all, it is what it claims:

This website turns grown men into excited school-girls.

While I do not completely agree with this statement, but I have no doubt that whoever runs this site do “spend THAT many hours on the internet finding the best, cheapest websites for Australians”, as he claimed two sentences later. For example, check out Jonk’s list of online stores. Most of them are accessible by the Aussies, and there are some great shops out there that I have never heard of. Instead of running blog posts of “latest deals” like this site and my other site, he has organised all the good online resources into easy-to-navigate pages.

Great job! I think I’ll have to bookmark them all.

However, Jonk’s Bargains wasn’t really a smooth sailing. The site was only created early this month, and in less than a month, he has received legal threat for posting negative comment about another website! Jonks wrote about 22 Percent Off in his Discount Cards section:

It’s hard to find anything that’s a worthwhile discount. Barely any businesses, nearly all of the deals are just crap. And they spent tens of thousands advertising this. What a waste of time.

Subsequently he received a cease and desist letter from them, asking him to pull down the comment by a set time or face legal action. Wow, didn’t know you can get legal threat that easily on the Internet by writing honest opinion! Jonks doesn’t think that they will have a leg to stand on in court if it does go that far. I don’t either, but it is always troublesome when some lawyer send you a C&D. I believe the legal system will exercise justice, but a letter like that is still “threatening”.

If you have been a reader here for a while, you’ll know that I don’t always write positive reviews on shops, websites, etc. Like Jonks, I write honestly for editorial integrity. It is actually important as I no longer just write for myself (like in the beginning of this website), but there are real readers who trust the information I have posted.

All the best to Jonk’s Bargains. Maybe I also need a lawyer when something like this strikes…