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Joshua Tobin (Guru_PLD) – Discount Code Verifier | Preloved Discounts

Code Verifier

Joshua Tobin

Guru_PLD on Preloved Discounts

Every discount code on Preloved Discounts is personally tested by Joshua before it goes live. If it does not work at checkout, it does not go on the site.

150+

Codes personally verified

2–+

Years deal-hunting

Step verification method

About

Who is Joshua Tobin?

Joshua Tobin has spent the last 2+ years finding legitimate discount codes across fashion, beauty, sport, and lifestyle brands. What started as a personal habit of never paying full price became the foundation for Preloved Discounts — a site built on one rule: every code is tested before it goes live.

On the site, Joshua goes by Guru_PLD. The name reflects the role — someone who has put in the hours to know which codes are real, which are expired, and which were never valid in the first place.

Methodology

How Joshua verifies a discount code

Every code listed on Preloved Discounts goes through the same three-step process before the verified badge is applied.

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Real cart checkout test

Items are added to a real cart on the brand's live website and the code is applied at the checkout stage — not a test environment, not a simulation. The discount must visibly reduce the cart total before the code is confirmed.

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Screenshot as proof

A screenshot of the discount being applied is taken at checkout. This creates a timestamped record of the code working and is the basis for the verified date shown on each page.

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Sitewide validity check

The code is tested across multiple product types — not just one item — to confirm it applies sitewide rather than to a single category. Any exclusions found during testing are noted on the page.

What "Verified" means on this site

The code was applied to a real cart on the brand's live site on the date shown
The discount reduced the cart total by the stated percentage at checkout
The code was tested on more than one product type to confirm sitewide validity
A screenshot was taken of the discount being applied as a timestamped record
Any known exclusions (sale items, final sale, specific categories) are noted on the page

Editorial Standards

What goes on the site and what does not

Codes that fail the checkout test are not published, regardless of what the brand's own site claims. If a code works on some products but not others, the page notes that restriction clearly rather than claiming sitewide validity.

Pages are updated when codes expire or change. The verified date shown on each page reflects the most recent successful checkout test, not the original publication date.