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JennnLee
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 Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 9:40 pm Post subject: Using the Amazon link |
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Is it just me? I did a little online shopping tonight, so I thought I'd do it through the site to toss a few pennies this way. But the Amazon thing drove me nuts. I started out on the Open Scrolls home page, and at the amazon thingy, I searched for what I wanted to buy. I clicked on "purchase" and then got a page that said my cart was empty. Clicked the back button, clicked "purchase" again, and then I had two of them in my cart. Argh. Lather, rinse, and repeat for the other two things I was buying. THEN, when I went to check out, only2 of the three things made it to the Amazon page and I had to find the book all over again.
I'm sure that there's nothing y'all can do about it, I'm sure the affiliation stuff is done through Amazon. But has anyone else had this trouble when using the Amazon link?
(And for you powers that be that can see what we bought - I was the Woody Guthrie's American Song soundtrack CD, and two other things. If you only see one other thing, then Amazon ripped us off.  ) |
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Robbie
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 1:11 am Post subject: |
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JennnLee,
That's very worrying - thanks for letting me know. I'll play to see what is hapenning. Anything with the Open Scrolls Archive is programmed by myself (reliant on Amazon code, but it's my error if it doesn't work).
Once you check out, it's over the Amazon for the purchasing part. That's the crucial part and decides what you actually buy.
If I've got this right, you clicked purchase, this then took you to the Amazon-branded pages and there was nothing in the cart? Then there were two... this would be Amazon not updating quickly and would be out of our hands; I'll try to find out what we can do.
But many thanks for your support.
I'll report later.
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JennnLee
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 7:05 am Post subject: |
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Robbie: ( I hope that code's still working; I love typing your name and getting the one about Boromir and his big nose. Robbie, Robbie, Robbie...)
Here's what I did: On the Open Scrolls site, I searched for what I wanted, clicked purchase, and the next page said "your cart is empty." Went back and did it again and then there were two in there. Repeat till I finally had all three things I wanted (two cds and a book). Clicked whatever takes you to Amazon to actually purchase, and the book was gone from my cart. So at least if you missed out on anything, it was the cheapest item.  |
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Maram68
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 8:15 am Post subject: Re: Using the Amazon link |
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| JennnLee wrote: | Is it just me? I did a little online shopping tonight, so I thought I'd do it through the site to toss a few pennies this way. But the Amazon thing drove me nuts. I started out on the Open Scrolls home page, and at the amazon thingy, I searched for what I wanted to buy. I clicked on "purchase" and then got a page that said my cart was empty. Clicked the back button, clicked "purchase" again, and then I had two of them in my cart. Argh. Lather, rinse, and repeat for the other two things I was buying. THEN, when I went to check out, only2 of the three things made it to the Amazon page and I had to find the book all over again.
I'm sure that there's nothing y'all can do about it, I'm sure the affiliation stuff is done through Amazon. But has anyone else had this trouble when using the Amazon link?
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Same problem here ... I tried to purchase at Amazon through Scrolls and lost my temper ... leaving the matter until I could get hold of "He who thinks Boromir has a big nose" ... Glad to know it wasn't just me, though ... 
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Robbie
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm - I know what I'm doing tonight!
Thanks for letting me know.
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| Rob wrote: | | Hmmm - I know what I'm doing tonight! |
Yes, giving a good one to your wife... 
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JennnLee
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry, buddy. You're on your own. |
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Robbie
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Back to Amzon problem. I managed to reproduce some bizarre behaviour as you describe. Not sure why, it appears random, but I'll keep digging. Probably something obvious I just can't see...
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To confirm the recent orders; there have only been one copy of three different items. I think it is from two different people, but when one of the items is a CD called "Music for Elevators" I'm going to honour everyone's anonymity!
Thanks for your continued support - I'll try to get it fixed.
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Robbie
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Update: I've found the problem. And it's not with my code, which is annyoing. It looks like it's part of the forum (phpBB2)
I'll keep on digging to find it out.
(Apologies that you all may have had to log in again - that was trying to solve the problem, but failed.)
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Robbie
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 6:25 am Post subject: |
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OK, given it my best shot - can someone try it (when they couldn't get it to work) for me please? (Even if you don't want to buy anything anymore)
Cheers.
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JennnLee
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Has anyone used it lately, Rob? What's the verdict on it? I ask because in the next few weeks we'll be making a sizeable CD purchase (we had about 35 of our favorites stolen from our apartment during the course of moving - I proved to management that it was one of their employees, and they paid up), and I thought I'd do it through here to throw as much moolah your way as possible. So let me know if it's working....
(And "Music for Elevators" was me. I have no problem admitting to picking up Anthony Stewart Head's CD, as anyone who heard him sing on "Buffy" will understand... ) |
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:40 am Post subject: |
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| JennnLee wrote: | | Has anyone used it lately, Rob? What's the verdict on it? |
Rob has taken a back seat to all this. Hasn't logged in weeks. I will let him know to move his butt and come answer you. 
| JennnLee wrote: | | I ask because in the next few weeks we'll be making a sizeable CD purchase (we had about 35 of our favorites stolen from our apartment during the course of moving - I proved to management that it was one of their employees, and they paid up), and I thought I'd do it through here to throw as much moolah your way as possible. |
Oh, thank you, Jennn! That's very nice of you. Sorry about the trashy thief though. It's unbelievable what they think they can get away with. (And they usually do too! Good on you for catching him.)
| JennnLee wrote: | | (And "Music for Elevators" was me. I have no problem admitting to picking up Anthony Stewart Head's CD, as anyone who heard him sing on "Buffy" will understand... ) |
I've seen a couple of videos of his performances at conventions. He's a good guitarist and I do like his voice. Hadn't realised that was his though... Music for Elevators? Eeek!
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Robbie
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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After a nudge by wifey - yes, this is fixed and working very well (so far as I know).
I fixed one problem with the code, this then got hit by the firewall issue that is preventing the external avatars working.... I got around that for amazon.
Your support would be wonderfully apprecaited - after a quiet October and November the site has blown again in December and I'm not expecting it to drop over the Christmas holidays!
Thank-you for thinking of us, but very sorry to hear about the loss - as Dolarabee said, it happenned to us once - about 200 CDs went missing  . A nightmare.
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JennnLee
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| Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 9:31 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the reassurance, Robbie... We're working on compiling a list of what was taken (they took Fellowship and TTT scores, the bastids!!), and now that Christmas is over we can spend money on ourselves. And I had figured that as long as we were buying, maybe y'all could profit a little too. 
Apartment complex people tried to sleaze their way out of it, but my 2 years of working for lawyers has made me sleaze-proof. I pinned them to the wall, and they coughed up the cash. While we're pissed at the loss of our stuff, the victory was sweet.
We also console ourselves by picturing the local pawn shops, one of which now has a fine collection of movie scores and Styx and Monkees CDs. |
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