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Can Woot! help me post this deal?

I'm trying to post this deal:
Wedit. Link removed.

With this description:
I had a long, interesting description of this.. but Woot! error'd on me. So, I'll just copy/paste the description from their site.

"Have we lost our minds again?? We are blowing out about 40 different products valued between $20 and $150 for only $7.99! Make a purchase and receive one of the products listed below. Feeling lucky?"

I've ordered from them before, but not one of these "grab bag" deals. They're typically slow to deliver, but I've had good success with them.

And I keep getting this error:
"yikes, there's been a server error"

by relytyelgis
asked 4 months ago

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I doubt it. This sounds like a mystery box deal and they are not allowed here.

I am fairly certain that the server error that's preventing you from posting the deal is completely unrelated to the fact that the deal is a mystery box, though. Have you tried posting any other deals?

durkzilla
4 months ago

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probably becasue it is a random item deal that is frowned upon. I checked the link and it mentions a list of all the items that you could get but the list is no where on the site, hence another issue

natedogg828
4 months ago

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Random box deals aren't allowed, as has been said. If you're getting an error every time you try to post to woot, it could be a browser issue. Had the same problem in Firefox a while back. Had issues with other sites as well.

Let me know if that is the problem you're having, I'll look up what the fix was

thedogma
4 months ago

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Yep. I was trying to post it using Firefox. I'll not try to post it then. Wasn't aware that "random" deals weren't allowed though. That's a good thing to know.

Thanks!

relytyelgis
4 months ago

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Yes they aren't allowed and I think it's right... I bought once a ramdom new/refurbished item for $9.99 from a site I can't even remember the name and I got an used coffee machine with sill coffee ground in it...

Well, I paid $9.99 to recycle someone else s* :-)

veropierre
4 months ago

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@veropierre: haha... seriously? Did it still have the filter and everything?

drchops
2 months ago

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