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What is a 404 geek error?

Sep 25, 2012 7:34 PM

I tried to put a deal on woot but after it got listed it was suddenly deleted. I am new to woot . Would like to know how to post the deals.

npatel14 npatel14

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@npatel14: It was probably a duplicate deal. Read the What Is Deals.Woot? link at the top of the page and these unofficial FAQs.

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dUtrnLF_tT2j1SbohQjJpOR9wRH7tnK7QlqXwuCCvFM

That should help. Welcome to Deals Woot.

tbgolladay tbgolladay
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It's when a 404 Error 404's.

Serious answer: I'm not sure, but the Unofficial FAQ should help. There's a button you can add to your toolbar around here somewhere that makes adding deals easy. Woot will usually try to tell you if what you're posting is a dupe, but it's not perfect. Especially with deal of the day sites. If its a dupe or its not allowed, it'll get deleted.

thedogma thedogma
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@tbgolladay has it right. Apparently the duplicate listing query isn't blatant enough, because there are a lot of posts that ignored the "deja vu" feature at the time of listing. Welcome to DW! :)

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