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Is Voldemort messing with my Harry Potter deal? Or, has anyone encountered this error?

"Generic Application Error Test JSP (Item)"

I wasted a bunch of time this morning trying to post a scholastic.com deal on Harry Potter boxsets. Each time, I get the above error message where the title of the deal ought to appear.

Ultimately, I fixed the title to something more descriptive and tattled to request a picture. And the URL the system comes up with just goes to a blank page on the scholastic.com site, so I tattled that too.

A quick search reveals that scholastic.com deals have been successfully posted in the past, though they don't happen too often (the last one was 2 months ago).

Accio @shawnmiller!

Has something broken recently? Reparo!
Or has someone planted a confundus charm on me?

Has anyone encountered this error elsewhere? This is my first time? Any work-arounds (other than a spate of tattles)?

P.S. The hardcover set is $26 less than currently offered at Amazon; the softcover set is $16 less, so I thought it worth the extra trouble.

by heymo
asked 11 months ago

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It must be some Death Eater jynx as I was able to post a deal for the Didj that is on sale on the Scholastic site. I had the correct pic and link (I removed the deal as I was just testing). Hopefully, a staff member armed with the Elder wand will appear and perform a Finite Incantatum.

linkage89
11 months ago

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Fixed.

jumbowoot
11 months ago

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@linkage89: Aha! Just as I suspected. We've seen books used as horcruxes before. Thanks for the confirmation!

@jumbowoot: That was quick. Thanks!

heymo
11 months ago

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@jumbowoot: Erm. The deal's fine (thanks for that), but the bug's still there. Click on the deal (hardcover or paperback, it doesn't matter), then try out the "woot this deal" button. I get the error with both FFox (5.0) and Chrome (12.0.742.112).

Maybe something for @shawmniller and company to look into at some point?

heymo
11 months ago

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@heymo: they seem to work, they both take me to harry potter book sets on the scholastic website. i don't see or have the "woot this deal" button, i think that's a plugin?

w00tgurl
11 months ago

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@w00tgurl: D'oh!

I spent all that time fighting with the "woot this deal" button (which is actually a bookmark), when the "add a deal" button on the deals site handles it fine!

Still, it is a bug. But far less serious now that I have a work-around. Thanks!

@linkage89: did you use the "woot this deal" button while at the Didj page, or did you enter the deal's URL using the "add a deal" on deals.woot?

heymo
11 months ago

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@heymo: I use the "add a deal" and copy the url, as there have been previous complaints about the "woot this deal"

linkage89
11 months ago

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