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Have you ever had a deal link flake out on you?

Earlier I posted this deal: http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/f1ee27bc-4df1-4213-a583-0b8e3ec17a83/apple-macbook-13-3-laptop-c2d-2ghz-2gb-80gb-dvdrw#4

Then I had someone comment that it was not the same in the link as my description. When I returned to the link it was the same as what I had posted, but the commenter insisted that it wasn't so I looked again and sure enough it had changed so I expired the deal but now it app appears to have returned to the original deal. Anyone else had this happen? And I cleared my cache and history out before anyone asks :)

by hossdawg97
asked 4 months ago

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Check my reply here...

http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/f1ee27bc-4df1-4213-a583-0b8e3ec17a83/apple-macbook-13-3-laptop-c2d-2ghz-2gb-80gb-dvd-cdrw#a288c007-d3ac-453d-a46a-7d604bde72aa

I think they might be moving through one-offs. We'll keep an eye on it.

jumbowoot
4 months ago

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We're going to update the title.

jumbowoot
4 months ago

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I have had these issues with Bestbuy that their pages suddenly go dead on active deals. Cowboom is a Bestbuy offshoot site so it seems fitting. For whatever reason their web address strings both change and are unlinkable just producing error sites. This may just be a rotating sale issue as jumbowoot has spotted in which case the title correction will solve that headache but Bestbuy links always end up giving me issues.

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