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Started 15 years ago by RNWilliams
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RNWilliams
Member

Today, Sunday 3/05/2009 4:34 PM I received GAOTD's e-mail for WinX DVD Copy for which the download time had alteady expired on 2/5/09!!!!!
How can I get a copy of this program when I only receive it after the expiry time????
Please advise,
RNWilliams.

Posted 15 years ago #
rubadub4
Member

Same here. There was no Giveaway for May 2nd.

Posted 15 years ago #
copmom
Member

Same story here.. I saw that one offered and thought I could really use it, and when I clicked it brought up a different one! Arghhhhhh!

Posted 15 years ago #
BuBBy
Teh adnim

Yes. It seems the late email occurs every other week.

Solution - follow GOTD on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/GiveawayotDay
or subscribe via the various RSS feeds - I use FeedDemon but there are lots of free RSS Readers available.

This seems to be a much more direct way of getting the information - and not subject to the delays that I hear about with email.

Or just take 10 seconds to visit the site when you are checking your email - just a tip - there is a new giveaway at the same time every day... put it on your calendar. ;)

Posted 15 years ago #
kaman25
Member

Wrong-O bubby! It's never happened before so it's a glitch (I've loved GAOTD for three years and never had the problem one time until today) SO please extend the offer and give us another shot!

Posted 15 years ago #
Suze
Member

kaman25: I've been a faithful follower of GotD for over a year and, indeed, there HAVE been days when I haven't received an email from GotD. In fact, there have been numerous forum topics on this very subject, along with various suggestions as to what to do in order NOT to miss any more GotDs.

BuBBy knows what he is talking about . . .

Posted 15 years ago #
Ashraf
Member

The problem is most likely with Feedburner and not GOTD. How Feedburner works is that it takes the RSS feed entry and turns it into an email. If I were to guess I would say that the RSS feed is not updating on time.

For anyone that subscribes to the RSS: do the RSS show up on time on these days that emails are late?

Posted 15 years ago #
BuBBy
Teh adnim

@kaman -

Wrong-O bubby! It's never happened before so it's a glitch

http://tinyurl.com/dmf6jc

and most recently -

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5001

@Suze - Thank you (your check is in the mail).

Posted 15 years ago #
RNWilliams
Member

Thank you BuBBy; I have now set up the RSS Feed and all is OK at this time.
Regards, Raymond.

Posted 15 years ago #
vinylted
Member

This has been happening to me for the past week, giveaway arriving a day late so I just miss out... if a glitch how do I fix it?

Posted 15 years ago #
angie56
Member

This problem has happened to me today for the very first time, very frustrating because I really needed the Wondershare DVD Ripper. Please, please give us another chance to get it GOTD

Posted 15 years ago #
tulipa
Member

Like vinylted it has happened to me for the past week. Before that no problems. What to do? DVD Ripper again plse?

Posted 15 years ago #
teenybop61
Member

same here, I have missed every single give away for the past several days because the email comes in after the give a way is over. I hope this gets fixed because I really wanted some of them

Posted 15 years ago #
jubujoy
Member

Same here. My e-mails from GotD come in at 3 AM the day AFTER the giveaway. It's been about a week or so.

Posted 15 years ago #
janetb
Member

I have been getting email notifications for ages (years?) and this week is the first time I got all my email notifications a day late! I very much would have liked the Wondershare ripper! I came to Goatd yesterday and only found the previous day's entry (perhaps it was too early--I'm on GMT+2). But usually the day's offer is there for me in the morning here. Any way to get the Wondershare offer?!?!

Janet

Posted 15 years ago #
di1604
Member

Arrr it happened again with emails, I have also set up the RSS Feed and still they can't get it right and Yes I have checked the site today before anyone tells me to.

Posted 15 years ago #
Free-Spirit13
Member

mine was late too and really wanted the Wondershare DVD Ripper
darn what is happening?? I check my email every day
looking for give a way.. but it is too late..
it just came in but has expired..please get it right as I relly needed that programe

Posted 15 years ago #
copmom
Member

Let's us all just forget the emails, and just check the site daily.. that should solve this problem!

Posted 15 years ago #
janetb
Member

TO BUBBY

I just tried to sign up for RSS feed (I don't know what that is, but Bubby said to do it....:-)...) I get a window which says:

The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

A CDATA section was not closed. Error processing resource 'http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/feed/'. Line 186, Position 25

<description><![CDATA[<p><img src='http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/box-novapd...

What do I need to do????
Janet

Posted 15 years ago #
redwolf28386
Member

I been having the same thing happen and it just did again today. The email for the newest down load(dvd ripper/encoder) is dated for 0450 am this morning( its 0750 now) and it says its all ready expired... been having this problem for about 3 weeks now. any ideas whats up?

Posted 15 years ago #
macint2002
Member

Same issue. Started approx. four days ago and receive at 3:00am next day. Mail deivery via 1and1.com. Spilt milk is spilt milk which usually means we should clean it up. Suggest look at schedulers and back-ups may be hitting heads and causing sporatic issues in execution delays. Could even be deadbeat email list (suggest confrim script every 6-12 months to autopurge). Have one person aware of changes to syncs, backup, and generally all network timing issues. Usually done by different people in larger environs which means anything can go amiss.

Your efforts are always appreciated by all even when we whine.

Posted 15 years ago #
zanyboo
Member

Check their calender on the home page it is wrong...
Checked the paper calenders even. lol
Think they may need to check it out themselves.

Posted 15 years ago #
FreeDove
Member

Why aren't the people who are in charge of GAOD responding to any of these messages?
They could at least let us know that they are trying to work it out. The programming should be set to send out the emails correctly for all time zones that are involved especially in the USA.

Posted 15 years ago #
Ronn Blankenship
Member

FYI, for much of this week the e-mail message has referred to the previous day's giveaway (which had already expired). I've been checking the home page on my own, else I'd have missed some useful programs.

Posted 15 years ago #
watcher13
Member

Good question, FreeDove. I did a long semi-rant on this in another thread. In the year I've been coming here, I've noticed that GOTD is occassionally lax in dotting the Is and crossing the Ts. Maybe they're understaffed/overloaded. Most of the loyal members are willing to cut them a little slack because it's such a great project and we're getting stuff for free. But I understand the frustrations these glitches cause. For my money, I hope GOTD will become a little more engaged on these issues for the sake of having as many satisfied customers as possible. For example, if you're GOTD and e-mail is unreliable, why not save yourself the headache and do away with it? I'd definitely take Bubby's advice and sign up for the RSS feed. Generally, I'd take Bubby's advice, regardless. (Don't get a big head, Bubby.) For the moment though, my advice is to expect a great project, but approach it with some patience. I'm afraid you're going to have endure the occassional glitch.

Posted 15 years ago #
ibwebb
Member

@watcher13 : RE: "For my money, I hope GOTD will become a little more engaged on these issues for the sake of having as many satisfied customers as possible."

First off.. you know it is free. You said it yourself. So unless you are sending them checks your 'money' consists of about a 10-20 second wait for the site to load.

@ ALL: Don't go into a rant about how they get paid.. I am sure they do get some money, but nothing compared to the money you would have paid for what you have received. Think of just one $40.00 download that you got and hated enough to delete. Now would you have rather have wasted the few moments of your time or the $40.00 to buy it and find out. Not to mention the incredibly dedicated members on here that spend their own time to not only find MORE freebies for people; they also seem very willing to find that 'free answer' when someone says they need something and would like a free way to get it (free and legal I might add).

I personally suggest that if it is so taxing on you to type it in to check then add a button to the top of your browser (on one of the toolbars). It not only makes it faster, but will help remind you to go look each day. BTW I know that it isn't taking any of you more than 30 sec to check the site since my computer when down and I am forced to you this P2 until the other is fixed. You all need to try and relax and take a breath. Breathing is VERY important.

Thats my 2cents,
Best Wishes,
ibwebb

Posted 15 years ago #
watcher13
Member

Ibwebb, please do not talk to me like I am a child. If you will go back and look at my post you will see that I acknowledge the opinion you expressed. However, I think you are a little unclear about the bottom line. The bottom line is to keep the developers happy. But, that cannot be done with out keeping the downloaders happy. Everytime some veteran here or on the comments page dismisses the concerns of new visitors as being the "whining of ungrateful children" (in quotes because I've seen similar words here and on the comments page more than once) then more and more leave in disgust. Part of GOTD is meant to give HONEST feedback to the developers on their software and part of the stated purpose of these forums is to give GOTD honest feedback on the project itself. Unfortunately, I partly put it the way I did because I'm a little dissapointed that GOTD doesn't seem to be engaged much in this forum. One of the moderators, notblocklox (though he might not agree with me that it's a problem) in another thread said he was too tired to answer all the threads - not posts, THREADS - that had sprung up complaining about this problem. Wouldn't it make more sense for GOTD to deal with this, maybe abolish the e-mail, than just let it go on and on?

I'm sorry, ibwebb and anyone else who feels the same way, but whenever I see someone post the equivalent of "sit down, shut up, be content, and stop whining" I'll consider posting in favor of constructive feedback, which, again, is supposed to be part of the principal purpose of this forum. If constructive criticism bothers you so much, maybe YOU should practice your breathing. By the way, I don't expect I'll be deleting many, if any, programs I paid $40 for because I discovered they were substandard. Though not as good as GOTD, that's what demos are for. Besides, the whole purpose of the project is to get someone to buy software from these developers sooner or later, anyway. If not, they don't exist and GOTD doesn't exist.

I know any problems with GOTD are very minor in the bigger scheme of things, but a lot of harm has been done over the centuries by those 3 monkeys: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Posted 15 years ago #
watcher13
Member

Decided to post again, to clarify for new visitors. This post is NOT intended for Ibwebb. Just wanted to tell our new members that sometimes here, and in the comments section, a lot of people post complaints which are frankly stupid and childish. And a lot of loyal visitors to this project post to tell them that they're being stupid and childish. Unfortunately, some well meaning people believe that all criticism of GOTD, not just the stupid and childish, could drive developers away and kill the project. So they, again not Ibwebb, I take his post as an honest disagreement, will post to tell people to sit down and shut up. As I posted a few months ago, there are certain topics here that GOTD veterans would rather not deal with, since they don't have any control over them anyway, and so we don't talk about them. Kind of like embarassing relatives. No conspiracy or gag order; we just don't talk about them because we have no solutions and would rather focus on the plus side of the project.

Sometimes I make the mistake of talking about them. It's not a mistake because I shouldn't, it's just that it's likely going to fall on dear ears, anyway. If someone takes you to task for criticizing GOTD, remember sometimes it's just that there afraid if anybody says anything bad, GOTD will fold. Personally, I'm not afraid of that.

Posted 15 years ago #
zapata
Member

Please correct this problem. Have been receiving the email too late for download!

Been going on for about a week.

If this not the correct place to make such a request would someone please tell me where to send my suggestion.

Thanks.

Posted 15 years ago #
KyleLC
Member

I received the alert for Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum a day late!

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