musicmaster
09-10-2004 12:23:09
When i click on it (using firefox and internet explorer) it just says page not available
Had worked for me today, 4 times at least
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iridium
09-10-2004 19:06:54
4 times ??? were u trying to cheat ??? and make different accounts
lizerauti
09-10-2004 19:09:56
might be because of your HOSTS file
princessfrozen
09-10-2004 21:47:43
[quoteafca52736d="lizerauti"]might be because of your HOSTS file[/quoteafca52736d]you know, i was thinking this may have been my problem w/ the offer. however, by the time i got around to changing it to the default one, the offer was gone. the world may never know...
princessfrozen
09-10-2004 22:03:11
and it was the problem...too bad i already have an ebay name registered with the email address i used for the ffs
No I messaged all my friends and got 4 people to sign up, since you dont need a credit card it is easier to persuade
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I just did it works for me
joshmiao
10-10-2004 02:40:42
[quote560d0f72c7="lizerauti"]might be because of your HOSTS file[/quote560d0f72c7]
how the hell would this have to do with the hosts file?
Why would a ebay entry even be in the hosts file? WHat purpose would that serve?
hacktek
10-10-2004 02:48:17
^^^
That is something we may never know
princessfrozen
10-10-2004 08:09:44
why the hosts file would stop the ebay offer (and who knows what others) from working
by princess
the installation of k++ (kazaalite) and some other programs/utilities add a slew of advertising sites to your hosts file that point all the advert sites to localhost (127.0.0.1). some of the offers rely on those sites to work. the specific one that the ebay offer relies on is qksrv.net. the redirects go from ffs -> ads.txprofile.net -> to some address on qksrv.net (it refreshes too fast for me to see it) -> ebay. like i said, the failure occurs at qksrv.net as this entry in the hosts file
127.0.0.1 www.qksrv.net
stops it from getting the page from qksrv that it needs to redirect to ebay. i would venture to guess that most host file modification to redirect ads would include an entry for qksrv based on how well known it is. that my dears, is how the hosts file prevents the ebay offer from working.
/me wonders if this thread is how i got negative karma
ilferetl
12-10-2004 10:54:01
[quote543d708153="princessfrozen"]and it was the problem...too bad i already have an ebay name registered with the email address i used for the ffs[/quote543d708153]
you don't have to use the same email address for ebay that you use for ffs. my friend signed up for ffs using gmail and then when i told him to use a non-free email addy to sign up with ebay, he did that and still got credit. of course .. we'll see if it stands once i go thru verification
gstahl5
12-10-2004 12:01:25
Princess and all others, I have gotten the same problem through the ebay link. It goes through a series of redirects only to end up with "The Display page is unavailable" Does anyone have an idea on how to fix it?
Thanks.