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Unfortunate promotion expiration

Last post 04-03-2008 8:11 AM by MasterPlanSoftware. 12 replies.
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  • 04-02-2008 11:45 AM

    Unfortunate promotion expiration

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     I joined goozex.com today (April 2, 2008), a video game trading site that offers free trade credit points for referrals.  I promptly posted my referral link on my favorite gaming forum, and soon received the following email:

     

    Thanks for referring your friends!

    Dear Chris,

    Thank you for inviting your friend, James, who joined Goozex today. You will receive 1 free trade credit and 100 Goozex points once your friend completes their first trade (promotion ends March 31, 2008).

    Never pay for a trade again by referring friends!

    To help you there is a custom referral link tied to your account that you can post anywhere on the web. Those who use this link to join Goozex can earn you free bonuses. Just copy the following link to your web-pages or signatures:
    http://www.goozex.com/trading/asp/join.asp?idr=558437176328

    Thank you and keep referring!

    Goozex

     Apparently I should still be sure to use my custom link so I can continue to earn more expired points!

  • 04-02-2008 12:03 PM In reply to

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    Don't worry.  They actually mean the deal expires on March 31, 12008.  They are just using software that stores the date as four digits.  That Y10K problem is going to be a bitch.

  • 04-02-2008 12:07 PM In reply to

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    bstorer:
    Don't worry.  They actually mean the deal expires on March 31, 12008.  They are just using software that stores the date as four digits.  That Y10K problem is going to be a bitch.

    Don't be ridiculous.  Why would you use 5 decimal digits to store the year portion of the date?  Obviously it's stored in hex and somebody forgot to convert it, so the points will be good until April 1, 8200. 

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  • 04-02-2008 12:13 PM In reply to

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    morbiuswilters:

    bstorer:
    Don't worry.  They actually mean the deal expires on March 31, 12008.  They are just using software that stores the date as four digits.  That Y10K problem is going to be a bitch.

    Don't be ridiculous.  Why would you use 5 decimal digits to store the year portion of the date?  Obviously it's stored in hex and somebody forgot to convert it, so the points will be good until April 1, 8200.

     

    Are you suggesting that there's a better storage solution for numbers than BCD?!  Blasphemer!

  • 04-02-2008 12:15 PM In reply to

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    bstorer:
    Are you suggesting that there's a better storage solution for numbers than BCD?!  Blasphemer!
     

    Base-26  FTW!

    Yes, I have been banned. Thanks to all for a good time.

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  • 04-02-2008 1:50 PM In reply to

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    MasterPlanSoftware:

    You actually plonked down money on this guy?

    Although I'm certainly not saying it isn't worth it... 

     

  • 04-02-2008 2:26 PM In reply to

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    shadowman:

    You actually plonked down money on this guy?

    Although I'm certainly not saying it isn't worth it... 

     

    Domains are cheap. It was worth it.

    Yes, I have been banned. Thanks to all for a good time.

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  • 04-02-2008 9:13 PM In reply to

    • lolwtf
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    Let's see. First post, posting about a buggy "custom referral link" and including the link...
    (null)

  • 04-02-2008 9:30 PM In reply to

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    lolwtf:
    Let's see. First post, posting about a buggy "custom referral link" and including the link...
     

    Yeah, I wondered if anyone would think my post was just trolling for referrals.. but of course according to their site the referrals don't actually work anymore so the point is moot. =) 

  • 04-02-2008 9:31 PM In reply to

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    MasterPlanSoftware:

    shadowman:

    You actually plonked down money on this guy?

    Although I'm certainly not saying it isn't worth it... 

     

    Domains are cheap. It was worth it.

    This brings a tear to my eye. 

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  • 04-02-2008 10:08 PM In reply to

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    morbiuswilters:
    This brings a tear to my eye. 
     

    What? The blatant abuse of domains?

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  • 04-03-2008 2:14 AM In reply to

    • Nelle
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     http://www.spectateswamp.com/VideoEditing.aspx

     

    You seem to have an error there .... 

  • 04-03-2008 8:11 AM In reply to

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    Nelle:

     http://www.spectateswamp.com/VideoEditing.aspx

     

    You seem to have an error there .... 

     

    I am aware. I don't have much time to spend on the site yet. The page simply hasn't been made yet. If you type something up I would be happy to stick it on a page and make it right.

    Yes, I have been banned. Thanks to all for a good time.

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