Wheedle.co.nz: experiences, comments

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Reply # 694511 1-Oct-2012 21:16
Just tried to place a listing and it gave me an invalid username and password message between steps 3 and 4. I am using Safari without Flash installed so maybe something to do with that. On the positive side the ability to add video to an auction will make the site a lot of fun and generate big talking points. Wheedle is not vetting any listings so this could turn out badly but it is a nice idea and I wish them well with it.

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Reply # 694544 1-Oct-2012 22:05
Tel69: I'd almost bank my bottom dollar there is mysql in the background there. Them trapping every error (including timeouts, SQL errors and internal server errors) with a standard 404 catch all message is really silly unless their back end logging is fantastic. It's ASP.NET, so that's unlikely.

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Reply # 694591 2-Oct-2012 01:48
so i registered on wheedle just now and was emailed the confirmation code... tried it and it keeps saying invalid, i tried resending another code, got the email and tried that code still the same problem... what's going on?

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Reply # 694613 2-Oct-2012 08:41
Ummmm, who killed it?

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Reply # 694628 2-Oct-2012 09:07
Trademe staff must be rolling around on the floor laughing Systems Engineer Vodafone NZ http://forum.vodafone.co.nz

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Reply # 694629 2-Oct-2012 09:08
It must be quite embarrasing for the owners of Wheedle. They where even running radio adverts this morning for a website which isn't working! What a waste of money.

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Reply # 694630 2-Oct-2012 09:10
Complete disconnect between product planners, marketing and technology people. Whoever advised the owners failed miserably. The main problems I see are lack of security from the ground, and lack of proper testing before releasing a service. Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 694632 2-Oct-2012 09:11
They purchased their servers etc on Trademe KiwiNZ Whāia te iti kahurangi Ki te tūohu koe, me he maunga teitei Pursue excellence – should you stumble, let it be to a lofty mountain

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Reply # 694644 2-Oct-2012 09:28
Holy crap. Things just keep going from bad to bad. Username and password are stored locally in cookies: Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 694653 2-Oct-2012 09:49
was that in plain text? , doesn't matter anyway that is absolutely unforgivable, there should be press warnings about this site. KiwiNZ Whāia te iti kahurangi Ki te tūohu koe, me he maunga teitei Pursue excellence – should you stumble, let it be to a lofty mountain

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Reply # 694654 2-Oct-2012 09:50
The site appears to now be offline for maintenance.... You know you're onto a winner if you've got an outage within 24 hours of going live.

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Reply # 694658 2-Oct-2012 09:56
gished: The site appears to now be offline for maintenance.... You know you're onto a winner if you've got an outage within 24 hours of going live. Maybe they gave up and are all going home Systems Engineer Vodafone NZ http://forum.vodafone.co.nz

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Reply # 694663 2-Oct-2012 09:59
KiwiNZ: was that in plain text? , doesn't matter anyway that is absolutely unforgivable, there should be press warnings about this site. Yes...AND they should be proactive about paying for those. As Maurico outlined in his Blog, there's a greater issue here; that of people using the same login details on multiple sites. If they were true to their name they'd Weedle their way into the media and wave a big warning flag on that issue alone..... done properly it'll earn them more respect than derision.

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Reply # 694665 2-Oct-2012 10:01
i was so looking forward to my first experience with wheedle, but now it seems like they are still on beta testing... come on wheedle deedle guys... we really need a good trademe alternative

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Reply # 694666 2-Oct-2012 10:04
I want to delete my account... oh hold on, need a working site to be able to do that....... Wonder if Sella's popularity will go up with TradeMe hike in fees and Wheedles downfall... XPD / @DemiseNZ / Gavin Website CPU : Intel E5300 GFX: Geforce 9800GTX/+ RAM: 3GB DDR2 A+ - MCDST - MCTS CCNA Arriving soon.

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