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#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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#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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#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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#694613 2-Oct-2012 08:41

Ummmm, who killed it?

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#694628 2-Oct-2012 09:07

Trademe staff must be rolling around on the floor laughing

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#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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#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.

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#694632 2-Oct-2012 09:11

They purchased their servers etc on Trademe

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#694644 2-Oct-2012 09:28

Holy crap. Things just keep going from bad to bad. Username and password are stored locally in cookies:

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#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.

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#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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#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

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#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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#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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#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...

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