someone has to say it

[pdiggitydogg]

I am publicly voicing my opinion-

this new ebay motors popup is the worst ever...not only is it popup stopper Pro proof, but you cant close it with just alt+f4...it follows you down the page and takes up too much room. AND, Ive already clicked on it twice by missing the X while trying to close it

its like...its like those damn ghosts in mario...always there when you least expect it and follow you around

http://photic.slimemansion.com/windcrystal/image/bigboo.jpg

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Disabling 3rd party cookies can rid some of these popups. I've never seen this Ebay popup and I don't use a blocker.

[pdiggitydogg]

yeah...its set to do that...i still get it

[MAXed Out]

i dunno i always leave my pc on at night an i always get popups. it's like 40 or so popups a night but i downloaded adaware6 and it got rid of most of them.

[blind34_1]

i second your opinion...this ebay motors crazy popup is really starting to piss me off. If it was a normal window it would be no problem, i'd just right click close it before it has a chance to open like all the others. undoubtedly ebay knows this is how most people without popupstoppers work and made this stupid (i'm assuming javabased?) popup.

take it off, please!

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

What does this popup do exactly?

[spoogenet]

I don't see any popup....where is it? Just ebaymotors.com??? Does it load every time?

I'm running Mozilla and using its built-in popup filter.

b

[pdiggitydogg]

yeah its just one crazy popup...its animated w/o a window around it...like macromedia or something.

pita

[drdingo21]

I just made way back here and i see what you mean....I added the ***** to my firewalls block list. So no i don't get it at all, i also added the other ads to the list and get this everytime now.


ERROR
The requested URL has been blocked because it is a AD

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While trying to retrieve the URL: http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/N2524.burstmedia/B1234291;sz=550x550;siteid=C82;click=http://www.burstnet.com/ads/ad9209a-map.cgi/BCPG20178.38673.41870/sz=0X0SB//BURSTURL=;ord=45085?

The following error was encountered:

This ad was blocked to conserve bandwith. If you have any questions send an e-mail to the address printed below.
The system returned:

(111) Connection refused
The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.

Your cache administrator is JJ.



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Generated Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:46:15 GMT by ipcop (Squid/2.4.STABLE6)


BTW since im the Netwrok Admin here at work, anyone who tries to access those ads will get that message so i had to make it civil:) But this way the ad is never even request from their server so it doesn't even know i never got it! Take that you bastards!

[VR4_Craver]

:toofunny: :toofunny: :toofunny: :toofunny: to good...need that at home....

[drdingo21]

what the hell are you doing online?! Go to school!

[drdingo21]

Here is an example what i see. Notice the top bar.....
http://www.s87612860.onlinehome.us/pics/blocked.jpg


And while i am it how about this!
http://www.s87612860.onlinehome.us/pics/cathitit.jpg


And this!
http://www.s87612860.onlinehome.us/pics/hitithippo.gif


alright, im done.

[ebpda9]

LMAO JJ. where do u find all that stuff ?

[drdingo21]

;) I picked it up in my internet travels :yes: I have wayyyy more but im going to lunch....ill post a couple more when i get back.


BTW pdogg don't mean to hyjack your thread:yes:

[Racing Rice]

I use PopUpCop.. Its rare that any popups get passed it..

[ChrisCantSkate]

Originally posted by 94_AcCoRd_EX
Disabling 3rd party cookies can rid some of these popups. I've never seen this Ebay popup and I don't use a blocker.
thats what i do, i havnt seen it yet

[pdiggitydogg]

agh dammit...there it is again!

its plaguing me

[mylittlecivic]

it is kind of annoying but if the site gets moeny for advertisng it we should support that

[DsBlu01CivEX]

yah it's god awful annoying....During my travels on HST it stalks me probably about 5 or 6 times....it's something to do with bidding to get a chance to win 10k to "trick" out your car. I just ignore it and it goes away.

[slowEJ6]

i have 3rd party cookies blocked and it pops up.........most fgt popup ever.

good reason to not log onto this site just cuz of that stupid popup.

[spoogenet]

I've had problems with the stupid ads trying to access ActiveX controls, it crashes my IE. I can't surf the site anymore with IE, I can only get it to work with Mozilla.

I don't care if the site is getting money from it. If I can't use the site, it doesn't really matter to me whether it exists or not.

I support HST however there's only a certain amount of trouble or frustration I'll tolerate before I'll simply stop using the site. If I stop using it then there's definitely no way the site gets any money from me.......pissing off the members is counterproductive. It may get you cash in the short-run, but it only serves to alienate the very customers who bring you the cash in the long run.

b

[pdiggitydogg]

problem with blocking the 3p cookies is then i cant log onto my bank account or student email (which i am "required" to check)
oh well.....

[KwikR6]

I don't see it
But I do get a ****ing annoying matchmaker pop up...oh funny shit
when I pressed reply i got a shitty classmates pop up

[Kyle]

I use netscape and i have some kind of pop-up hider thingy...i haven't seen a single pop-up for about 6 months...i'll try to find out what it's called for you guys

[Chief]

The pop-up is only for a little while longer. Yeah, I know it's not the greatest thing to encounter, but real world is that there is a cost associated with running a site. Unless people want to start making donations, we have to rely on advertising to help absorb some of our expenses.

It's not that often that we allow this type of creative ad unit to run, but occasionally we have to cave in and do what we gotta do.

Hang in there and just remember it's for a good cause ;)

[drdingo21]

Originally posted by Chief
The pop-up is only for a little while longer. Yeah, I know it's not the greatest thing to encounter, but real world is that there is a cost associated with running a site. Unless people want to start making donations, we have to rely on advertising to help absorb some of our expenses.

It's not that often that we allow this type of creative ad unit to run, but occasionally we have to cave in and do what we gotta do.

Hang in there and just remember it's for a good cause ;) I agree. And when i go to ebay to buy a car, or anything else ill come here and hunt for the ad soi can click it:) until then im not intrested;)


You should throw up a donation link cheif. I would probly send a little $ your way.

[pdiggitydogg]

agreed...I think we all could spare a few dollars for the site
the truely hardcore hst people would donate for sure

[Chief]

I had a donation button on the site for quite some time, but all it did was collect dust. To anyone interested in donating to a worthy cause, here's the link:

https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=sales%40vrating.com&item_name=HS+Tuners&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD

The paypal email address will show as webmaster@vrating.com (that's the primary email address for the paypal account), but you'll see the description is HS Tuners. I greatly greatly appreciate the kind thought for anyone willing to spare some change.

[Kyle]

I don't have paypal(or a credit card for that matter)...but i could probably send a money order or somethin...where would i send that to chief?

[drdingo21]

Never seen that link before. I sent some $$ your way.

[GT40FIED]

I'm glad someone else (or even others) feel the same way. I understand that it take money to run the site and I totally respect that. But isn't the Ebaymotors.com popup enough? What's with this Macromedia-looking thing that's a blatant attempt to circumvent popup blockers? I can't imagine the draw from Emode and Matchmaker and the other half dozen popups I get here are that bad.

[pdiggitydogg]

donatizil fo shizil
kinda hard for me to guess what would be acceptable...so if its really not enough let me know

[93Honda]

i hate the ones that, as soon as they pop up they move your mouse to the center of them. You'll be clicking away at a webpage, one of those will come up and you'll end up clicking it.