Questions about the NEWLY REVISED Coupon Database - post them here....

[Cin42382]

In my HL page I have many coupons listed. However when I go into "Trades - Actual and Potential" it only shows 15 coupons that I have , with no where to see another pages?

[Gromit]

SchwoomsMom made excellent points. In particular...

Originally Posted by SchwoomsMom ... 4)I have a coupon for flat earth, a peelie that I've found. I'd love to have a way to offer it to someone that has flat earth tearpad coupons listed in their wishlist. Perhaps a "broader" matching, so it's the name of the coupon & amount, vs the exact one. Or, at least a way to search everyone's wishlist for "flat earth" so I can find a trader looking for that coupon, and offer it to them. ...

It would be very helpful if people on the 'wish list" side could put in wildcard requests like that.

I just looked at a handful of posts in the wish list forum. More often than not, people specified a product, and didn't care what source or expiration (and usually not even the value).

As the db is now, they'll have to do a manual search every few days for each product name, adding into their wish list new, specific coupons that they find, and removing ones that are nearing or past expiration.

Semi-related suggestion: When entering a value that is "$ off x qty," it would be helpful if the "add" form opened up separate boxes for the amount and quantity, similar to the way it opens the "valid up to $" box for "buy x get y" and "free" options. That would enable you to give more specific error messages for just the portion that has a problem (for example, I couldn't tell initially that amounts below $1 require the leading zero). Separating the fields might make it easier to enter (and validate) wildcards if/when you add that feature.

Bug: When I tried to enter a coupon, checking only the "Wish List" box, the form gives the quantity error ("You must specify the quantity of the coupon you have available (between 1 and 100)"), even though there's no place to put it.

[mythreeiggys]

Just wondering if I am the only one that has a hard time when I get into the database. It seems to take awhile to load and most of the time it will stop responding. When I click on keep list, it will take atleast 2 minutes to load, stop responding and then come back up. I hate to say but I almost dread going in the DB because of all the problems I am having =(

[aspen'smom]

Originally Posted by cashqueen I've been trying to access some wishlists - a few different ones on two different computers at different times of the day and I keep getting this message 'Asyncronous list failed.' I guess I better google 'asyncronous' to find out what it means. If nothing else I'll have learned a new word

Please help! Others are not able to view my h/l and w/l due to the error received above. Can someone look into this please? Thanks!

I am able to view my own, but I have been told others are not able to view mine.

[cvsingkayla]

Originally Posted by mythreeiggys Just wondering if I am the only one that has a hard time when I get into the database. It seems to take awhile to load and most of the time it will stop responding. When I click on keep list, it will take atleast 2 minutes to load, stop responding and then come back up. I hate to say but I almost dread going in the DB because of all the problems I am having =(

I second this.

[aspen'smom]

I also agree this is the best thing since sliced bread! I can't wait until the multiple trade feature is up and working. I have done a few trades, and it is confusing and time consuming when trying to do multiples.

On another note, has the issue with the trade conversations being deleted been resolved? I noticed that I had not completed and archived a trade, and then it wasn't there the next time that I looked. If the other trader deletes the item from their h/l, will it make the trade disappear? If so, is it possible to add an announcement post to let all members know not to do this? (I have also noticed that if the item is added back, the trade conversation comes back.)

Thanks!

[queenofthehivemomof5]

Morning everyone..will try and answer some questions as I can. I am going to try and quote the questions recently asked and address them.

1)I'm finding that when I offer a trade to someone, and they don't respond, after a while, my only option is to cancel the trade or comment, neither of which will remove it from my trades tab, it will sit there indefinitely until the other trader chooses to do something with it. I would like to be able to 'delete' it from my trades tab.

Once you click cancel and submit on the cancel box you are presented with the archive button, so you should be able to 'delete' it from your trades tab.

2)I offer a coupon to bugface. She cancels, saying she's got enough of the coupon. Now, I'm left with Comment or Archive. In my history page, there is no way to delete these archived responses, so after a while, I'm going to have a ton of archived cancelled messages. I'd like a way to cancel a message, whether or not the recipient has responded yet, and not have to archive it. If I must archive it, can we add a delete option from the archive area?

I will put that on my list of things for the next version I promise - delete history.

3)I've completed a trade, and both traders have hit complete, and I've left feedback. Is it going to sit in my trade section until the other trader has done the same?

Yes it will untill they leave feedback. Once the notification system is in place (and I do realize that we NEED that there just seems to be a hangup on it) I think you will find more people leaving feedback.)

4)I have a coupon for flat earth, a peelie that I've found. I'd love to have a way to offer it to someone that has flat earth tearpad coupons listed in their wishlist. Perhaps a "broader" matching, so it's the name of the coupon & amount, vs the exact one. Or, at least a way to search everyone's wishlist for "flat earth" so I can find a trader looking for that coupon, and offer it to them.

noted for next version

5) In regards to "multiple matches" trading, it would be very beneficial to be able to see all the matches for a particular trader. For example, I might have 5 or 6 coupons that match a traders wishlist. I'll go thru and offer each of them to them, but then that's 5 or 6 seperate comments I have to leave, and they have to deal with, and if they only want 4, then I've got more in my archives tab that I don't need there. Or, as in what recently happened with a trade, a trader and I agreed on a trade, we completed it, and mailed. Then, I saw another coupon that I wanted from this trader, and one that they were looking for. Now, we've got another trade going, that could have been prevented if I had been able to see all the matches. Going thru their haves list is fine, but being able to see all of the matches at once would be delightful.

I beleive that this will be done with the multiple trading feature when that is done.

6) When I'm looking at my lists, it is automatically organized by expiration date, which is great. I wish that it would then be sorted alphabetically, instead of when I put them in my list.

The lists are sorted at first by expiration date so you can get rid of expireds (if you do) or if there is a hot coupon on your keep list you will see it and use it before it expires :). You can sort your lists alphabetically or just about any other way needed (source, type, etc)

7) When I go to put something in my haves list, sometimes it will say it's already in there, but sometimes it will just allow me to enter more. I've been going thru my coupons, making sure that some of them are added. I searched "van waffles" and found the coupon I wanted, and hit haves list. Usually, it will tell me that it's already in my list. I thought it was, so I double checked, and sure enough, it was already there.

I noticed this too (I am trying to get my inserts in my lists this week) I will mention it to our developer guy.

I really do like the database, and am really looking forward to the notification portion, since right now, I'm pm'ing everyone that I'm interested in trading with, because most people are not checking the database.

Notification should be here soon. I just learned that it is all coded and stuff there was just a communication hang up. So maybe today???? (crossing fingers)

I'd like to enter a coupon but I don't know the source. An Unknown option would be nice.

You can use the source option 'other'

In my HL page I have many coupons listed. However when I go into "Trades - Actual and Potential" it only shows 15 coupons that I have , with no where to see another pages?

This tab is showing you matches to your lists (incoming and outgoing tabs within this tab, one shows matches to your have list and one shows matches to your wish list) if your page is showing 15 coupons, that is because there are only 15 matches.

It would be very helpful if people on the 'wish list" side could put in wildcard requests like that. I just looked at a handful of posts in the wish list forum. More often than not, people specified a product, and didn't care what source or expiration (and usually not even the value).

the database is designed for specific coupon trading and if you wish to be more general you can always post an ISO in the trading forums. However perhaps we can build a search feature of some sort for members wish/have lists that would allow you to manually search others lists or something....but the design is specific coupon trading.

As the db is now, they'll have to do a manual search every few days for each product name, adding into their wish list new, specific coupons that they find, and removing ones that are nearing or past expiration.

We sort of expect members to search now and then for new coupons to add to thier wish lists that is why the database search results are sorted by newest first. So if you say choose winetag you will see the newest winetags added and you can add them to your wish list if they peak your interest. As far as removing items from your lists...its done pretty quickly with a few clicks. We don't have the lists purge expireds automatically because some people can use expired coupons and some members trade them. So it is up to each member to update thier lists as needed.

Semi-related suggestion: When entering a value that is "$ off x qty," it would be helpful if the "add" form opened up separate boxes for the amount and quantity, similar to the way it opens the "valid up to $" box for "buy x get y" and "free" options. That would enable you to give more specific error messages for just the portion that has a problem (for example, I couldn't tell initially that amounts below $1 require the leading zero). Separating the fields might make it easier to enter (and validate) wildcards if/when you add that feature.

if you forget the leading zero (and this is written in the instructions that it needs a leading zero) the DB will give you an error. adding the box as suggested is a lot of work for something that once you learn to add the leading zero is not an issue again. Once you start adding coupons, you get the hang of it and can add coupons pretty fast (at least I have)

Bug: When I tried to enter a coupon, checking only the "Wish List" box, the form gives the quantity error ("You must specify the quantity of the coupon you have available (between 1 and 100)"), even though there's no place to put it.

Bug reported.

Just wondering if I am the only one that has a hard time when I get into the database. It seems to take awhile to load and most of the time it will stop responding. When I click on keep list, it will take atleast 2 minutes to load, stop responding and then come back up. I hate to say but I almost dread going in the DB because of all the problems I am having

The DB is getting heavily used, I am looking into anything that we can do to get it to run faster with all the folks that are using it.

Please help! Others are not able to view my h/l and w/l due to the error received above. Can someone look into this please? Thanks! I am able to view my own, but I have been told others are not able to view mine.

Someone told me that as well...I am sending email to our guy this am that will address some of these issues. I don't know why some people can view the lists ok and some can not. Could be a browser issue.

On another note, has the issue with the trade conversations being deleted been resolved? I noticed that I had not completed and archived a trade, and then it wasn't there the next time that I looked. If the other trader deletes the item from their h/l, will it make the trade disappear? If so, is it possible to add an announcement post to let all members know not to do this? (I have also noticed that if the item is added back, the trade conversation comes back.)

If a member deletes a coupon from thier list it the conversation will disapear. the dialog is tacked onto the coupon information. people will need to remember not to remove coupons from thier lists untill the trade is done I guess.

[rbunnymom]

Ok, I am a bit slow...just found the coupon database. I love it. I will be using it alot. Thank you, Thank you.

[hrborn]

I'm finding lots of duplicate coupons or misspellings (e.g., Kraft Caramels is entered correctly and then as "carmels" which is a correct spelling of the word but not how it is spelled on the coupon. Lots of other little examples...my concern about this is 1) people are not checking for the coupon before adding it and 2) when I put a coupon on my w/l or h/l it will not be found because people are adding version 2 of the coupon to their list...does that make sense? I guess I just wish there was a way to check for duplicate coupons or make sure they weren't duplicates before being added.

Thank you for all your work on this--it's a really great database.

[MrsPinecone]

If you find a coupon that is a dupe or misspelled, please report it so that it can be corrected.