Virgin Atlantic eBay Auction

[Pete]

http://www.v-flyer.com/pages.asp?pageid=141

So, who's up for naming the aircraft 'V-FLYER'?

Pete

*rustles around in his pockets for some loose change for the kitty*

Great Idea Pete!
I fancy the UC bar [^]

Dean

[Pete]

I've already bought a holdall this morning. I can see this is going to be an expensive couple of weeks!

Pete

[fozzyo]

Originally posted by pixuk
I've already bought a holdall this morning. I can see this is going to be an expensive couple of weeks!

Pete

hehee

I think our own plane would be too cool!

[HighFlyer]

What a great idea for an auction! (Hmm ... I want my name on a plane!! hehe! Could be a great Xmas idea for those 'hard to buy for' people!

I think that a V-Flyer named plane would be fantastic - although it should definately be an honourary thing

[HighFlyer]

Just noticed that the name only stays on the aircraft for a year [;(]

V-Flyer is timeless!

Dean

[Pete]

Here's a link to all the Virgin Atlantic items;

Link to eBay

This link also earns V-Flyer about 1p every time you bid - so go mad!

[Scrooge]

Originally posted by pixuk
http://www.v-flyer.com/pages.asp?pageid=141

So, who's up for naming the aircraft 'V-FLYER'?

Pete

Oh hell yes,i'll even put in double if we can name it after my fav former member..just ask them if we can rename a 343 instead

[HighFlyer]

Oh hell yes,i'll even put in double if we can name it after my fav former member..just ask them if we can rename a 343 instead

LOLOL :D:D:D Would that be an old, retired Nigerian A343 .. r just a standard one?

Not bad at £245 so far for the name on the plane......can't see it going for that though.

[mitchja]

Sorry OT but does anyone know how to get referal web links to work through Norton Internet security as NIS blocks referal web links. I've tried disabling NIS but it still wont refer me to ebay [?]

Thanks and Regards

[Pete]

Originally posted by mitchja
Sorry OT but does anyone know how to get referal web links to work through Norton Internet security as NIS blocks referal web links. I've tried disabling NIS but it still wont refer me to ebay [?]

Thanks and Regards

Didn't realise Norton did that - had heard that it came in for a ton of flack for blocking real content on websites (basically screwing up how they looked), but didn't realise they also blocked affiliate links (Which is pretty low, because that's how many sites, including V-Flyer, manage to supplement the running costs. I wonder why Norton thinks they are allowed to deny a website a referral credit. Grrr...)

Pete

[mitchja]

Received a reply from Symantec tech support about this. I had to create a web content rule to allow the refering web site to pass the info to the ebay web site (ie I had to create a rule to permit http://www.qksrv.net to pass on web page info on)

It now works [y]

Originally posted by xenole
Not bad at £245 so far for the name on the plane......can't see it going for that though.

Up to £4050.00 already but the reserve still not met [:0]

Regards

Originally posted by mitchja
Sorry OT but does anyone know how to get referal web links to work through Norton Internet security as NIS blocks referal web links. I've tried disabling NIS but it still wont refer me to ebay [?]

Thanks and Regards

I see there's been a fix, but you can always copy the link address and remove the referral text, leaving the real URL present, so for the ebay one, you get:

search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQfcclZ1QQfclZ3QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsassZvirginunite

Postage rates do seem a bit high though, hopeully that goes to charity too.

[Pete]

Hmmm, ok, but the question was how to get the referral link to work, which is subtly different to removing the referral part of the link

Originally posted by pixuk
Hmmm, ok, but the question was how to get the referral link to work, which is subtly different to removing the referral part of the link

I fully understand why you are doing this, but people buy software to stop phishing attempts, which is similar to this. The user thinks they are clicking on a link to Ebay, but their data is going via http://www.qksrv.net and then being redirected to Ebay. Maybe an updated FAQ item is needed to explain how to bypass the most popular software packages.

When I click on the referal link they want me to download something..

Originally posted by VS-EWR
When I click on the referal link they want me to download something..

The referral link doesn't seem to be working, I've had a few issues with these recently, with it timing out and not responding. Go direct and it works fine.

I think the black leather holdalls are nice.

Dean

So much so I've bought one. Its all for charity mate!

Dean

[Pete]

I can easily see us all turning up at the next social touting one of those holdalls...

Pete

Well I have to now.
And i'll turn up in my own named plane

Dean

[preiffer]

My bid for £7,500 to call the plane "Reefa" didn't even hit the reserve... [:(]

Must try harder...[:?]


It's got my bid at it's current level of £7,100.99. (By the way - WHAT holdalls?)

Originally posted by preiffer
My bid for £7,500 to call the plane "Reefa" didn't even hit the reserve... [:(]

Must try harder...[:?]


It's got my bid at it's current level of £7,100.99. (By the way - WHAT holdalls?)

It really would be great if one of us could get it, but I think we should just lobby to get a plane named after us anyway.

I was going to buy one of the shirts, but they're already too much for me, and there are still 5 days to go!