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Arrow Unresolved Technical Issues

I'm creating this post for the purpose of documenting technical issues that are still unresolved after a ticket has been created.

Only post about issues that were reported properly, and still having the same issue.

Please put only one issue in each reply. If you have several issues - you'll have several replies. That will make it easier for us to document and deal with properly.

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Default Error: You do not have enough permissions...

There is a bug in the Help system that comes up frequently when attempted to page through the list of tickets. It says:

ERROR: You do not have enough permissions to access thispage. Please log in by entering your e-mail address and password.

Complying with the message usually (but not always) loads the page you are trying to get to.

This happens with both Safari and Firefox using Mac)S 10.4 and 10.5.
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Default Error trying to view a ticket...

Trying to view a ticket from a list page results in a permissions error asking for e-mail address and password.

Complying with the message usually opens the ticket. Sometimes it takes more than one attempt.
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Default Cannot update or post to ticket entry

Clicking Update or Post Reply results in ERROR: You do not have enough permissions...

Complying with the message usually does nothing except redisplay the error. Sometimes it returns to the Support Center page with a Logged in successfully message.

I originally filed tickets on the permissions issues in April, 2009.
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Default Lack of response to tickets

Of ~30 tickets I have filed since February 24, 2009, only two received a response (from Andy Tynefield and Dimitar Z).

Two were closed with no resolution. The rest remain up, including one awaiting manager escalation (the Dimitar conversation).

Related to this is a general UI failure in the help system that when I finally get to a card, there is no way back to the list view. There are only update and post reply buttons, neither of which work, and clicking the browser back button leads to a loop of logging in and returning to the page you were on.

The only way out is to click the help button and start over. Really annoying.

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Default Discrepancies between ads running and various pages

I have had ads running on your ads that also show up on the EC profile of the site where the ad is supposed to be running only to encounter someone else's ad or no widget at all.

I suspect there are multiple scripts determining what information to display and they are either using different clocks or different calculations for the clocks.

How ads can be running on sites with no widgets, I can't wrap my head around that one, so I generally check a site before placing an ad and again after the ad is listed either in my pending or ad lists.

If I find no widget or the site has not been updated in more than 90 days, I was simply canceling the ad. Since yesterday I have also been filing tickets for TOS violations for such sites.
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Default Flaky Drops inbox behavior

I frequently notice that some cards cannot be removed from the cards you haven't dropped on view although they display a Thanks or other EC message. I reported a few, but I'm not sure the best way to deal with this problem.

Of course, you can't drop on a visitor that doesn't display the widget, but I've also run across droppers who appear not even to be members.
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Turbocharge view on Your ads is broken and has been broken for at least a month.

If you click Turbocharge please and point to ads that have completed, they are supposed to expand to show status, clicks, cost, and cost per click, and I remember they used to work that way.

Now all ads show 0 clicks and a dash for CPC.
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I frequently notice that some cards cannot be removed from the cards you haven't dropped on view although they display a Thanks or other EC message. I reported a few, but I'm not sure the best way to deal with this problem.

Of course, you can't drop on a visitor that doesn't display the widget, but I've also run across droppers who appear not even to be members.
This is an issue that several members are having, including me. It is never the same card from day to day.

I've also been told that some members are opening a site and finding the "thanks" message on the widget even though they have not yet dropped their card.
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This is an issue that several members are having, including me. It is never the same card from day to day.

I've also been told that some members are opening a site and finding the "thanks" message on the widget even though they have not yet dropped their card.
I've seen that too. I've also noticed that when a card won't disappear from the Cards you haven't dropped on view, it only displays the Thanks message, even it was dropped on at some other levels.

I've only hit 150 drops once, so I have no idea if this holds true to the utlimate limit.

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Default EC profile view is not real-time

Similar to other statistics issues, I've notice that looking at the user profile is only useful to see results of ads, if then.

While an ad is listed as running, clicks are always zero. I don't know if this has always been the case, but I can't remember seeing actually click counts on any profile when an ad is running.

I also have no idea when the click total gets updated. I just know that I suspect the dashboard statistics get updated first because I've been surprised on several occasions to find an effective site that I was unaware of because of the bugs in the turbocharge and profile views.

I have no confidence that any statistics view is accurate because they don't seem to offer any way to validate results.
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Default There appears to be no real-time connections to when ads are running

At least every day that I have multiple ads running, when I check the sites either from the Your ads or EC user profile, one or more sites is not running my ad.

This morning, in fact, when I initially checked, of the six ads listed as running on my Your ads view (my dashboard said I was running 8 eight ads), only one was actually running it.

When I just checked 10 minutes ago, four were running the ad. In several tickets that I've filed, I listed the actual ads running at the time.

I haven't seen any pattern that indicates why there are discrepancies in counts between the dashboard and Your ads view or any relationship between the various time stamps and when an ad actually appears.

In some cases, my ad NEVER ran during the time it was listed on the site profile card and/or the your ads view.
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I'd like to see email notifications again for EC credit ads pending approval and messages in my inbox. This was happening, but disappeared during the paid ads intro.

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Default Dashboard current ad count doesn't match your ads view

Right now, my dashboard shows 17 ads but Your ads shows 13. This happens constantly.

Switching to turbocharge view in your ads makes it even more confusing because the ads do not necessary line up with the correct week, much less day.
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I'd like to see email notifications again for EC credit ads pending approval and messages in my inbox. This was happening, but disappeared during the paid ads intro.

Thanks.
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This piece appears to be fixed. I got my first notification in a long time last night.

Thanks to whoever is responsible.
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This piece appears to be fixed. I got my first notification in a long time last night.

Thanks to whoever is responsible.
Yep, it has been. I just got a notification. Thanks guys!
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I think there are many Entrecard users, myself included, who would like the ability to remove inactive users from their "Favorites." Once someone no longer has the Entrecard widget on their site, there is no way to remove them from your favorites.

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I think there are many Entrecard users, myself included, who would like the ability to remove inactive users from their "Favorites." Once someone no longer has the Entrecard widget on their site, there is no way to remove them from your favorites.

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To remove a blog from YOUR favorites --- here is what you need to do.

First, go to your profile and click on the "more" button beside your favorites. This will open all your favorites.

Second, click on the blog that you wish to remove. This will take you to THEIR profile page.

Third, click on the "remove from favorites" in the black box that will appear on their profile.

Hope this helps.

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This thread has already produced more good results than the Help desk has in the past two months.

I just filed another ticket about other ads running where I paid with EC. Today was particularly bad. I was expecting a lot more traffic because I had nearly 20 ads queued for the day.

Reality?

Right now, of 11 sites where I've paid to run my ad, a paid ad is running on 5 of the sites, and another blog is running a sixth.

I've filed tickets on this issue several times without resolution, except on one occasion where I was told, essentially, tough luck, bucko. No restoration of credits. If you want to guarantee your ad is going to run, pay for it.

Here's part of the ticket that is relevant to the membership at large because the fact that other ads are running while stats are being compiled for an ad that never ran makes any analytics at EC totally irrelevant:

"At one point today, I had 15-18 ads running, but my ad was only on 3 of those sites. That would explain why the statistics are so unreliable in trying to determine where the value is in placing an ad. When an ad isn't running, it can't get any clicks.

"It also explains why running an ad on a site that was effective one time is not effective the next. I have stats that show I paid 32 EC for a site that produced 57 clicks and the next time I paid 128 EC and got no clicks at all, because my ad never ran, and I was told my credits could not be refunded.

"Further, three days ago, six ads that actually ran got 55 clicks, while 15-18 ads that didn't run yesterday got 6 clicks. Duh."

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To remove a blog from YOUR favorites --- here is what you need to do.

First, go to your profile and click on the "more" button beside your favorites. This will open all your favorites.

Second, click on the blog that you wish to remove. This will take you to THEIR profile page.

Third, click on the "remove from favorites" in the black box that will appear on their profile.

Hope this helps.

Yes, I know how to remove blogs from my favorites. The issue is, once a person is no longer a member of Entrecard or does not have the widget on their page, you cannot remove them from your favorites and they stay there forever! This has been an issue since the beginning of Entrecard that has never been resolved. It would be great if this issue could finally be fixed. Thanks!
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My top dropper over the past 30 days has dropped 31 times.
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This problem has been old for some time.

I just filed another ticket, following yesterday's paying to run somebody else's ad.

Today the same (appears to be) paid ad is running on 7 of the 11 sites where my crazy mug is supposed to be luring unsuspecting readers who can be turned into literary terrorists.

I'm going to see if I can cancel these ads to recover my credits, or is that not allowed under the TOS?

Edited to note that there is apparently no way to cancel an ad once it begins not running. Isn't that special?

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The answer to this one is so simple, Doctor Faustroll, that I am surprised you didn't see it for yourself. At this point, I am beginning to believe that you are just looking for things to complain about.

Ads start running at different times on different sites. Not all ads start running at 12:01 AM and stop running at 11:59 PM on the day for which they are scheduled. If you look at your ads calendar, you will notice that several of your ads that you purchased to run yesterday are still running today. Some of the ads that you purchased to run today have started running; others have not. On your blog, for example, ads rotate at 20:07. (I believe that this is your local time, but don't hold me to that.) You can tell this by looking at the ads list on your dashboard. On my blog, the time is 19:27. Also, this time is not set in concrete. I have noticed it change several times. Do not ask me upon what criteria the time is set because I do not know. I just know that not all ads on Entrecard rotate at the same time... probably because it would create an impossible load on the system if they did. Again, I'm guessing at that. I am not a programmer. I just know the answer to your complaint is that ads on different blogs change at different times.

Isn't that special?
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The answer to this one is so simple, Doctor Faustroll, that I am surprised you didn't see it for yourself. At this point, I am beginning to believe that you are just looking for things to complain about.

Ads start running at different times on different sites. Not all ads start running at 12:01 AM and stop running at 11:59 PM on the day for which they are scheduled. If you look at your ads calendar, you will notice that several of your ads that you purchased to run yesterday are still running today. Some of the ads that you purchased to run today have started running; others have not. On your blog, for example, ads rotate at 20:07. (I believe that this is your local time, but don't hold me to that.) You can tell this by looking at the ads list on your dashboard. On my blog, the time is 19:27. Also, this time is not set in concrete. I have noticed it change several times. Do not ask me upon what criteria the time is set because I do not know. I just know that not all ads on Entrecard rotate at the same time... probably because it would create an impossible load on the system if they did. Again, I'm guessing at that. I am not a programmer. I just know the answer to your complaint is that ads on different blogs change at different times.

Isn't that special?
It is based entirely upon the exact time that the blog owner approved the very FIRST ad to run. From the time that first ad was approved and started running, that is the time when the ads rotate.

--- Just so you know, though, I didn't think of it either. It is a simple explanation, but it didn't occur to me at all that it might be the issue. (hangs head in shame)
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The answer to this one is so simple, Doctor Faustroll, that I am surprised you didn't see it for yourself. At this point, I am beginning to believe that you are just looking for things to complain about.

Ads start running at different times on different sites. Not all ads start running at 12:01 AM and stop running at 11:59 PM on the day for which they are scheduled. If you look at your ads calendar, you will notice that several of your ads that you purchased to run yesterday are still running today. Some of the ads that you purchased to run today have started running; others have not. On your blog, for example, ads rotate at 20:07. (I believe that this is your local time, but don't hold me to that.) You can tell this by looking at the ads list on your dashboard. On my blog, the time is 19:27. Also, this time is not set in concrete. I have noticed it change several times. Do not ask me upon what criteria the time is set because I do not know. I just know that not all ads on Entrecard rotate at the same time... probably because it would create an impossible load on the system if they did. Again, I'm guessing at that. I am not a programmer. I just know the answer to your complaint is that ads on different blogs change at different times.

Isn't that special?
Well, Len, yeah, special as the Church Lady, I suppose.

I'm aware that ads start at different times, but the ads you cite from yesterday are still NOT running my ad.

I'm posting this information here because the Help desk has been unresponsive (I think I have six pages of open tickets), the general FAQs are unhelpful or incorrect, and Shauna set up this thread for issues that have not been addressed.

If the problem was simply a matter of my occasionally noticing a discrepancy between the dashboard and reality that would be one thing, but there does not seem to be any way of verifying what is shown in one view by looking at another view.

For instance, I am right now looking at a sample of the same sites I looked at earlier, having refreshed each window, and five of them are still not running my ad. They weren't running my ad last night.

It seems logical to me that if I check three times during the course of the day that an ad is listed as running — let's say 6 am, noon, and 6 pm local time — that I should see evidence that my ad ran at some point, but that has not been my experience. It also seems odd to find the same ad appearing on 50-70 percent of the places listed as running my ad on my dashboard.

I am suspicious by nature, and it doesn't help to see no clicks in 24 hours for an ad I never saw on a site that previously produced 35 clicks in the same 24 hour period.

I'm no programmer either but I have worked in QA and human factors engineering for many years, and my experience is that when people are exposed to conflicting or indecipherable information they tend not to trust any of it.

Just saying that special is as special does. Pass the chocolates, hold the koolaid.

Edited to include this observation: Since the early post, three new ads have switched to running. I would assume that whatever triggers this switch of message should also trigger the ad to appear, but only one of the new additions to running is displaying my ad. And yes, I refreshed the browser.

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You got me, Doc. There seems to be a paid ad still running its course (paid ads are no longer being accepted, but those that were in the queue are being allowed to run their course), but other than that every site in your ads calendar that says it is running your ad is running your ad. I had to hit refresh a time or two on a couple of them (to get past the paid ad), but your ad eventually popped up.

Sorry if I offended. That was not my intent. I hope you are able to find a solution to your problem that satisfies you.
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psst...

psst...

Hey you....

It's "Shaunalynn"
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Hey you....

It's "Shaunalynn"
May I call you Lynn?

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Hey Len — Don't worry about offending me. Many have tried and most have lived to joke about it.

I really am interested in figuring how how the various pieces of the EC statistical puzzle fit together so I can make sense out of it. It comes from a stint working with tax accountants. If you want boring, that's boring AND annoying as hell.


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You got me, Doc. There seems to be a paid ad still running its course (paid ads are no longer being accepted, but those that were in the queue are being allowed to run their course), but other than that every site in your ads calendar that says it is running your ad is running your ad. I had to hit refresh a time or two on a couple of them (to get past the paid ad), but your ad eventually popped up.

Sorry if I offended. That was not my intent. I hope you are able to find a solution to your problem that satisfies you.
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I've had one "sale" from the market in mediation since 5/29 - maybe with all the changes someone could start going through these - it would really be appreciated.

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Hey Len — Don't worry about offending me. Many have tried and most have lived to joke about it.

I really am interested in figuring how how the various pieces of the EC statistical puzzle fit together so I can make sense out of it. It comes from a stint working with tax accountants. If you want boring, that's boring AND annoying as hell.
I checked a couple of more times last night and this morning, and most of the ads ended up displaying my ad, although four did not, and the ones that did took multiple refreshes in some cases. I would think the refresh issue is a bug that needs to be addressed. How would the average user know that the ad on the site is not necessarily the one they should be seeing? Just asking...
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It seems kind of funny since Graham is not in control any longer, and there are no more paid ads we are now getting email notifications that we have adverts waiting approval. And this is just my opinion and I do have a right to it. I never cared for how he did business on Entrecard and I have the right to be happy there are new owners, and to say so if I would like.

Thank you so very much for getting this issue resolved, it's just simply amazing how things can work for the better isn't it?
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Jodi beat me to it, but I wanted to say something positive about once again getting notices when an ad has been declined and finding a credit in my transactions.

It's been months since that happened.

Keep up the good work.
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I've had one "sale" from the market in mediation since 5/29 - maybe with all the changes someone could start going through these - it would really be appreciated.

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Hey Sheila did you check out this post yet? http://forums.entrecard.com/showthread.php?t=13077
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I've been looking at statistics issues from various angles for several days, and I suggest it would be worthwhile to describe each of the various views in a FAQ that would help users understand what they are looking at and how to interpret the information.

For example, although I have nothing to back me up on this, it appears that popularity values reset at midnight eastern time to the sum of the drops for previous five days. During the day, it each drop accumulates from that base number until midnight eastern, when the counter is reset and begins to count again.

At least that's what it looks like the counter/clock combination is doing based on three days of looking at right before and right after the new EC day.

I suggest that most views that pretend to be counting clicks for running ads are based on flawed algorithms or wishful thinking.

I'm convinced there are several nitpickers on EC who would be willing to assist in validating the statistical model if they were allowed to do so.

I never thought of this service as a way to make money. I thought it would expand my audience, and, to a point, it has. I also think that my audience helps expand EC's audience, so if there really is a win-win opportunity in this lose-lose world of ours, it seems this is it.

Of course, I am often wrong, usually by intention. How about you?
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I'm glad EC is going to start using the itrader point system - I HOPE you will somehow include all the sales that have already been made.

Spicybugz - thanks for the link!

I'm still waiting for someone to respond to the market transaction that is STILL in mediation after 2 months, I think it got lost in the sea of complaints from one particular member. (give other people a chance)
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I was about to rave about a slew of resolved tickets in my inbox, but all of them say this:

" We are changing the status of this ticket to 'Closed' as we have not received a response from you in 48 hours."

Well, duh. I never received any communication asking for a response, and the majority of these tickets have been open for more than a month and many deal with TOS violations. I checked a few of the tickets and there was no resolution or comment in them. It appears that someone just closed everything I filed prior to June 22nd without addressing any of the issues, leaving 15 issues open. I guess that's one way to deal with bug reports.

So I'm confused. Again.
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I had just finished dropping on running and pending and noticed that according to the Quickstats view I had eleven running ads, but I had only four running ads in the Your ads view.

When I switched to Turbocharge me, I saw only three running ads.

None of the Turbocharge cards are showing clicks or CPC, although I have verified that a couple of the profile cards show clicks for ads.

After the initial blast of closed tickets that prompted my last post, I have heard nothing further from the Help Desk.
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I'm glad EC is going to start using the itrader point system - I HOPE you will somehow include all the sales that have already been made.

Spicybugz - thanks for the link!

I'm still waiting for someone to respond to the market transaction that is STILL in mediation after 2 months, I think it got lost in the sea of complaints from one particular member. (give other people a chance)
BTW, have you gotten any response yet? I just noticed that you can't submit tickets anymore. You can still view the old ones, but instructions on the help page for technical support say to use the feedback form from your dashboard.
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Did someone mention market place mediation? My beard has touch the floor waiting for it to be resolved...
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Default The problem of pending ads disappearing continues

I have been monitoring my pending ads for several weeks. In some cases, these ads simply disappear from the pending view without having appeared and with no credit refund.

In several cases, such ads are displayed on the profile of the site where the ad was supposed to appear on the date that the ad was purchased.

In some cases, I have noted that the ad listed as running on a previous date was actually running on the current date, but that has not usually been the case.

In no case, have I seen a credit for an ad that never ran.

Your database is fubar. Somebody should fix it.

I am not longer going to waste time posting here on filing tickets. You can check my blog for the latest idiocy that you people call customer service.

Have a nice day.

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Another issue I've filed on that remains unaddressed is the purchase of ads that remaining in the pending list for a couple of weeks and disappear without running. I've confirmed with one EC member that she did not cancel the ad and it never ran and disappeared from her dashboard.

Such disappearances seem to be added as completed on a site profile views with no clicks and listed as running on the date they were originally purchased.

I have begun taking screen captures on a daily basis to track what is happening, if anyone in tech support is interested.

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Another issue I've filed on that remains unaddressed is the purchase of ads that remaining in the pending list for a couple of weeks and disappear without running. I've confirmed with one EC member that she did not cancel the ad and it never ran and disappeared from her dashboard.

Such disappearances seem to be added as completed on a site profile views with no clicks and listed as running on the date they were originally purchased.

I have begun taking screen captures on a daily basis to track what is happening, if anyone in tech support is interested.

i just assume any technical issues I have are because I touch myself
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That's the best explanation I've received thus far. In fact, that's the only explanation I've received.

It does look like there's a bug that drops ads from the pending list after ten days or so. When it happens, the ad never runs, there is no refund of credits, and the ad shows up on an EC profile as having run on the day the request was made.

So what is the sound of one hand typing?
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I have been monitoring my pending ads for several weeks. In some cases, these ads simply disappear from the pending view without having appeared and with no credit refund.

In several cases, such ads are displayed on the profile of the site where the ad was supposed to appear on the date that the ad was purchased.

In some cases, I have noted that the ad listed as running on a previous date was actually running on the current date, but that has not usually been the case.

In no case, have I seen a credit for an ad that never ran.

Your database is fubar. Somebody should fix it.

I am not longer going to waste time posting here on filing tickets. You can check my blog for the latest idiocy that you people call customer service.

Have a nice day.

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I lost around 4,000 EC in pending ads over the last couple of weeks ... they just went poof! Never showed, never got refunded, just poof!
And I thought being pissed off about losing a couple of hundred here, a couple of hundred there was big time losses/

I have not received any official response to this problem, but my workaround and my recommendation to anyone using Entrecard is to monitor your pending ads and cancel any ad that has not been approved or rejected within 9 days. I have chosen 7 days for myself.

If you leave an ad pending for 10 days, you might as well consider it shit down the pie hole.

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