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Old 05-17-2009, 07:58 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Links to Amazon Parsed Incorrectly

I recently tried to link
this page this page
in a post. Strangely, the link seems to be parsed correctly here, but for some reason in the other post it kept getting parsed as
Code:
http://www.amazon.com/g/p/offer
Which obviously ended up going to a 404.

Don't know if it was a one-off bug or what, but it's something to look into. I wasn't aware until today that Amazon links were handled differently than any other URL.

Anyway, I found a bug and it's now reported. My work here is done.

EDIT:

On a preview the link seemed to work fine here, but after I submitted the thread I noticed that it's been parsed incorrectly here as well. The actual link is
Code:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001RV01IW/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
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Old 05-17-2009, 08:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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it's because of the ref....

people can use the ref to refer and get credit for people's purchases.

Amazon.com: Used and New: OEM NEW SIERRA 595U 880U USB MODEM REPLACEMENT BATTERY Amazon.com: Used and New: OEM NEW SIERRA 595U 880U USB MODEM REPLACEMENT BATTERY

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001RV01IW

hmmm.... have to look at the item again... but it does have to do with the refer direct to a specific seller, this keeps people from spamming a seller if I'm not mistaken.

linking regular items

Amazon.com: OEM NEW SIERRA 595U 880U USB MODEM REPLACEMENT BATTERY: Cell Phones & Service Amazon.com: OEM NEW SIERRA 595U 880U USB MODEM REPLACEMENT BATTERY: Cell Phones & Service
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