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Sprint Advertisement from Hell

Jul 21, 2008 7:36AM PDT

I went to the Digital Camera Forum and there is an advertisement for Sprint Instinct telephone.

It has a "close" indicator, but it will not close.

Had to close Internet Explorer and start over.

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Samsung Advertisement from Hell
Jul 23, 2008 8:32AM PDT

Today it is Samsung.
How do I get rid of the advertisement?
I clicked "go to Cnet" and it followed me.

The advertisement that came to dinner and won't go home.

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Joe, I've reported this to the ad folks.
Jul 25, 2008 4:38AM PDT

It's very annoying, especially when the close link doesn't work.

Thanks!
-Lee

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They made a change ..... but
Jul 28, 2008 12:15AM PDT

Not for the better.

The Intel Centrino ad from hell popped up today.

There was no "close" button to click.
It would not go away.
Had to close the window and open it again.

Advertisers won't get much "good will" from their ads.

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LOL... yeah it the ad unit that has issues not closing,
Jul 28, 2008 2:59AM PDT

not the advertiser content.

They are working on getting this fixed.

We apologize for the inconvenience Joe.

-Lee