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11-17-2017, 08:29 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 20,262
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Yachtworld Popups
Is it just me or are other people having problems using Yachtworld? I do a search for boats and start viewing a boat and I get a popup that I have won a Google prise. You try to close the popup and it redirects you to another web site and you can't get back to where you were. So I open another Yachtworld page and the same thing happens again. At this rate Yachtworld is completely unusable to me. Is this juat a problem when using an ipad?
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11-17-2017, 08:53 PM
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Guru
City: Stuart FL
Vessel Name: Lucky Lucky
Vessel Model: Pacific Mariner 65
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 2,734
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It is happening to me as well. I'm using an iPad. Don't know if it is happening on a computer. It is most annoying and makes the yachtworld site impossible to use.
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Howard
Lucky Lucky
Stuart, FL
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11-17-2017, 08:56 PM
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Senior Member
City: Rapid City, SD heading back to the PNW
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 212
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I've not had that happen to me on my computer, I don't use a smart phone, so it must be a phone thing
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11-17-2017, 09:27 PM
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Guru
City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,195
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Yep, same issue on my new I-Phone.
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Larry
"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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11-17-2017, 10:28 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 20,262
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I sent Yachtworld a message through their customer contact. Have not heard anything back, but maybe if more people complain they will address the problem.
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11-17-2017, 10:53 PM
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Guru
City: Seabrook, Texas
Vessel Name: Small World
Vessel Model: Defever 50
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 611
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Same problem on my iPad.
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11-17-2017, 11:16 PM
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Member
City: Bossier City, LA
Vessel Name: Son of a Sailor
Vessel Model: Bertram 46 M/Y
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 21
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I too am having this problem on both I-phone 8, and also on a new I-pad.
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11-18-2017, 05:09 AM
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Guru
City: Narragansett Bay
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 36
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 1,783
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Same here with an I pad. Been happening for months. Very frustrating.
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11-18-2017, 06:26 AM
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Guru
City: st pete
Vessel Model: 430 Mainship
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 3,462
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I'm working fine. MacBook Pro
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11-18-2017, 07:52 AM
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Guru
City: Port Townsend
Vessel Name: The Promise
Vessel Model: Roughwater 35
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,568
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No problems on my iPad using Adguard Pro.
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11-18-2017, 08:51 AM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,700
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Yachtworld is not there for your pleasure.
It’s there to make money.
If you want something free go elsewhere.
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North Western Washington State USA
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11-18-2017, 10:48 AM
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Senior Member
City: South Puget Sound, WA
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 364
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No problem with popups on my computers but I am having trouble with slow loading of photos. I have a fast internet connection so I'm not thinking that is the issue.
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11-18-2017, 10:48 AM
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Senior Member
City: Carrollton, Va
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 458
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomad Willy
Yachtworld is not there for your pleasure.
It’s there to make money.
If you want something free go elsewhere.
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.... Huh?
Anyway, I've all but given up on looking at boats on there for that same reason. It would be different if you could exit the ad or hit back, but I can't. I have to close it out and re-search, frustrating!
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11-18-2017, 10:51 AM
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Guru
City: Seattle
Vessel Name: AZZURRA
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 54
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 4,010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomad Willy
Yachtworld is not there for your pleasure.
It’s there to make money.
If you want something free go elsewhere.
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Not quite correct. Dealers pay a lot of money each month to place boats on YW for easy access to the public.
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11-18-2017, 10:52 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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Seems to be only an iProblem.
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11-18-2017, 10:57 AM
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Guru
City: Seattle
Vessel Name: AZZURRA
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 54
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 4,010
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I am not experiencing any pop up issues on my iPad, os 11.1.1
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11-18-2017, 11:53 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 20,262
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While I do get pleasure looking at boats on Yachtworld, I have actually bought several boats from listings I found on Yachtworld. The whole purpose of Yachtworld is to allow buyers to find a boat listed by a seller. If Yachtworld is unusable due to the ads popping up, then it hurts the seller who paid to list the boat since I can't see their listing. To tell us to go somewhere else for pleasure does not compute... I wonder if the sellers that are paying for buyers to see their listings know that the buyers are unable to view the listing?
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11-18-2017, 12:06 PM
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Veteran Member
City: alburtis
Vessel Model: 1986 Cape Dory Flybridge
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 43
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I am using a windows based computer, fairly quick computer, but not so fast internet here. After looking at ten or so photos it freezes pretty much everything on my computer. I'm having the same problem with other sites too, Boats.com..
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11-18-2017, 12:08 PM
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Guru
City: Narragansett Bay
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 36
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 1,783
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomad Willy
Yachtworld is not there for your pleasure.
It’s there to make money.
If you want something free go elsewhere.
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I am trying to by a boat. And I continually tell my / the broker they should find another place to advertise. There is opportunity for a good alternative site. As broker trying to sell boats I wouldn’t utilize YW if I didn’t have to.
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11-18-2017, 12:20 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Easting
I am trying to by a boat. And I continually tell my / the broker they should find another place to advertise. There is opportunity for a good alternative site. As broker trying to sell boats I wouldn’t utilize YW if I didn’t have to.
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But you do have to. As to all these issues being reported, I don't know. The pop up is not a Yachtworld problem as many of us don't have it. It appears confined to Apple products and browsers.
Most brokers also have their own sites but YW is the closest thing boat brokers have to MLS for Realtors.
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