Slickdeals is community-supported.  We may get paid by brands for deals, including promoted items.
Forum Thread

Duplicate alerts for the same listing starting today at ~10am ET

1,212 1,757 March 17, 2025 at 09:38 AM
Did some new code go in this morning? At ~10am ET started getting spammed with alerts for the same exact listing every 10-15 minutes.

Sample post: https://slickdeals.net/f/18183610-anker-via-costco-next-anker-prime-67w-gan-wall-charger-3-ports-a2669113-32-99
About the OP
Joined Jul 2012 L55: Mage
1,757 Reputation Points
338 Deals Posted
6,397 Votes Submitted
1,212 Comments Posted

Your comment cannot be blank.

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Joined Aug 2005
L3: Novice
> bubble2 278 Posts
19 Reputation
Ernie
03-17-2025 at 09:39 AM.
03-17-2025 at 09:39 AM.
I haven't changed a thing...but this is a bit strange. Some have 3, some have 6, some have 4 or 9.
Reply
Joined Nov 2004
Wuzzy's Best Friend
> bubble2 49,303 Posts
4,345 Reputation
Staff
Autumn | Staff
03-17-2025 at 09:52 AM.
03-17-2025 at 09:52 AM.
Quote from slammdunkk :
Did some new code go in this morning? At ~10am ET started getting spammed with alerts for the same exact listing every 10-15 minutes.

Sample post: https://slickdeals.net/f/18183610-anker-via-costco-next-anker-prime-67w-gan-wall-charger-3-ports-a2669113-32-99
Quote from Ernie :
I haven't changed a thing...but this is a bit strange. Some have 3, some have 6, some have 4 or 9.

Hi! I merged the threads since they are both for the same issue and it's easier to keep track of when they're all together Smilie


There is definitely something going on. Our devs have said they have a fix in the process of going out so hopefully this will be fixed shortly.
Reply
Joined Feb 2015
Bean bandit
> bubble2 142 Posts
73 Reputation
Web Dev
thebritishguy | Staff
03-17-2025 at 10:07 AM.
03-17-2025 at 10:07 AM.
Quote from Ernie :
I haven't changed a thing...but this is a bit strange. Some have 3, some have 6, some have 4 or 9.
Quote from slammdunkk :
Did some new code go in this morning? At ~10am ET started getting spammed with alerts for the same exact listing every 10-15 minutes.

Sample post: https://slickdeals.net/f/18183610-anker-via-costco-next-anker-prime-67w-gan-wall-charger-3-ports-a2669113-32-99
Are you still getting dupes?
Reply
Joined Jul 2012
L55: Mage
> bubble2 1,212 Posts
1,757 Reputation
Original Poster
Pro
slammdunkk
03-17-2025 at 10:13 AM.
03-17-2025 at 10:13 AM.
Quote from thebritishguy :
Are you still getting dupes?

So far, not seeing any dupes since around the time I made the original post.
1
Reply
Joined Oct 2010
L2: Beginner
> bubble2 213 Posts
432 Reputation
hottnucks
03-18-2025 at 09:10 AM.
03-18-2025 at 09:10 AM.
I was getting duplicate alerts yesterday and now again today.
Reply
Joined Oct 2016
New User
> bubble2 2 Posts
10 Reputation
otter8
03-18-2025 at 11:52 AM.
03-18-2025 at 11:52 AM.
So far today alone I have received 15 notifications (emails) about:

"18" Sleeping Pokémon Plush: Bulbasaur $11.39, Charmander $17.99, Snorlax $17.99 & More + Free Shipping w/ RedCard or on $35+"

In the past week or so I have received several duplicate notifications on other posts as well. These don't only show up as emails to me, at least some of them show up in my private messages area on the Slickdeals website, so I am reasonably certain this is not happening on my end. Since I made no changes to my account this month it would appear to be an issue not under my control.

How do I get someone to look into this and make it stop?

Thank you!
Reply
Joined Apr 2013
just deal-ightful
> bubble2 2,850 Posts
1,086 Reputation
Staff
emceep | Staff
03-18-2025 at 03:51 PM.
03-18-2025 at 03:51 PM.
Quote from hottnucks :
I was getting duplicate alerts yesterday and now again today.
Quote from otter8 :
So far today alone I have received 15 notifications (emails) about:

"18" Sleeping Pokémon Plush: Bulbasaur $11.39, Charmander $17.99, Snorlax $17.99 & More + Free Shipping w/ RedCard or on $35+"

In the past week or so I have received several duplicate notifications on other posts as well. These don't only show up as emails to me, at least some of them show up in my private messages area on the Slickdeals website, so I am reasonably certain this is not happening on my end. Since I made no changes to my account this month it would appear to be an issue not under my control.

How do I get someone to look into this and make it stop?

Thank you!
Hi. Thank you for making sure that we are aware of this issue.

The team thought that they might have had this bug squashed yesterday but unfortunately, they haven't been able to fully stop it yet. The team is actively looking into the root cause of this issue and trying to make sure that these duplicate alerts stop.

I apologize for the inconvenience, I know how annoying it can be to be alerted to the same thread multiple times.
Reply

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Joined Mar 2023
L5: Journeyman
> bubble2 853 Posts
707 Reputation
Pro
BigBG
03-18-2025 at 05:34 PM.
03-18-2025 at 05:34 PM.
I have about 300 email alerts today. At 142kB of advert and image-stuffed/spammed crap per email, that's about 42MB of emails. Multiplied by your number of customers.

People are tuning out because we are getting 5x alerts for the same deal over the course of hours.

This is costing you money.
Reply
Page 1 of 1
Start the Conversation
 
Link Copied

The link has been copied to the clipboard.