Where's Wiggle?

mustryharder07
mustryharder07 Posts: 20
edited September 2008 in MTB general
Has anyone else been having trouble getting onto Wiggles website?

It seems to be down an awful lot lately......

TIA

Alan

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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Got in with this bookmark

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/d/Cycle/7/1/1/
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • batch78
    batch78 Posts: 1,320
    Been working ok for me, just checked again and working fine now aswell.

    Must be one of those technical firewall computery things or whatnot with you.

    As you can tell I'll be no help telling you what you need to do :oops:
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    I know what you mean if can't get it some of the time.
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  • mustryharder07
    mustryharder07 Posts: 20
    Thanks for the replies guys
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Are you using AOL?
  • mustryharder07
    mustryharder07 Posts: 20
    I'm not using AOL just plain old IE7. Tech help for Virgin can't seem to work it out either. It's only Wiggle that I can't get on..... strange
  • Willrideforcake
    Willrideforcake Posts: 305
    Is the missus secretly trying to curb your spending? :wink:
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  • Willrideforcake
    Willrideforcake Posts: 305
    Is the missus secretly trying to curb your spending? :wink:
    Old hockey players never die - they just smell that way...
  • JMC39
    JMC39 Posts: 38
    Been fine for me.

    Why is Wiggle so popular? Seem very expensive compared to most online stores (except the high street stores).
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,719
    JMC39 wrote:
    Been fine for me.

    Why is Wiggle so popular? Seem very expensive compared to most online stores (except the high street stores).
    Because when you've spent enough to get the discounts, they suddenly become very cheap. Also, the service is the best of any shop I've used. And you get sweets with your orders!
  • andyturner28
    andyturner28 Posts: 1,225
    whyamihere wrote:
    JMC39 wrote:
    Been fine for me.

    Why is Wiggle so popular? Seem very expensive compared to most online stores (except the high street stores).
    Because when you've spent enough to get the discounts, they suddenly become very cheap. Also, the service is the best of any shop I've used. And you get sweets with your orders!
    I never get sweets! I feel cheated now :wink:

    Also working fine for me.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    hmm, working ok for me but i havent had a reply from tham about an order i had to return for repair 2 weeks ago!!
  • mustryharder07
    mustryharder07 Posts: 20
    I'm liking the sense of humour guys, but has anyone any idea why I'm having this problem?
  • bigdavep
    bigdavep Posts: 64
    no sweets here either, although I did get a bottle opener last time.
  • justresting
    justresting Posts: 292
    do you have a problem getting in with "redvee"s bookmark? It got me straight in, even though I've had trouble before.

    I'm on AOL
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  • mustryharder07
    mustryharder07 Posts: 20
    justresting wrote:
    do you have a problem getting in with "redvee"s bookmark? It got me straight in, even though I've had trouble before.

    I'm on AOL

    Pardon my ignorance....

    What is "redvee's bookmark"?
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    redvee wrote:
    Got in with this bookmark

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/d/Cycle/7/1/1/
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • mustryharder07
    mustryharder07 Posts: 20
    Sorry, yes I tried that. Not a sausage. There's nothing wrong with my laptop, I've cleared the cache, done a dns flush and even tried pinging www.wiggle.co.uk i can ping the bbc website and sky.com but it just keeps telling me that wiggle doesn't exsist.
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    The Wiggle site is always busy though, it's a premier site for all outdoor activities

    Wiggle ain't that bad pricewise. I always do a price comparison and don't mind paying a little extra for the great service, free sweets and (a collection of) Wiggle etched bottle openers
    I bought a bike from them last month and got a free mini multitool, a pukka pedal spanner, a box with a reflector kit, bell and resin pedals, even though I ordered a set of DMRs for the bike.. Needless to say the reflector set, resin pedals and bell got junked
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    try changing your DNS servers to open DNS, it's probably the same issue that AOL users were getting.

    search the forum for AOL and wiggle, and posts by me, I've explained it enough times already.
  • NorwegianBlue
    NorwegianBlue Posts: 484
    mustryharder07 wrote:
    Sorry, yes I tried that. Not a sausage. There's nothing wrong with my laptop, I've cleared the cache, done a dns flush and even tried pinging www.wiggle.co.uk i can ping the bbc website and sky.com but it just keeps telling me that wiggle doesn't exsist.

    Your ISP has a problem with their DNS servers then. Either swap to another DNS server as already suggested, or pop the line

    www.wiggle.co.uk 80.243.188.35

    into your hosts file. Can't remember where it lives in windows, could be c:\windows\system32\driver\etc\hosts could be wrong though.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    I'm with Virgin and have no probs getting to wiggle site. Are you a 'Virgin' customer or a customer from one of the companies they bought up such as NTL/Blueyonder etc?
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.

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