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Subject: Ads at sign-in
Date Posted: 5/17/2025 10:39 AM ET
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This week all of a sudden I am getting blocked at sign-in by a request to view an Ad before I sign-in. Not happening on any other websites so it must be an issue with PBS.  (different ad each time it appears)  Anyone else seeing this?  I have a work around by switching to another web server. (ex: if it happens on Safari, I switch to Firefox)

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Date Posted: 5/17/2025 10:52 AM ET
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nothing like that for me but it was slow a few days ago but when I returned later in the day, all good with no lagging~ 

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Date Posted: 5/17/2025 10:20 PM ET
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It only happens to me if I leave the tab with PBS open and later come back to log in. If I close the tab and come back through my saved favorites, ads are gone. This happens in both Safari on my iPad & Chrome on my desktop pc.

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Date Posted: 5/18/2025 11:09 AM ET
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Date Posted: 5/19/2025 11:40 PM ET
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Yes, no other website is showing me ads. 

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Date Posted: 5/21/2025 12:51 AM ET
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Hi Jeanne - as Linda suggested, have the Login page -  https://www.paperbackswap.com/members/login.php - or the Account page  -  https://www.paperbackswap.com/members/index.php  - in your favorites and log in there, rather than from history or the plain paperbackswap.com.

I had the whole page blocking add come up a while ago - PBS provided that "this is a free way for members to support the site. If you let the (extremely brief) ad play, then you will not see that screen again for 48 hours." 

 

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Date Posted: 5/24/2025 3:54 PM ET
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I only get them if I come in on my Ipad, but if I close that out and come in on the computer I don't have the problem. 

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Date Posted: 5/24/2025 7:37 PM ET
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I'm having problem on ipad and laptop. 

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Date Posted: 5/26/2025 11:09 AM ET
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Date Posted: 6/13/2025 10:53 AM ET
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Jeanne- I was using the site on my iPhone this morning, and suddenly, the screen froze and a box popped up demanding that I watch the ad in order to get 48 more "uninterrupted hours" of use on PBS. 
 

Obviously, I did not watch it- I just opened a new window. 
But... what the heck?!?!

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Date Posted: 6/13/2025 10:22 PM ET
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Yep , been getting that again this week on one server so I just open PBS on the other and no more ads!!