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Trying to find a website

I found a great website here a few weeks ago but AOL's lost all my favourites and I can't remember what it was called. It was something like Deal of the Day or Bargain or the week! It was great as it showed you the best deal in Woolworths, Argos, Currys etc.

If anyone knows what I mean can you help? As a brain dead mother who can't remember her own name some days remembering a website name is just a step tooooo far. :confused:

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  • helenhugs
    helenhugs Posts: 1,149 Forumite
    http://www.offeroftheday.co.uk
    I think this might be the one you are looking for.
    hugs
    Helen
    We don't need to do it perfectly - good enough is exactly that GOOD ENOUGH.
    Good Enough Club member number 8
    :j £2 coin club = now in a sealed tin so I'm not sure
  • sarah_2-2
    sarah_2-2 Posts: 174 Forumite
    AOL also managed to lose all my favourites- I asked AOL what to do, and they told me how to get them back- hopefully you'll be able to follow the same instructions they gave me.

    1. You need to find a file named whatever your AOL username is. (for example 'moneysaver') On my computer (and hopefully yours too) it is found here:
    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AOL\C_AOL 9.0\backup
    (So just go to My Computer, click on the C:\ Drive, and follow the folder links) Unfortunately this may only work if you have Windows XP, so if you cant get it that way, click on start, go to search, and type in your username, and it should find it for you. IMPORTANT: it wont find it unless you go into advanced options, and tell it to search hidden files and folders too.

    2.OK hopefully you've found a file named after your username... next step is to copy the file and paste it onto your desktop.

    3. When you've done that, you need to add the letters .pfc after it, i.e. to get moneysaver.pfc

    Still with me? Nearly there!
    4. Go into AOL, click File, then Open (right at the top left hand side of the screen), and find the file you've just renamed (that should be stored on the desktop). And if everythings gone according to plan, your favourites should be there. (as well as saved emails etc)

    5. To put them back into 'my favourite places' (instead of having to open the file everytime you want to access them), open my favourite places, click manage, and click 'replace my favourite places file'. Then just select the moneysaver.pfc file and hopefully it'll be there!

    I really hope this works for you as I know how annoyng it is to lose all your favourites etc! Let me know if you have any problems and I'll try :o to help :rolleyes:
  • Megabusymum
    Megabusymum Posts: 103 Forumite
    Thanks Sarah, I'll give that a try and hopefully I'll get them all back. You never realise how handy they are until they're all gone and you're trying to remember what the heck you had.
  • Megabusymum
    Megabusymum Posts: 103 Forumite
    helenhugs wrote:
    http://www.offeroftheday.co.uk
    I think this might be the one you are looking for.
    hugs
    Helen


    Thank you Helen that's the one. I'm keeping my eye out for a mega bargain on a steam generator iron. Can't justify spending loads as there's nothing wrong with my old steam iron but if I got a bargain well that's different!
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