Subscribers complain that podcasts don't automatically download

All,
We have received a complaint form someone trying to subscribe to our podcast (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=201681567 / FeedURL=http://www.sellingpower.com/video/rssiTunes.asp). They say that when they click subscribe they get an error message and iTunes does not automatically download the videos.
I cannot duplicate the error. If there is an error, can anyone let me know either how to recreate the error and/or fix it.
Thank you in advance.

The extension to your feed URL is .asp. It should be .xml. Alter it and subscribing should work. However if you have submitted the .asp version to iTunes you may have some difficulty changing it. Possibly if you can incorporate the 'itunes:new-feed-url' tag into the file with the .xml version of the URL it may work.

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