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<p>[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 5001639, member: 13307"]Wife and I tried to get a gold. Were signed in 10 min prior, waiting patiently...as soon as 12:00 hit, website crashed. Once we were able to load the pages we were logged out of our accounts and hit with the endless gauntlet of CAPTCHA boat/bike pages...and then the IP bans for having to refresh the pages once they hung. Wife got as far as having one in her shopping bag, I never even got the gold page to load again after noon hit. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pivoted to the silver. Had same problems until we'd both given up (assumed that they'd both sold out.) Saw someone on a thread somewhere say they were just able to snag one - then my dad called saying he was able to get one for me, so we tried again. </p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually were able to pick up three of the silver, so it wasn't a total loss...but man, we really wanted to get at least one of the gold pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe it would be better for the CAPTCHA gauntlet to start...you know...like a half hour before the sale starts. Or ten minutes...because if the point is to prove you're a real human and not a bot...maybe give actual humans a chance to do it ONCE and stay logged in. </p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Tinfoil Hat Time</b>: Couldn't help myself speculating that the CAPTCHA gauntlet was something designed to keep us regular folk busy while more valuable customers completed their orders.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 5001639, member: 13307"]Wife and I tried to get a gold. Were signed in 10 min prior, waiting patiently...as soon as 12:00 hit, website crashed. Once we were able to load the pages we were logged out of our accounts and hit with the endless gauntlet of CAPTCHA boat/bike pages...and then the IP bans for having to refresh the pages once they hung. Wife got as far as having one in her shopping bag, I never even got the gold page to load again after noon hit. Pivoted to the silver. Had same problems until we'd both given up (assumed that they'd both sold out.) Saw someone on a thread somewhere say they were just able to snag one - then my dad called saying he was able to get one for me, so we tried again. Eventually were able to pick up three of the silver, so it wasn't a total loss...but man, we really wanted to get at least one of the gold pieces. Maybe it would be better for the CAPTCHA gauntlet to start...you know...like a half hour before the sale starts. Or ten minutes...because if the point is to prove you're a real human and not a bot...maybe give actual humans a chance to do it ONCE and stay logged in. [I][B]Tinfoil Hat Time[/B]: Couldn't help myself speculating that the CAPTCHA gauntlet was something designed to keep us regular folk busy while more valuable customers completed their orders.[/I][/QUOTE]
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