Cut them slack? Why should I? I’m a valued customer that was ready to fly to Colorado for this and they can’t even prepare correctly?
And you're acting like a spoiled entitled brat. What happened? They block your bots or something?
According to Kristi on Facebook, their servers are working overtime to block bots and they are being overwhelmed. Relax dear valued customer, I am sure you'll get something.
Yep, this right here. Posted that I thought bots would be a big issue in a thread on the bf sub a couple of weeks ago. There was a lot of skepticism, but I’m glad Spyderco anticipated the problem, even if they’re still somewhat overwhelmed.
Persistence pays off! After endless reloads and continue submissions, I was able to complete my purchase. Hopefullynothing has gone wrong in the meantime - like multiple charges due to re-submissions.
Finally got to the main page. I assume you go to Specials/Closeouts. All I'm getting is connection timeouts. I try every couple minutes for 40 minutes now.
If someone has the time, can you explain to me what Kristi means about being swarmed by bots? How does that work? Do people write software to make automatic purchases of anything/everything that appears, or...? Is a bot sophisticated enough to understand: "if knife X appears for price Y, buy it automatically"? That would seem to take a tremendous amount of programming, no?
Thank you for putting up with the grumpy customers today. For a first time effort, you guys are doing your best. Just keep it up for 2 more days. We're just here to support all your efforts. :)
Thanks to Spyderco for attempting this huge undertaking. I will be patient and hope to get through sometime in the next day or two. From the looks of it, the Spyderco IT team deserves hazard pay today!
its 6.40 pm here in Ireland - its an hour and a half and still no joy - has anyone been able to check out yet? im not sure how much time i can give to this
Andy
Necker - Ladybug Hawkbill Salt
Mon-Fri - Delica4 in Cruwear
Sat-Sun - Para3 in Cruwear
Urban K390 (2.61"), Bow River (for slicing jerky)
Want to try- PM2 CF M4 OR Cruwear , GB2, Bradley Bowie
Gone - Delica ZDP189, PM2 Cruwear, Para3 LW BD1N, Para3 S30V, Junction, Ti UKPK
Was a pain in the hind end to get past the website error walls, but after a bit of dedicated refreshing, I managed to buy some stuff with an order confirmation.
Thanks for the hard work setting this up and overall a very happy customer!
If someone has the time, can you explain to me what Kristi means about being swarmed by bots? How does that work? Do people write software to make automatic purchases of anything/everything that appears, or...? Is a bot sophisticated enough to understand: "if knife X appears for price Y, buy it automatically"? That would seem to take a tremendous amount of programming, no?
Depends on the level of programming that goes into the program.
But, yes. It is a program that(attempts to) automatically buys a product(or multiple) as soon as it is available.
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