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Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:47 am
by Kevin_Aleks
DaHolla wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:31 am
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.
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:49 am
by toxophilus
FYI
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:52 am
by donutsrule
Can't even get spyderco.com to load so that I can look for the the sale...
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:57 am
by ABX2011
Maybe later...
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:00 am
by bobnikon
Wow, everybody is so worked up. 3 day sale. Lots of good stuff to come. Get a coffee, do some yoga, relax and then try again. No point rage buying.
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:00 am
by Nate
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.
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:01 am
by nerdlock
Had the s45vn on my cart, couldn't check out for 20 mins, then when I was able to get to payment, poof! out of stock. LOL.
Hate it when you're competing with those FB collector groups and scalper bots...
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:06 am
by araneae
I got logged out after getting a couple things in the cart, can't log in again.
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:07 am
by Grippy
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.
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:24 am
by attila
My browser can’t even connect to the site. I’m glad this is multi-day sale.
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:29 am
by 303_enfield
Can't get on the site. Not even with the IPhone.
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:36 am
by KenD
Finally! Got a Para 3 LW for $53.00 (Plus shipping).
Took about 35 minutes and lots of page refreshing.
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:38 am
by Jefft51
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.
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:39 am
by Bolster
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?
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:40 am
by nerdlock
@sal, kristy and co.,
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. :)
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:41 am
by TkoK83Spy
My wife said I can buy what I want, but I don't get a Christmas if I go bonkers! :cool:
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:43 am
by abiggs
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!
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:44 am
by bigboned
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
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:46 am
by Rp5
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!
Re: Spyderco Online Seconds Sale FAQ
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:47 am
by Sumdumguy
Bolster wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:39 am
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.