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[Nefarious]

you lucky bastard!

 

[daveindelaware]

Now we're an hour into the event, and I can't even get the main page to load!!! :wtf:

 

[DashApple]

Now we're an hour into the event, and I can't even get the main page to load!!! :wtf:

Me neather my net crashes as ot loads the page after waiting ages for it to load

 

[Eudaimonium]

Spectral, god damn you made it through!
I hope I will soon,
What did you grab?

 

[Elektrotechniker]

and i'm through!

good luck everyone! Keep refreshing your browser and don't give up!

what browser?

 

[daveindelaware]

Here's all I can get, after refreshing for the past 15 minutes:

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

 

[ossumguywill]

well, after over an hour of work I'm stuck on the payment page... glitchy as shit. GOD DAMN IT. I really hope I get it, I've gotten in trouble in 2 classes for this...

will

 

[Eudaimonium]

I am at the last page, submit submit submit!!
17 k $ given!

EDIT: Just occurent to me, if you were to press submit on last page, and you are forced to refresh it because of time out, won't that result in another order being placed?

If so, I have placed 213079 orders already...

 

[Event_Horizon]

I got through! Order placed, confirmation e-mail received!

Eudaimonium, there is a limit of 1 order per household and per user account. It wouldn't let you place more than one order.

 

[Eudaimonium]

Oh yeah! Well dude, good for you you placed yours!
You are right.
I am now stuck at the page after you confirm everything on paypal. Hopefully last one.

C'MON C'MON C'MON

EDIT: SOMEONE update me, how much has been given?

 

[Event_Horizon]

Just keep trying. Refresh, refresh, refresh! Good luck!

 

[spectral532]

Spectral, god damn you made it through!
I hope I will soon,
What did you grab?

Just a bunch of low value items. Some LEDs, a bunch of microcontrollers, voltage regulators, and a whole lot of other miscellaneous stuff.

Good luck!

what browser?

I used firefox, though chrome might be faster. I basically hit refresh over and over again for 45 minutes until I went though all the pages (I think there were 4 total: Shopping Cart -> Shipping -> Payment Choice -> Order Confirm).

 

[Eudaimonium]

Yeah, same here.

Between the payment choice and confirm, there is paypal password and confirmation, also

 

[ossumguywill]

BALLS. It keeps timing out on the LAST PAGE, so I'm like 1 click away but it won't work! I have $99.90 of stuff XD I hope I don't get repeat orders.

will

 

[daveindelaware]

Well F me.

I finally got in, only to see this on the main page:

$100,000 up for grabs, $100,000 given away in 1h: 44m: 50s

It's over everyone. And thanks to server, internet, timeout, etc errors, I'll bet many of us lost out on this chance.

Event Horizon was keeping a tally rather nicely. His last entry: "EDIT 7: 1 hour, 10 minutes, $18,000 gone"

Which means suddenly, in the last 34 minutes at Sparkfun, they sold $82,000 worth of stuff? Wow.

more like, HOW? With so many server/connection problems with everyone...

I feel violated.

 

[charliebruce]

Offer over - 1:44:50