Went sucessfully through the payment but it was out of stock at 14:01 !
I don't think so, as my order for a tropical commando with plexi crystal completed after that time.
We feel your pain Bro! I only own Smiths watches and I gave up trying to beat the crowd.
Yeah I tried to get the gilt Everest but they had gone at 14.02 when I tried - hopefully I’ll get one next time around
It’s a shame that TZ members can’t get on a list or something
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Is it the only way of buying Timefactors straps too? I've always fancied one of the rally straps but from what I can gather it almost would be easier to nip down to Argos for a Moonswatch.
I managed to buy 4 different straps today. I have never worked my computer so quickly and the deal was done by 14.02.
I thought I was going to have to wait weeks to get them ordered as I’m on a St John Ambulance First Aid course on Sundays but yesterday tested +ve for Covid! Ironic, in that I probably caught it from my unit manager!
Sorry the site reached the order cutoff limit. There will be some Gilt available at the next couple of openings.
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That’ll be a couple of openings afterwards
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Tried today. Halfway through paying and out of stock. 2.01pm This sort of shopping is saving me a fortune
Same here lol - I tried to get one but same thing - sold out by 2.01pm.
Think I’ll just stick with my 114270 explorer now as it’s impossible to shop like this
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It seems to me that the thing is, no matter how many of a particular model is in principle available, the overall order limit per session may cut in long before the intended available stock of that item is exhausted. Generally speaking, we don't find out how many of each item was sold in the sales window nor what the individual item limit was so we don't know why our orders - entered as fast as it seems possible to complete the relevant screens - received the 'now out of stock' message. We can only guess as to the reason for failure.
I suppose it wouldn't take us far anyway, as there appears to be nothing a customer can do about it if they're already getting the details in as fast as possible. (Like many customers, my credit card details go in automatically on the entry of the three digit security code and there is then a very brief and anyway unavoidable delay while an authentification code is sent by text from the card issuer.)
Hi. Hope you're well, sorry about the issues you've had.
There were more Gilt in stock today than ever before but they still went relitively quickly, though we were still taking orders on the Gilt up to 2:08pm.
The order limit for the site was not hit until later.
I do apologise for the disappointment and inconvenience but at the moment there isn't another system we are able to find that'd enable us to stock more inventory.
Thanks.
Strange to hear that, it may have been a temporary glitch as the button was there for 5 minutes after.
I’ll mention to issues to the developers we host the site with.
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Thanks. I'd certainly be curious to know what they say.
Perhaps the Shopify software removes the add to basket button (thus preventing new orders being started) when it knows that the total order limit is already in people's baskets but not yet checked out.
Next time I will try to keep a careful note of timings and which items I click on when to see if, when and where the add to basket button disappears.
Sold out today in less than a minute too.
My mistake though - I did not have the forms all prepopulated - amateur!
I give the f... up with this.
Unless you don't have to go through card authentification, I don't see how you or anyone else can get through all the screens in under a minute!
I managed it at one minute past and forty seconds at which point the message came up 'Sold Out'! And I only managed that by hitting the refresh button before 2pm so that I was underway as soon as the order button appeared! So going through the screens (all pre-populated) took me 2 mins in all. I can't do it any faster.
Last edited by TF23; 15th May 2022 at 14:11.
That's incredible. I recall that Dave said that there would be more Jubilee bracelets in stock this time (#19). It seems barely plausible that they could have sold out within 15 seconds, not that I know how many were actually available in this batch.
I regret to say that I forgot about today's opening. This despite waiting all this time to get a Jubilee bracelet.
By the way, does the "VPN" in the top right of your screenshot mean that you were connected using a VPN?
This has been the case since last year at least.
But, that said, my subjective impression is that availability time has actually reduced this year.
Last edited by markrlondon; 15th May 2022 at 14:39.
I was on the nose with the refresh button and must have been within one or two seconds of actual live.
The items were no longer "out of stock" - Stage one
Wait for it....wait for it.... F5 F5 F5
Add to cart!
and then I messed up with typing details during the next minute, rather than click click click.
There is Noob next to the picture for a reason.
Wearing the White Navigator today with pride - (it was definitely easier a year ago)
Last edited by wallyuk; 15th May 2022 at 14:38.
Yep same here it was literally seconds - suddenly 'you have nothing in your cart' appears when it was in there. I don't understand why once you have got that far you can't be given time to complete the transaction. I know this has probably been covered before so please ignore the rant. Last time I bother trying for anything. Complete waste of time. Expect eBay will be busier than ever.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Sorry some people have had issues with today’s opening. There was as much stock as we could manage available including 20 Jubilee bracelets but demand was as high as we’ve seen in the last 16 months with nearly 1000 people online at 2pm.
It was a lot busier than the last few openings and I can only think it was to do with the Watchfinder video from a couple of weeks ago.
I do understand people’s frustrations and will still carry on trying to figure out ways to adjust the process.
I’m always willing to talk to people about ideas and welcome it but I would appreciate if people didn’t PM me abuse on here.
Cheers.
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From this thread and multiple others there are obviously lots of people not getting what they want which must be frustrating but no there's no excuse for anyone send you abusive messages. Im shocked at that. Personally I've pretty much always managed to get the items I wanted.
Last edited by Rob s; 15th May 2022 at 22:32.
1000 customers online, quite some number. System definitely needs improving.