21 SEPTEMBER 2024
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10:52 am
And we're done. I realize not all of you were successful today and I'm sorry. Hopefully Open Registration next month will smile upon you.
And yes, former first-timers - you can include your friends and family in that one. Just create their Member ID accounts now. A few people have asked me about this, disappointed they couldn't include their BFF today. Do what you can to help them get that first badge (which may be just Thursday-Sunday or some other configuration) and they can join you in next year's Returning Registration.
Congratulations to all of you who got the badge of your dreams today!
9:56 am
I don't recall a badge sale so slow before. Someone behind the scenes clearly has heard of "slow is smooth and smooth is fast." I like it.
It's been nice; there hasn't been as much of a race against the clock or that heart-sinking feeling when you see "Preview Night is almost sold out." But it wasn't perfect. Issues for me and others:
~ Getting all the way to the "process" button and then it hangs up and kicks you back out. For some people, their order was processed anyhow but they never saw that confirmation screen. Others got nothing. This is the bitterest pill to swallow.
~ The next bitterest: getting in and having the system hang and ultimately boot you back out. This happened to me and then I got picked again and got stuck getting in. My long lucky streak is over. (But ultimately someone else got me my badge.)
~ Then there were a number of hinky system malfunctions - things slowing way down, your 4 minute wait time suddenly jumping to 36 minutes, seeing a member ID validated but no badge options appearing, etc.
And - not an error but a personal pet peeve - Wednesday night/Preview Night is still on another screen. Why? Just list the option with all 4 days so people don't gasp and think it's already unavailable. I don't understand the point of that user flow.
9:23 am
This has been a slow badge sale so far. A few people got in right away but bounced out; otherwise we stared at that "more than an hour" for an eternity, it seemed.
Then things started moving and Preview Night has lasted an incredibly long time!
8:19 am
Happy Fall Equinox! Hopefully this harvest holiday will bring us all a plethora of badges... right?
I don't know what to expect; last year's Returning Registration was a bit of a downer, then Open Reg was much better. So fingers crossed for today - but don't lose hope if today doesn't go your way.
We had 7 people trying online for 13 badges, including 2 people who are on work trips in Portugal and Germany. :) We each had at least 2-3 sessions come up in the first 30 min. We scored 10 badges total due to the “member validation without days appearing glitch” for 3 of our members, while both PN and Saturday were still available. They couldn’t log into their accounts, either, despite having attended this summer. We easily could have gotten everyone at least 4 days if those glitches hadn’t occurred. Ended up with 3 PN’s, four 4-days, 2 Sun only, 3 with nothing. Great for some of us but very frustrating - hope they fix this before Open Reg!
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