AWESOME Ex. PZ PF WAIT LIST THREAD, GO!

[Blake]

Methinks it may be time for a post in the "Ask Sideshow" section.

 

[pixletwin]

I would say give it more time.

We have seen in the shipping experiment threads that often the emails are sent out by geographical location. Also the notifications have to go through different spam filters. I think its too early to start lighting the torches.

 

[Blake]

You may be right, although please know no torches would be lit. There would be no finger-pointing and accusations, rather questions.

 

[Ktjn]

It really sucks for people who are getting skipped, but it gives us a good idea as to how they operate.

From site crashing PPOs to the errors in WL reservations. What else is in store for us?

 

[Siona]

Well well, more people converted ! gratz for you.

Now I guess we should check with the WL numbers because the time is pretty lame ><.

W821712 for me, was your number lower ?

 

[RoboDad]

I would say give it more time.

We have seen in the shipping experiment threads that often the emails are sent out by geographical location. Also the notifications have to go through different spam filters. I think its too early to start lighting the torches.

I hope that is all it is, but it does seem very odd, and it has never been THIS bad, from my recollection. And, for the record, I've never had an email get lost in a filter from them before. One thing I do know is that every WL conversion email I've ever received has had a timestamp of around 5:30 PM Pacific time. And, from a conversation I was having with a CS rep yesterday, I learned that they do lock the CSRs out of the database at around 5:00 PM to run their automated update scripts.

So, hopefully there will be another batch of conversion notices that go out tonight. If not, well... :maul

 

[Warrior Alien]

Let me just say that I know as a FACT that wait lists DO NOT convert in the order they are received... despite what customer service will tell you.

Again... it's a FACT.

 

[thenammagazine]

Let me just say that I know as a FACT that wait lists DO NOT convert in the order they are received... despite what customer service will tell you.

Again... it's a FACT.

Found yet another thing to whine about eh? So how many other threads do we get to look forward to your obnoxious posts? Sheesh, worse than a crazily obsessed ex girlfriend.

 

[RoboDad]

Still no conversion here. I'm starting to get a little more concerned. I wish someone from Sideshow would look into this and let us know what is going on.

 

[cr4cx3r]

I really hope people aren't being skipped over.

Sideshow must be converting wait lists in the same random interval that pre-orders were accepted in.

 

[pixletwin]

Why don't you call and find you Robo? I sure would want to know if I were you.

 

[RoboDad]

Why don't you call and find you Robo? I sure would want to know if I were you.

I may try tomorrow, but I got the impression that the CS folks don't really have any insight on this one. We would need someone more "behind the scenes" to find anything out.

 

[RoboDad]

Sideshow must be converting wait lists in the same random interval that pre-orders were accepted in.

But that makes no sense. There are at least two people whose wait list orders went in well after mine did, yet they received conversion notices two days ago, and I've received nothing. There is no logical explanation for that, unless the wait list rules have changed, and it is no longer a first come, first served system.

 

[pixletwin]

I bet if you called and talked to Robin she could get to the bottom of it for you.

 

[jbinny]

Found yet another thing to whine about eh? So how many other threads do we get to look forward to your obnoxious posts? Sheesh, worse than a crazily obsessed ex girlfriend.

Sorry, but he has every right to complain about this. Sideshow has been slipping lately and the people buying their products are the ones paying the price.

The only obnoxious post I've seen today is the one I'm replying to. Sheesh, worse than those loud, obnoxious fat girls that noone wants to date in the first place.

 

[cr4cx3r]

But that makes no sense. There are at least two people whose wait list orders went in well after mine did, yet they received conversion notices two days ago, and I've received nothing. There is no logical explanation for that, unless the wait list rules have changed, and it is no longer a first come, first served system.

That's what I meant. The pre-order wasn't first come-first serve, it was first come-maybe served (if you could connect to SS's inefficient servers). Now it looks as if the wait list conversions are just random as well. It's like the whole PZ PF is nothing but a lottery at this point.

 

[jbinny]

That's what I meant. The pre-order wasn't first come-first serve, it was first come-maybe served (if you could connect to SS's inefficient servers). Now it looks as if the wait list conversions are just random as well. It's like the whole PZ PF is nothing but a lottery at this point.

God dammit, not this crap again...

Seriously, get a petition going or something instead of complaining. Maybe if you would have been checking for the newsletter earlier, you wouldn't have missed out. I'm pretty sure Sideshow doesn't have a socialist agenda here, so not everyone will get one or deserves to get one.
I'm glad I wasn't around for the Grey Hulk diorama or exclusive Spiderman PFs... there must have been a river of tears flowing from people like you for at least a year

 

[RoboDad]

That's what I meant. The pre-order wasn't first come-first serve, it was first come-maybe served (if you could connect to SS's inefficient servers).

That isn't what happened, and it really doesn't add anything to the discussion to make such a claim. The pre-order was first come, first served. You may not agree with the definition of "first come", but that doesn't change the fact that the first people who got their "place order" buttons successfully clicked are the ones who got their pre-orders in.

 

[jbinny]

That isn't what happened, and it really doesn't add anything to the discussion to make such a claim. The pre-order was first come, first served. You may not agree with the definition of "first come", but that doesn't change the fact that the first people who got their "place order" buttons successfully clicked are the ones who got their pre-orders in.

^^^^At least someone gets it ^^^^

I'd be pretty mad about the waitlist shenanigans though.

 

[cr4cx3r]

Sorry, but he has every right to complain about this. Sideshow has been slipping lately and the people buying their products are the ones paying the price.

God dammit, not this crap again...

Seriously, get a petition going or something instead of complaining.

Are you retarded or what???

I have just as much god damned right to complain about ^^^^ty servers as you do to complain about ^^^^ty paint jobs on you 1:1 IM bust.