THERE WAS NO QUEUE!

[emme]

From what i can see there was no queue. The "queuing page" was very unfairly misleading.

You just had to get a response from the server.

The "you are now queuing" page refreshed itself every 20secs.

If you opened the "queuing page" in 20 tabs in Internet Explorer @ 1 sec intervals you were requesting the page every second.

I got about 30 responses in 10mins.

got 26 tickets last year and 16 this year.

Being outside the uk and having a smaller ISP seems to be an advantage.

[LusciousLucy]

Tbh, I wasnt really under any impression there actually was. I just f5'd to my hearts content and waited for my screen to turn the right colour of green and for the writing to change to SeeTickets at the top of every open tab. Simples.

One its changed, I knew I may have a screen that worked and sat hammering f5 for 4 hours even after having my ticket got for me by one of my festy chums. I just wanted to have a go at buying some for someone...anyone...and I did Buzztastic!

[izcuje]

misleading yes, especially to first-timers like myself.

[emme]

The queueing page was a way of slowing down the traffic. Some people were sneakily tricked by the queuing system and are understandable frustrated.

[modey]

It was very mis leading but it did say you could manually refresh yourself instead of every 20 seconds, I just hit f5 until I got through

This is the first time they have had this by the way so it wasn't just first timers that could have been mis led

Edited October 3, 2010 by modey

[al_coholic]

Does it really make a difference, it was like a queue, I had 4 windows open and they were all saying the "queue" until one of them dropped into the booking page, I didnt have to refresh loads it just did it for me

[Paul ™]

This is the first time they have had this by the way so it wasn't just first timers that could have been mis led

[izcuje]

ah..noted.

will not fall for your sneaky tricks again in the future, Seetickets! From now on it's F5 all the way!

[emme]

Ive read of someone who thought they were in the queue from 9am and they didnt get tickets.

[modey]

They used the same thing for the resale this year

[MrZigster]

Well we know that now.

I also F5ed like a madman on numerous pages of numerous browsers, but got nowhere or usually backwards to not being connected again. This is what's annoying. I get disconnected 30 odd times. Other people seem to have been able to stay connected all day.

I don't see how I was tricked, if it's truly random? I tried some links posted on here and still the same.

So, WTF was I getting disconnected all the time. It's all I want to know. F5 might as well have been a "give up" key for me.

People saying it's simple don't seem to get the frustrating experience that others had.

Edited October 3, 2010 by MrZigster

[ark]

After I bought my ticket, I left the "queue" page up and from 10:00 to 1:00 it never left the queue page. I understand why people are upset

[izcuje]

Ive read of someone who thought they were in the queue from 9am and they didnt get tickets.

[voc]

I think the main frustration was those like me that could not even get to the que stage...

[future_shock]

This is the first time they have had this by the way so it wasn't just first timers that could have been mis led

[WS_Jack_III]

What annoyed me was i got in the queue a few times and it timed out then i got in again and stayed on for around 20 mins doing its refresh every 20 secs. Then the page changed white and the loading bar showed up and i thought it was changing to the booking form. Next this INTERNET EXPLORER CANNOT LOAD THE PAGE. WTF

Didn't get anywhere near after that.

[RichieSpenno]

Once I found a link for queueing I was only on it for about 20 minutes before I got through.

[Evilredzebra]

I think it was completely random to be honest. Was pressing F5 like a demon on my laptop with about 10 windows open with the dreaded "queue" but actually got through on my iphone which I had sitting next to me refreshing itself with good old 3G ... wouldn't have noticed it had actually "pushed me through" except my cat jumped on the table and nearly knocked it on the floor!

[ben.illsley]

Ah, I just assumed it'd go like Ticketmasters website for Reading tickets and - if you opened multiple browsers - when you at last get through, it just says 'multiple browsers open, refresh please'...

[kly]

I think the main frustration was those like me that could not even get to the que stage...

[LondonTom]

Yeah i actually got through on the que, i was refreshing using add ons and my f5 button in firefox and occasionally drifted over to chrome to check on it and refreshed a few times but nothing major.

Just sliped through all of a sudden.

[Wooderson]

I was on the "queue" since 10am.

I remember reading on the twitter page update that if you're "in the queue" just hang in there and it'll pull you through.. which is what I did.

Another sneaky trick.

[brandycoke]

"got 26 tickets last year and 16 this year".

[HurrahBrother]

"I got my ticket through F5"

Sounds like a T-Shirt to me

[argentia]

Been going since 1999 and had some close calls on the internet but nothing this year. 2 pcs,FF and IE and iphone and the phone but couldn't even getting in the 'Q' despite trying for 4 hours. Very disappointed. I am no techy but something is not right when you listen to some of the stories. I guess this might be goodbye for me. Time to look elsewhere. Not quite sure ehat esle I can do