Matt42 Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Right - sorry to add another moaning post but I haven’t had a sniff of the booking page since 2015. A friend of mine from up north got over 20 tickets!!! am I refreshing too much or not enough? Should I be refreshing at all? I usually give it three seconds between refreshing! I’m just convinced I need a change of strategy here. As much as I love working/volunteering at the festival, going as a punter again would be nice ya know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalifire Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 That's a question for your friend up north. What are they doing that you're not? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6l6e6x Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 It's all luck I think. My strategy hasn't changed in the past 8 years I've been trying. Got through 4 of them, didn't get a sniff on the others but other members of the group have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watergirl Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I got through for a friend once, four years ago I think. Haven’t got my own ticket in years. Am doing the same now as that one time I was successful. Have a smartphone now, so one extra device... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumbles Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I honestly think some of the problems lie with ISPs simply not coping with the throughput. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonodillieono Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Try not licking so many windows 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt42 Posted October 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 10 minutes ago, kalifire said: That's a question for your friend up north. What are they doing that you're not? They use auto refresh apparently - but I don’t know what to believe when I hear that there is a refresh limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalifire Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, Matt42 said: They use auto refresh apparently - but I don’t know what to believe when I hear that there is a refresh limit. I don't know what to believe, either. I know I was refreshing more than 60 times a minute at one stage, but nothing changed from my side. I'd hate to think that auto-refresh people are successful because it doesn't seem remotely fair, but maybe their bluster about blocking such people was exactly that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pentura Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Same boat here @Matt42 . Not a whiff since 2016. Its very annoying when you hear the success stories (great for those people, mind!) All we can do is hope for Sunday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balti-pie Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I havnt seen a booking page since 2015. Lord knows what I’m doing wrong, but I just volunteer these days ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musky Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 minute ago, kalifire said: I don't know what to believe, either. I know I was refreshing more than 60 times a minute at one stage, but nothing changed from my side. I'd hate to think that auto-refresh people are successful because it doesn't seem remotely fair, but maybe their bluster about blocking such people was exactly that? Now there’s a conundrum. They certainly had something in place after the Glasto App debacle, but do they still block rapid hits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseboy11 Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, kalifire said: I don't know what to believe, either. I know I was refreshing more than 60 times a minute at one stage, but nothing changed from my side. I'd hate to think that auto-refresh people are successful because it doesn't seem remotely fair, but maybe their bluster about blocking such people was exactly that? Believe the case is even if you're hitting over 60 refreshes a minute, the 'blocked page' is exactly the same as the queue one so you wouldn't know if you were sent to a dead link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowen747 Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 i havent had a sniff in the last 2 years but managed to get them tonight after 10 mins just refreshing 3 tabs every 10 seconds. Its down to luck in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryclaireyfairy Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I noticed when I let it auto refresh rather than f5ing, it took ages longer to reconnect. I don't know what this means. if anything at all. Does it try harder somehow when it's left to do its thing? Anyway, I didn't get past the coach times page before it sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesey_toastie Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 No tricks here - just some slow F5ing and we got two groups. I've got through on leaving a tab open untouched too. I really think it's blind luck now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefykoala Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 25 minutes ago, Mouseboy11 said: Believe the case is even if you're hitting over 60 refreshes a minute, the 'blocked page' is exactly the same as the queue one so you wouldn't know if you were sent to a dead link. You can try it on the booking page during non-sale times - click F5 61 times in under a minute and you'll get the waiting message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsonjack Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 26 minutes ago, Mouseboy11 said: Believe the case is even if you're hitting over 60 refreshes a minute, the 'blocked page' is exactly the same as the queue one so you wouldn't know if you were sent to a dead link. Yup....there's the rub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Yeah hammer f5 and maybe youd be blocked - but not always it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flysheet Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Mouseboy11 said: Believe the case is even if you're hitting over 60 refreshes a minute, the 'blocked page' is exactly the same as the queue one so you wouldn't know if you were sent to a dead link. That would explain the page not found that kept popping up...had to go back and forward again Noted for Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaKate Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I got tickets in 2016 and 2017 and was hammering refresh. Last year people said if you hammer the page you get locked out, so I refreshed about once a second and didnt get a sniff of anything in any sale. Same with this coach sale. In the main sale I think I'm going to say fuck it and refresh as much as possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy92 Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I’m pretty sure nowadays it’s just pure luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernintendo Chalmers Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Ever since the demand has resulted in sellouts within the hour, regardless of equipment, browser, internet provider or whatever, it's purely luck. Since 2012 I've secured tickets on my 4g phone, my laptop and work desktop PC using various methods. Someone once scored my ticket using their tablet on dodgy WI-FI on a flight back from South Asia. As my and your good friend often says, "there is no pattern". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkic Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I have never seen the booking page. I’ve been to 7 festivals since 2007 and not once got through. Always been mates who have got them. Just random innit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasperella Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Matt42 said: Right - sorry to add another moaning post but I haven’t had a sniff of the booking page since 2015. A friend of mine from up north got over 20 tickets!!! am I refreshing too much or not enough? Should I be refreshing at all? I usually give it three seconds between refreshing! I’m just convinced I need a change of strategy here. As much as I love working/volunteering at the festival, going as a punter again would be nice ya know? Is he from Liverpool? Just had a big post work drinks/Glasto debrief with a very techy colleague and he was saying how there seem to be so many scousers at Glasto that he thinks there's a some server business based there...or thereabouts. I'd consider him to be full of shit but he also showed me a lot of maps of VPNs that he uses so I think he knows his shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musky Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 10 hours ago, Sasperella said: Is he from Liverpool? Just had a big post work drinks/Glasto debrief with a very techy colleague and he was saying how there seem to be so many scousers at Glasto that he thinks there's a some server business based there...or thereabouts. I'd consider him to be full of shit but he also showed me a lot of maps of VPNs that he uses so I think he knows his shit I’d say if he really knew his shit he’d know exactly where the servers are based as it’s very easy to find out. I can’t recall a server for the sale being based in Liverpool. He’d also know that although physical proximity to a server gives a small advantage in speed, getting a ticket isn’t dependent on the speed of connection. It’s far more likely that there’s a perception of a disproportionate number of scousers being there rather than any basis in reality, possibly because of their distinctive accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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