stuie Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 Leaving the timer to run down is just wasting time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzledrops Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 Could anyone who uses refreshinator or equivalent explain how it works once you get through to the booking page - does it then just keep refreshing that page until you turn the auto-refresh off/how much time does doing that cost you? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie.light Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, dazzledrops said: Could anyone who uses refreshinator or equivalent explain how it works once you get through to the booking page - does it then just keep refreshing that page until you turn the auto-refresh off/how much time does doing that cost you? Thanks! So you select a key word to either appear or disappear and then select your refresh rate, I’ve always used 0.01 and got through. If your word doesn’t appear or disappear, it will still refresh but! It will refresh the page your on so you won’t loose your place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernringo Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 I refreshed one browser (Chrome, every ~2 seconds) and left another browser to refresh every 20 when the countdown finished (Safari). Didn't get anywhere with either of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjbrear Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 I had an auto refresh add on for chrome. Had it set to every 3 seconds and to stop refreshing when the word 'enter' came on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubenz Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 I estimate I must have hit that refresh key over 2000 times over the course of an hour to get that one lucky shot at the reg page! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibear Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 One tab each on two different browsers (Chrome and Safari), refreshing alternately (so probably each tab was being refreshed every 2 seconds or so). This is what I've always done and it's generally worked for me, whether in general sale or resale. Can't remember which one worked in the end, but bizarrely the reg page showed up on both at around the same time. Both browsers kept dropping in and out of the countdown page simultaneously as well. Also had phone counting down on 5G, which did bugger all. Reading this topic, it does just seem like sheer luck to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundance Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 5 hours ago, charlie.light said: So you select a key word to either appear or disappear and then select your refresh rate, I’ve always used 0.01 and got through. If your word doesn’t appear or disappear, it will still refresh but! It will refresh the page your on so you won’t loose your place. Out of interest what word do you choose? I had the same question as @dazzledrops and was always scared you'd get card details in and it would refresh as it's taking payment and mess something up, for example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sack truck Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 36 minutes ago, Sundance said: Out of interest what word do you choose? I had the same question as @dazzledrops and was always scared you'd get card details in and it would refresh as it's taking payment and mess something up, for example It stops refreshing when it finds the word. I had parking down as mine, also on 0.1 second refresh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Star Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 Had been hammering F5 for a while, with no luck. Then the site went down, unable to connect, after that I got holding page back on Chrome and left it for a while, checked the tips thread here and Twittrr, flicked back to see a registration page waiting. This was about 9.50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby_Dave Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) The lucky girl that got ours got to the holding page straight away and left it. She got binned out once after entering reg numbers. She got back to the holding page soon after and left it again and then got them. no F5’s were harmed in this process. The rest of us never had a sniff. Edited November 7, 2022 by Derby_Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesrfisher Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 4 different browsers each with one tab. 3 on auto refresh and one manual refresh. All got the holding page Got through on the manual refresh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watergirl Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 Useful thread, but the conclusion is that it remains a matter of luck. Amazed to read that people DO actually manage to arrive at that elusive booking page. I did get there, but after 10:30. Put in some attempts but got 'all tickets allocated', even though some people were still reporting success stories at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranquility of Solitude Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 14 hours ago, Dark Star said: checked the tips thread here and Twittrr, flicked back to see a registration page waiting “registration page” and “waiting” never, ever belong in the same sentence. Burn the heretic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveb72 Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 Me and my partner manually refreshed on tablets and got to the booking page, but unfortunately it crashed on us after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billum Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Watergirl said: Useful thread, but the conclusion is that it remains a matter of luck. Amazed to read that people DO actually manage to arrive at that elusive booking page. I did get there, but after 10:30. Put in some attempts but got 'all tickets allocated', even though some people were still reporting success stories at that point. I reckon, after this year's experience, that 'all tickets allocated' isn't the end. There may still be tickets that become un-allocated as payments fail, which I believe was still happening at 10:30 this time I now think you only know it's over when you get the 'Event not found' screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranquility of Solitude Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, billum said: I reckon, after this year's experience, that 'all tickets allocated' isn't the end. There may still be tickets that become un-allocated as payments fail, which I believe was still happening at 10:30 this time I now think you only know it's over when you get the 'Event not found' screen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briddj Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 6 hours ago, billum said: I reckon, after this year's experience, that 'all tickets allocated' isn't the end. There may still be tickets that become un-allocated as payments fail, which I believe was still happening at 10:30 this time I now think you only know it's over when you get the 'Event not found' screen That's always been the case with the tickets allocated message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby_Dave Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 11/6/2022 at 9:01 PM, gfa said: Smash F5. Do not leave it, you will never get through We did. Twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Pose Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 Question for the techie people here, would it be possible for those who left it to refresh every 20 seconds, for that automatic refresh to be directed to a dedicated server? As opposed to the manual refresh being directed to the same servers as everyone doing the same? Not saying this happened, just querying if it’s technically possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraybentos1 Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 10 hours ago, Derby_Dave said: We did. Twice. It is 20x less likely though, it can obviously be done 24 minutes ago, Jose Pose said: Question for the techie people here, would it be possible for those who left it to refresh every 20 seconds, for that automatic refresh to be directed to a dedicated server? As opposed to the manual refresh being directed to the same servers as everyone doing the same? Not saying this happened, just querying if it’s technically possible. People have checked before and all it does is refresh the page after 20 secs, nothing special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazzlee Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 I swear it is just complete luck. I got through this year manually refreshing every 2 secs on one tab unlike the previous few years using the same method and not a sniff, so had to rely on others in the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyscork Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 Lots of people saying Chrome was rubbish and got through on Edge! I had Chrome, Opera, Firefox and Edge running.... Chrome was hands down the worst, got through on Edge (and then had payment rejected 6 times from different cards and timed out! the pain!). Wonder if its worth a poll on which browser people had success with. Also seemed to be a much higher success rate with Mobiles/ Tablets vs Desktops, different servers maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGCarr Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 I got through 3/4 times with Chrome x Auto Refresh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGCarr Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 10 minutes ago, rhyscork said: Lots of people saying Chrome was rubbish and got through on Edge! I had Chrome, Opera, Firefox and Edge running.... Chrome was hands down the worst, got through on Edge (and then had payment rejected 6 times from different cards and timed out! the pain!). Wonder if its worth a poll on which browser people had success with. Also seemed to be a much higher success rate with Mobiles/ Tablets vs Desktops, different servers maybe? I've always believed Mobiles for purchasing tickets in geenral are better and have always gotten tickets for whatever I wanted using it! Could it be servers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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