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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #435 on: February 1, 2005, 05:00 PM »
So, how may of these do you think actually got sold today? I've been sitting here for no less than a solid hour straight, doing nothing but clicking the "add to cart" button, only to be told time and time again

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So do you think it's actually working, and there are some people who are actually able to get in and order these, and that's wjy I keep getting that message, or is it just offline and not working at all, and they don't feel like giving me any different message?

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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #436 on: February 1, 2005, 06:29 PM »


So do you think it's actually working, and there are some people who are actually able to get in and order these, and that's wjy I keep getting that message, or is it just offline and not working at all, and they don't feel like giving me any different message?

I don't think it's working.  Not regularly anyway.  I got to view my cart.  Once.  In four hours.  Most of the time I was not able to view cart and clicking that option indicated the site was down. 

As to how many got sold, well the short answer is one less than I'd like, but many more than I want.  Couple of hundred maybe before it crapped out?  I haven't seen any reports of anyone except the smart earlybirds getting in.  We should be ok for a while.  I'd just like to get one today is all.
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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #437 on: February 1, 2005, 07:13 PM »
Got a response to my email...

Dear Brent,
blah, blah, blah... please keep trying the link.

Duh :o
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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #438 on: February 1, 2005, 07:39 PM »
I'd just like to get one today is all.

Yeah, that makes about 3000 of us  :P

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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #439 on: February 1, 2005, 08:10 PM »
Just got it :D 

Site just sort of kicked in right about 4 minutes ago.  A few really painful delays, but I got the screen saying card approved and item ready to ship.  Now we'll wait for the confirmation email.
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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #440 on: February 1, 2005, 08:52 PM »
There are people with it on ebay already - BIN $150. Doesn't sound like a bad idea at this point. Instead of wasting another entire day in front of this stupid machine hitting the F5 key over and over to see if this stupid site is working yet  :-\

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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #441 on: February 1, 2005, 09:57 PM »
Glad to hear you got one Brent, that sure took awhile.  :-\

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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #442 on: February 1, 2005, 11:10 PM »
Glad to hear you got one Brent, that sure took awhile.  :-\

What?  7 1/2 hours is long? :-*  I'm still way ahead of some people from what I've seen around the net.  I can't get back in again either.  Brutal, just brutal.
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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #443 on: February 1, 2005, 11:35 PM »
Screw those stupid GG dumbasses.

Still nuthin' on this end, aside from a ****load of error messages...   >:(

Morons.

Same bull**** result as usual with these online exclusives.  Just a different company.

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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #444 on: February 2, 2005, 12:47 AM »
That's it. I give up. I officially don't give a **** if I get this stupid thing or not now. For all I care, Gentle Giant can go **** off and suck a big fat dick. This is ridiculous.

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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #445 on: February 2, 2005, 08:55 AM »
Try now, I was able to add it to my cart.

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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #446 on: February 2, 2005, 10:38 AM »
Nope, no dice. Yet another 90 minutes of my life spent clicking that stupid button back and forth...

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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #447 on: February 2, 2005, 11:21 AM »
Delete your cookies, it seems to be working from what I read over at RS.

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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #448 on: February 2, 2005, 11:48 AM »
OK, I was able to get in and place the order... or at least I think I was. I put my credit card info in, and click continue - and it tells me my cart is empty  :-\

It looks like my card was charged. It's a debit card, and I checked my online bank, and it looks as if there is a hold on the right amount ($50.03 after shipping) but I didn't get any kind of email confirmation or anything like that  :-\

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Re: Gentle Giant Busts
« Reply #449 on: February 2, 2005, 12:02 PM »
I don't think anyone has received an email confirmation thus far. May happen when they ship I guess.

After I placed my information, it came up as:

Thank you for your order! Thank you for ordering from Gentle Giants! Bill to: Blah...blah...blah.

Gave me all the pricing information then:

You credit card has been approved an your order is awaiting shipment.

Hell, they can't even spell your!  ::)

That was the last page me thinks.