Author Topic: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather  (Read 377347 times)

joeposh

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #435 on: July 23, 2010, 10:39:37 am »
Seems to be dead now. Thanks again Yada!

Staralfur25

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #436 on: July 23, 2010, 10:40:27 am »
Yada I owe you a drink or two at the show!!!!!!!!!  Seriously.  :-*

sweetcell

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #437 on: July 23, 2010, 10:45:22 am »
looks like all the free & cheap tix are gone, only $125's left.
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K8teebug

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #438 on: July 23, 2010, 10:50:35 am »
People are pissed on facebook.


K8teebug

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #439 on: July 23, 2010, 10:51:14 am »
p.s.  I am so glad I had this discussion thread open when trying to get tickets.  Thanks for the quick reposting of the good link.  You guys and gals are awesome.

hutch

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #440 on: July 23, 2010, 10:52:45 am »
I still don't get what happened. TIcketfly crashed and was completely down seemingly

but one could buy tickets anyways?

was the problem that Ticketfly was down or that the link to buy tickets we all had was incorrect?

azaghal1981

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #441 on: July 23, 2010, 10:54:45 am »
As far as MPP goes, it looks as though Ticketfly is just a portal and another company handles the actual sales...or something.
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Vas Deferens

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #442 on: July 23, 2010, 10:55:10 am »
we refreshed and got it to work, silly.

I still don't get what happened. TIcketfly crashed and was completely down seemingly

but one could buy tickets anyways?

was the problem that Ticketfly was down or that the link to buy tickets we all had was incorrect?
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yohansen5b

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #443 on: July 23, 2010, 10:55:28 am »
I still don't get what happened. TIcketfly crashed and was completely down seemingly

but one could buy tickets anyways?

was the problem that Ticketfly was down or that the link to buy tickets we all had was incorrect?

i'm not entirely sure.  for one, they changed links to the actual sale after it went down.  i was using chrome and it kept showing up as 404-error.  i then tried a different browser after a while and everything worked out.  some nerds on facebook encouraged clearing your cookies; i'm sure that had an effect, too.

Shadrach

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #444 on: July 23, 2010, 10:56:25 am »
There is a 2 ticket limit per person/credit card/address. Over the limit orders will be cancelled. Must have ID matching name on ticket for entry.

got 6

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #445 on: July 23, 2010, 10:57:18 am »
yeah thanks for the working link Yada, you really saved the day !

sweetcell

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #446 on: July 23, 2010, 10:58:26 am »
dunno if it's the server reboot that did it, or is traffic dies down, or whatever, but around 10:35 or 10:40 i was able to refresh the TF page and proceed from there.  so the system did eventually work.

seth, you mention "growing pains" - this is stuff that TF should have tested, and fixed, before going live.  it's called load testing.  if they can't do it internally, they can hire firms to simulate traffic spikes like the one experienced this morning.  seems like a good thing to invest in, given how much ill will these crashes cause.

People are pissed on facebook.

even if TF worked perfectly, people would have been pissed: there aren't enough tickets for everyone, some people were going to be shut out.  just so happens that people can blame TF for the site crash.
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Driveway

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #447 on: July 23, 2010, 10:58:43 am »
Ticketfly is about on par with Metro today.

hutch

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #448 on: July 23, 2010, 10:59:19 am »
The link that worked for me - still present via Merriweather- is different from the link in the email with the password.

atomicfront

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Re: Virgin Free Fest returning to Merriweather
« Reply #449 on: July 23, 2010, 11:00:10 am »
I have no complaints I got tickets, everyone I know got tickets.