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Thanks for the tips, good stuff as always. A little preparation can go a long way in getting ahead with online pre-sales! LOL I love the SYR credit card, they need to make gift cards for us gear junkies. That would be a great gift – a $500 SYR gift card… woot!
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Best way is to make a paypal acount … all you do is click 3 buttons! I got my shoyoroll in less then 1 minuet!
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Definitely good tips…I purchased my first yesterday from budo. The process sucked!
I just wanted one, went through the whole order process about 5 times…I’d get to shipping, click next…and then I’d get redirected to a page. “Your shopping cart is empty.”.
I am like…”FFFFUUUU!!”.
Eventually it worked. Took 24 minutes, though. I think the ring sold old about 10 minutes later.
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Hey Mike, it seems like everybody went through the same thing! I’m glad it worked for you. I’m hearing the same story over and over that the site just went NUTS. Glad you persisted and got one! I have a few ideas that I think will work next time and will definitely guarentee that all of you guys get the gis you want!
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” I have a few ideas that I think will work next time and will definitely guarentee that all of you guys get the gis you want!”
Thats what you said last time. Was it a big surprise to Budovideos that there was going to be huge traffic?, and the site would have problems? I expect it will happen again and again. Shoyoroll could care less, in fact I am sure they are pleased. There is no such thing as bad publicity.
Reply Hey Harry, thanks for the comments. While I would LOVE to take credit for a solo effort that made Budovideos crash, I think it was more the gi than me (but a boy can dream, eh?)
Like I’ve said before, it’s a total double-edged sword. Either a HUGE wait time, or not everybody gets one. It’s the price we pay for exclusivity. I’m really sorry to hear that you didn’t get one. I know a lot of people did, but if 5 or 10 of my readers didn’t get it, that really sucks. I loved all the great feedback about the tips working and whatnot, but it was brutal to read from people who were let down. Like I said, I have a few ideas, nothing insane, that will probably give people an edge versus non-readers. As far as readers competing against other GiReviews readers, then it’s just luck of the draw!
Reply LOL! Brendan, all I meant was that those of us that had the plan ahead of time WERE ahead of the pack. When you pointed out the little secrets it took away any advantage I had. You helped to level the playing field, but took away the advantage from those who were already doing what you suggested. :(.
It was helpful to get traffic to your site, and to Shoyoroll, but not to me. I was able to buy the count, but not the ring. I waited since February, when they first announced the ring. Not fair!!!!
Reply Believe me Harry, my goal is never traffic. If what I do is helping people, then my site will get traffic, and if my content sucks, then I won’t. I barely ever check my analytics and just try to be as helpful as possible via email, the site, FB and Twitter.
I’m sorry that you already knew about all of the things I wrote about. I think you’ll be pretty happy with the Rio Koi release. Bear has something cool he’s doing with it.
Reply Brendan, how ironic. The tips you gave may have helped to cause the crash at Budo :(. It did not matter if you were prepared or not. Budo videos went down. Brutal!!!!!! I would rather have to wait 3 months, and at least get one.
Thanks for creating the Extra hype for Shoyoroll!
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Hey Brendan. Thanks for your support in purchasing the Gi, I received your first email warning about the pre sale of the first pre SYR Ring.
Also I could not buy SYR Ring.
My Story: I did everything right because I had already made purchases earlier and already have an account in budovideos. What happened was, I put the Gi with my right size in my cart. But I could not complete the purchase because it is not passed to the next screen to the checkout. I called and spoke to budovideos they said that the site had many accesses and congested and to keep trying. In short, I just not bought. Something very unpleasant, they had to put a far larger quantity to demand. Another thing, minutes after they close sales. Many buyers were reselling SYR Ring on the EBAY for double the price. While we’re looking to buy for our own use, do not have any. I hope I can buy this time.
Thank You!
Sincerely Walter
That stinks Walter! Here’s the updated guide that might help you out as well: http://gireviews.net/how-to-get-a-pre-sale-shoyoroll-guarenteed-2/
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