Diligence does pay. So does breathing out the anxiety.
Woke up at 4:30am. Checked every 15 minutes until 10:30am when they finally went up.
Figured if I'm up this early may as well do some morning yoga with one eye on the refresh button.
Finally at 10:30ish they went up. I was first Greeted with a 'sold out'. But I kept on. I knew that this was just a crash or a temporary error until the program adjusted to the traffic. After about 10 or so 'sold out' messages, I finally got a 'select ticket amount' message.
I selected 2 tickets for Newark, NJ. hit submit and waited... and waited... Crash. Try again. Crash Try again.
"You have too many tickets in your basket." Click Here to Continue.
"You have selected 3 tickets to this event." Actually I wanted two, but no way in hell I was going to back it up. I'll buy 3. I've got a dozen loyal fan friends. Clicked submit.
Please enter email address.... And I waited at LEAST a minute. Breathe it out.
Please enter password... After 3 attempts I got the message, incorrect password. I had changed recently but the store must have had my old password on file. I finally figured this out and submitted the right password. Submit. ...By this point I am now chanting a prosperity mantra I learned over and over. Ap Sahaee Hoa Suchae Da Sucha Doa. Har Har Har. (something to do with manifesting your desires from the infintie universe.)
After this the page probably crashed 2 more times. Try Again. Try Again. Sigh. Breathe. Chant. (added a mudra for kicks.)
Enter Credit Card Information. I did. Credit Card declined. (fraud protection for purchasing outside of the USA.)
Tried another card. Submit. Another Minute goes by. Breathe. Chant. Mudra. Trust.
... and...
Confirmation Page. Holy Hell. I printed the shit out of that page the second it came up.
So in the end, never trust a sold out page until at least 45 minutes after the onsale time. Never close the browser or go back (if you want to do that as a back up plan use a duplicate screen.) Stay on the line of your order and that one nanothread of electricity that is still hanging on may hold those tickets through the sea of anxiety and digital chaos.
Took me six hours from the moment I got up. And 25 minutes from the moment they went on sale for my order to go through.
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