PAX East 2014 badges and hotels

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  • stebuustebuu Crabs are fucking crazy, and I hate horses Registered User regular
    The three day tickets even sold out BEFORE the passes were showing for sale at http://east.paxsite.com/. People who use the tweety win again? (note: I do not use the tweety much)

  • RhyagelleRhyagelle Registered User regular
    got my badges no issue but onpeak is just horrible thing wont load to save its life

  • protivakidprotivakid Registered User regular
    how can 3 days be sold out when all day's individual tickets are still there?! What a scheme to get more $$. They probably had 20 3-day passes

  • mrtauntaunmrtauntaun Registered User new member
    Since noon, I've been refreshing the page every minute or so. The first time it wasn't passes coming soon, they are sold out? Really? Please tell me this is a fluke or glitch.

  • vortex21vortex21 Registered User new member
    Heck ill buy the day tickets now but i left my spot, but i think those are gone too

  • QuintiousQuintious Registered User regular
    Richy59 wrote: »
    I was in the queue for over 30mins, I was then kicked out and told tickets are now sold out. Lame :/

    Good job I didn't book flights from the UK then...

    Those of you whinging about not being able to get 3 day badges, you are aware that...

    1) THere are still individual day badges available and
    2) You can buy badges right at the convention for somewhere between face value and face value + $10

    Right? Right?

    I don't mean to pick on you specifically, but I chose your post because you're talking about flying from the UK. If $10 is the breaking point for you after plane tickets that will run you about a grand, then there's something wrong.

  • AtomicGaryBuseyAtomicGaryBusey I put on my robe and wizard hat. Beautiful Lynnhood, Wash.Registered User regular
    Now I'm getting this in BYOC checkout:

    404Page not found
    The requested URL could not be found
    We're sorry, but the page you are looking for could not be found. You can try to refresh the page or check the URL for any errors or extra characters.

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  • ClixClix This guy I know Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    I never got to an order complete page, but I still got the email confirmation.

  • SomeGuy64SomeGuy64 Registered User regular
    Wait one-days are $40 now? The beginning of the process said 35 each. Now that I waited 45 minutes just to have no shot at 3-day it gets jacked up? That is just shady. Even worse taste in my mouth now.

  • SatelliteEyesSatelliteEyes Registered User new member
    If you get to the point of entering your CC and address and get an error after you click 'checkout', check your email before trying to purchase tickets again. it happened to me, but hte charge went through and i got a confirmation that i have tickets (1 for each day of course :P)

  • SepiothSepioth Boston, MARegistered User regular
    Same here .. this is crazy

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  • Le_GoatLe_Goat Frechified Goat Person BostonRegistered User regular
    vortex21 wrote: »
    Heck ill buy the day tickets now but i left my spot, but i think those are gone too
    The main site shows that they are still available.

    I was all set for checkout, and now the site has put me at the back of the queue again...

    While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
  • VGVideoGalaxyVGVideoGalaxy Northern VirginiaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2013
    Looking at what other people are saying, it seems like the 3 Days are already sold out, but I have not heard an official word yet. I personally used the link on their twitter page and not the site and I got my 3 Day in 10 Minutes. Keep trying though!

    http://t.co/RdvWuYhwAp

    VGVideoGalaxy on
  • mentok1982mentok1982 I could never leave you PAX baby. BaltimoreRegistered User regular
    The closest I have come so far is answering the Omegathon question on my phone for three one day tickets. Then everything went to hell.

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  • VegaObscuraVegaObscura Registered User regular
    Hey SomeGuy, they were always $40. Khoo recognized that they hadn't changed the price, but they've been $40 since tickets opened at noon.

  • vttymvttym Ardent Gamer Northern NJRegistered User regular
    Awesome.. get through the 1 day pass process.. it's processing for 6 minutes.. timer runs out, my ticket hold gets bumped. Now I'm trying to go through the process again.

  • aBByNormaLaBByNormaL Registered User regular
    Rayze wrote: »
    I tried to buy single day passes and when I went to confirm after putting in my billing info, it went to an error page

    I've been to every PAX East so far and this is the first time the process has truly annoyed me

    Had this happen too but when I refreshed the confirmation went through ... some sort of glitch.

    PAX East 2016 .... gots my Passes [x] Hotel [x] Flights [x] Packed [..] .... ok we're all good !!!!!
  • mrtauntaunmrtauntaun Registered User new member
    I don't use twitter. I really hope this is a mistake.

  • IsaarIsaar Registered User new member
    srsizzy wrote: »
    This whole thing was poorly orchestrated. This was going to be my first PAX, but instead it's soured the idea of ever going to one instead.

    This was the most well-orchestrated sale they've had in years...

    - They warned of sale in advance
    - They went one sale at the time they said they would
    - They had an online queue

    There's not much more than can do other than that.

    How about having servers capable of handling the easily predictable load?

  • ClixClix This guy I know Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    I hate this part of PAX. Every year it seems to be a learning experience and every time the ticket vendors are never ready.

  • macross33macross33 MARegistered User regular
    They won't take hotel over the phone until the site is up and I can't get the reservation site to load and yet people keep saying they got rooms????

  • yayitsdanyayitsdan Registered User regular
    I really wish they would have updated the front page soon after badges were on sale. I was able to get in line from my phone, but I've been in the queue for about 30 minutes now. I fired up my laptop and got in queue there too, but after checking the badge availability and seeing that the 3 day passes were sold out, I opened another tab and queued up single days. Hopefully that's not against the rules or anything.

  • shepdshepd Registered User regular
    ChimneyImp wrote: »
    Is this a record? Does this beat Prime last year?

    I got 3 1 days.

    Not a record, but close. 43 minutes from sale to gone.

  • SomeGuy64SomeGuy64 Registered User regular
    Selected 3 one-days and 404'd AGAIN



    AAAAAAHHH

  • JDiPierroJDiPierro Registered User new member
    3 day tickets are already sold out? This is absolutely disgusting.. PA clearly doesn't give a shit about the people attending... there should be a limit of how many 3 day passes someone can buy.. they're already on Ebay for $500...

  • TenamorTenamor North Adams, MARegistered User new member
    edited October 2013
    Fucking ridiculous. Sit in queue for 25 minutes to get booted out and told 3-days are gone. Nevermind the 10 minutes it took for shit to load. Thanks PAX, and an extra big fuck you because I'm still going despite this BS, just without the third day because I can't afford another $80 for the two of us. Meanwhile eBay is shitting itself with people supposedly having 10 3-day passes to them available to sell.

    Tenamor on
  • The_TuninatorThe_Tuninator Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    macross33 wrote: »
    They won't take hotel over the phone until the site is up and I can't get the reservation site to load and yet people keep saying they got rooms????

    Site's dead for me too. Must have been the lucky few who got in before it imploded or snuck in during the accidental window earlier today.

    The_Tuninator on
  • ALB247ALB247 Registered User regular
    Quintious wrote: »
    Richy59 wrote: »
    I was in the queue for over 30mins, I was then kicked out and told tickets are now sold out. Lame :/

    Good job I didn't book flights from the UK then...

    Those of you whinging about not being able to get 3 day badges, you are aware that...

    1) THere are still individual day badges available and
    2) You can buy badges right at the convention for somewhere between face value and face value + $10

    Right? Right?

    I don't mean to pick on you specifically, but I chose your post because you're talking about flying from the UK. If $10 is the breaking point for you after plane tickets that will run you about a grand, then there's something wrong.

    Where can I buy an official PAX East badge at the convention center without fear of it being counterfeit in any way? I'm legitimately curious and missed out on my chance to buy them today.

  • VGVideoGalaxyVGVideoGalaxy Northern VirginiaRegistered User regular
    Am I the only one who had no problem getting the 3 Day Pass? I just used the link from twitter (http://t.co/RdvWuYhwAp) and had my pass in 10 minutes.

  • SleepdepSleepdep Registered User regular
    hey I just finished my seaport confirmation at 1:03 eastern, after hitting refresh way too much, so if you have a tab open doont close it, just keep hitting refresh.... also if people bail on their tabs that might open up spots.... good luck

  • Crippl3Crippl3 oh noRegistered User regular
    This is why they don't announce PAX sales in advance. Now they have an example to point to when people start bitching about them never talking about it ahead of time for next year.

  • mentok1982mentok1982 I could never leave you PAX baby. BaltimoreRegistered User regular
    I got the site to load again so right now I am in the checkout queue for a 3 day pass (even though they are sold out) and for three 1 day passes.
    This is on my work machine btw.

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  • KnightmareKnightmare PittsburghRegistered User regular
    I was at the check out multiple times and it gave me a 503 page, and nothing ever came back. I've basically been kicked back to the queue multiple times because the page doesn't load. I'm gonna be pretttttty upset if I get gypped.

  • mindflare77mindflare77 OhioRegistered User regular
    Delaney wrote: »
    In the queue ASAP, wait for fifteen minutes, and then get booted to the beginning and shown that the three-day passes are sold out. Trying to get single day passes, enter all of my info, and it errors/timed out on the cc processing.

    AARRGHHH!

    This. I love getting timed out because the servers couldn't load a page. Had a chance at 3 days when it first opened, but by that point (after constantly getting 404s and 503s), I had about 13 seconds. Awesome. On my fourth attempt now.

    As a first timer, is it usually this much of a cluster? Because it doesn't give me much confidence in the con so far, unfortunately...

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  • mochibunnymochibunny Registered User regular
    edited October 2013
    Quintious wrote: »
    Richy59 wrote: »
    I was in the queue for over 30mins, I was then kicked out and told tickets are now sold out. Lame :/

    Good job I didn't book flights from the UK then...

    Those of you whinging about not being able to get 3 day badges, you are aware that...

    1) THere are still individual day badges available and
    2) You can buy badges right at the convention for somewhere between face value and face value + $10

    Right? Right?

    I don't mean to pick on you specifically, but I chose your post because you're talking about flying from the UK. If $10 is the breaking point for you after plane tickets that will run you about a grand, then there's something wrong.

    Risk buying counterfeit tickets...

    mochibunny on
  • rascrushrascrush Registered User regular
    will i get a email conferming my pax east passes

  • ALB247ALB247 Registered User regular
    shepd wrote: »
    ChimneyImp wrote: »
    Is this a record? Does this beat Prime last year?

    I got 3 1 days.

    Not a record, but close. 43 minutes from sale to gone.

    That's how long it took to sell-out. If you weren't waiting in the queue by 12:15p EST then you were out of luck. I got kicked out around 12:45p when they sold out.

  • OhyOhy Registered User regular
    Seaport sold out pretty quick. Server crashed on the check out on my hotel reservation too. Head aches :X

  • SepiothSepioth Boston, MARegistered User regular
    so the tix went on sale at 12 but the main site links did not work until 1 .. pathetic

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  • RicinRicin Registered User regular
    I want to thank Reed Expo. Their phone support was able to help me out by canceling my first order and having me put a second order in.

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