[pidge]

Me too! Same story, was optimistic when i reached the last obey page but nothing!!!! Gutted

[lifeonwalls]

Live to flip another Obey...

[connecta1]

...someone in the uk has the pair on eBay for £220

[sfinks]

Dont know. Probobly only me. But an internet site like that makes me a bit upset due to the randomeness and unfairness for those who SHOULD get it.

[iamzero]

Straight on for £220. I am resist the temptation to fling insults as my F5 finger is too sore.

[mayhem]

I don not understand how it can go through PayPal, back to Obey site to check and submit then come to nothing. Do they time you out of PayPal?
Its been mentioned that a few of us went through this process twice before an empty cart.
It sucks. End

[Argiebaji]

The print should have been called...'No Peace and No Justice '.....gutted here too

[seqret]

Just sent em an email that their shopping systems sucks

[lbrabs]

Jan 31, 2012 21:02:58 GMT 1 seqret said:

Just sent em an email that their shopping systems sucks

Funnily enough I also sent them an e-mail to highlight the frailties of their system and us Brits aren't generally very good at complaining!

[ceroxol]

Got the; Sorry, one of the products you have in cart is out of stock. Gutted..

[seqret]

Jan 31, 2012 21:07:33 GMT 1 lbrabs said:

Jan 31, 2012 21:02:58 GMT 1 seqret said:

Just sent em an email that their shopping systems sucks

Funnily enough I also sent them an e-mail to highlight the frailties of their system and us Brits aren't generally very good at complaining!

I wrote that loads of people here ended up with nothing tho they had em both in carts.. I had em 3 times & nothing

[pcant]

I'm pretty sure the link to send comments works as well as their shopping cart. I've sent emails before and received nothing in return, sent one this time but I'm not holding my breath.

[lbrabs]

Jan 31, 2012 21:16:10 GMT 1 seqret said:

Jan 31, 2012 21:07:33 GMT 1 lbrabs said:

Funnily enough I also sent them an e-mail to highlight the frailties of their system and us Brits aren't generally very good at complaining!

I wrote that loads of people here ended up with nothing tho they had em both in carts.. I had em 3 times & nothing

Worst system for buying prints that I have used so far, to have them in your cart and then not be able to check out is frustrating beyond belief! I had to have alcohol to calm down.

[rottenredrooster]

Every release, on every site ends with the same old comments of amazement and disbelief if anyone is unable to get a print.

There are thousands of people who are trying to get a print, so it shouldn't be a bewildering experience when one doesn't get one.

I personally think the concept of having a cart system which doesn't allow people to hold/keep prints during checkout, far better in a circumstance where all the prints are identical. Had the Shepard Fairey website, allowed people to hold items in carts for X amount of time, people would be moaning about some idiot with it still in their basket hours later. Just like on many previous releases.

[pcant]

RRR, you make a good point, but I think the problem here is that people had them in carts and then the print was gone when you went to checkout. That's what happened to me, anyway, and if you have it in the cart you should get more than 5 seconds to complete the transaction before the site hoovers the print out of your cart.

Your point about masses of people wanting it is correct. I just think once you've managed to get one in your cart, you should be able to complete the transaction.

[rottenredrooster]

Jan 31, 2012 21:59:22 GMT 1 pcant said:

RRR, you make a good point, but I think the problem here is that people had them in carts and then the print was gone when you went to checkout. That's what happened to me, anyway, and if you have it in the cart you should get more than 5 seconds to complete the transaction before the site hoovers the print out of your cart.

Your point about masses of people wanting it is correct. I just think once you've managed to get one in your cart, you should be able to complete the transaction.

I agree it is a very frustrating process... the introduction of a system whereby your print is held the moment you click the submit/confirm button.

I'm not sure how complicated it would be to introduce a system like this.

I suppose the best thing is to get the fastest internet package your ISP has, giving you a bit of a head start.

It's a case of damned if they do and damned if they don't.

[njr911]

It's just luck i think. Live to F5 another day.

I was lucky this time (and they'll be going on the wall) but thi is the first time in 6 years that I have been.

[pcant]

Jan 31, 2012 22:07:27 GMT 1 rottenredrooster said:

Jan 31, 2012 21:59:22 GMT 1 pcant said:

RRR, you make a good point, but I think the problem here is that people had them in carts and then the print was gone when you went to checkout. That's what happened to me, anyway, and if you have it in the cart you should get more than 5 seconds to complete the transaction before the site hoovers the print out of your cart.

Your point about masses of people wanting it is correct. I just think once you've managed to get one in your cart, you should be able to complete the transaction.

I agree it is a very frustrating process... the introduction of a system whereby your print is held the moment you click the submit/confirm button.

I'm not sure how complicated it would be to introduce a system like this.

I suppose the best thing is to get the fastest internet package your ISP has, giving you a bit of a head start.

It's a case of damned if they do and damned if they don't.

True that. And I may be in the minority on this, but I like the "drip release" method that some sites use. It eliminates the 30-second time window and makes for a little better chance to grab a print. Of course, that may only work on prints that cost a bit more (BAST, Faile), and might be untenable for Fairey's stuff.

Either way, apologies for the griping, congrats to all who were lucky, and here's hoping all the flippers get bird flu polio.

[lbrabs]

Lets hope all the flippers get found out!

obeygiant.com/store/policy

[pcant]

As many have mentioned, while the anti-flipper policy may warm my heart, it is probably illegal. Or at least that was the response from the forum when I suggested that, because all the versions of Dran's Art Thief were unique, it should be easy to find out who was flipping them. The collective response was "meh, what are you going to do?"

So I'm going with hoping they get a debilitating disease.

[rottenredrooster]

Jan 31, 2012 22:26:56 GMT 1 pcant said:

As many have mentioned, while the anti-flipper policy may warm my heart, it is probably illegal. Or at least that was the response from the forum when I suggested that, because all the versions of Dran's Art Thief were unique, it should be easy to find out who was flipping them. The collective response was "meh, what are you going to do?"

So I'm going with hoping they get a debilitating disease.

As far as I'm aware in the UK it's up to seller as to whether they want to enter in a contract where as the US it is illegal to refuse sale of a visible item...

[Deleted]

Jan 31, 2012 22:26:56 GMT 1 pcant said:

So I'm going with hoping they get a debilitating disease.

Possibly a little excessive

[georgec7]

I got to paypal twice - thought I'd checked out the first time! - oh well!

[pcant]

Jan 31, 2012 22:51:00 GMT 1 @deputydawg said:

Jan 31, 2012 22:26:56 GMT 1 pcant said:

So I'm going with hoping they get a debilitating disease.

Possibly a little excessive

OK, how about hoping they get stuck with a portfolio of art they bought and can't sell? Not as funny, but maybe less excessive?

[sfinks]

Hehe, you know what. That could actually be the case on this one Pcant.
I really liked the last one tbh, but not this one as much. And seems like the majority agrees on that one when looking at flipping prices and nr of sells.

I agree on all the frustration about the Obey store.

[mayhem]

Jan 31, 2012 22:07:27 GMT 1 rottenredrooster said:

Jan 31, 2012 21:59:22 GMT 1 pcant said:

RRR, you make a good point, but I think the problem here is that people had them in carts and then the print was gone when you went to checkout. That's what happened to me, anyway, and if you have it in the cart you should get more than 5 seconds to complete the transaction before the site hoovers the print out of your cart.

Your point about masses of people wanting it is correct. I just think once you've managed to get one in your cart, you should be able to complete the transaction.

I agree it is a very frustrating process... the introduction of a system whereby your print is held the moment you click the submit/confirm button.

I'm not sure how complicated it would be to introduce a system like this.

I suppose the best thing is to get the fastest internet package your ISP has, giving you a bit of a head start.

It's a case of damned if they do and damned if they don't.

In Cornwall, We are supposed to have the fastest internet available in the UK (BT FTTP, up to 100MB download and 30MB upload speeds)
Didn't do much to help me, I think there is a problem between obeygiant.com and PayPal.
If the Obey site is taking too long to process the payment from PayPal then PayPal would automatically cancel the transaction.
It could be organized better.
The fact that my prints were still in my cart when I went back to Obeystore would suggest its not them(Obey) pulling them.
Could be completely wrong of course. BT have never been honest!

[sfinks]

I dont think this has nothing to do with internet speed. I saw the prints were up for at least a minute, maybe even longer. While i was waiting for all the loading. I kept opening new obey sites to see when they got sold out. And this time(compared to last), it didnt sell out in a second.
My guess is massive datastream to the Obey site, witch its not equipped to handle.
And im pretty sure paypal can take a pretty hard traffic without being effected by it.

[speebe]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

Not a fan of these.......



obeygiant.com/headlines/incase-launches-shepard-fairey-artist-series#more-18786

[Blakeies]

I like the iPad case, every time I've tried to see if I can find it on the incase site it says not Avaliable though