...and everything seemed to be working out. My daughter goes down for her nap right before the sale was supposed to start, I am seated in front of computer 10 minutes before 12 p.m., just waiting for the site to allow me to purchase the item. About 4 minutes of 12, I refresh my screen and get this:
It's a hold screen. The site is down because of too much traffic. This screen is a constantly rerunning 5 second countdown. It went off for one second, I clicked "add item to cart", and this screen came back again. I love it when companies do this. It's like they have no clue what to expect and get caught unawares. Of course, they SHOULD have known and made sure their servers could handle the influx.
So, will I ever get my Plastic Man figure? Will I get it before my daughter wakes up? Will there be a sternly worded letter written to Mattel? I think the answers will be: probably not, probably not, and definitely.
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