Well I have tried everything in my power to get access and submit my want list but to no avail. for some reason I thought the submission deadline for want lists was days after the submission date for trade items. Guess I will keep checking back.... didn't seem to make sense to me to start a want list while several dozen games were being added every day.... On Sunday, January 13, 2013 9:46:42 PM UTC-6, paula hobbs wrote: > > I agree with just about everything your saying. Maybe its just being > upset that I can't do my final once over. Probably for the best because I > am one that changes my wants like 15 times. But, why can't be expect > geekmail to be as secure as any other free email service? My point is that > everyone seems to be favoring the side of BGG (which is understandable > because of the service they provide) but little is discussed on how > problems can be prevented in the future. Especially when the site is > involved in exchanges of goods and pay-to-use services (i.e. Ad-free, 3% > commission). There is nothing like this site but as we ALL believe, board > gaming is erupting, and what happens when this site can no longer keep up? > > On Sunday, January 13, 2013 9:30:44 PM UTC-6, Ben Friedberg wrote: >> >> Hey Paula, while I definitely agree that it would be nice to get a >> non-bgg way to log in, it seems like you have to be pretty intentional to >> get stuck... >> >> 1. delete the email from jeffy jeff with the link. Most people forward >> geekmail to email, right? >> 2. delete / prevent cookies in your browser >> 3. delete the browser history containing the login link >> >> >> I'm PRETTY sure that the 7% at this point are non-submitters (or even >> just blank wantlist submitters) or people who plain old forgot that this >> was going on tonight. I doubt that there are any people who are hosed in >> the last 3 hours before the math trade ends because they basically MADE >> themselves unable to log in w/out depending on bgg. When I have a link >> that I need, keeping it in my geekmail is probably the LAST thing that I >> would do (as opposed to, say, a bookmark, normal email, browser history, >> etc... I understand your concern about not getting the one trade that you >> wanted, but I also want to assure you that the majority of people not >> submitting are laming out rather than being PREVENTED... >> >> On Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:27:37 PM UTC-5, paula hobbs wrote: >>> >>> This is a massive question not yet addressed. We were around 85-88% >>> submissions before the crash. Hopeful Trent extends the Want List >>> submission time until midnight or something. >>> >>
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