Brown Paper Tickets

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Message Art beers 3223 º places 131 º 08:33 Sat 2/16/2013 So I'm trying to purchase a KBS release ticket. I was quick to the draw and got one in my cart. Now when going to check out it seems as though the site has crashed. Is this typical? Should I keep refreshing? There is a 15 minute timer for checkout but if I hit the back button it starts over. This is my first attempt to order in brown paper tickets so I'm curious if I am out of luck or not. ---Posted via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Message Michbeerlover beers 149 º places 4 º 08:39 Sat 2/16/2013 Having the same issues. Got to check out then it crashed. Must be too popular of an event for them to handle? Same thing happened when I tried to buy Dark Lord tickets last year on another site. Frustrating, but it is only beer..... ---Posted via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Message blklab2007 beers 2121 º places 17 º 08:52 Sat 2/16/2013 from there facebook page: We are aware of the issue that many of you are having/had with the KBS release tickets this morning. We have used Brown Paper Tickets for ticketing service in the past and were assured multiple times that their servers could handle whatever traffic we might bring their way. We are actively looking into this issue. Please accept our apologies while we investigate further. Stay tuned...
Message Michbeerlover beers 149 º places 4 º 08:55 Sat 2/16/2013 The website now says all tickets have sold out already. ---Posted via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Message StefanSD beers 2449 º places 57 º 09:01 Sat 2/16/2013 I’ve never had problems with brown paper tickets except when they sold out too quickly. Perhaps traffic overload appeared to be a DDoS attack, so their servers shifted to a defensive mode.
Message Art beers 3223 º places 131 º 09:05 Sat 2/16/2013 I finally got a Day#4 ticket! My advice is go to the screen where you first started and keep added whatever day you want to your cart. It will keep directing you to the main page if they don’t have it. Just hit back on your browser and keep trying. I had a day 4 in my cart at 11 and couldn’t get though the checkout fast enough before the crash. I’m glad I finally got it. Good luck everyone and thanks for at least letting me know it wasn’t just me.
Message Art beers 3223 º places 131 º 09:11 Sat 2/16/2013 Michbeerlover - keep refreshing...they likely aren’t all gone, because plenty of people are having the issues we had. I actually had it in my cart twice, the first time before the crash and the 2nd time when I went to check out after answering some questions the site told me I had nothing in my cart. Keep trying and good luck!
Message mattarata 09:15 Sat 2/16/2013 Yes - keep trying. I just got a Sat ticket at 11:15CST - 1hr15min after they went on sale. Site load went down and a bunch of shopping carts expired I suspect.

Message Michbeerlover beers 149 º places 4 º 09:39 Sat 2/16/2013 Thank you all for the advice. I kept try even though it said all were sold out and I just printed my ticket for Saturday. Thanks again. I would have just given up otherwise..... ---Posted via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Message puzzl beers 3258 º places 138 º 11:16 Sat 2/16/2013 Originally posted by artmcd8 http://www.ebay.com/itm/... So someone is willing to pay $157 for 12 KBS!!! $13/bottle is apparently the market price now. Note: I am not selling this, just wanted to clarify Please don’t post that here.
Message puzzl beers 3258 º places 138 º 11:17 Sat 2/16/2013 For what it’s worth, it seems that the site was holding tickets once you put them in your cart for an hour. Based on here and Reddit, a lot of people ended up being able to get tickets at an hour past, long after everything seemed to be sold out. That was almost certainly shopping carts clearing from people that didn’t realize they had tickets saved.