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Offline link_tree

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Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 12:02:41 »
I'm looking to get my first CC but I don't want to pay the premium prices that comes with the older ones (although I absolutely love the candy corn and oktoberfest keycaps)

so does anyone knows if there's a planned sale?

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 12:05:14 »
I sure hope so link, looking to get my first cc as well.

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 12:09:19 »
I would guess not until Easter! They usually co-inside with national holidays  :)
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 13:44:51 »
I sure hope so link, looking to get my first cc as well.

You'll have a better chance the now as the new sales are run through a random lottery, instead of who has the fastest finger. :)
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 13:49:48 »
I sure hope so link, looking to get my first cc as well.

You'll have a better chance the now as the new sales are run through a random lottery, instead of who has the fastest finger. :)

Awesome, I would honestly just be happy with one of any colour, but I can imagine once you have 1 the collector bug kicks in.

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 14:06:36 »
CC tends to have some sneaky sales on top of public sales.  Always pay attention to his subforum.  I always analyze what he says down to the letter to make sure I didn't miss anything....but usually I just confuse myself lol

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 14:16:27 »
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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 14:50:08 »
Just prepare yourself. Clacks are pretty limited and most people want them. I've been here about 5 months and have entered for hack orange and 4 other clacks from EK and still have had no luck. Plus I have missed a few random sales that he has done as well despite checking this forum about 100 times a day.  There's people on here who have tried more/longer and don't have a single one yet. But it's kind of what makes you want them more.  And the new lottery system IMO is much better then camping and hoping your Internet can send off a message fast enough. Good luck to you.
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 14:54:56 »
Just prepare yourself. Clacks are pretty limited and most people want them. I've been here about 5 months and have entered for hack orange and 4 other clacks from EK and still have had no luck. Plus I have missed a few random sales that he has done as well despite checking this forum about 100 times a day.  There's people on here who have tried more/longer and don't have a single one yet. But it's kind of what makes you want them more.  And the new lottery system IMO is much better then camping and hoping your Internet can send off a message fast enough. Good luck to you.

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 15:02:34 »
Just prepare yourself. Clacks are pretty limited and most people want them. I've been here about 5 months and have entered for hack orange and 4 other clacks from EK and still have had no luck. Plus I have missed a few random sales that he has done as well despite checking this forum about 100 times a day.  There's people on here who have tried more/longer and don't have a single one yet. But it's kind of what makes you want them more.  And the new lottery system IMO is much better then camping and hoping your Internet can send off a message fast enough. Good luck to you.

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« Reply #11 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 15:19:16 »
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 15:25:41 »
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #13 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 15:42:22 »
The lottery system is boring and killed CCs for me.

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 19:54:28 »
Sounds like it is going to be fun trying to get one :D

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 20:41:46 »
I just want one. I'd like to not spend $70 on an unremarkable one, but it seems thats what I'd have to do to get one :(
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« Reply #17 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 20:46:00 »
Be patient.  Your time will come.
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 21:31:27 »
The lottery system is boring and killed CCs for me.

Agreed. I stayed up until 4 am every night for a week to make sure I'd get one. I checked all day every day until it was finally sold. I was very, very disappointed when I found out about the lottery system. It was kind of fun trying to "race" for it. But now that all you gotta do is throw your name in and hope, it feels less fair to me. I understand that not everyone can camp out like I did, but that's just how it's gonna be. To be fair, yeah I'm a little salty that I missed out on it, but I firmly believe the new lottery system isn't all that fair. Then again, I do think it's nice that it does offer a chance to help out those that wouldn't even find out about a clack sale until after it was too late.

Another personal beef is that I find myself having little to no luck. Some people might not believe in luck, but in the scenarios where it could come into play it seems to never be present for me. But this isn't a fault to the lottery system by any means, it's just a personal reason for me to dislike it.
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #19 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 21:35:26 »
Out of everything I got from this thread...it's that I want cake.

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« Reply #20 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 21:39:14 »
There is no cake. I ate it. All of it.

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« Reply #21 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 21:48:01 »
The cake is a lie!
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #22 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 21:52:52 »
Well Ima make a cake, that has an MSRP higher than a clack, eat that boys.

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #23 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 21:53:27 »
Well Ima make a cake, that has an MSRP higher than a clack, eat that boys.
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« Reply #24 on: Tue, 22 January 2013, 21:56:37 »
Well Ima make a cake, that has an MSRP higher than a clack, eat that boys.
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #25 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 00:37:50 »
Well Ima make a cake, that has an MSRP higher than a clack, eat that boys.
Pics or it didn't happen. Let's see it Halvy!

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #26 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 02:09:10 »
Sure if...

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #27 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 02:11:49 »
The lottery system is boring and killed CCs for me.

Ok, not to be rude or anything.. but how would you want the system to work instead of lottery? A system which automatically give you a CC every time there is a sale? Kinda seems like that is how it works anyway, from the recent sales/lotterys, all the people whom already got the most clickclacks got them anyway, even if it was a lottery.

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #28 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 02:14:53 »
Don't count your luck on it if you the date of the sale is announced before hand + first come first serve basis.

You'll have about 5-10seconds to purchase them.


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« Reply #29 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 03:50:54 »
^ hack orange was even faster. A lot of people who sent their e-mail the very second the clock turned didn't get in on the sale or the dibs afterward. Of course location and connection speed play a big part in that. That could explain why certain people win all the time in the traditional sales and others, despite their best efforts can never win. Yes, the traditional sales were definitely much more entertaining to be a part of, but that's not going to mean a whole lot if you're one of the unlucky ones who's location prevents you from ever getting in on a sale which I believe is the case for a lot of us. If you have had success in the traditional sales in the past, of course you would prefer that method. So would anyone but there's something to be said about equal opportunity and though the lottery system is by no means perfect, it's a step in the right direction. No one person is more entitled to a Clack than another. Unless of course your just someone looking to turn a profit but those people exist in both methods of sale. That's where it's up to us as consumers to prevent ridiculous resale inflation by simply not buying. 
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #30 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 03:54:46 »
^ hack orange was even faster. A lot of people who sent their e-mail the very second the clock turned didn't get in on the sale or the dibs afterward. Of course location and connection speed play a big part in that. That could explain why certain people win all the time in the traditional sales and others, despite their best efforts can never win. Yes, the traditional sales were definitely much more entertaining to be a part of, but that's not going to mean a whole lot if you're one of the unlucky ones who's location prevents you from ever getting in on a sale which I believe is the case for a lot of us. If you have had success in the traditional sales in the past, of course you would prefer that method. So would anyone but there's something to be said about equal opportunity and though the lottery system is by no means perfect, it's a step in the right direction. No one person is more entitled to a Clack than another. Unless of course your just someone looking to turn a profit but those people exist in both methods of sale. That's where it's up to us as consumers to prevent ridiculous resale inflation by simply not buying.

The hack orange sale was the only sale on GH that I've ever taken part in. I woke up 5am my time, an hour early because I didn't calculate well -.-. I think I submitted 10seconds late, and I didn't get in.

I agree with the resale inflation thing. but there are always people who can pay more for things that they want, haha.

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Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #31 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 07:01:13 »
The lottery system is boring and killed CCs for me.

Ok, not to be rude or anything.. but how would you want the system to work instead of lottery? A system which automatically give you a CC every time there is a sale? Kinda seems like that is how it works anyway, from the recent sales/lotterys, all the people whom already got the most clickclacks got them anyway, even if it was a lottery.

First come, first served.

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #32 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 07:31:02 »
Internet connection is a handicap if you happened to live further away from Cali though.

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« Reply #33 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 07:38:37 »
Only with 4grabs which I also disliked, the EK first come first served sales were the best.

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #34 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 07:45:08 »
Dislike 4grabs? It is for people who were a tad too slow to make sure more eventually get caps. Even then it really is a "first come, first served" in order of email received.

Plus with EK there were leftovers from people violating rules that came up weeks after initial release. With the lottery I guess that will not happen anymore, though.
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #35 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 10:57:55 »
Wasn't this thread just a guy asking when the next CC sale was?
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #36 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:08:58 »
Most of the people who sniped the EK sales through the old system were the ones who didn't resell their CC for 10X the price.
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #37 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:12:58 »
Most of the people who sniped the EK sales through the old system were the ones who didn't resell their CC for 10X the price.

That's true, but we can assume those same individuals are also hoarding them :)

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« Reply #38 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:13:29 »
I'd rather have hoarders than profiteerers any day
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #39 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:21:45 »
Most of the people who sniped the EK sales through the old system were the ones who didn't resell their CC for 10X the price.

This could be true, but when hoarders get doubles they tend to sell them and then they are 10x the price anyway :P

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« Reply #40 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:22:51 »
I'd rather have hoarders than profiteerers any day
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #41 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:27:27 »
I also dislike the lotto system and consider it a complete failure. It serves no point to help 10 people get their 1st CC, while at the same time 30 other new people are trying to sell them for $100 each. There has never been as many overpriced CC's for sale or trade following a CC sale as this last lotto one.
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #42 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:33:52 »
I also dislike the lotto system and consider it a complete failure. It serves no point to help 10 people get their 1st CC, while at the same time 30 other new people are trying to sell them for $100 each. There has never been as many overpriced CC's for sale or trade following a CC sale as this last lotto one.

That's probably just a coincidence. A more logical explanation would be simply that they're more sought after than ever before. Even without a lotto, the next batch would see even more overpriced sales.

I don't understand why people don't see that a lottery is more fair than whoever orders first. With a lottery system, by definition, EVERYONE has the same chance at getting one. With a first-come-first-serve system, only those willing to be at the computer at a a specific time will get one. This only further creates a gap from the haves and the have-nots.

...feels like a Marxist vs Capitalist argument in here :P

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #43 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:34:34 »
I got 2 clacks in the EK draws.  I loved it.  I got 3 clacks from the surprise EK stock that came up, was very lucky.

Every other time for me has been the middle of the night, so I never even had a chance.

Prefer the EK draws personally, seemed a lot fairer and open to people not based in the USA.  Was just the same resale as every bloody event.
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #44 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:42:15 »
I don't understand why people don't see that a lottery is more fair than whoever orders first. With a lottery system, by definition, EVERYONE has the same chance at getting one.

that is not true because this lotto has hidden criteria on exclusion.  If you got flagged as possibly cheating the system, maybe due to just being on the same ISP as someone else of having a common last name, then you are forever excluded. And you'll never know this either

A fair solution to the initial CC sale's has been proposed many times in previous threads, and hopefully that will happen in the future sales.
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #45 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:46:51 »
I don't understand why people don't see that a lottery is more fair than whoever orders first. With a lottery system, by definition, EVERYONE has the same chance at getting one.

that is not true because this lotto has hidden criteria on exclusion.  If you got flagged as possibly cheating the system, maybe due to just being on the same ISP as someone else of having a common last name, then you are forever excluded. And you'll never know this either

A fair solution to the initial CC sale's has been proposed many times in previous threads, and hopefully that will happen in the future sales.

If this is true, then just how often would this REALLY happen? Miniscule chances.

On the other hand, when the door is open to first come first serve...I think we all know what happens EVERY time.

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #46 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:47:08 »
Most of the people who sniped the EK sales through the old system were the ones who didn't resell their CC for 10X the price.

This could be true, but when hoarders get doubles they tend to sell them and then they are 10x the price anyway :P

Hoarders don't sell, they trade.
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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #47 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:48:53 »
Most of the people who sniped the EK sales through the old system were the ones who didn't resell their CC for 10X the price.

This could be true, but when hoarders get doubles they tend to sell them and then they are 10x the price anyway :P

Hoarders don't sell, they trade.

As if trading devalues in them in any way  :rolleyes:
I've seen these being traded for ~$100 item equivalent items such as keyboards.

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #48 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:54:06 »
If this is true, then just how often would this REALLY happen? Miniscule chances.

An EK rep has hinted that this is an issue from the most recent CC lotto. He said something along the lines of "Okay...some of you guys are BEGGING to be disqualified". I believe this was in one of the original threads about the upcoming CC draw. IIRC the EK rep commented while there were talks of people getting friends and family to enter to increase their chances. I wouldn't be surprised if someone entered 8 times for each member of the household.

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Re: Does anyone know if there's a CC sale planned anytime soon?
« Reply #49 on: Wed, 23 January 2013, 11:55:30 »
It would have been extremely easy to cheat the system.