lol. lmao even.
They could have at LEAST used an utm?! Sure, that would only last until someone first got to the checkout and checked their cookies (or, if they're particularly inept, their url) but that gotta be better than relying on local redirects and CLIENT SIDE CLOCKS?!
Apparently the tool Wizards uses to sell Secret Lair (called Queue-It) just straight up tells people that you can skip the queue if you know how to do it. https://t.co/swJNXMT3hT
The year is 2029. WotC announces a return to Thunder Junction. The big reveal of the set is the return of Nicol Bolas, him having escaped through an omenpath and now scheming to regain his power.
Having lost his spark and name, he's now a creature named "The Dragon with No Name"
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How does this happen
(Is this her fault? Is she the one that made the horrors that now haunt her?
In the smallest, most hidden recesses of her mind she wonders if Val is truly her friend, is actually keeping her safe...Or if she is just a cherry on top of the cake, being saved for his final meal.)
Marina feels like she's stuck in a dream.
She didn't use to dream, she knows this. Her nights were once an escape from all the issues in her life, sweet oblivion for a time before they came back with the rise of a new day.
But now... it is almost like all those issues are gone.
Val is always there, comforting her. He tells her that he would never let anything harm her. He sings her sweet lullabies and assures her that all she needs to do is go to sleep, that when she next wakes up all of the horrors will be gone.
She always does, and wakes up dreaming.
@SpectraSean Don't worry, I think we're all in the same page here (a.k.a. "how could this be done better, even within the constraints of the Secret Lair business model, and still be efficient")
@SpectraSean @CubeApril I mean, if you MUST sell directly to consumer and assuming there aren't issues with the queue itself (a big ask for WotC TBH) I'd say that is kind of the ideal scenario: If you REALLY want the product, you can get it early. If you want it but not that much, you can wait.
@CubeApril Particularly for low hype SLs... And also matching print quality would be an issue that WOULD cause pushback if there was a massive discrepancy in quality.
But if done properly it would be the best of both worlds, I guess?
@CubeApril Don't buy (not do I think I'll ever buy) SLs, but I wonder how difficult it would be to do a hybrid model, where a set amount of cards are printed beforehand and then, if they're sold out, remaining orders are printed to demand.
I assume it would be a nightmare of forecasting-