• brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
    5·
    19 days ago

    It does not matter when you signed up, because it was not a queue. The way they described it, they took everyone who subscribed and shuffled the list randomly.

    So the fact you’re on the waiting list despite signing up early doesn’t really indicate how fast it went out of reservations.

    • stevestevesteve@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      17 days ago

      Exactly. It’s explicitly not first-in-first-out. I signed up for the 1tb, got a wait-list email yesterday then got a purchasing email today.

      • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
        2·
        17 days ago

        I’m on the 1TB list too.

        This must mean someone already cancelled their purchase then?

        I’m surprised that they’re being processsed that fast. Better not miss that e-mail.

        • ffhein@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          17 days ago

          IIRC the FAQ said you have 3 days to complete the purchase after you get the actual offer, so if people who won reservations are starting to get their purchasing emails already then hopefully the wait lists will move a little in a few days when the initial offers start timing out

          No idea what happened for the previous poster to move from wait-list to offer so quick… Maybe someone intentionally cancelled, like you said, or maybe Valve had a small reserve to avoid overselling in case there’s some kind of error. Or maybe previous poster’s first email actually was a reservation, and they mistook it for wait-list because I’ve heard the wording is a bit vague :D

          • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            17 days ago

            I did exactly that initially.

            The success email was that you are on the reserve list (Vs the waitlist), with no purchase link. That came in a separate email. I initially thought I didn’t get the first batch, until I checked again later.