I gotta tell ya... I thought this whole doing Breyerfest online sitting in the air conditioning would be easy. It's not! I kind wish I would have paid someone the extra money to get what I wanted instead of the ordeal I've had to go through. Imagine if they let everyone at Breyerfest, everyone, in the store all at the same time. One word... chaos. That's exactly what virtual Breyerfest is like. Imagine, getting to the checkout counter with your goods and then someone runs up to rip them away from you while you're handing the cashier the money. Last night they made the bold decision to take away the number of trips through the store, which was a double edged sword, as it made the store a free-for-all making it even harder to check out. Yep. Good times. Now I see why Breyer never made Breyerfest an online event before. Breyer has been doing their absolute best to make this event possible. They are listening to us, the collectors, and making last minute tweaks to accommodate our needs. I've been saying all along to give Breyer a chance. For example today they are offering unlimited glossy models of the three traditional store specials: Benelli, Cheesecake and Topgun. Just like they did with the CC appreciation models last year the models won't be available until about six months out, December 2020, but hey it's a guaranteed model that you don't have to fight for and it's glossy. You can't go wrong there! I decided to cave and pre-order a Cheesecake since he's the only that I haven't been able to get yet so kudos to Breyer for doing this... they really do love their fans! With everything that I've bought, I have about a million separate transactions from trying to get through checkout as quickly as possible. It makes me wonder if they'll ship it all together or each order separately. I was going to buy more... then a grail happened. It was on sale at a price I couldn't refuse though it still wasn't exactly what you'd call "cheap" and remember when I said in a few posts ago that we had just hit a deer? Ugh. I ended up splurging a couple hundred on the grail and will probably regret it later but hey, it's Breyerfest. It's still not as bad as the people paying thousands for the live auction models, right? We've also been shown another sneak peek for the Premier Club. This is the Fraley sculpt who was supposed to have "majestic presence and expression" which I agree that it does, and I'm also happy that it's not a standing pose like I originally thought. I also wasn't expecting a draft breed after the release of Georg last year, but that complicated mane and tail are going to be interesting to see transferred from clay to plastic. As the welcome letter described the coloring of the Fraley sculpt as "loud and proud" I'm assuming it's going to be the leopard appaloosa pattern. I want to give people some tips on how to make it through to get the store specials so y'all don't go away empty handed tomorrow. Breyer has consistently been restocking store specials every two hours. In fact, today, they posted exactly when they were doing restocking. There was a time they missed from doing a live video, but then extended the special runs an extra 2 hours out to make up for it. So, once that time came around, and yes I understand sitting at a computer (though I found my phone a bit faster than my computer) refreshing the page every few seconds is a pain, but it's really the only way to get anything.
My suggestion is to choose ONE ITEM that you want to buy, keep refreshing the page around the restocking time - give or take 20 minutes - and then quickly add it to your cart, go to checkout, go to each "next" button as quickly as possible and let it ride. Don't get impatient or click happy, because you could lose them in that short amount of time. It happened to me a couple times and the item stayed in my cart, but then once it's in your cart, you only have to go to checkout, refresh your cart around the restocking time and it'll let you skip a few steps to cut some time off your checkout. This is honestly the only way I've managed to get anything. I say concentrate on one item at a time because if you go back, you most likely won't have time to add another to your cart before they sell out. It's all about timing. If you have slow internet access, I truly feel for you, as my computer is super slow, which is why I had to use my phone. Good luck! Comments are closed.
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