Target Online Sales Thread

[mikecamp99]

Originally Posted by Mahomie

Same here - had it in my cart and was able to enter my redcard pin, but order did not go through.

Donruss FB went through pretty easily.

Yea, same. Thought I had a shot and then poof gone. It’s frustrating, I just don’t know how else Target is supposed to do it right now other than something like only making things available for store pickup, or putting the inventory back in the stores and making that chaotic again. Every time they seem to have an answer, these bots get a couple steps ahead and clean out.

[cspaced25]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

So much anger in this thread. Don’t people usually work at this time of day?

I come here for the excitement after reloads more than for actual reloads! Its the same b*tching arguments after people strike out every week. Good entertainment while I enjoy coffee and not work.

[mossoholic]

Originally Posted by mikecamp99

Man, if you have all the answers then you should be working for all these companies on their security teams to help them with this issue.

If we are being honest most jobs worth having it's not what you know it's who you know. For what Im suggesting anyone that follows it knows that at least the canceling orders part is easy. If every single order was a bot order it doesn't take much to cancel those orders. We have seen in the past they have banned accounts and done it for no reason. Now you have a reason to ban the accounts. You don't have to have a very high functioning iq to figure out that no manual user, ok MAYBE a 1% chance that 1 single order out of over 2,500 orders, got Select blasters today and they were all bot orders.

[phil]

Originally Posted by cardmike

$5? Not worth it. My son loves the Chronicles Draft megas though.

$50 profit/10 at shows or whatever is worth it for me. I'm a whore.

[js0000001]

The most non baseball discourse on the baseball board.



Any baseball today?

[mc1]

Originally Posted by Mahomie

Same here - had it in my cart and was able to enter my redcard pin, but order did not go through.

Donruss FB went through pretty easily.

Donruss didnt go through easily. Had to click place order like 25-30 times.

[oldgoldy97]

Could they get around bots by having a link sent to an email that you have to click on to finish the checkout process? Or are bots able to navigate multiple addresses?

Or does Target not even care?

[thomlch]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

Could they get around bots by having a link sent to an email that you have to click on to finish the checkout process? Or are bots able to navigate multiple addresses?

Or does Target not even care?

They don't care

[jkampis]

Did those $9.99 Opening Day blasters ever load?

[footfutbol]

Originally Posted by mikecamp99

Yea, same. Thought I had a shot and then poof gone. It’s frustrating, I just don’t know how else Target is supposed to do it right now other than something like only making things available for store pickup, or putting the inventory back in the stores and making that chaotic again. Every time they seem to have an answer, these bots get a couple steps ahead and clean out.

If I was Target I wouldn't care about who gets them and just sell them online with no limits. It keeps fights out of stores and they make some $. Why would they care if a random ripper can't get his blaster fix?

[Mahomie]

There is a way to slow down (stop?) bots, but the technology just isn't there yet.

Kind of like our body's immune system, a true anti-bot system would require the ability to continuously learn on the fly. Recognize foreign objects (bots), neutralize them, and store that information for future use (all on its own). A few benign organisms might get through occasionally, but they're contained before they can wreak too much havoc. We can further bolster our defense/immune system with preventative vaccines and antimicrobials as needed.

And yeah...we're a long ways away from Target.com having some Web 3.0 type stuff like that in place.

[SleeperCards]

Any chance of Donruss coming back or link completely gone?

[Carlton]

Originally Posted by SleeperCards

Any chance of Donruss coming back or link completely gone?

Pretty sure once it's been up for sale, then listed as Sold Out, then disappears from the trading card page, it's gone for good this week.

[Porktornado]

So I’m guessing no Bowman Chrome megas yet?

[BRob1]

Originally Posted by Porktornado

So I’m guessing no Bowman Chrome megas yet?

those would probably be walmart exclusive if they happen.


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[avicke]

Originally Posted by Porktornado

So I’m guessing no Bowman Chrome megas yet?

Was a Walmart exclusive last year.

[ZionCards]

Originally Posted by footfutbol

If I was Target I wouldn't care about who gets them and just sell them online with no limits. It keeps fights out of stores and they make some $. Why would they care if a random ripper can't get his blaster fix?

Well Target does care to some level.

- they make stuff red card exclusive
- they limit some items to 3 (or even 1)
- they make you reset passwords

They just can't keep up with the bots...

[Mahomie]

Originally Posted by mc1

Donruss didnt go through easily. Had to click place order like 25-30 times.

My transaction was pretty nonchalant, but I was also watching closely. I actually tried a second order because I saw it was still available afterwards, but that one got cancelled.

Edit: I should add that I watch the website itself closer than this thread. By the time you see someone post "link is up!" it's usually too late in my experiences.

[caustic]

Originally Posted by Rurth24

Please explain how automated bots could eat up all the inventory specifically when it's a red card exclusive and it's capped. So what you're saying is these "people" have multiple red cards?

A) Make the cap smaller
B) look up these offenders and close down cards that fall under the same account name that's ONLY buying cards.. probably not hard to do.
C) limit traffic from the same IP
D) Invoke a lottery system

You can add up to 5 authorized users per RedCard account, which gets you 5 unique card numbers. Have one account for yourself, one for your wife, and boom -- you can get 10 red cards. A lot of botters have 20+ at this point.

A) Sure. But even with a cap of 3 it can be tough for manual users to checkout (see Donruss football last week). Cap of 1?
B) They already do try do weed out resellers, but it's super easy to just make another account if one gets clipped.
C) They do this already, which is why bots use proxies.
D) There are plenty of programs that can create fake accounts & raffle entries for you.

[Pacmeyer]

Originally Posted by SleeperCards

Any chance of Donruss coming back or link completely gone?

After this amount of time it's gone for now.

Originally Posted by Carlton

Pretty sure once it's been up for sale, then listed as Sold Out, then disappears from the trading card page, it's gone for good this week.

Donruss went OOS then came back a few minutes later and was able to be added to cart again. Continual button mashing still needed before checkout complete.

[panamamyers]

Originally Posted by caustic

You can add up to 5 authorized users per RedCard account, which gets you 5 unique card numbers. Have one account for yourself, one for your wife, and boom -- you can get 10 red cards. A lot of botters have 20+ at this point.

A) Sure. But even with a cap of 3 it can be tough for manual users to checkout (see Donruss football last week). Cap of 1?
B) They already do try do weed out resellers, but it's super easy to just make another account.
C) They do this already, which is why bots use proxies.
D) There are plenty of programs that can create fake accounts & raffle entries for you.

I think a cap of 1 and make people pay the shipping is the way to go. It'd be more work on the shipping end, but it's not like they don't ship out millions of single items per week

[hanes1111]

Prestige hangers were just in stock if anyone cares

[80version]

Originally Posted by panamamyers

I think a cap of 1 and make people pay the shipping is the way to go. It'd be more work on the shipping end, but it's not like they don't ship out millions of single items per week

Fulfilling 60K 1 piece orders weekly would be the most environmentally, operationally and fiscally irresponsible thing to do. The volume of logistics required for this method is a big no.

[panamamyers]

Originally Posted by 80version

Fulfilling 60K 1 piece orders weekly would be the most environmentally, operationally and fiscally irresponsible thing to do. The volume of logistics required for this method is a big no.

Amazon sends out 50 million packages per week.

[STLtoMN]

Originally Posted by mossoholic

Every single Select blaster order today was by a bot.

Originally Posted by mossoholic

You don't have to have a very high functioning iq to figure out that no manual user, ok MAYBE a 1% chance that 1 single order out of over 2,500 orders, got Select blasters today and they were all bot orders.

i got a select order today manually

seriously... you need a new hobby... this isnt good for your health