£5 free orange prepaid card credit - chat?

littlejaffa

ticketcollector wrote: »

Yet again MSE takes down a website of a well known company.

This is so unfair that people without a super duper fast corporate connection cant actually get a code for a free card.
People see free and automatically rush to get it.

MSE should now be charged by Orange for what is technically a DDoS attack.

Sorry to burst your bubble but i have the superdooperfastcorporate connection you speak of and still can't get one.
MSE provides the information only - if Oranges deal is so popular they can't cope with the traffic it's their IT that needs sorting

Wilsey

It just came up that they are all gone now..

Quaint1

I eventually got a code - does anyone know if this means I've definately got a card (once the website comes back up!)?
Au Res.,
Paul

mattguk

all gone...
"
sorry folks

All the vouchers from the Compare and Save deal have now been redeemed. You can still apply for the card and get all the great benefits but the normal charges will apply."

jiggyquincy

Just got through and it says all the cards have gone!

"All the vouchers from the Compare and Save deal have now been redeemed. You can still apply for the card and get all the great benefits but the normal charges will apply."

ticketcollector

Well ive always found that people with corporate connections always seem to get these offers.
The site was fine until MSE gave a link, which then made the site crash. Thats technically a DDoS attack, however as no one has any malice it could be argued different.

Refreshed and:
sorry folks

All the vouchers from the Compare and Save deal have now been redeemed. You can still apply for the card and get all the great benefits but the normal charges will apply.

apply now

skyeandeviesmummy

Just got on and got the following message:
sorry folks

All the vouchers from the Compare and Save deal have now been redeemed. You can still apply for the card and get all the great benefits but the normal charges will apply.

Oh well

greatgatz

i just got one - a minute ago

persevere! x

stebiz

ticketcollector wrote: »

Well ive always found that people with corporate connections always seem to get these offers.
The site was fine until MSE gave a link, which then made the site crash. Thats technically a DDoS attack, however as no one has any malice it could be argued different.

Refreshed and:
sorry folks

All the vouchers from the Compare and Save deal have now been redeemed. You can still apply for the card and get all the great benefits but the normal charges will apply.

apply now

What a f**king waste of 30mins of my life.

Some you win. Some you lose. I've 'won' loads of these 'fastest fingers' offers before. Just not this time. A fiver is great, but not worth beating yourself up about.;)

glitterjunkie

I got onto the page where it asks you to put your email address in and enter those spam-filter nonsense word things about 4 times, but then when I clicked 'submit' it went to an internal server error. Annoying, as thats half an hour of my life I'll never get back! lol.

Why do companies never learn that websites just can't cope with that amount of traffic? Not Martin's fault, just a general point... this ALWAYS happens when there's a popular offer, concert tickets etc. It seems to be luck of the draw whether you get in or not with things like this. Why don't they let everyone pre-register a couple of days before, and then just choose 2,000 at random. It would still be pot luck whether you get it or not, and we wouldn't all have wasted half an hour sat here re-freshing webpages!

Thanks anyway Martin, it was worth a go x