Radflek FREE Radiator Packs
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daixon
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I kept refreshing the page and noticed the link was available around 10 or so seconds before 1pm.
I was able to complete the form and press submit in around 15-20 seconds (using a PC), so at around 13:00:15, and was still not able to get a hold of one of the free radiator packs.
To me, they went VERY VERY quickly - quicker than I had expected.
Now I know that there may have been thousands, if not millions, of people wanting these and I'm not questioning MSE's part in any of it... but sold out within 10-15 seconds? Part of me thinks that there may not have been that many available and/or it was a marketing tactic by Radflek to get people on to the site. My reasoning is based on the fact that the confirmation page heavily promoted the 20% discount and they went too quick for me - perhaps this was the plan... to drive traffic to the 20% discount?
I may be wrong, and probably am, but unfortunately, I'm really skeptical when it comes to these sorts of things so I'd love to hear what you all think!
PS: If anybody did manage to get the free packs, post and let us all know
I was able to complete the form and press submit in around 15-20 seconds (using a PC), so at around 13:00:15, and was still not able to get a hold of one of the free radiator packs.
To me, they went VERY VERY quickly - quicker than I had expected.
Now I know that there may have been thousands, if not millions, of people wanting these and I'm not questioning MSE's part in any of it... but sold out within 10-15 seconds? Part of me thinks that there may not have been that many available and/or it was a marketing tactic by Radflek to get people on to the site. My reasoning is based on the fact that the confirmation page heavily promoted the 20% discount and they went too quick for me - perhaps this was the plan... to drive traffic to the 20% discount?
I may be wrong, and probably am, but unfortunately, I'm really skeptical when it comes to these sorts of things so I'd love to hear what you all think!
PS: If anybody did manage to get the free packs, post and let us all know
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I had the same issue today having completed the online registration within 30 seconds....i fail to see how Radflek managed to accept 1000 requests with in less than 30s; this is not a bank or international corporation with mega bit tunnel to push & pull requests this fast....therefore I can, hand on heart say that this is a gimmick to obtain name, addresses, phone number and email addresses. MSE, please stop these type of FAKE deals.0
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Same for me - it seems impossible that 1,000+ other people were quicker than me (or you) - I want to give Radflek and MSE the benefit of the doubt, but this one just isn't believable.0
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I got a connection but by the time I'd filled out the form I was too late -- this is discrimination against slow typers, which includes people with disabilities.
I'll know if they spam me, as I use a specific email address for each site.
1000 people in 30s is only about 30 hits a second which any decent web host should be able to cope with - I think Radflek are hosted on Cloudflare.A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0 -
I also don't think that it is believable.
I tried when this promotion was on a couple of years ago and they had all gone in a few seconds which I think is impossible.
I haven't bothered since.
I would also like to know how many people actually did get them0 -
When you consider that MSE sends out 11 million emails each week why is it so hard to believe that 1000 recipients beat you to the draw?0
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