My Shopping Procedure

Shopping from home is very relaxing and rewarding as long as you follow this simple procedure. Things to do next time while purchasing tickets on line.

If at first you don't succeed, realize that people are working on it and those people are as frustrated as you. Buying tickets on-line is a game where one of the players (you) might succeed by waiting longer between mouse clicks, but not too long because there is a time limit. One of the players is an evil gnome who resembles Mordach the Preventer. One of the players is the webmaster for the site that is selling tickets. The nature of the link from the event website will change when the webmaster changes the click-here banner. Even though the banner looks the same each hour, the actual web link changes periodically as the webmaster does battle with Mordach the Preventer.

Step zero. If at first you don't succeed, revisit the event page and click on the banner again. One mouse click only. Exercise some self discipline. Then take a walk around the block, pick up trash, stretch, do some tai cheese. Wait an hour. Or a minute. Then revisit the event page and click stop (red X). Click refresh ( up and down green arrows at top of page ), then click on the banner again.

       1. If you are on an important-web-page-with-your-personal-info, and a small window
        pops up and indicates that "Refresh might cause a multiple transaction" or some such,
        click cancel in the pop-up window. You can't afford to re-send that information.
        This indented text represents a pop-up window. 

2. Then click back ( left arrow)to get back to the previous page.

3. Then click refresh ( up and down green arrows at top of page ), and this time when the pop-up window happens, do something else.

      4. If you are on a semi-important-web-page-with-your-order, and a small window
      pops up and indicates that "Refresh might cause a multiple transaction" or some such,
      click refresh in the pop-up window. You may safely re-send that information.
      If this doesn't work, go back to step zero.

5. Wait until the nice "click here to spend" button lights up. Exercise some self discipline. Don't click on anything, just wait for it. After it lights up, play the waiting game. 1, 2, 5, 55 seconds? Which is better? It's up to you. Then click on it.

      6. a. Now you are on the important-web-page-with-your-personal-info, even if you
      can't see it. If a small window does not pop up then you win! Go to step 7.

      6. b. A small window will pop up and indicates that "Refresh might cause a
      multiple transaction" or some such, this time click refresh in the pop-up window
      one time only. If the pop-up window goes away then you win! Go to step 7.

      6. c. If it doesn't work, click cancel in the pop-up window that has popped up a
       second time. You can't afford to re-send that information again, and again.
      Go back to step 1.

7. a. Laboriously enter even more personal information. Remember thou art mortal. The clock it always running. Wait until the nice "say goodbye to it" button lights up. Exercise some self discipline. Don't click on anything, just wait for it. After it lights up, play the waiting game. 45, 78, 33 1/3 seconds? Which is better? It's up to you. Then click on it.

       7. b. If a small window does not pop up then you win! Go to step 8.

       7. c. A small window pops up.  Go back to step one. You know the drill.

8. Copy the nice numbers from the event web site e-mail. Remember the event web site? Ignore the message in the ticket seller web site, as it is from Mordach the Preventer about an unspecified "problem" with your order. Wait another few minutes. Exercise some self discipline. Don't click on anything, just wait for it. Bling, you've got mail. Mordach goes thirsty!

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