FIRST Choice Items

[Wayne C.]

Its 12:30 HERE IN NJ I have been on the Andymark homepage since 11:52 and have been repeatedly tried to get into the First Choice page. It is now 12: 30

You tell me how this is either beneficial or fair to my team? We registered and paid for a kit like everyone else. Our team needs a new netbook -the only thing on the list vital to our operations. So either I sit here for god knows how long constantly trying to access this $@#$@#$@#$@# site or I cough up the cash to buy one because I am sure the big ticket items of the kit will disappear like a flash as they did last year.

So my suggestion for future "virtual kit of parts"
1. no more limited number items- if there aren't enough parts for all the teams to get one then don't offer them
2. avoid this stupid race to be first stuff. It never works- never has

I really appreciate how Andymark has made this resource available to the teams. Letting teams develop kits for their needs is the way to go. But this annual race is awful. With all the great minds in FIRST there needs to be someone with a better idea.

Its 12:43 now . Im quitting Definitely not happy.

[seg9585]

Very information, Andymark!

[Whippet]

Originally Posted by Tom Ore

The page just changed to "The service is unavailable". Can't get login screen back.

Same. I assume that FIRST Choice ordering has been postponed until later.

[Phil Lutgen]

just got a "The service is unavailable." on my screens

[JohnFogarty]

Depending on what kind of server they use only god knows how long a reboot would take.

[Tungrus]

I had enough... I am driving in Michigan now will have fun driving slowly on about 3" snow on the roads!

[MooreteP]

I calculate 120 posts in 45 minutes.
That's 160 posts per hour!

Lets shoot for 200!

Too much time on my hands.

Gonna go wrap presents or try the ACA Health care website.

[Bob Steele]

Santa called... someone just got moved to the naughty list...

[droswell]

Doesn't look like a reboot of the server, still responds to pings. Probably restarting apache or whatever web server they are using.

[HeyLookABurrito]

So who else has the jeopardy sound track running in the background?? )

[Nirvash]

Can I drive my order to Andymark offices? It may be faster!

[seg9585]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

Our team needs a new netbook -the only thing on the list vital to our operations.

If it's just the Classmate you're looking for, I'm sure that wont be a problem. Most veteran teams have moved on and never looked back from the dark days of the Classmate.

[FrankJ]

It seems nobody is able to order so this is not really unfair. Frustrating though. It does seem there would be a better way though.

[JohnFogarty]

My firefox browser seems to be partially loading the Login page.

[valkyrie2240]

FRCTeams twitter says: "Still working to determine the issue. We will have more information on #FIRSTChoice at 1:00 PM Eastern."