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  • Post #31 - July 6th, 2011, 10:36 pm
    Post #31 - July 6th, 2011, 10:36 pm Post #31 - July 6th, 2011, 10:36 pm
    mattshafferHP wrote:My hopes for the next menu (no pun intended) are that they can be a little more consistent ( I went on consecutive nights with vastly different results) and that they can keep the salt levels down. I will probably give it a shot on one night, of course it will probably be from someone else's reservation as I still awaiting my first invitation even though I signed up practically the first day. :twisted:


    I also noticed some things were done differently on different nights. However, considering how quick each menu changes, the team might want to experiment a little before the season is over??? I did however think the food was consistently good! :D
  • Post #32 - July 7th, 2011, 8:07 am
    Post #32 - July 7th, 2011, 8:07 am Post #32 - July 7th, 2011, 8:07 am
    I'm not a huge fine dining kind of guy, but the Thai menu intrigues me, so I hope to give it a shot.
  • Post #33 - July 7th, 2011, 8:26 am
    Post #33 - July 7th, 2011, 8:26 am Post #33 - July 7th, 2011, 8:26 am
    Anyone know for sure if tickets for the first weekend go on sale today? Will it be at 10 am? Thanks in advance.
  • Post #34 - July 7th, 2011, 9:30 am
    Post #34 - July 7th, 2011, 9:30 am Post #34 - July 7th, 2011, 9:30 am
    From their FB page...

    we will announce on here when they go on sale for this weekend. we made some software upgrades behind the scenes and want to make sure that everything is working properly on the server so we avoid the issues we had last time. I apologize for the delay... will likely be this afternoon. But I assure you we will announce at least an hour before.

    and again...

    We will sell this weekend, then sell the rest of the season. We will announce on here when we will do that. I wish I could be more specific, but in order to plan the sale we need to get feedback from our service and kitchen teams as to the ideal timing for the seatings. Once we have that we will let it fly.... but give notice on here beforehand.
  • Post #35 - July 7th, 2011, 11:21 am
    Post #35 - July 7th, 2011, 11:21 am Post #35 - July 7th, 2011, 11:21 am
    Thanks for the direction, CC: I guess facebook is the place to check for an update about when this afternoon.
  • Post #36 - July 7th, 2011, 2:41 pm
    Post #36 - July 7th, 2011, 2:41 pm Post #36 - July 7th, 2011, 2:41 pm
    Their website has shifted to the Thai theme. Not sure if they started selling tickets or are sold out or what?
  • Post #37 - July 7th, 2011, 2:42 pm
    Post #37 - July 7th, 2011, 2:42 pm Post #37 - July 7th, 2011, 2:42 pm
    I don't think tickets have been sold yet. I'd imagine they will sometime this evening as to allow those who are can't access the site at work a fair shot at trying to get them.

    edit: this was posted as I was typing my reply...

    OK... 4:45 PM we will sell THIS WEEKEND ONLY. Please be aware, there are lots of people logged in already and we only have about 25 tables per night to sell. We have improved the ticket selection process -- if someone grabs a table before you and then you click on it, it selects the next available and a pop up will let you know that it has done it.
  • Post #38 - July 7th, 2011, 3:53 pm
    Post #38 - July 7th, 2011, 3:53 pm Post #38 - July 7th, 2011, 3:53 pm
    Not surprisingly, when I was finally able to get to the site at 4:50, the first group of tickets were gone.
  • Post #39 - July 7th, 2011, 3:56 pm
    Post #39 - July 7th, 2011, 3:56 pm Post #39 - July 7th, 2011, 3:56 pm
    as long as the url still ends in /sold_out, someone hasn't completed a purchase. I actually just got the calendar to load again because the 10 minutes ended for someone. When it changes to /no_purchasing, that means all transactions have been complete.

    We can't even go this weekend, I am just a glutton for punishment.
  • Post #40 - July 7th, 2011, 3:58 pm
    Post #40 - July 7th, 2011, 3:58 pm Post #40 - July 7th, 2011, 3:58 pm
    Here's a suggestion for Nick: those who have registered or previously purchased should get an automatic email notice that tickets are on sale or about to go on sale.
  • Post #41 - July 7th, 2011, 4:04 pm
    Post #41 - July 7th, 2011, 4:04 pm Post #41 - July 7th, 2011, 4:04 pm
    All seats were in someone's "cart" within 2 seconds of being released.
  • Post #42 - July 7th, 2011, 4:07 pm
    Post #42 - July 7th, 2011, 4:07 pm Post #42 - July 7th, 2011, 4:07 pm
    Keep trying. I'm testing an auto-refresh script/plugin I wrote with a friend and we've gotten the calendar 4 times so far but have been slow to click the available times.

    Like I said, until it says /no_purchasing, tickets are still out there in space and haven't been purchased.
  • Post #43 - July 7th, 2011, 4:09 pm
    Post #43 - July 7th, 2011, 4:09 pm Post #43 - July 7th, 2011, 4:09 pm
    I've gotten the calendar about 10 times and selected a date about 5 times. But by the next step, my table is gone.
  • Post #44 - July 7th, 2011, 4:16 pm
    Post #44 - July 7th, 2011, 4:16 pm Post #44 - July 7th, 2011, 4:16 pm
    they've posted on FB that it sold out. In 2.1 seconds. I'm not kidding. There were people logged in all day and all the tables were in a basket in 2 seconds. Monday should be interesting. I'm so ambivalent about going that I'm almost hoping we aren't successful (except the rest of my group wants to go and I'm sure it will be a lovely evening.)
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  • Post #45 - July 7th, 2011, 4:20 pm
    Post #45 - July 7th, 2011, 4:20 pm Post #45 - July 7th, 2011, 4:20 pm
    They didn't sell out in 2 second; all seats were in someone's cart in 2 seconds. The difference is important because a lot of seats go into someone's cart but don't end up being bought. In fact, Nick just posted on Faceplace that there are still seats available, to be released from someone's cart soon.
  • Post #46 - July 7th, 2011, 4:27 pm
    Post #46 - July 7th, 2011, 4:27 pm Post #46 - July 7th, 2011, 4:27 pm
    Darren72 wrote:They didn't sell out in 2 second; all seats were in someone's cart in 2 seconds. The difference is important because a lot of seats go into someone's cart but don't end up being bought. In fact, Nick just posted on Faceplace that there are still seats available, to be released from someone's cart soon.



    This is correct. I scored a 4 top for tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. well after 4:45 this afternoon. In fact, it was close to 5:00 when I made the purchase. Of course, in my haste I chose non-alchoholic pairings. Hopefully I'll be able to upgrade tomorrow evening.
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  • Post #47 - July 7th, 2011, 4:32 pm
    Post #47 - July 7th, 2011, 4:32 pm Post #47 - July 7th, 2011, 4:32 pm
    I know the adrenaline is pumping, but once you get the 10 minute countdown on the top of the page, you can relax.

    This is more in preparation for Monday Madness at this point.
  • Post #48 - July 7th, 2011, 5:16 pm
    Post #48 - July 7th, 2011, 5:16 pm Post #48 - July 7th, 2011, 5:16 pm
    good to know :D
    "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad." Miles Kington
  • Post #49 - July 7th, 2011, 5:20 pm
    Post #49 - July 7th, 2011, 5:20 pm Post #49 - July 7th, 2011, 5:20 pm
    I think the disbelief that a lot of people express about how quickly the tables get grabbed up (not necessarily here) reflects, in part, a mental miscalculation, is you will, of how many people live in, and travel to, Chicago. Next sold something on the order of 100 tables today. There are tens of thousands of well-to-do people who want to eat at this restaurant and have jobs that allow them to sit in front of a computer and wait for the tickets to go on sale. Their Faceplace page as over 12,000 "likes". Heck, it's pretty hard to get a Saturday night table at any hot new restaurant. A few years ago the Cubs would sell out the season -- a couple of million tickets -- in a couple of hours. Frankly, I think they should just raise their prices.
  • Post #50 - July 7th, 2011, 6:41 pm
    Post #50 - July 7th, 2011, 6:41 pm Post #50 - July 7th, 2011, 6:41 pm
    Darren72 wrote:I think the disbelief that a lot of people express about how quickly the tables get grabbed up (not necessarily here) reflects, in part, a mental miscalculation, is you will, of how many people live in, and travel to, Chicago. Next sold something on the order of 100 tables today. There are tens of thousands of well-to-do people who want to eat at this restaurant and have jobs that allow them to sit in front of a computer and wait for the tickets to go on sale. Their Faceplace page as over 12,000 "likes". Heck, it's pretty hard to get a Saturday night table at any hot new restaurant. A few years ago the Cubs would sell out the season -- a couple of million tickets -- in a couple of hours. Frankly, I think they should just raise their prices.



    Darren,

    I wish what you are saying was true. Unfortuneatley I think it comes down to the sad sense of entitilement that permiates society today. You know, "ME FIRST! SCREW YOU!"

    It's sad really.
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  • Post #51 - July 7th, 2011, 6:47 pm
    Post #51 - July 7th, 2011, 6:47 pm Post #51 - July 7th, 2011, 6:47 pm
    I will most likely die before I get a table at this EffiN restaurant. And, of course, I'll be at work Monday with a computer that only has IE....
  • Post #52 - July 7th, 2011, 9:44 pm
    Post #52 - July 7th, 2011, 9:44 pm Post #52 - July 7th, 2011, 9:44 pm
    Darren72 wrote:Frankly, I think they should just raise their prices.

    A professor at Kellogg did offer to create a mechanism that increases Next's revenue, including increasing their prices. But Nick replied (see the comment section of the said blog):

    [...] Since we have universally high demand right now, the question is why don’t we flatten the pricing towards the top of what the market will pay? There are a few reasons for this, mostly having to do with customer service and the hospitality industry. Simply, we never want to invert the value proposition so that customers are paying a premium that is disproportionate to the amount of food / quality of service they receive. Right now we have it as a great bargain for those who can buy tickets. Ideally, we keep it a great value and stay full. [...]
  • Post #53 - July 7th, 2011, 10:03 pm
    Post #53 - July 7th, 2011, 10:03 pm Post #53 - July 7th, 2011, 10:03 pm
    hoppy2468 wrote:I will most likely die before I get a table at this EffiN restaurant. And, of course, I'll be at work Monday with a computer that only has IE....

    I'm assuming no privileges to download and install Google Chrome? FWIW, my employer doesn't allow us to install anything and yet... somehow I could install Chrome. I couldn't tell you how/why, but maybe it's worth a shot for you?
    best,
    dan
  • Post #54 - July 7th, 2011, 11:16 pm
    Post #54 - July 7th, 2011, 11:16 pm Post #54 - July 7th, 2011, 11:16 pm
    TCK wrote:Keep trying. I'm testing an auto-refresh script/plugin I wrote with a friend and we've gotten the calendar 4 times so far but have been slow to click the available times.


    Hey TCK, was your auto refresh script the one that they mentioned on FB? ;)

    From Next's FB page:
    someone is auto refreshing at a stupid rate... give us a minute
  • Post #55 - July 7th, 2011, 11:33 pm
    Post #55 - July 7th, 2011, 11:33 pm Post #55 - July 7th, 2011, 11:33 pm
    CrazyC wrote:
    TCK wrote:Keep trying. I'm testing an auto-refresh script/plugin I wrote with a friend and we've gotten the calendar 4 times so far but have been slow to click the available times.


    Hey TCK, was your auto refresh script the one that they mentioned on FB? ;)

    From Next's FB page:
    someone is auto refreshing at a stupid rate... give us a minute


    Depending on the configuration of the server, refreshing at high frequency has its disadvantage. Namely, the server will slowdown its response to any machines that sends out excessive amount of request (this is part of the DoS attack prevention mechanisms).
  • Post #56 - July 8th, 2011, 4:40 am
    Post #56 - July 8th, 2011, 4:40 am Post #56 - July 8th, 2011, 4:40 am
    Any Chicagoans (or people willing to drive in) potentially want to get together a group to do the Kitchen Table one night? Was thinking August 6/7 and I have at least 1-2 persons besides myself interested.

    If anyone is interested it'd allow us to pool resources to try and nab tickets. Let me know either here or via E-mail uhockey AT yahoo DOT com.
  • Post #57 - July 8th, 2011, 7:14 am
    Post #57 - July 8th, 2011, 7:14 am Post #57 - July 8th, 2011, 7:14 am
    theskinnyduck wrote:
    Darren72 wrote:Frankly, I think they should just raise their prices.

    A professor at Kellogg did offer to create a mechanism that increases Next's revenue, including increasing their prices. But Nick replied (see the comment section of the said blog):

    [...] Since we have universally high demand right now, the question is why don’t we flatten the pricing towards the top of what the market will pay? There are a few reasons for this, mostly having to do with customer service and the hospitality industry. Simply, we never want to invert the value proposition so that customers are paying a premium that is disproportionate to the amount of food / quality of service they receive. Right now we have it as a great bargain for those who can buy tickets. Ideally, we keep it a great value and stay full. [...]


    I followed this at the time. I understand what Nick is saying. The question then becomes does he have the price right and, since they charge more for premium days of the week and times, should they also be charging more for the beginning of the season? If the resale market was more well-developed, we could see how much tickets were going for and how much the market can bear. Would be interesting.
  • Post #58 - July 8th, 2011, 7:49 am
    Post #58 - July 8th, 2011, 7:49 am Post #58 - July 8th, 2011, 7:49 am
    Has it been confirmed that the rest of the tickets go on sale on Monday? I'd check, but I have no access to facebook at the moment.
  • Post #59 - July 8th, 2011, 8:02 am
    Post #59 - July 8th, 2011, 8:02 am Post #59 - July 8th, 2011, 8:02 am
    Tickets on sale Monday. Time not stated. There was a one hour notice for the pre-sale on Friday. I don't think that's been promised for Monday.
  • Post #60 - July 8th, 2011, 8:02 am
    Post #60 - July 8th, 2011, 8:02 am Post #60 - July 8th, 2011, 8:02 am
    CrazyC wrote:
    Hey TCK, was your auto refresh script the one that they mentioned on FB? ;)

    From Next's FB page:
    someone is auto refreshing at a stupid rate... give us a minute


    Ha, no no that was not us for the exact reasons that theskinnyduck pointed out (plus we are not scriptkiddies who DDOS servers, this is just a hobby of mine, and I use that term loosely). When Nick said a couple months ago that Thai release would be unannounced and at a random time, we decided to write one that would email us when the url changed from /no_purchasing to /slots/find, since all the chrome plugins we found didn't allow that. We were hoping for a middle of the night ticket release when everyone was asleep. We tried to get one to use our google gchat accounts to text us but that is proving to be impossible to figure out and not enough time/energy/care to test it.

    When they are released at an announced time, its much easier to just manually refresh with everyone else.

    As far as Monday, I'm not digging through their page since 5,000 people posted yesterday. I'm certain though that he said 2,000+ tables released all at once sometime Monday, plus they will continue to do same day sales throughout the season.

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