ZT 0454 Limited Release 9/30/2014 6pm Pacific

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Btw, what is everyone's thoughts on how the new Zt limited policy work tonight?
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I think it was a success. It is basically the same system that Amazon uses for their "flash deals". It is a very democratic system, as long as demand doesn't outstrip supply by a huge margin. KAI/ZT will have to be careful with that. Of course the opposite (or over-pricing the knives) causes a problem with perceived value if the knives hang around for hours and hours (or heaven forbid, days) so they need to strike a balance. It feels like they did with this offering.
 
Pittknife said:
Btw, what is everyone's thoughts on how the new Zt limited policy work tonight? I like it, besides some glitches since this is their first time.
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I thought the 15 minute hold-in-cart was smart. It beats the crazy scramble to try to fill in the check-out pages in an absolute minimum amount of time. I almost missed out on the 0801CF because of that (had it in cart, and it went out of stock in the short time it took me to enter my payment info).

Also, having it just on the ZT site did simplify things. No more keeping multiple browser windows/tabs open on multiple different sites and constantly refreshing and cycling through them all.

Congrats to everyone who was able to pick one up tonight. This is going to be a phenomenal knife!
 
So I think I nabbed one, at least I got a confirmation email. Actually kind of surprised, I have the worst luck when it comes to getting in on this kind of stuff.

*PTSD flashbacks to trying to get a TAD bolt pen when they first dropped comes to mind*

Edit: The site for the 0454 is down now, and it's not in their knife list any more.
 
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Btw, what is everyone's thoughts on how the new Zt limited policy work tonight? I like it, besides some glitches since this is their first time.
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Considering the alternatives, I think ZT done good. Especially with that 15 minute policy.
 
I got an order in after they were supposedly sold out. The website was SLOOOOW. Then for a couple minutes after my order confirmation came through, the number rose from 11 available to 13, then to 16, and then to 18. Those were all gone 5 minutes later. A friend of mine successfully ordered one too.

You guys think this will be the next 0777?
 
oharal said:
I'm the biggest fan of capitalism but I'm also a fan of hard work. Flipping knives for extra money is just shitty. If people who wanted them could just buy them, the world would be better. Flipping is not entrepreneurship.....
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If everybody who wanted one could just buy one, it wouldn't be limited. You do know what that word means?

Flipping is absolutely entrepreneurial. It has all the hallmarks - investment, turning labor (or at least information) into capital, and it carries risk.
 
Soooooo, I'm not so sure that I'm actually going to get one. My order page shows "shipping soon" and everything was confirmed, but I'm seeing "official-ish" posts on the ZT Facebook that the knives were sold out in 4 minutes and that anything else was a "glitch in the backend". I ordered around 3 hours after the ordering opened... So yeah, I'm guessing I'll wake up to my order having been cancelled in the morning.

Oh well. I figured it was too good to be true.
 
I'm not surprised. Cart delay system or no there was no way that it took 3 hours+ to sell 272 units. Gonna a suck for a lot of people tho I hope Kai can throw them a bone at least since their address info is on file now, a ball cap or something. Shopatron shows my order was placed at 21:07:12. I'm cautiously optimistic...
 
Lost Cosmonaut said:
Soooooo, I'm not so sure that I'm actually going to get one. My order page shows "shipping soon" and everything was confirmed, but I'm seeing "official-ish" posts on the ZT Facebook that the knives were sold out in 4 minutes and that anything else was a "glitch in the backend". I ordered around 3 hours after the ordering opened... So yeah, I'm guessing I'll wake up to my order having been cancelled in the morning.

Oh well. I figured it was too good to be true.
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Ugh.. don't say that. I was thinking if you got the order confirmation then you were good. Now I'm worried.
 
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