[QUOTE=blindfoldedkaos;4418124]Well if you used your head, the reason everything is out of stock is the simple fact EVERYONE tried to get timecards, and also the site clearly wasn't prepped for a large influx of people. such super slow loading and everything being out of stock.

How many millions of users on Europe FFXIV? How many have been gagging for that mount since its launch? Perhaps if they had used THEIR heads they might have figured out that it was entirely possible that they were going to get inundated and prepped accordingly and maybe had the right stock and bandwidth in the first place. As I work in a marketing organisation I can tell you for a fact that promotions are a nightmare. Get them right and you see income shoot straight up. Get them wrong the way this organisation has and your reputation drops to the floor. By the way check Trustpilot - it wasn't exactly great in the first place. Its all about preparation and knowing your market. Something that the big boys usually get right. I'm not saying it is SE's responsibility to fix Shpto's clear failures. I am saying that someone in SE might have done some homework before choosing some third rate iffy supplier given the choice of A* suppliers that do exist. Jus' saying