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Post by VE Jason on Sept 21, 2015 20:28:20 GMT
All the best VE Jason Hopefully you'll still pop in and say hi Sure....I'm part of the furniture here
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 21, 2015 20:17:01 GMT
Going back up in a minute for as long as I can keep it there
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 21, 2015 19:55:43 GMT
I'm doing my best with the site and hope that some of you are getting orders through. It's a case of making it live and then taking it back into maintenance mode just before it crashes. As soon as I make it live the number of registers users online goes through the roof (over 1000) - does nobody ever sleep I then have to take it down and wait for that figure to drop below 200 before I can put it back up again. It's the only thing I can do until we get something better sorted and hopefully should be up more frequently as the night goes on. I can't even get the site to load never I d put anything in a basket - you are a card VE Jason It's in maintenance mode at the moment Greg so you should just get the holding page. I'm waiting for the load to drop and I'll give it another airing (probably 1/2 hour or so) If we can't improve things tomorrow we will take it offline, move servers and then restart the Closing Down Sale. At this rate the closing down sale will take longer to finish than the 5 years we've been in business
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 21, 2015 19:52:23 GMT
I'm willing to bet if sales were like that over the last 6 months you wouldn't be closing down? Surprisingly, we would yes There are several reasons why we made the decision to close and sales is a very minor one to be honest. Nothing sinister though, so don't read anything negative into it - just decided we didn't fancy another Christmas of postal delays, long hours, lack of alcohol etc 5 years is a very long time in this business
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 21, 2015 19:44:27 GMT
I'm doing my best with the site and hope that some of you are getting orders through. It's a case of making it live and then taking it back into maintenance mode just before it crashes. As soon as I make it live the number of registers users online goes through the roof (over 1000) - does nobody ever sleep I then have to take it down and wait for that figure to drop below 200 before I can put it back up again. It's the only thing I can do until we get something better sorted and hopefully should be up more frequently as the night goes on.
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 21, 2015 16:23:23 GMT
Thanks @zuza that is an option - it's just the propagation period I wanted to avoid if we can get ours back up and settled.
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 21, 2015 16:16:02 GMT
Well that wasn't a good day My apologies for the website (which is still down) - having handled sales easily before I (wrongly) assumed that it would be fine. Every time the Tech guys get it back up it rapidly gets brought down again. At one stage today around lunchtime we had 288 baskets trying to get through checkout at the same time Anyway, they are going to try and ease it back in overnight and tomorrow morning and if that doesn't work, we will move servers just for the closing down sale. We can only apologise for the inconvenience On a brighter note - I'd really like to thank you all for your messages on the forum, by PM, email and telephone - they really have been overwhelming and very much appreciated.
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 21, 2015 11:32:48 GMT
Thanks for all the kind messages Looks like I made a big mistake in sending out a newsletter at the same time as posting on forums, Facebook & Twitter. The load took the server down (along with a lot more companies on the same server) and it's just not dropping at the moment (too many F5'ing ) So the best advice I can give is to leave it a while before checking again and we'll try and ease it back in
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 21, 2015 9:21:04 GMT
I'll reply to messages later, thanks.
But, yes - the site has gone down under load and they're working on it no, so please bear with us.
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 21, 2015 8:55:21 GMT
Closing Down SaleAll Stock Reduced To Clear Firstly, we would like to sincerely thank all of our customers that have supported us over the past 5 years and we hope that we have made the transition to vaping a less stressful experience. But, unfortunately, the time has come to close VapeEscape once the existing stock has been cleared. The forums and AAEC in particular have played a large part in the success of the business and it's been a pleasure dealing with the Moderators and Members as well as meeting you in person at Vapefest over the years. There is no single reason for closing VE down, so please don't read too much into it. The entire website has been discounted and the discounts will increase periodically, so please keep checking the site often - but, don't leave it too late and miss out on a bargain (the more popular lines will inevitably go very quickly). During the Closing Down Sale we aim to ship orders as quickly as possible, but would ask that you bear with us and allow extra time before contacting us to chase them up. We have also removed the 'Special Delivery' and 'Saturday Guaranteed' options for this reason and all orders will be shipped strictly in the order received, with no preference given to value. Telephone and email support will continue throughout the closing down period and for a minimum of 1 month after. Please use email whenever possible because the telephone lines will be primarily taking customer orders and we expect a high volume of calls. All existing Discount Codes have now been disabled and the price you see on the site is the price you pay (plus shipping). Again, the VE Team would like to thank you for your custom and support and wish you all the best and a smoke free future. Jason www.vapeescape.co.uk
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 20, 2015 18:24:57 GMT
You'll have to expand on that buggritt - what have 'kids skipping school' got to do with us? The timing, I expect. A lot of people will be at work by 10am. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using proboards Ah - I didn't think of that, thanks BrenD and apologies buggrittThe timing is unavoidable sorry, but it will last long enough for everyone to get a look in, if they are after something, I'm sure.
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 20, 2015 17:16:15 GMT
You'll have to expand on that buggritt - what have 'kids skipping school' got to do with us?
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 20, 2015 8:19:55 GMT
Most vendors have known about this for many months and the vast majority will be using automatic or database verification - which is probably why people haven't heard much You're already age verified by many sites online - you just don't know it's happening because it's automatic (based on electoral roles etc). So, nothing to concern about IMO
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 20, 2015 6:19:48 GMT
Well if it ain't starting until 10am, it means he is having a lie in!!!!! Lol, I wish - probably the opposite
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Post by VE Jason on Sept 20, 2015 6:13:55 GMT
Will it be like a flash sale for one hour or an all day thing? More like a flood than a flash You should be fine.
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