By Okay guys, lemme walk you through the whole ticket mess from this morning. Woke up crazy early knowing Aussie tickets drop at 9am. Last time? Absolute nightmare – clicked buy and poof, gone in seconds. Not today.
My Gear Setup
First, charged my laptop AND phone – double artillery. Opened three different browsers on each device: Chrome for the official site, Firefox for backup, Safari just in case. Logged into everything beforehand – payment details saved, password manager ready. Even stuck Post-its on my laptop screen: DONT PANIC and REFRESH IS FOR AMATEURS.
The Waiting Game
Checked the clock every damn minute after 8:30. Had two countdown timers running like some bomb defusal scene. At 8:59? Held my breath like free diving. Fingers hovered over F5 keys but didn’t touch – learned last year that early refreshes get you kicked.
Click-Armageddon
9:00 sharp. Saw the button glow blue. Mouse-clicked so hard my knuckles cracked. Then came the spinning wheel of doom. Here’s what saved me:
- Never refreshed even when it froze for 20 seconds
- Tab-checked the browser title bar to see if it changed
- Stared at the loading bar like a hawk (my leg jiggled like a washing machine)
Got dumped into queue at position #1,203. Wanted to scream. Saw Twitter blowing up with “SOLD OUT” tweets – total trap. Ignored everything and watched my number crawl down. After 11 minutes? Suddenly popped into checkout.
Checkout Chess
Made two mistakes last time – picking cheapest seats and typing card numbers. Nailed it today:
- Clicked medium-priced category first (cheapest/best views die fastest)
- Selected “any adjacent seats” so it auto-filled
- PayPal one-tapped payment
Confirmation page loaded? Did a victory stomp so loud my neighbor banged on the wall. Total time: 14 minutes from clicking to owning two tickets. Went back afterwards – cheapest tickets were long gone by 9:06.
Hot Take
The “sold out” tweets? Mostly bots and rage quitters. If you survive the wheel and queue? Still possible. Main lesson: browsers don’t lie – trust the loading bar.
