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However, if a deal is done to allow all the screen shot people to buy badges then there likely won't be any badges left for the resale.
Did they not have both a "second chance" sale in March and then a final badge resale in May last year? Why woud you think there would be less badges available this year for any possible resales?
I hadn't thought of that until this morning, but I think they could even do better. They could take all of those people and just directly offer them a badge purchase. No sale (and associated hassles) and they help out people who legitimately should have had a better chance.
"They could take all of those people and just directly offer them a badge purchase." Where would this magic supply of badges come from? If all badges sold-out on Saturday, and pro registration has already sold-out ... how could they suddenly "find" thousands of badges to give the screen shot people?
I'm convinced the screenshots are not to serve the purpose of getting people badges - it would be highly impractical to serve these over people who have gotten them thru the process, anyway. I'm sure that CCI are wanting the screenshots more as clues in an attempt to find out what actually happened on Saturday...
CCI has had a badge sale after the refund dead line for at least the past 2 years. Neither of those times was it in response to problems but in response to cci wanting more people to have the opportunity to attend. During one of those sales, CCI put a further restriction on the sale, regarding who was eligible to participate, this was the 'you can't buy if you've got a Sat.' clause. However, if a deal is done to allow all the screen shot people to buy badges then there likely won't be any badges left for the resale.
Also, I thought last year the special second chance sale was possible partially because CCI limited the amount of press, guests (of pros), etc. I.E. they saw the tech problem, took measures that would free up a certain number of badges, and then put those badges for sale (with the re-sale being the refunded badges).
The reason people think CCI knew the system would fail, or at least knew it was possible, is because they posted BEFORE the sale that people who froze in the waiting room (which had never happened in previous sales) should take a screenshot and send it in (something CCI had never asked for or suggested before). I agree that the very fact that they asked this in advance means they knew it was a possibility. But I don't think they had any idea of how many people would have this problem.