Mystery posters in store now

Brane_of_JFK · July 2014

bootlegger10 said:
This isn't the first mystery sale, but probably at least the 4th or 5th over the years. You win some and lose some.

True, my mystery boxes I got were below average, but I scored the 96 Portugal back in '06 (I believe). Got my mystery poster yesterday, but I'm donating it as part of the raffle I'm doing on here

Brane_of_JFK · July 2014

jeffer96 said:

pdalowsky said:
What would they gain by fixing it to piss people off?
When they said that the tubes were all packed and sealed to maintain the randomness one has to be believe that. perhaps the tubes were packed in batches so all the IIC posters were on a shelf next to each other and orders were taken off shelves in the orders they came in? or by city?
Grab a tube, grab a label, and ship it out the door.

They didn't exactly ship them out that fast...

EnterThanman · July 2014

BRAIN0FJAY said:
It's "funny" how this went from thrilling not knowing...to seeing the first mystery poster pulls with some pretty decent stuff and a few bummers...to last weekend and all the Cracker Jacks and Dirty Franks being pulled that lead to some intense anticipation...to the recent IIC dumps and conspiracy theories of multi-member sales to the same households.

Lots of ups and downs. I now regret being half-bummed Sunday after getting the 2005 Calgary poster (bummed because I had gone out of town on Friday right before I got an e-mail notifying me that UPS had delivered...all weekend to anticipate and watch the fantastic pulls...to come home and get the Calgary...a downer at the time, but now I am fuckin' ecstatic that I got that one) - and I'm going to go frame the son of a bitch soon. I was wrong to be bummed out (though I am blaming that mostly on a long "Guys Getaway Weekend")...I was wrong...I admit it...and I apologize to the 10C and Santos for my short-lived frustration...it is all good!

Good luck to the rest of you out there that have not rec'd your poster yet...

I agree it's been crazy! Been a lot of fun to follow this thread, even over the last couple days with the plot thickening. Haha

Glad to hear you're now pumped about your poster, that's the best case scenario in the mystery tube lottery.

given2fly23 · July 2014

pdalowsky said:
What would they gain by fixing it to piss people off?
When they said that the tubes were all packed and sealed to maintain the randomness one has to be believe that. perhaps the tubes were packed in batches so all the IIC posters were on a shelf next to each other and orders were taken off shelves in the orders they came in? or by city?

Holy crap...that's downright logical!

scurtis · July 2014

I don't think they have enough time on their hands to target locations with two accounts to try and get back at flippers or people double dipping.

A lot of the crackerjacks all showed up at the same time, I think I remember seeing a lot of Chicago posters at the same time etc... So more likely than not it's more a function of the orders being placed at the same time rather than them being at the same house or mailing address.

Now if anyone from the same location placed their order hours or days (not sure when it sold out) apart and got the same poster that would be strange, but I tend to try and believe what is most likely. And it is just not that likely to me that there is enough time for anyone working at 10C to target specific accounts how many active accounts are there 300K 500K?

I still understand the frustration though, just don't think it's a malicious thing at all.

Garasauras · July 2014

given2fly23 said:

pdalowsky said:
What would they gain by fixing it to piss people off?
When they said that the tubes were all packed and sealed to maintain the randomness one has to be believe that. perhaps the tubes were packed in batches so all the IIC posters were on a shelf next to each other and orders were taken off shelves in the orders they came in? or by city?
Holy crap...that's downright logical!

That is the most logical explanation. The randomness of not knowing who was getting what was sure there, but unfortunately they didn't shuffle the pre-packed tubes prior to labeling. So as they sort their orders by city or area, everyone in an area get the same thing. Makes sense.

I'm curious now to see if us Canadians get the same posters..

mcgruff10 · July 2014

pdalowsky said:
What would they gain by fixing it to piss people off?
When they said that the tubes were all packed and sealed to maintain the randomness one has to be believe that. perhaps the tubes were packed in batches so all the IIC posters were on a shelf next to each other and orders were taken off shelves in the orders they came in? or by city?

As usual, Paul makes sense.

FrankieG · July 2014

I don't know... I think everyone should re-post what poster they got along with the order number, order time, and what zip code it was shipped to, so we can really figure this out.

) #-o

Final Bow · July 2014

Philip_Ireland said:
Anyone in Europe get theirs yet?

nope

PJSwae · July 2014

I think there's some truth to the thought that posters seem to be grouped geographically. Likely they had a list of all orders arranged by zip code and went stack by stack through the posters. Just one data point, but I did notice that all of the 06 Boston IIs (that were posted) ended up in NY or PA.

jammerx · July 2014

If people want to throw their Poster Received, Zip Code and State in this form, we can run the numbers and see if there is a distribution pattern: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AsrZgtzNNJCk4Ms6-lKkmbv2abzL6Du66_GcyFi-Ydg/viewform?usp=send_form

100 Pacer · July 2014

Don't quote me on this, but it's possible all the UPS ground/UPS mail innovation shipping labels were sorted by zip code/postal code before being generated thereby making the process a little more streamlined once these poster tubes arrived at the sorting warehouse.

bootlegger10 · July 2014

jammerx said:
If people want to throw their Poster Received, Zip Code and State in this form, we can run the numbers and see if there is a distribution pattern: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AsrZgtzNNJCk4Ms6-lKkmbv2abzL6Du66_GcyFi-Ydg/viewform?usp=send_form

Really?

jbalicki10 · July 2014

100 Pacer said:
Don't quote me on this, but it's possible all the UPS ground/UPS mail innovation shipping labels were sorted by zip code/postal code before being generated thereby making the process a little more streamlined once these poster tubes arrived at the sorting warehouse.

There I quoted you. Ha!

alcazar · July 2014

Anyone get one of them 2005 philly posters?

MI76260 · July 2014

jammerx said:
If people want to throw their Poster Received, Zip Code and State in this form, we can run the numbers and see if there is a distribution pattern: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AsrZgtzNNJCk4Ms6-lKkmbv2abzL6Du66_GcyFi-Ydg/viewform?usp=send_form

Would be interesting to include order number too. To see if there are any patterns there.

umi73 · July 2014

Philip_Ireland said:
Anyone in Europe get theirs yet?

No :-(
But the experience shows that we are sure to wait at least 1-2 weeks........

jammerx · July 2014

MI76260 said:

jammerx said:
If people want to throw their Poster Received, Zip Code and State in this form, we can run the numbers and see if there is a distribution pattern: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AsrZgtzNNJCk4Ms6-lKkmbv2abzL6Du66_GcyFi-Ydg/viewform?usp=send_form
Would be interesting to include order number too. To see if there are any patterns there.

Added order number. If you already submitted, you can just do the form again and I'll dedupe the data.

Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AsrZgtzNNJCk4Ms6-lKkmbv2abzL6Du66_GcyFi-Ydg/viewform

bootlegger10 · July 2014

jammerx said:

MI76260 said:

jammerx said:
If people want to throw their Poster Received, Zip Code and State in this form, we can run the numbers and see if there is a distribution pattern: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AsrZgtzNNJCk4Ms6-lKkmbv2abzL6Du66_GcyFi-Ydg/viewform?usp=send_form
Would be interesting to include order number too. To see if there are any patterns there.

Added order number. If you already submitted, you can just do the form again and I'll dedupe the data.

Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AsrZgtzNNJCk4Ms6-lKkmbv2abzL6Du66_GcyFi-Ydg/viewform

I will never, ever say anything critical of the fan club ever again. I now understand that no good deed goes unpunished.

Spags · July 2014

Some people just want to see the world burn...

Mystery posters in store now

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