Member OP
I've noticed a recurring pattern among the user base. Many customers report setting alarms for 00:00 UTC to capture limited inventory.
Current promotional mechanics:
This creates suboptimal outcomes for global participants.
I'm evaluating alternatives.
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We camped on dial-up. You young people have it soft with your Discord and the Facebook. Two spaces after every period, that's discipline.
Sleep is cheaper than transit. Market says $45/IP now, wait for Q1.
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Not work? My roommate says use python? No money for vps to run script?
The struggle is REALLL. I set 5 alarms and still miss it. My sleep schedule is DESTROYED! Who else up at 3am for the EU drops?
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Has anyone tried just not caring
Email only with a 15-minute delay sounds like a deliberate bottleneck
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I don't think it's deliberate, just legacy. The real issue is the 00:00 UTC slot.
Hetzner have you looked at regional staggered drops. Same inventory, three windows. Would spread the load without changing your total units.
I missed the last two sales because 00:00 UTC is 02:00 here and I have a toddler. Not everyone can treat this like a hobby.
Has anyone tried just running a cron on the API instead of waiting for the mail
I used to do that with OVHcloud's drops until they added the rate limit header
The 15-minute delay is probably to stop exactly that but it hurts regular users more
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Or just legacy infrastructure they haven't replaced
The real question is why first Tuesday monthly still works for anyone in 2026
Randomised windows would spread the load without the alarm-clock arms race
