Being in the nasty north, we weren't blessed with the AJ6 Motorsports. However, word dropped earlier in the week that Finish Line would have them online and only a few select stores would be carrying them. Rumour was only 5000 were being made available...talk about quick strike. One of my boys just moved back from the US so he still has his credit card and his fam lives there so we could ship there too. Things were falling into place. I had his credit card and shipping info in a note pad, opened up for easy copy-and-pasting.
Prior to the Midnight EST release time, the Finish Line page said "this product is currently not available". So at 11:55 PM, we started refreshing the Finish Line site every second eagerly anticipating the release. I was at my house, and my boy was at his. We figured we'd have a better shot if we both tried to cop em. At 11:59 PM, my palms were sweaty. Midnight, and still "this product is currently not available". 12:05 AM..."this product is currently not available". 12:10 AM, 12:15 AM...nothing. Then FINALLY, at 12:17 AM there they were. I quickly picked size 11, selected 2 pairs and proceeded to check out. Filled in the shipping info, billing info and credit card info. Hit "Process Order" and then got the worst fucking message...some shit about the credit card not being authorized!! Checked with my boy and he was getting the same message. So then we thought maybe it's because we're both trying with the same info. So then he tried...nothing. I tried with my Canadian credit card...nothing. We called up two friends who both live in the US and got their credit card info. Tried both of those...nothing. All the while, the Finish Line site was slow as shit. Sometimes not responding for minutes on end, and getting the above screen message. We tried calling the customer service line, and of course it was closed.
At the end of the day, we didn't get anything, except a broken heart. Sometimes the shoe game can be kind to you, and sometimes she can be a bitch!
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