OHSHIT: Clawz for All!
47Overview:
We cloned an old Clawz Clogs event from a previous Meh-rathon and accidentally left it VMP-only.
What went wrong:
We’ve got this cloning button in our admin tools that’s really handy for when, say, we’re setting up a Meh-rathon with over a hundred things and some of them (ok, complainers, a lot of them) are things we’ve sold before.
Our cloning tool is homemade and has long been a challenge to determine exactly what things it should include and what it should blank out. For instance, we recently removed the shipping times from the cloning because it got screwy when we had The Delays over the summer. But it appears we still were cloning restrictions to the offers. And since the last time we had these clogs up, they were VMP-only, then this offer ended up VMP-only.
Impact:
- At least one person, and possibly 7.8 billion people, wanted to buy Clawz and couldn’t because they were VMP-only
- The effect to our business is somewhere between $3 and $23,400,000,000 in lost revenue
- I’m having to spend too much time writing this report, and this specific sentence, and the period at the end of the sentence that is right here.
Action Items:
- A NEW CLAWZ CLOGS EVENT IS UP HERE
- I’m writing this report out, for a few dedicated people who may or may not be VMP and who are probably still outraged about other things that went on and that will probably not be assuaged by this report or anything else we try but maybe a few will be happy that they read through this whole thing and tried all the links
- I don’t know, I’ll probably get some lunch soon. Is that going to help? It’ll help me. You should probably get some lunch soon too, depending on your time zone and appetite
- 52 comments, 116 replies
- Comment
Enjoy your lunch. An adult beverage may help ease your frustration. Just sayin
/image alluring proficient wool
/giphy alluring proficient wool
@RiotDemon I love this! Very cute.
What’re you thinking of having for lunch, Dave?
and thank you
/giphy luxurious jaunty picture
@dave i see how you did that thing with the stuff in the action items.
I will not be assuaged.
@ELUNO
/giphy try again
OK giphy… I guess this is a song I don’t know…
@ELUNO I am. I am very assuaged.
/giphy thoughtful-peaceful-suggestion
@dave
Action item:
In addition to re-cloning the Clawz,
Re-Clawz the cloning button.
/giphy clawz the clone
@f00l
yeah, same thing (sort of) happened with the sheets that were only in rose, but showed pics of the set in black. “Copy/Paste” can sometimes be problematic!
I am happy I read through this whole thing and tried all the links.
/giphy equivocal-frequent-moon
/image equivocal-frequent-moon
@mossygreen Clawz have the power to make everyone happy
@ELUNO @mossygreen
/giphy tempting-tearful-bucket
@chienfou
/giphy tempting-tearful-bucket
@OldCatLady
Thanks. Not sure why mine failed to launch
Say you bought Clawz yesterday, can you buy them again today?
@sammydog01 what are you doing with all these Clawz?
@sammydog01 I just did.
/giphy psychic-dark-silicon
@Ignorant Most likely take them to Goodwill.
@sammydog01 I did. Did not see restrictions anywhere and it was not from Meh officially, so
@cbilyak @sammydog01 Yeah, there’s a polite note that if you already got one, don’t be a pig. I cancelled this one. RTFM.
@OldCatLady isn’t the jerk free limit of one referring to this particular clawz clone event, since you can go back to the page and order again? Or do they also mean including yesterday’s meh-rathon?
@OldCatLady @tofarber One per day/event is my understanding.
TY!
@chienfou
and TY for the revival of the Oh Shit report…
The link to your new Clawz event redirects to SideDeal, then to “Something went terribly wrong”. Fun! (edit: it didn’t like my browser, but another one worked just fine.Thanks!)
@OldCatLady
worked for me just now…
What can I say except “thank you!” Oh and also…
/giphy weepy-obscene-glue
Thanks @dave. I read very carefully and tried all the links. I’m such a follower.
/giphy passionate-indefatigable-lithium
hm…
/image passionate-indefatigable-lithium
Oh well, it was awesome any way.
@therealjrn well,
/giphy passionate-indefatigable-lithium
@OldCatLady
OCL! Whaaaaaat?
@therealjrn I’m sorry.
@OldCatLady Oh, no, thank YOU.
@OldCatLady @therealjrn Wow, looks like some classic, Tommy Grand-era Cheaters surveillance footage!
@OldCatLady @therealjrn that gif is indefatigable as heck
/giphy straight-cautious-nugget
/image straight-cautious-nugget
I tried all the links…and was so happy because it would have been my first. foiled again… that one link is for VMPs only too
@mbersiam I was wondering how it wasn’t already sold out.
@dave I take full responsibility for said Cloning “accident”. Also, I would be assuaged (whatever that means) if I were VMP, but alas, it took me like 5 years to decide to become a member, so I think I missed that boat.
@kykazaa According to Giphy, assuaged means this.
/giphy assuaged
You may wish to consult a dictionary instead.
/giphy cruel-muddled-troll
And finally got a fun giphy that actually fits, too!
/giphy magnificent-qualitative-burst
/giphy careless grotesque structure
Oh, well by all means… enhanced shipping please…
@chienfou Suggested edit:
Standard shipping arrives 10/19-10/22
Enhanced shipping ($1.99 more) arrives intact 10/19-10/22
@chienfou @ThunderChicken LOL
@Kidsandliz @ThunderChicken
thankfully these are pretty indestructible… not like the wine glasses I just ordered from the mehrathon…
/giphy instrumental-special-vessel
I wonder how many “Claws” they have before sold out, 100?
@cengland0
That would imply potentially 7,800,000,000 of them. Possibly they cornered the market. Might mean a ton of them in irks me thinks. Instead of a mask on every face that would be clawz on every foot?
/giphy claws on every foot
@cengland0 Well not the kind of claws I was thinking of, but certainly appropriate under the forum’s cat focus.
@cengland0 @Kidsandliz Great giphy.
Well as a women’s 8 I got 1 pair m7/w8 and 1 pair m6/w7. Hopefully one of them fits (my past experience with men’s sizing is I’m about a 6.5). Gamble is worth it for $3. This will get a nice wtf look from the husband…
/giphy lazy-valiant-nettle
@a5meiser
nothin’ like a concrete burn on the 'nads…
@chienfou you make very different choices than I…
But whatever floats your boat.
Sails your ship.
Completes your deck.
Fills your taco.
Juices your fruit.
Shifts your gears.
Cooks your goose.
… Etc
@unksol
sorry, my sarcasm light wasn’t turned on evidently.
@chienfou lol no I got it. That’s just a fun ineuendo joke train to run down.
but, um…what would I do with them?
hahaha
/image transparent stingy pastry
@Cerridwyn That kinda looks like whatever the singular form of Clawz is.
OHSHIT: Clawz for All People With a Limited Range of Shoe Sizes!
I stumble on this 10 hours late…
/giphy what the hell!
@zsmasher I stumbled across it the day after, and I’m still assuaged. There must be a warehouse full of assuagement.
@dave Oh so sad about the “other” link and limit included there… but nice you are at least VMP’ing a few… does that mean you have something wonderful in store for the rest of us who can’t or can we click too and not be denied? (grin).
@tinamarie1974
Hehehe we got a new OHSHIT! Report.
@unksol I was pretty excited when I saw it! Did you click BOTH links???
@tinamarie1974 @unksol vmp only.
@RiotDemon @unksol well damn, sorry!
@tinamarie1974 gotta give those VMPs something after VMP hour disappeared.
@RiotDemon @tinamarie1974 yes I did and I was excited I might finally… After several midnight fails. Nope. Well played @dave well played
@RiotDemon and since I complained I gotta say THANK YOU!!
@dave @RiotDemon @tinamarie1974 @unksol
unksol - Same for me. But I did get Clawz, whoopie.
Wasn’t outraged before. Less outraged now. Thanks @Dave!
@dave well I am very annoyed by that other thing you tried. Tease.
Vmp coupon too. 🥰
@jaybird Yup, $4.50 after coupon.
@cengland0 @jaybird shit, I forgot.
@cengland0 @jaybird @RiotDemon
Yeah, me too. Got beat out of 50 cents in my excitement, lol.
@jaybird DAMN IT.
@jaybird @mossygreen What? I squandered 50 cents!
I’m scared.
/image bloody-prosperous-lamb
/giphy bloody-prosperous-lamb
I missed the whole mehrathon and then was excited about claws because both nephews LOVE them and have worn a hole in a pair each this past month. Then read the comments and clicked the second link. Happy day for me!
Not doing giphy for: killer-drab-underwear. I don’t need to see whatever comes up.
@Frcal I can’t stand more suspense .
/giphy killer-drab-underwear.
@Frcal @OldCatLady You did well. How many tries for that one?
@Frcal @Kidsandliz It was the first offer. Hard to improve on it, right?
Maybe not as bad as I expected but I still could have lived without ever having to see that.
@Frcal yeah but ones like that are right up @OldCatLady’s alley. Score for that.
@Frcal @Kidsandliz @OldCatLady I approve…
I would buy more claws. But the sizes left are too small for my family with large feet.
But hey the other link was nice. Since the mehrathon had me doing a lot of cursing.
Thanks, Dave. You’re an awesome guy
OWLS! TOWELS! JOWLS! AWESOME!
Here goes nothing
/giphy jagged-soggy-pleasure
@Ignorant underwhelmed
@Ignorant You should have @OldCatLady do your giphys.
@Ignorant @OldCatLady @therealjrn well… That’s not as bad as I expected and I don’t see how it hits any of the words
but @OldCatLady has time to change it on me
and she did. Didn’t like coupon spreader?
I hope it’s not too jagged
@Ignorant @therealjrn @unksol
/giphy jagged-soggy-pleasure
@Ignorant @OldCatLady @therealjrn
oh now you deleted on me lol.
Well played. I know how to do the 2nd and where the third is.
@unksol Whatever are you going on about?
@OldCatLady lmao you know what I saw. At least three.
Crazy. Really testing my resolve to not be a jerk.
@medz Go for it. Suppressing one’s inner jerk can be injurious to one’s mental health.
@medz I did it. You can too!
@medz @metaphore Someone should test the limits of jerkiness.
@blaineg @medz @metaphore Sounds like a job for Medz.
@blaineg @metaphore @sammydog01
I don’t want to be banned.
My Clawz from yesterday already shipped and are supposed to arrive Monday via FedEx
@tofarber Your Clawz, or your “Clawz” ?
@blaineg My “Clawz”
Coincidentally, the two Clawz I ordered last meh-rathon arrived only yesterday, while my “Clawz” from the same event arrived much earlier.
Thank you @dave, what a great thing to do for us!
@sassymango It’s a VMP miracle! (But forgot to use coupon for extra thriftiness)
@Fuzzalini you are not a vmp. This is a vmp deal.
@RiotDemon Then why does it say I’m a member if I’m not a member? I paid to be a member.
@RiotDemon Also, look at the lovely V next to my name, I think that means I’m a VMP.
@Fuzzalini @RiotDemon Actually I see a member heart next to your name, not a VMP “V”
@Fuzzalini @tinamarie1974 “vmp members” are different than “members”. Sorry. Vmp doesn’t exist anymore. This was a special deal for VMPs.
@Fuzzalini @RiotDemon @tinamarie1974
Wait… I don’t exist any more?? Well crap. What is my wife gonna do now?
@chienfou @Fuzzalini @RiotDemon @tinamarie1974 Does anyone else find this conversation ironic?
@sammydog01
Yes!
@chienfou @Fuzzalini @RiotDemon @sammydog01 I am so confused
@RiotDemon
No more VMP for anything? It’s all over?
@Barney that was a mistake. I meant it doesn’t exist as in no new sign ups.
@RiotDemon Ah… I was afraid that the special sale on Clawz Clogs was a farewell to VMP. I’m glad that’s not so.
/giphy pleasing-chaste-maple
Whew. Glad it wasn’t an image if two trees humping like there was no tomorrow if us humans can’t get this climate thing under control.
@mike808
/image trees humping
@mike808 @OldCatLady Trunk Humping. I wonder if there’s a portmanteau for that.
@mehcuda67 @OldCatLady
You wouldn’t be a member of the Trunkhumper Society of America, also known as TSA?
@mike808 @OldCatLady Ah. Perhaps that explains what happened to my suitcases last time I flew.
Sure, why not?
/giphy negligent-familiar-coast
Shame there’s no sales stats on Side Deal.
@dave, thanks very much… I have a slow internet connection here, so I can never get in on the IRKs, and I need a new bag (not so sure re. the other crap that’s likely to be in the box, lol. My last IRK was really, truly stuff from the back bottom shelves of your warehouse, that I couldn’t even give away for free, 'cause I tried to give the stuff out as freebies and got no takers during the last neighborhood yard sale!) At least if you’d sent actual sawdust, I might have found a few takers!!
/giphy zesty-numb-kangaroo
@Bretterson Well this is simply the best.
@Bretterson Awesome.
VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!
@Bretterson Shades of @RiotDemon’s last Long Furby comment…
I guess I’ll be a little assuaged. I mean I am a Very Meh Person and I have never ordered these before nor been interested the thousands of times they’ve been posted, but I guess the kids sizes are there and they’re mega cheap…
/giphy barefoot-vulnerable-orc
@guyfromhawthorn did you click the second link?
@chienfou
Being the dummy I am, no, until you mentioned it, I hadn’t. Thanks for the assist!
@guyfromhawthorn
No problem. We VMPers need to watch out for each other… :Grin:
God bless you. Or curse, depending upon the contents of the IRK.
@dave I was wondering: could I get my VMP Membership back? Pretty please???
@GLaDOS did you cancel it?
@RiotDemon Unfortunately, I did back in November 2016 I’ve regretted not signing back up again in time ever since, ha.
@GLaDOS @RiotDemon More of Long-Lasting than Instant Regret, then?
Thanks, @dave. It has been quite a week, so I didn’t initially see your post. This was a great end to the night.
The “Clawz” are finally sold out.
@cengland0 We really need those sales stats.
@cengland0
?
I see them still up on offer w a number of size/colors available.
@f00l You are seeing the Clawz available, not the “Clawz.”
Now that they are sold out, I can let you in on the secret. There’s a second link in the text posted by Dave. That links to an IRK that can be bought by VMP members only. This was a test to see if people read all the text and click on all the links. Link goes to a Sidedeal IRK.
@cengland0
Re clawz vs clawz
???
The other link: clicked on that one when I first saw this topic. : )
@cengland0 Really curious about the sales stats on that one, like the stats we get on meh products.
@raccoon81 I want to know how many were sold too along with how many people forgot their VMP coupon code for 50 cents off.
@cengland0 I “forgot” to use VMP code. I have never given any hesitation while placing an order. Never would have guessed it would be available for 2+ days! No regrets on that 50 cent though.
@cengland0 @raccoon81
Yet. It hasn’t been delivered yet.
@cengland0 @raccoon81 I definitely forgot the code.
@cengland0 @kyanostiger @raccoon81 Me too.
@cengland0 @Kidsandliz @kyanostiger @raccoon81 VMP
@cengland0 @Kidsandliz @kyanostiger @raccoon81 @tinamarie1974 Yeah, but what’s the code?
@cengland0 @raccoon81 I know, I was like, it’s been up for two hours, I can’t believe it’s still available! I have to hurry!
@mehcuda67 VMP is the code
Oh boy, we went with the wonderful amazing pitney bowes for shipping on this order.
See y’all in a few weeks when it gets delivered.
@raccoon81 But when you think about it, none of us are paying for shipping directly as some may have made more than one order this month so they had to save money somehow not to take a big hit. Not to mention they hadn’t planned on selling more of these.
@Kidsandliz Oh I am fine with it. Just was interesting. Part of the “excitement” is the anticipation of the delivery. Getting it 2 days after ordering diminished that.
And good point every one of these were free shipping, that does make it difficult. And I really have not had as many problems with PB as others.