Kestrel
Chancellery Guard
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Post by Kestrel on Aug 15, 2024 8:34:58 GMT
Potentially, but I've gotta think that the 9DAs and the 13th Doctor-era announcements probably brought in a lot of new faces; I also suspect a lot of people -- a *lot* of people -- got big into BF audios during the pandemic (like I did). It wouldn't be at all surprising to me if their audience doubled or tripled in 2021/2022.
I mean, I could be wrong, but if I am... then, wow, they really would've squandered an amazing opportunity -- a pandemic leaving folks more starved for entertainment than at any other point in human history, coinciding with a low point in the Doctor Who fandom leaving fans feeling starved for good stories... if that didn't massively increase the BF audience, I can't really imagine anything else doing the trick.
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Post by sherlock on Aug 15, 2024 8:38:09 GMT
Potentially, but I've gotta think that the 9DAs and the 13th Doctor-era announcements probably brought in a lot of new faces; I also suspect a lot of people -- a *lot* of people -- got big into BF audios during the pandemic (like I did). It wouldn't be at all surprising to me if their audience doubled or tripled in 2021/2022. I mean, I could be wrong, but if I am... then, wow, they really would've squandered an amazing opportunity -- a pandemic leaving folks more starved for entertainment than at any other point in human history, coinciding with a low point in the Doctor Who fandom leaving fans feeling starved for good stories... if that didn't massively increase the BF audience, I can't really imagine anything else doing the trick. They did try with the freebies they gave away during lockdown, but no idea how much those converted curious people into actual buyers. Ironically this week was probably best early push for 13DAs as the interview with Whittaker and Gill in DWM, but obviously anyone intrigued will be greeted by current website mess.
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Kestrel
Chancellery Guard
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Post by Kestrel on Aug 15, 2024 8:50:02 GMT
They were also doing pretty decent sales every week, which certainly kept me coming back to their website on the regular.
Just anecdotally, I encountered several other people online who were getting into Big Finish back then, but who knows how many stuck around, or how much they wound up buying.
It's also a bit of a problem, I think, that a lot of people try to get into the audios just by selecting something based on their favorite Doctor rather than soliciting recommendations, which... isn't a *bad* method, but I think most folks are unlikely to be impressed by their first audio if they take that route.
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Post by eric009 on Aug 15, 2024 14:42:01 GMT
I'M very worryed about it going back the way it was on old website because of way some stuff has been changed look this lot all numbers taken off
look this lot all numbers taken off
Torchwood Soho: Ashenden Torchwood Soho: The Unbegotten Torchwood Soho: Ascension
Torchwood One: Nightmares Torchwood One: I Hate Mondays
Torchwood: War Chest Torchwood: Dead Plates Torchwood: Restricted Items Archive Entries 031-049 Torchwood: Suckers Torchwood: Death in Venice Torchwood: SUV Torchwood: The Lincolnshire Poacher Torchwood: The Empire Man Torchwood: Double Part 1 Torchwood: Double Part 2 Torchwood: The Last Love Song of Suzie Costello Torchwood: Thirst Trap Torchwood: Launch Date Torchwood: Among Us Part 1 Torchwood: Among Us Part 2 Torchwood: Among Us Part 3 Torchwood: Sigil Torchwood: Dog Hop Torchwood: Odyssey Torchwood: Oodunnit Torchwood: Oracle Torchwood: Poppet Torchwood: Sabotage Torchwood: Tube Strike Torchwood: Missing Molly Torchwood: Disco Torchwood: The Restoration of Catherine Torchwood: Art Decadence Torchwood: End Game
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Post by Ela on Aug 15, 2024 16:47:37 GMT
I'M very worryed about it going back the way it was on old website because of way some stuff has been changed look this lot all numbers taken off look this lot all numbers taken off Torchwood Soho: Ashenden Torchwood Soho: The Unbegotten Torchwood Soho: Ascension Torchwood One: Nightmares Torchwood One: I Hate Mondays Torchwood: War Chest Torchwood: Dead Plates Torchwood: Restricted Items Archive Entries 031-049 Torchwood: Suckers Torchwood: Death in Venice Torchwood: SUV Torchwood: The Lincolnshire Poacher Torchwood: The Empire Man Torchwood: Double Part 1 Torchwood: Double Part 2 Torchwood: The Last Love Song of Suzie Costello Torchwood: Thirst Trap Torchwood: Launch Date Torchwood: Among Us Part 1 Torchwood: Among Us Part 2 Torchwood: Among Us Part 3 Torchwood: Sigil Torchwood: Dog Hop Torchwood: Odyssey Torchwood: Oodunnit Torchwood: Oracle Torchwood: Poppet Torchwood: Sabotage Torchwood: Tube Strike Torchwood: Missing Molly Torchwood: Disco Torchwood: The Restoration of Catherine Torchwood: Art Decadence Torchwood: End Game They are taken off on one's dashboard, which makes it really hard to see what order they should be in, since BF apparently thinks it's a good idea to list your purchases in order of purchase, with the most recent first (terrible sorting idea). If you look by collection on the sales pages, some things are still numbered, and if you click on an individual item, I've often found that the item is numbered. But that's just a time consuming way to figure out the order of things, especially as slow as the website currently loads.
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Post by eric009 on Aug 15, 2024 21:06:24 GMT
payment is offline from 10pm uk time
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Post by mark687 on Aug 15, 2024 21:15:42 GMT
payment is offline from 10pm uk time Again though a clearer course would be "Full Site offline until such time as we Restore pervious/ accepted workable version as per 14.8.24 announcement". Regards mark687
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Post by timleschild on Aug 15, 2024 21:15:52 GMT
God this is really bad.
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Post by kipperserver on Aug 15, 2024 21:54:46 GMT
I just get a broiken link . This page isn’t workingwww.bigfinish.com redirected you too many times. Try deleting your cookies.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Aug 15, 2024 21:56:21 GMT
Site seems to be down. Maybe they are now returning to the old site and did not want anyone to be mid-purchase when they did so
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Post by kipperserver on Aug 15, 2024 22:00:19 GMT
Now its asking me for a password then I get unauthorized This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.
Additionally, a 401 Unauthorized error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Aug 15, 2024 22:06:17 GMT
best to wait a bit while they get the site back in order (When they do I believe it is back to the old password...if I understood correctly)
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Post by kipperserver on Aug 15, 2024 22:10:37 GMT
She's back!
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Aug 15, 2024 22:16:03 GMT
I'm in (with old password) order history is up-to-date but not the associated "You've got this" for anything ordered on "new" site
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Post by kipperserver on Aug 15, 2024 22:18:03 GMT
I'm in (with old password) order history is up-to-date but not the associated "You've got this" for anything ordered on "new" site Probably still migrating that data? Although I'm suprprised they didn't do that first. Have they not learned there lesson? Honestly never been so releived to see a website in my life!!!
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lidar2
Castellan
You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Aug 15, 2024 22:27:24 GMT
Well, strike me down with a feather! Boy, am I pleased to see the old site back! My total number of downloads has gone up by one - Deathworld is now there, but no download button showing - I can live with that. Hopefully we can now put all this behind us.
I didn't have to log in - I had previously ticked the Remember Me option on both the old and new sites, so I'm not sure which password it is remembering.
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Post by muddyviolet on Aug 15, 2024 22:31:46 GMT
Payments aren't working on the site currently btw
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Post by mark687 on Aug 15, 2024 22:33:35 GMT
Now its asking me for a password then I get unauthorized This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required. Additionally, a 401 Unauthorized error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Yes sounds like they've "Killed" the "New" Site to put the"Old" one Back, be interesting to know if the "Old" one goes on the New Server because then you should have the baseline Functionality of "Y" that everyone knows, then you can tweak that or over time with clear concise reasoning add "Z" or new functionally. EDIT And Welcome Back Old Friend Regards mark687
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Post by timleschild on Aug 15, 2024 22:53:36 GMT
I'm in (with old password) order history is up-to-date but not the associated "You've got this" for anything ordered on "new" site Probably still migrating that data? Although I'm suprprised they didn't do that first. Have they not learned there lesson? Honestly never been so releived to see a website in my life!!! OMG. Back online without migrating. Same problems.
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Post by andrew on Aug 15, 2024 22:57:28 GMT
I’m very happy to see the old site back.
My downloads list has nearly 500 more titles than were showing on the old site. Half of that number is just from having the Who’s Round episodes back again. I couldn’t try the new app so wasn’t able to see how many titles it listed.
Best thing is I can carry on with the old app for listening. If it takes a few months to get the new site better ready, I might just have got myself a new phone by then and be able to use the new app.
Many things keep pushing phone upgrading back a month or two, like a BF order every month. Then there’s the stage show - making a weekend of the trip to London for my wife and I quickly became expensive. So new phone can wait. This one still works just fine.
Speaking of BF orders, I placed two orders through the new site. First one is in my orders list on the restored site. Second one isn’t there yet. Neither of those orders are fully present though as the items bought don’t yet appear on my download list or have a you’ve got this marker.
Now that the old site is back, so is the Dark Gallifrey CD bundle, so can look to get that ordered before they raise its price too.
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