Bot For Our Blends!

[Mr.Pink]

I am considering creating a Software bot for our beloved hard to get blends. I am wondering if this is a worthwhile pursuit and of interest to others here? I am more or less creating it for me, but once it's developed It needs to be tested. The software will, once it restocks, it will purchase, and auto-checkout.

 

[jvnshr]

You are taking all the excitement part away

 

[jpberg]

Bots are bad form. They may get some superficial results, but they won’t replace relationships and plain old experience.

 

[username]

My only concern would be people using it to scalp the blends. But they probably already do.

 

[Casual]

To the extent it works, it generally provokes a compensatory change on the part of the retail store, who view it as predatory to their much larger group of non-botting customers.

I wouldn’t want to set myself up as a problem for my favourite retailer.

 

[musicman]

No. Just no. Bots have ruined concert ticket sales. We don’t need them to ruin tobacco releases as well.

 

[musicman]

Plus, some retailers already have features in their online software to block bots. Ken Byron has mentioned this on his instagram page.

 

[kurtbob]

As it is, as a time saver anyway I use turbotin.com to bird dog down blends and it checks stocks at retailers. I kinda agree that bots kinda killed shopping for us old school online shoppers

 

[BROBS]

I believe it's because of bot use that so many places now impose tin limits ... just my opinion.

 

[BROBS]

A/S/L????

 

[seanv]

As it is, as a time saver anyway I use turbotin.com to bird dog down blends and it checks stocks at retailers. I kinda agree that bots kinda killed shopping for us old school online shoppers

I've used turbotin a few times. You're right, it really takes away an element of the fun

 

[seanv]

A/S/L????

I remember those days ?

 

[BROBS]

Hi bb I am sexy girl in your area who want to make romance now

 

[seanv]

Hi bb I am sexy girl in your area who want to make romance now

I used to have the ICQ message sound as my text message alert. It brought back way too many fucked up feelings though haha

 

[BROBS]

I used to have the ICQ message sound as my text message alert. It brought back way too many fucked up feelings though haha

dude got a fear boner every text

 

[seanv]

dude got a fear boner every text

It was an exciting time in my young life ?

 

[BROBS]

It was an exciting time in my young life ?

I'm sure you stayed up "excited" all night back then

 

[BROBS]

I remember signing on to dial up and putting a bunch of towels by the modem in the computer so my parents wouldn't hear it go "beep beep beep boop beep beeep boop.... chhhhhhhhhhhh CHHHHHHHHHHHHH DING DONG, DING DONG, PING PONG, PING PONGA........."

 

[kschatey]

I am considering creating a Software bot for our beloved hard to get blends. I am wondering if this is a worthwhile pursuit and of interest to others here? I am more or less creating it for me, but once it's developed It needs to be tested. The software will, once it restocks, it will purchase, and auto-checkout.

There are clearly already purchasing bots in use for hard to get tobacco, but usage of automated software is usually against the general terms and conditions of most sites (not that the people behind the bots care). Bot mitigation is available, but time and cost is always involved. The solution for some stores is to not sell online rather than deal with these types of issues. I can't fault them for that; please don't add to the already going list of issues that the tobacco stores are already facing.

 

[Mr.Pink]

To the extent it works, it generally provokes a compensatory change on the part of the retail store, who view it as predatory to their much larger group of non-botting customers.

I wouldn’t want to set myself up as a problem for my favorite retailer.

I would not concern yourself with being detected and resulting in a "problem" with your favorite retailer. Most have a tin limit. The bot completes the same actions as a human would. It just clicks for you while you are away. I love our moral compass here. A Bot is a bad idea, yet charging our fellow piper 6x times retail for a blend is perfectly fine..... I am just attempting to give some a chance to buy a few tins they normally would not be able to procure due to scarcity.