2008 Woodie Awards
Students hit ticket jackpot
Glitch may have helped two fans obtain 18 World Series tickets
Nate Taylor
Issue date: 10/24/07 Section: News
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Cashing in on what may have been a glitch in the Colorado Rockies online ticket sales system, Shotwell, a junior theatre major, and Augustin, a senior theatre education major, were able to enter the ticket purchasing area of the Rockies' Web site on eight separate occasions, all from the same window using Mozilla Firefox in the University Center computer lab. The glitch allowed reentry into the ticket purchasing area of the Web site before other fans were able to enter for the first time.
The two life-long Rockies fans maxed out their credit cards, spending a combined $3,521 on the 18 tickets to the three games at Coors Field. Shotwell and Augustin said they planned on buying a lottery ticket after leaving the UC.
Other students in the UC lab were left staring at a reoccurring 120-second countdown for approximately two and a half hours while tickets were on sale.
"I can see why it wouldn't be fair," Shotwell said of the possible glitch in the system, adding that before he obtained all his tickets he thought online sales was a fair way to distribute tickets.
Given the collapse of theRockies Web site on Monday, when tickets were originally put on sale, some fans were even more frustrated when they learned of Shotwell and Augustin's success.
"I think that's a little glitch in the system that should have been taken care of," said undeclared sophomore Alex Weldon, who unsuccessfully spent about two hours on Tuesday trying to get tickets. "If you buy tickets you should be done, you shouldn't be able to get back in.
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