Saw several pictures posted on social media today where tickets were arriving in opened or half-opened envelopes - in once case a ticket survived the trip by sticking to the glue on the open envelope flap - Yikes! No receipt or other paperwork; just a single copy of the survival guide for multiple t...

I notice that this year rather than USPS 1st Class Parcel with Signature Required, the default shipping method for US Customers is UPS Mail Innovations which provides a Delivery Confirmation but doesn't require a signature: https://www.upsmailinnovations.com/support/frequentlyaskedquestions.html Am ...

Moderator removed the link to site showclix.

I'm guessing that since the pdf tickets look like generic ShowClix print-at-home-tickets with BM info grafted on, ShowClix forgot to disable this option in their generic ticket sales code. I hope they're a little more competent when it comes to mailing physical tickets. Another concern: the mailing ...

That should have been: Get 'em while they're hot!

And I'm glad to see BMorg is doing the right thing for those who couldn't buy their VPs yesterday.

So my previous analysis assumed rational agents; I didn't account from some agents being too dumb to read the instructions. However if the sudden availability of VPs depends on put backs there can't be that many left... Get 'em while their hot!

So all those people complaining yesterday about not being able to buy a VP with their presale tix - that was just a glitch in the system? I hope BMorg allows those folk to add VPs to their orders.

I wouldn't expect the presale to end until after the Leonardo sale (date to be announced but after the main sale). To see why that is we need to consider the economic analysis. The presale consists of 3 distinct goods: (1) Most valuable are the VPs - at $80 each they are a steal, given that the scal...

If GOV shuts down, and stays shutdown, until, say the Nov 2012 elections, that means all National Park Service sites will be closed, right? What about BLM sites? There's a dry lake bed north-east of Gerlach, NV where I was planning a camping trip, probably the week before Labor Day - it would total ...