Got screwed out of NYCC tickets by my spam folder

[horsemen4ever]

This every happen to you, you expecting an important email, you never get it, it is in your spam folder.

It happened to me just now. I am verified to get NYCC tickets, they sent me an email link, but what happened this year, the pre sale event I missed out on, because they the email they were suppose to sent me, was in my spam folder, and never know about it. And they did the same thing today for the general on sale, so fortunately I dedicated it in time.

But still I got screwed out of the 4 day passes they are sold out, and now I have no safety net. In years past, the pre sale was a safety net, I buy my tickets in the pre sale always thinking if any are sold out, just buy it in the general sale. So now I only have one shot, I am confident I will still get my tickets this Sunday, but still it is frustrating that my email filter did that to me. Who are they to tell me what email is spam and what is not.

[Big BosskMan]

Add the NYCC email domain and address to your Safe Senders list to avoid this next year.

[BlackoutCreature]

Yeah, I've learned myself the hard way that you need to check out your spam folder every once in awhile, make sure nothing important is winding up in there.

[Desi]

This happened to me too with pre-sale tickets, which is weird because normally NYCC emails don't go into the spam folder. 🤔

But ultimately, I only really plan on going for one day because with COVID, I wouldn't be comfortable going for multiple days regardless.

[horsemen4ever]

Update: I got my tickets. It only took me 10 minutes on the virtual line, normally on the pre sale it takes me about an hour. So buying the general sales does have one advantage.

Granted I am still upset I got screwed out of the 4 day passes, so now I have $50 more for all 4 days, and I have to make sure I don't mix the tickets, have to register all 4 of them. Lesson learned.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Looking at the guest list and it's early but Jovial Bob Stein is a good one

[Desi]

I got my ticket for Saturday, also only had to wait 10 minutes on queue. I normally don't check who or what is gonna be showing up, I like to be surprised (since I only go for the convention floor and artist alley, I don't do panels or meet and greets.)

[ayumidah]

I tend to always check my spam folder, but what makes me worry is outlook has this nasty habit of the tab where my email is open at randomly gets a red dot on it like I have a new email, but when I go there, no new email. And sometimes there were emails I was supposed to get that just... never arrived. And other people have had issues with that too. Always makes me paranoid I'm missing things but not even sure what.