I had asked Darcy the question whether the ordering system on new release days could revert back to having a cart where your items were safe for five minutes like in the old days. This is her response:
"I hear you
@
pammy
and the last thing we want to do is add stress.
Our shopping cart doesn't allow us to modify the amount of time items are held in the basket. The "industry standard" is to not hold items in the basket because a lot of people add items to their basket but never checkout. That even happens during debuts. So, if we could change the cart to work that way, the bags might sell out even faster, but wouldn't actually be sold out 'cause they'd be stuck in limbo in carts; they'd appear some time later as in-stock again, and probably sell out again quickly, so it might just be a different kind of stress.
And in this case, offering these bags as pre-orders wouldn't help: the number of bags we're sewing right now are the production quantity that we currently have the capacity to make. So, whether they're already made bags or pre-order bags, they'd sell out (or not) at the same speed. We don't typically offer pre-orders around the holidays given the importance of receive bags in a timely way. We're still making both masks and bags, so that factors in here, as does our various safety measures (which of course come first but can reduce efficiency.) We do hope to offer pre-orders again next year!
The good news is that we'll be able to make additional production runs of all of these bags in early-mid 2021. *Maybe* as pre-orders, depending on the state of things. So, even if they do sell out, there will be another chance to order them."
So, unfortunately, that's not possible, which is a bummer. Honestly, I don't see a good solution to the new release day ordering dilemma. I wish there were.
But another thing to note is obviously things change quickly over at TB, because Darcy said in her response that even if things sell out, there will be another chance to order them. And it's true that there will be another run of original shop bags; however, not in the limited edition colors. That was another disappointment to learn about yesterday. But with most things in this covid world, I guess we need to get used to changes that are not always to our liking or preference. And to their credit, TB is doing the best that they can do under the circumstances, for which I am truly grateful.