I am able to get into all the coops I have wanted -- I have a smartphone and the "Notify" set to my email address on my phone then I got "Tapatalk" on my smartphone. When a coop does come up, I get an email...If I want in then I just use the "Tapatalk" to order what I want.
Yah, I've seen this dynamics elsewhere where there is not enough supply for demand, it's distributed first come-first serve, and it happens repeatedly so that people can adapt.
People learn they need to respond within a few days, but then they all do that and the same number as before still get in and the same number get left out. So they respond within a day; likewise. So they learn to respond within a few hours, or within a few minutes.
Once everybody has their phones set to notify and use tapatalk, a coop (here or elsewhere) could sell out in 5 minutes.
OR - some people may not be able to keep up with the escalation, in which case those with smart phones and the ability to interrupt on short notice will get in, while those without will not get in, when demand is much higher than supply.
Luckily, the solution here is to keep doing coops until the (aggregate) supply approaches demand. It's not like a once a year concert or such. So it'll all work out, as long as enough coop managers are available. I'm not complaining, just observing a common dynamics of escalating speed-up which shows up in this among other circumstances.
One of the things I'm curious about in regard to these dynamics, is how close supply is to demand. If there were unlimited kits available (for whatever), would we have 50% more takers than we do now, or 300% more?
