I was just refreshing the 0-2000 pt search(in the search bar)
shop.velocityfrequentflyer.com
That was the page I have been monitoring too. The 1pt rewards did show up on there. I’d been sporadically refreshing that page and happened to hit it just before the insta post and I saw the airpods, dyson hairdryers etc.
However, you also need to log in to the store to check out, and at this point it will stick you in the queue before it lets you back onto the store. I wasted some time trying to add stuff to my cart first before I tried to login, so I wasn’t in the queue as quickly as I could have been.
By the time I got through the queue and back onto the store it was just the cookbooks, some Pandora tat, nose trimmers, electric toothbrushes, a toaster, various cheaper (non Apple) headphones and a few other bits and bobs. Made a split second decision on a waffle maker as posted upthread.
Despite all the complaints from people who missed out, I guess they must have had a fair bit of stuff to giveaway, as I was probably in the queue for 5-10 minutes — and the whole sale probably took, what 20? 30 mins? I would expect a fair quantity of items will have been checked out during that time.
I feel like VFF are on a hiding to nothing with this promo: the negative response from the majority who inevitably miss out will far outweigh the positive views of the much smaller number who get something.