I'm the one who tweeted about being bumped to the back of the line. (Group 4). I found out later that I wasn't just bumped to the back of the line, I was removed from the line completely. Strobe emailed me and said that they sometimes have to remove accounts that are fraudulent. Because apparently buying the album and referring one friend is fraudulent.
They said that spots would be locked in at 5 pm PDT on Saturday, but at that time, I was in spot 40, and group 1. Early on Sunday afternoon when I checked, I was in spot 35. On Sunday evening, I was in spot 32, then on Monday, I was in spot "#" and group 4. (In other words, not in line at all anymore).
I'm not sure why, but they emailed me again on Tuesday afternoon, about half an hour after the pre-sale started, with a link and a code to buy tickets. I only wanted one, so the issues other people had with being told they could buy 4, then only being allowed to buy 2 didn't apply to me.
This was my first time participating in a pre-sale, and it was an absolute mess. I'm still annoyed that being an LPU member apparently didn't make any difference as to when people could buy tickets. One group was supposed to get access at 1 pm, another group at 2 pm, etc, but it seems like at 1 pm, the gates opened, and it was a free-for-all. I really don't understand why they bothered to have things people could do to move up in line, or groups at all, when it seemingly didn't matter.
This was the most aggravating experience I've had in years, especially since I bought an LPU membership mostly for the pre-sale access, and until the last minute, it looked like I wasn't going get access to the pre-sale. I was livid.
