James DuFour is incredibly accommodating...once you make it through the door. Getting through the door is not easy and I like it that way. Anyone reading this has the exact same access to his razors that I do. Any "tricks" I use to procure equipment are readily available on forums....or just good old common sense. If he opened yesterday, there is a 95% chance you can forget about him opening the door for two weeks. See, I just reduced your stress by 50%. You know where his shop is, you know the time zone he is in, you understand normal business hours. See, I just reduced your remaining 50% by some more. Put your thinking caps on and reduce your "chase time" all by self.
Chasing them is absolutely maddening and I promise you, if you've not been fussed at by your wife for refreshing his page while you are shopping, you aren't doing it right. DuFour will throw some curves and open at really oddball hours (for him) so people in other time zones have access too. I've caught it open at 330 on a Sunday afternoon...I've seen it open at 6pm on a Saturday. I think the man goes out of his way to make it as fair as possible yet, he still gets trashed for it.
As Sean mentioned the other day...start a text group with your friends. THAT is the big "trick?. I had no shave friends at one time too. I did read a lot tho. I identified people that like the same kinds of razors I did and started PM friendships based on the commonalities. That turned into a decent list of guys that have my cell number and are willing to share the GO when it's time. There are some really genuinely nice people on here. They make it easy to ignore the hate.
Heck simply following DFS can net you one...I ordered one while sitting on the beach in Destin, FL because someone posted on DFS it was open...and I just happened to be the selfish guy on the beach reading a danged shaving forum! BTW...I also had time to text others who ordered on the same drop. I am cursed with an obsessive/addictive nature. I finally found something I can channel it into that is not self destructive. The worst I can do is piss a stranger off because he thinks I took his spot in line. I can live with that.