off topic but kind of on topic.
Except for editing files, which I can't do, I've tried just about every theory searched and told to me about sockets.
I opened 37 mbs right after server time. Got nothing but crappy refineds, a few uniques, some mets, and 2 elite items.
I went to get 80 mbs, only got more crap.
I used all mets I had saved and hunted for for 3 months, stored on different accounts, and spammed in tc, got nothing.
Did the after SM spam too. Got nothing.
I'm really starting to get skeptical about the so told tricks, last one I will try will be shared with me soon by a guild friend. But since I am a member of this place and I did download a few edited files from here, I'll share the bellow for now in hopes to help in something if anything at all, and that each of you may draw your own conclusions. I've read enough about the timing theories, the "unique" item theories, and other interesting theories outside CO users and yourselves come up with, so maybe you can do something with this.
One merry day I needed to up a lvl 30 elite boot to my arch's lvl (110). I had to borrow some mets from my spouse, because my mets in hunted in BI failed. My spouse's mets come from either skypass or hunting. Went to tc, and around 10:45 pm (was too excited to note exact time, sorry), on Saturday, at boots at lvl 90, I got a socket. People around tc warehouse and artisian at the time==not many at all. Total mets used were 10.
Hopefully the above information will be of any use. If not, pardon my post.