OK People... So the now fifth attempt and it finally worked.  I was discouraged at first because after I clicked buy I got the famous server error that we all are accustomed to seeing.  However once I was finally able to log back in, to my surprise I saw a very low BTC balance but 0 HBC balance.  A few minutes later I did see the proper balance of HBC.  It was still a painful and frustrating process.  Hope backend system continues to improve.  As long as your buy get submitted to the database you should be good once you log back in.  Good luck to everyone. Will try to buy more once I transfer more BTC.