magik Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 They will be getting a call from me, and I will be buying one for $100. No you won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSPro Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 lol, im still having trouble getting the page to refresh. Wow, they sold out in like 40 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 They will be getting a call from me, and I will be buying one for $100. Page finally loaded over 10 minutes later, and said all were gone. There is NO WAY anyone could have loaded their page unless they were only letting certain IP ranges in (which I'm sure is what they did), or they are just running a HUGE SCAM and no one got one (maybe 1 or 2, no way 1000). Let us know how it goes. I'll call as well if it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshpo Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 They will be getting a call from me, and I will be buying one for $100. Page finally loaded over 10 minutes later, and said all were gone. There is NO WAY anyone could have loaded their page unless they were only letting certain IP ranges in (which I'm sure is what they did), or they are just running a HUGE SCAM and no one got one (maybe 1 or 2, no way 1000). Yeah let us know how that works for you.... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerolimit Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 this is bull! I was in by 11:00:04 and i still didn't get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 hey the bike deal is still available for $60. Too bad I don't need a mountainbike right now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrosslover Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 seriously Amazon needs to make sure they have the capacity to handle traffice like this next time they run some deal like this, so everybody can get a fair chance to at least try to get the item and not be able to get it jsut because Amazon's servers suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_loblaw Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 this is total bull. mine loaded seconds after it started and said it was sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samriley Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 you dont think 1000's of people just like you tried to get on the site at that time to get one? its just pure luck if you are one of the first to get through. cant pretty much guarentee your phone call wont make a difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mluu510 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 if it works, then you better do it now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlogank Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 At 11:09 I got in and got my number :) liar...they were gone within 2 minutes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted November 23, 2006 Veteran Share Posted November 23, 2006 hey the bike deal is still available for $60. Too bad I don't need a mountainbike right now.. I was thinking of getting the bike, but one guy said it shifted by itself and thats the entire reason I refuse to ride the bike I have now. I was standing on it and it shifted and sent me sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSPro Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 seriously Amazon needs to make sure they have the capacity to handle traffice like this next time they run some deal like this, so everybody can get a fair chance to at least try to get the item and not be able to get it jsut because Amazon's servers suck. yeah, ain't it the truth. I don't want no stinkin barbie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sin-ergy Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 haha I was refreshing for 12 minutes until it came back sold out. oh well :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccodude Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 BAHH!! i had six other friends get on simutaneously, all of us refreshed at exactly 12:59 CST and nobody could get on until 13:09... this is rediculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguy03 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 If amazon is going to hold contests like these, they should atleast have servers powerful enough to handle them (I couldn't reach for the site for 10 minutes straight). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilbert Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 The reason is becuase millions of people are trying to get into a small window at the same second. Imagine having 10,000 people in front of Best Buy at 6:00 when the doors open and they only have 10 computers at $100...it would be a mess...wait..that is supposed to happen tomorrow :p However i do believe that stunts like this do not really serve any purpose other than make 1000 people happy and 1 million people ****ed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawtai Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 That sucked, the page finally loaded for me after almost 18 minutes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKuro Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 No refresh for me either :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSPro Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 However i do believe that stunts like this do not really serve any purpose other than make 1000 people happy and 1 million people ****ed... Hahaha!!! Seriously, im a little teed an amazon for not having some descent servers. 9 minute wait time to get it to refresh... "Come back at 11am PST" 10:59:45 :: page refresh 11:12 page finally loads "Sorry, SOLD OUT!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccodude Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 If amazon is going to hold contests like these, they should atleast have servers powerful enough to handle them (I couldn't reach for the site for 10 minutes straight). agreed. for a company that can afford to sell 1000 xboxes for 1/3 of the price, they cant even manage to have better servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrosslover Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 The reason is becuase millions of people are trying to get into a small window at the same second. Imagine having 10,000 people in front of Best Buy at 6:00 when the doors open and they only have 10 computers at $100...it would be a mess...wait..that is supposed to happen tomorrow :p However i do believe that stunts like this do not really serve any purpose other than make 1000 people happy and 1 million people ****ed... yeah i fully expected those numbers, even at a minimum of 10,000 people clicking at the same time you would be lucky to get one. I wouldn't be so ****ed if I lost the bid because somebody typed their password in faster than me or went through the prompts faster, but to not even be able to access the entire amazon.com page from 1:57 until 2:10 is just pure bs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphie Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 1000 isn't that big of a number but still. Amazon had 100% packet loss (for me anyway), as far as my computer (and everyone else I know) was concerned, the site was down. Then the first page load I come back to, having it sold out seems very shady. I'd like to see people who actually got them. Feels like a marketing ploy to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 What's their customer service contact email? I'm going to mail them to complain. I know it won't do anything, but I have to get it off my chest :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jafoman Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Mine refreshed after 4 minutes... And it was sold out already. Someone said theirs refreshed at 11:01 and it said sold out! Here is what it looks like if you did get one (NOT ME)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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