Amazon Vote

[torpid]

Went in at 10:59 and it wasn't for sale. Immediately tried to reload and got in at 11:01 and the item wasn't on the page. At 11:02 it was sold out... what a waste of time.

 

[commOdog]

haha, there were probably 400,000+ people trying to get 1000 machines all at the exact same time

it is definitely logical that it sold out that fast

 

[Gdepp519]

holy cow that fast??!?!! im still trying the darn page woun't even load X(

 

[JeffMD]

Lol... they wernt kidding when people said this would be over in 2 seconds. I was actually hopefull that being there at 11am would be enough. I was refreshing about every 30 seconds (thats how long it took for the server to respond) and on one refresh it hadn't started yet... next refresh it was sold out.

I particularly dislike the "claim" system amazon is using. This allows ANYONE to reserve a system with no intention of actually buying it. What happens to the unclaimed systems tomorrow night?

Well guess I can stop trying for any more of these amazon deals.. it is clear that more then 1000 users were able to claim within seconds making it a futile luck of draw.

 

[zikronix]

and now i got screwed out of the bike....WTF

 

[tealk]

I will beleive it wasnt a scam if I hear that peeps actually got one....I just want to see who got them....should have been atleast a few online here at Anandtech that got some.

 

[child of wonder]

We were all scammed. This was just way to draw huge attention to themselves and get extra money from their advertisers.

 

[ndoggfromhell]

I tried too, just said "sold out at this price" 1000 units sold in a minute... that's shady. Stupid amazon!!!

 

[cpmer]

i still cant even get amazon to refresh lol must of crashed

 

[Vikroda]

Originally posted by: zikronix
lol now im trying to buy the bike...cause thats a good deal too

When amazon finally loaded all I got was a sold out on the 360. I got to the security question for the bike but now nothing is loading.

 

[tealk]

EXACTLY! SCREW AMAZON FOREVER!

 

[TigersHere]

wish everyone would keep hammering the site so they can't sell CRAP for a hour or two!

 

[commOdog]

i had 3 machines loaded up with the page open on each browser (6 windows) I got 2 security questions out of those and both were sold out when i answered

 

[Nick5324]

Heh, it loaded fine at 1:55 EST, but after that, it was slow. I had a few tabs open and was refreshing, from 1:55 on, it took until 2:03 to show me "sold out at this price". Heh, I had to laugh a little when it finally came up though. This reminded me off trying to use a cell phone after a big football game, everyone tries to use their phone, a select few hit it just right timing wise to get in. Congrats to anyone who picked this up.

Edit: I'm surprised how many people are calling scam. There were a boat load of people trying to buy a very small supply of something, all at the same moment. Imagine a few thousand people trying to run through the doors of a local store at one moment; a few will get in, but most of us will be stuck outside smelling each other's turkey breath.

 

[allies]

hahah that was lame! still not refreshing... this ruined my thanksgiving day so I'm suing for punitive damages

 

[spacelord]

Originally posted by: TigersHere
wish everyone would keep hammering the site so they can't sell CRAP for a hour or two!

set the Firefox extension for 5 seconds auto refresh for the rest of the day.

 

[batter]

Never was able to get to the site. Tried 2 minutes before it would start and was getting timeouts already.

 

[frankqfrank]

got 2 on 2 accounts

actually im just kidding
couldn't even get the page to refresh until 2:06 when it finally said sold out

 

[Traveler]

Totally agree, waste of time.
I already pressed to get the deal, continued to answer a math question and check agreement, then it's gone.
Fxxking waste of time and energy.

 

[wilki24]

I got to see the amazon.com front page, and that's it. Still won't load.

Stupid marketing BS.

 

[milagro]

Doesn't seem like a smart business move if this deal kills anyone from reaching amazon to buy anything....almost like they should call it "ddos attack invite day"

 

[Gdepp519]

Originally posted by: TigersHere
wish everyone would keep hammering the site so they can't sell CRAP for a hour or two!

haha.. im down

 

[trevor0323]

Ughhh! I had it all loaded up but I got the math question wrong!

 

[nyker96]

yes I can't get thru until now, but it says 299 now. guess it's sold out.

 

[cruzer]

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