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[Avutta1978]

Here is the $99 Xbox360 with cell phone plan CompUSA deal btw: http://compusa.shoplocal.com/compus...pid=339075&pagenumber=1&listingid=-2094077243

does the 200 off apply to one item or any item that you can us3 with the 200

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

My browser is still trying to load the "verification" question. I entered the answer and it's been sitting there loading for like the last 15 minutes. Does that only come up if your order went through?

I'm still holding out hope that maybe, just maybe I might've gotten one, but I doubt it considering my first response was incorrect; I was so wound-up and put in my password instead of the answer to their question and had to try again!

Of course, I already have a 360, but this could've been a nice surprise for a friend or even a backup. Still loading... dammit

 

[NotMSRP]

Is there a cellphone deal w/PS3?

 

[Stoney Mason]

I was so wound-up and put in my password instead of the answer to their question and had to try again!

:lol

2+2=Batman

 

[AzN_F15h]

so who actually did get one? i dont even think amazon had 1,000 of them to begin with. the page finally loaded about 25 min after and it was already sold out. i did manage to buy the bike though. mountain bike FTW!

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

:lol

2+2=Batman

It's sad because it's true.

But WTF, the site is still loading the verification page.

Wait, Amazon took that long to tell me it's sold out. Oh well.

 

[Duderz]

The sale was today?

I thought it was tomorrow.

A loser = me.

 

[Greenpanda]

Geez, what a load of whiners.

It's 1000 360s for the entirety of the USA and the deal was posted all over the Internet, of course it's going to sell out quickly.

 

[reaver18]

This deal was ALL over the internet. You guys need to stop whining. 1000 360s is nothing to share with all the sites this was posted on. Did you really think you'd get one? :lol

 

[GSG Flash]

So only one gaffer was able to get one? Amazon sucks

 

[Markster]

Man, I was talking to a girl at 2pm (EST) instead of refreshing Amazon for this....

I don't know if it was worth it.

 

[InsertCredit]

Man, I was talking to a girl at 2pm (EST) instead of refreshing Amazon for this....

I don't know if it was worth it.

:lol :lol Good stuff regarding your avatar.

 

[Oracle Dragon]

Well at least ONE gaffer got one

That thing sold out in 7 seconds. Seriously, Im not joking, I had a timer, my system clock, and atomic clock page, you name it, all synced, and I refreshed at EXACTLY 11 am PST... the page stalled for a few seconds (less than 10) and then BAM "Sold out at this price'. UNREAL!

 

[Gandara]

Posted all over the internet and all the local papers. It's amazing that anyone here got one.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Amusing Ars Technica article:

Amazon had a promotion today wherein they were going to sell 1,000 $100 Xbox 360 Core Systems to 1,000 lucky customers. It's a giant loss leader, and you can bet that everyone and their mother who knew about it was banging away, hoping to score the deal.

How did the "loss leader" play out? It was more of a "lost packet" leader, if you ask me. Amazon's entire site buckled under the weight of the promotion, and was completely inaccessible for over 20 minutes from four different testing locations (Chicago, Boston, Indianapolis, New York, with 9 testers reporting). The site was noticeably slow at 10 minutes before 11AM PST, when the promotion was set to start. T-minus 5 minutes, and the site simply stopped responding. Amazon did not appear to host this promotion in a sandboxed environment, so when the throngs of users came, they managed to render Amazon inoperable as a whole, at least in the US. Maybe that was the plan, but we somehow doubt it.

Was the promotion a success? Surely some lucky people scored the deal, and maybe those same people bought a bunch of other stuff in typical loss-leader fashion. From where we sit, however, we wonder if the money lost to 15 minutes of downtime was really worth it for Amazon.

Sounds like a good chunk of their staff was trying to snag one. In the interest of "testing"...something. :lol

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/11/23/6068

 

[tHa_vIlLaMaN]

I officially HATE amazon (-_-')

 

[PhatSaqs]

Some dude who apparently works for amazon on the IGN boards posted and said they sold out in 29 seconds. He also posted a graph of "our total CPU loads in 5 (or 10) minute increments: (in %)"

 

[saelz8]

Nuts! :lol

 

[GhaleonEB]

ouch!

 

[goodcow]

Some dude who apparently works for amazon on the IGN boards posted and said they sold out in 29 seconds. He also posted a graph of "our total CPU loads in 5 (or 10) minute increments: (in %)"

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol