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That was kinda sad, but kind of funny in a way:

12:55: Click on 360 link on Amazon home page.
1:01: Page finally shows up. Sold Out.

Eh. Pwned. Total.

 

[GunFingers]

I got to the "please answer this question" page right at 1:00, but didn't notice there was a checkbox to accept some terms and conditions. Failed the authentication 5 times before noticing, by the time I got through they were sold out. Couldn't have been later than 1:00:30.

 

[Hero]

Amazon can go to hell. That was the worst online shopping experience ever.

 

[He Wants Chalupas]

Sold out in a minute lol.

 

[mr_nothin]

whohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! i got the code :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Let me BUY IT PLS

 

[VictimOfGrief]

Loaded and then died.... wow. :lol

 

[nincompoop]

The page finished loading for me before the clock hit 2:01, and it was still sold out.

 

[Piscopink]

I blame the moron who created this thread for this. One thread was enough! >.<

I blame you!

And the Internet!

 

[jtardiou]

captain N what is that in ur avatar?

 

[evil ways]

how can it be sold out in a second. total bullshit

It actually sold out 2 minutes before it was even 11:00am(3:00pm), so something tells me that Amazon employees got themselves a hefty serving of $100 360 stocking stuffers.

 

[CrapSandwich]

That was anti-climactic.

 

[Stabby McSter]

5 minutes later Amazon is still dead. :lol :lol :lol

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Well there goes 1,000 drops into the November NPD bucket!

 

[PocketMidget]

it never god damned loaded


oh and it killed cheapassgamer.com as well :lol

 

[Diablos]

Refresh at 1:55pm. It loads at 2:03pm with:

Xbox 360 Core System by Microsoft
Amazon Price: $299.99
Winning Price: $100.00

Sold out at this price
Limited quanitites

You better be ****ing lying

 

[speculawyer]

How can you know they are gone? Did you get through?

I can't even bring up https://www.amazon.com/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[Kuroyume]

I went to the site exaxtly at 11:00am... NO ****ING LIE

Dead within a second!

 

[Anobyl]

amazon is dead and I got nothing ou t of it


amazon needs to better prepare for these things

 

[Rabbit Lord]

Total BS. bah.

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

Amazon won't even load for me. jezuz****ingcristonastick. :lol

 

[VictimOfGrief]

OH SNAP I JUST GOT IN!

 

[GhaleonEB]

the site is STILL down for me. way to go guys! :lol

 

[Sanjuro]

What the ****?! You assholes now I can't finish my order for the Norelco Beard and Mustache trimmer.

 

[Uncle Dukey]

Failed as expected :|...

 

[CO_Andy]

Perrin Kaplan is somehow to blame for this.

 

[Captain N]

captain N what is that in ur avatar?

Shadow of the Colossus

 

[Luckett_X]

Oh hey Amazon just loaded up, i think I am too late or something?

MNNNNNGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

 

[Core407]

It actually sold out 2 minutes before it was even 11:00am(3:00pm), so something tells me that Amazon employees got themselves a hefty serving of $100 360 stocking stuffers.

What a waste Amazon is. I hoped that maybe their servers could handle the load and I'd have a shot at getting a 360, but obviously not. Why don't these "geniuses" figure out a way to do these sales in a proper way?

 

[Adagio]

:lol Holy shit.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Someone must pay for this...I find it hard to believe that noboby here got one. We're the masters of this type of stuff.

 

[speculawyer]

yep, finally got a reply:

We Have a Winner! Xbox 360 Core System by Microsoft
Amazon Price: $299.99
Winning Price: $100.00
Sold out at this price
Limited quanitites

 

[Illuminati]

I actually got up to a part where you had to verify the deal by answering a question. Mine was "What does 11+14" equal? After that it said it was sold out.

 

[Ristamar]

I got the page, clicked "add," but wound up with a "page cannot be displayed" after 3 minutes.

 

[Easy_G]

it never god damned loaded


oh and it killed cheapassgamer.com as well :lol

CAG is completely out of commission, haha.


And you'd think a site as popular as Amazon would oh, i don't know, have figured this would happen and actually prepare for it. Oh well.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

WTF seriously. I reloaded every 5 seconds and then the Xbox was gone from the site. Then it stopped loading. God damn it.

 

[maximum360]

I got as far as adding it to the cart then Amazon imploded. Page wouldn't load after that.

 

[Tarazet]

It's 11:10 and I haven't gotten the page to load since 10:55.

 

[InsertCredit]

Why didn't they hold a lottery?

 

[pr0cs]

Well there goes 1,000 drops into the November NPD bucket!

I thought buying consoles online had no effect on NPD numbers or does Amazon not count?

 

[cicero]

This is pathetic. Sending a ranting raging hate mail through their help section as soon as possible. HOW DARE I NOT GET ONE.

I was going to be a 360 THRILLHO. The dream is dead.

 

[Kuroyume]

Amazon, make things right.

Sell 10,000 units every week for the next ten weeks at $100. You broke my heart, assholes.

 

[G-Fex]

so gay..

 

[Shogun]

Dear Brendan P. Fay,

Congratulations! You have been assigned one of a limited number of claim
codes that entitles you to purchase one Xbox 360 Core System at the
Customers Vote discount. This claim code should have been automatically
redeemed to your account. Once you add the item to your cart and proceed
to checkout, you should see the discount on the Place Order page.

 

[Wario64]

I got as far as adding it to the cart then Amazon imploded. Page wouldn't load after that.

Uhm, don't you get the code before adding to the cart?

 

[wasting]

amazon is still dead for me, 12 minutes down now

 

[jda1977]

you saw this:

Verification
Answer the question below in order to obtain the claim code you will need to get the deal. This step helps prevent abuse.

What do you get when you add 19 and 13?



Terms and conditions

* No more than one of each offer can be redeemed per household, per customer, per credit card, or per shipping address.
* Amazon.com reserves the right to cancel orders or modify/terminate this promotion at any time.
* Amazon.com cannot be responsible for unforeseeable mechanical failures of our computer hardware or software that may occur during the ordering process.


I agree to the terms and conditions

 

[Naked Snake]

That was the worst online shopping experience ever.

Agreed.

 

[saelz8]

That was insane!

 

[speculawyer]

I hope at least one Gaffer got one. :-/

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

So how many of these are on Ebay right now due to scalpers?