nice post…

THEY CANNOT BEHAVE LIKE THAT. THEY PLAY WITH US, CUSTOMERS.

GUESS WHAT…..I logged on, won the code, and bought a core system.

No scam, no bullshit. GROW THE FUCK UP.

You win some, you lose some.

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And seriously I couldn’t connect to amazon on firefox (with one account) after 10:58, I had to use IE on another compy with another account.

This is something I read in the amazon forums:

yeah they went fast, but their definately gone. it turns out that the server got hit with to many users and blacked out most of them. I tried pinging from different proxies in the US and even one from the UK with no luck. Amazon CS is saying their submitting a report to upper management to see if a concession can be offered for the people who couldn’t access the website.

Could mean amazon will make it more fair.

http://www.tech...#comment-434387

http://www.tech...#comment-434435

Wonder what amazon might say…