Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in less than a minute

Re:Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in less than ... by mangeletti on Saturday November 12, 2016 @12:20AM (#12936729)

I was doing this (refreshing).

I had the Amazon app open on my phone and the website on my MacBook. I added it to my cart from the app at approx 14:00:01 ET, and by the time I clicked the cart and then checkout I got an error message saying the item was sold out.

I was so pissed that this happened, because I had been planning to follow this diligently since the day it was announced, and I had no less than 3 calendar events in my phone so that my day would be replete with reminders. I had the other websites that were supposedly selling it open as well, as a failed backup plan.

I should have written a script.

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Re:Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in less than ... by nicolewhite on Saturday November 12, 2016 @01:21AM (#12936883)

My gf just got one at Best Buy. They seem to have plenty.

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Re:Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in less than ... by arkitaip on Saturday November 12, 2016 @06:56AM (#12937509)

But... but that's like IRL. There are people out there.

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Re:Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in less than ... by B1FF_PSUVM on Saturday November 12, 2016 @06:00AM (#12937401)

No robots there yet?

(Probably those Aibos are not to be trusted with cash.)

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Re:Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in less than ... by johnward on Saturday November 12, 2016 @08:06AM (#12937651)

We had lines outside the local best buy in our small WV city.

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