Ask HN: Why don't Amazon, Target, Walmart implement product queueing?

Re:Ask HN: Why don't Amazon, Target, Walmart implement produ... by PaulHoule on Sunday July 26, 2020 @01:39PM (#23958677)

You mean I would go on the web site and say I want product X and then I have dibs on the Nth next one to be available, say three hours or three weeks later?

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't Amazon, Target, Walmart implement produ... by cloudartisans on Sunday July 26, 2020 @04:13PM (#23959832)

Let's say I want this hand sanitizer:

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01HEUD8YS

I should be able to purchase a quantity of 1-2, even if it's out of stock. I'm completely fine with being number 527,374 in line, but I want to be sure I will get it and only have to do this once. Instead of refreshing this page 20 times a day for a week, in hopes of hitting the several minutes when it becomes available and then inevitably sells out.

This is especially true for masks--impossible to be a good citizen and buy them, when there is no sane way of buying them and you have to jump through the hoops above.

I really don't want to write a scraper because it seems unethical, to get a "leg up" on the non-tech savvy people.

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