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Re:Amazon was down by shawabawa3 on Friday May 10, 2013 @11:33AM (#5686743)
Also, a lot of the "lost" orders during the down time will actually just be delayed. I imagine most people will just try to place their order again tomorrow
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Re:Amazon was down by potatolicious on Friday May 10, 2013 @11:56AM (#5686887)
That depends too. I suspect at this time of year it's true - during the holidays I wouldn't bank on it. When people are gift shopping downtime easily means the difference between a sale and the customer jumping in their car and running down to the Toys 'R Us.

Downtime is a Big Deal during the high retail season, and not really a big deal outside of it.

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