Amazon Sales Record

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday December 28, 2004 @01:58AM from the online-is-where-its-at dept.

Arcadi writes "Amazon set a new record of items sold on a single day. More than 2.8 million units or 32 items per second. That's a big store."

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Funny coincidence? by AndreyF · 2004-12-28 02:02 · Score: 3, Insightful

I bought 5 books on Amazon that day-- I used up my gift certificates from Christmas and ordered a textbook for next semester.
What is it about that site... by abirdman · 2004-12-28 02:12 · Score: 3, Insightful

What is it about the iWon.com site that makes me feel all slimy and dirty? Is it the fact that they're major purveyors of spam? Or could it be all the "popup blocker" ads they run to fund their site, duping the rubes into thinking there's a downloadable software solution to the problem that they and their ilk are doing everything to promote--the indiscriminate installation of spyware, malware, and popups.
It's mildly interesting that Amazon is breaking sales records, but I don't believe a word from that awful site... and as another poster already mentioned-- there's damn little content in the article.

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Everything I've ever learned the hard way was based on a statistically invalid sample.
32 per second? Whoop-de-doo! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-28 04:00 · Score: 3, Insightful

Ever been in a Walmart? How many times to you hear a 'beep' as an item is registered at the checkout?

I suspect most large, busy stores clock around 20-30 items sold per second on a regular basis. An enterprise the scale of WalMart might clock in thousands per second for all stores on exceptionally busy days.

This might be a 'record day' for Amazon, but it's hardly news.