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Amazon Collapses Under Weight of 1,000 Xboxes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everyone-is-falling-down dept.

theodp writes "Is there such a thing as a BusinessWeek Cover Jinx? Amazon was bitten by the success of its 1,000 Xboxes for $100 promotion, which brought the entire site to its knees for about 15 minutes on Thanksgiving Day. Singing the too-much-traffic blues on Black Friday were Wal-Mart and Disney."

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  1. foo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    poop

    1. Re:foo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      haha, fail, no entry into GNAA, etc.

    2. Re:foo by chez69 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      diarrhea

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  2. Re:Heh. by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Troll?"

    Incorrect, factually defective, lacking in spaces, and truthiness-challenged, sure... ...but "troll?"

    Seriously. Who's giving out the mod points these days?