Have you read the posts? The vast majority are giving Amazon the thumbs up on this. Most/.ers are saying that Amazon were completely withing their rights to charge whatever they wanted.
Allow me to reiterate what has been said.
Amazon upped their prices
People payed for products at said price
Amazon gave people a refund
People whinged that they had been ripped off
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's a slight conflict between points 2 and 4. Once these people have paid the said amount it becomes their problem. It's not Amazon being big and evil, it's people being stupid. And you'll find that the majority of posts so far have pointed this out. People aren't getting on Amazons case, their getting on peoples case for being stupid enough to pay the infalted prices.
If you're gonna complain, at least make it a valid point
Am I the only one who thinks that people around here need to get over themselves? So/. posts an article about soemthing which turns out to be a hoax. They then post an article which explains the hoax and people go off at them for any number of reasons.
Slashdot should research their articles
Slashdot are stupid for believing the hoax
Slashdot have never acknowledged a hoax they wrote about before. Why are they doing it now?
Slashdot never gives any decent stories
Hemos sucks
To all of those who have complained about any of these things, i have one thing to say to you. Get over it. If you don't like Slashdot, don't come here. If you don't like a story, don't read it. If you're concerned about the validity of a story, check it up yourself.
Turning back to the topic at hand, I think this was a great hoax, considering the fact that it made various news pages, including this one, all around the world in the space of about a week. They managed to get 100,000 hits in a day, all as a result of one comment on usenet. It's success can be seen by the number of people acknowleging it on both this site and in other ways.
I also think that Slashdot should be commended for posting this article and having the ability to admit that they didn't entirely see it coming themselves.
Slashdot Mirror
Allow me to reiterate what has been said.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's a slight conflict between points 2 and 4. Once these people have paid the said amount it becomes their problem. It's not Amazon being big and evil, it's people being stupid. And you'll find that the majority of posts so far have pointed this out. People aren't getting on Amazons case, their getting on peoples case for being stupid enough to pay the infalted prices.
If you're gonna complain, at least make it a valid point
Slashdot should research their articles
Slashdot are stupid for believing the hoax
Slashdot have never acknowledged a hoax they wrote about before. Why are they doing it now?
Slashdot never gives any decent stories
Hemos sucks
To all of those who have complained about any of these things, i have one thing to say to you. Get over it. If you don't like Slashdot, don't come here. If you don't like a story, don't read it. If you're concerned about the validity of a story, check it up yourself.
Turning back to the topic at hand, I think this was a great hoax, considering the fact that it made various news pages, including this one, all around the world in the space of about a week. They managed to get 100,000 hits in a day, all as a result of one comment on usenet. It's success can be seen by the number of people acknowleging it on both this site and in other ways.
I also think that Slashdot should be commended for posting this article and having the ability to admit that they didn't entirely see it coming themselves.