# Amazon Is In Meltdown **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382 "2004-12-06T17:08:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/1 "2004-12-06T17:08:30Z")
Tried to get into Amazon, but no can do. Good sales year, or denial of service attack? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/2 "2004-12-06T17:12:09Z")
I think I saw [bn.com](http://bn.com) fleeing the scene… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/3 "2004-12-06T17:13:22Z")
Amazon.ca is working fine… ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/4 "2004-12-06T17:16:09Z")
It worked just fine for me, but I wouldn’t bre surprised if their servers were smoking and sparking like an episode of Star Trek where Kirk confuses a computer with a simple paradox. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/5 "2004-12-06T17:23:35Z")
Can’t get to it from here. And British Telecom is down too. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/6 "2004-12-06T17:25:41Z")
Good sales year, I think – I couldn’t get in for about a half hour last Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/7 "2004-12-06T17:57:10Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Tried to get into Amazon, but no can do. Well, what did you think?!? I AM married, you know… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/8 "2004-12-06T18:06:41Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Well, what did you think?!? I AM married, you know… 😃 Why would that be a problem _this time?_😕 😉😛😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/9 "2004-12-06T18:07:58Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Well, what did you think?!? I AM married, you know… 😃 But do you offer a gift-wrapping service? ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/10 "2004-12-06T20:31:38Z")
I’m trying to do 99% of my Christmas shopping there, so imagine my panic when my shopping cart suddenly disappeared after adding 35 items to it. As it is, 3 items I ordered went out of stock before I’ve even finished shopping. Seems to be back at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/11 "2004-12-06T22:15:00Z")
It took me three hours and cost me a massive headache, but I finally got my single item through… Oh well, at least it’s taken care of. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-in-meltdown/278382/12 "2004-12-06T22:46:24Z")
Oh, darlings, go to [bookfinder.com](http://bookfinder.com)—same books, half the price.