# Why did Amazon get rd of the Open Orders option?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-amazon-get-rd-of-the-open-orders-option/821227>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 12, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-amazon-get-rd-of-the-open-orders-option/821227 "2018-09-12T16:17:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-amazon-get-rd-of-the-open-orders-option/821227/1 "2018-09-12T16:17:44Z")

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I have been on vacation. When I came back I logged into Amazon to check some stuff and noticed that under Your Orders the option for Open orders is gone. Not sure if this is a test and only some users have been effected but it is missing on two different PCs (but my Kindle still can filter for open orders).

A really dumb design decision if it sticks.

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-amazon-get-rd-of-the-open-orders-option/821227/2 "2018-09-12T17:00:11Z")

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I noticed that a day or two ago. But I also seem to recall this happened before, and it was fixed.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-amazon-get-rd-of-the-open-orders-option/821227/3 "2018-09-12T17:56:43Z")

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Open Orders works on my account using a PC. Just tried it.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-amazon-get-rd-of-the-open-orders-option/821227/4 "2018-09-14T17:53:44Z")

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Followup: a few days later it is back.

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-amazon-get-rd-of-the-open-orders-option/821227/5 "2018-09-15T17:52:47Z")

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I’m glad it’s back.

I was ready to give the usual, correct (and extremely short) answer in understanding Amazon:

$.

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**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-amazon-get-rd-of-the-open-orders-option/821227/6 "2018-09-16T02:24:22Z")

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Maybe this should go in Sequential Threads, but right above this thread right now is “Ebay got rid of My Collections”. I sense a trend that they’d rather you just go ahead and buy it RIGHT NOW.

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**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:** [September 16, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-amazon-get-rd-of-the-open-orders-option/821227/7 "2018-09-16T11:09:03Z")

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[del]I got no open orders option,[/del] and now it’s back. 😕