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55 Gallons of Lube? Customers Complain That Amazon #PrimeDay Sales Are Terrible
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | July 15, 2015 | Staff

Posted on 07/16/2015 5:33:35 AM PDT by C19fan

Amazon's #PrimeDay launched on Wednesday as the company bragged the sales would be even better than Black Friday's.

However, Amazon users were not impressed with the sales the e-commerce site offered, and many users took to Twitter to express their displeasure. #PrimeDayFail and #PrimeDay both trended as the complaints poured in.

"Either I'm missing something or the @amazon prime sale is a joke. Everything I want is full price. #PrimeDayFail," said one user. "This #PrimeDay sucks ... its like a digital garage sale," said another.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: amazon; prime; primeday
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Yesterday's so called Prime Day was a joke. The only thing I was half interested in was a Makita tool set.
1 posted on 07/16/2015 5:33:35 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Someone mentioned a week or two ago that Amazon has not actually started making money yet. Does anyone know if this is true? I was a bit shocked...


2 posted on 07/16/2015 5:37:44 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: cuban leaf

That is correct. Whatever money Bezos makes he plows back into Amazon.


3 posted on 07/16/2015 5:38:54 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I managed to snag and IPad mini.


4 posted on 07/16/2015 5:40:50 AM PDT by Andy'smom (How many more acts of love can we take?)
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To: C19fan

55 gallon drums of passion lube?? Is this what America has become? I want to believe this is a joke.


5 posted on 07/16/2015 5:44:58 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: C19fan
I saw an inexpensive laptop was upcoming for sale in 15 min. So I checked it out, ordinarily $230 or so. When the deal went live, it was being sold for $166. What a great deal! So I clicked on it (it must have been less than 2 seconds after the deal went "live") and got the "100% claimed" message. I suspect that the fix was already in.

Smells like a complete fraud to me.

6 posted on 07/16/2015 5:45:04 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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55 Gallons of Lube?

Well maybe there's a market for that in San Francisco.

7 posted on 07/16/2015 5:46:36 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: C19fan

The sale prices looked good to me, I was just too late to the party.


8 posted on 07/16/2015 5:48:38 AM PDT by madison10 (If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter)
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I live in a small town in central KY. I moved here from Seattle. Everyone I meet thinks I work for Amazon because they have a warehouse here. They have a reputation for being slave drivers with high turnover and, interestingly, they may come into a problem my last company had: Their call center burned through the entire “employable” population of the surrounding area and had to close up shop and move to a different state.

Ten buck an hour to be treated like children. But, to be fair, I think the poor managers make $12 an hour, so they are not exactly the cream...


9 posted on 07/16/2015 5:48:44 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Cincinatus

That was my problem, and the waitlists.


10 posted on 07/16/2015 5:50:16 AM PDT by madison10 (If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter)
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To: C19fan

I was underwhelmed.


11 posted on 07/16/2015 5:51:00 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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I was hoping for some camping gear sales.

Nuthin’
Zippo.


12 posted on 07/16/2015 5:53:09 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (We're gonna need more Benjamin Martins to hold off the Col. Tavingtons o'er the hill.)
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To: Truth29

It’s real. And a bargain .

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005MR3IVO/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1437051320&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&keywords=55+gallon+drum+of+lube&dpPl=1&dpID=41KQvoSmMhL&ref=plSrch


13 posted on 07/16/2015 5:54:43 AM PDT by Kozak (Walker / Cruz 2016 or Cruz/ Walker 2016 Either one is good...)
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To: cuban leaf

Amazon has the lowest employee retention of Fortune 500 companies. The average tenure is less than one year.


14 posted on 07/16/2015 5:56:27 AM PDT by dc27
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To: Kozak

Too expensive for a gag gift.


15 posted on 07/16/2015 6:01:25 AM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Cincinatus
I got several good deals including a Crucial 256gb Solid State Hard drive for 75 bucks delivered. (I got it for even less when I applied a discount I got in an email from Amazon and used two 5 buck Amazon gift cards I get from doing Bing searches.)

I got a 64gb memory stick for 8.95 delivered but had to get on the waiting list for that one. It went fast. I finally got the ship confirmation this morning.

16 posted on 07/16/2015 6:06:26 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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We were expecting Amazon to add a special Prime discount to our Wish List items. Or at least to items that we’ve expressed an interest in or at least clicked on. We don’t just buy stuff because it’s a good deal, we buy what we want and need. FAIL.


17 posted on 07/16/2015 6:07:24 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Cincinatus

Amazon doesn’t say how many laptops are for sale. My guess is, there was only one laptop for sale that’s why it was 100% claimed.


18 posted on 07/16/2015 6:10:34 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Kozak

The “Other Customers Viewed” products are hilarious.


19 posted on 07/16/2015 6:13:48 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: C19fan; cuban leaf

If Amazon isn’t malking money yet, then why are they buying/merging other companies with them? I hated it when W00t became an Amazon partner.


20 posted on 07/16/2015 6:14:53 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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