Amazon Prime Day Problems: Site Crashes As Shoppers Search For Deals

Amazon Prime Day kicks off here in a couple of hours and runs for a good 36 hours or so.

“We train all year for events like this”, Lindsay said. There have also been widespread calls on social media for shoppers to boycott Amazon during Prime Day, which continues through Tuesday.

This problem appears to be affecting the Amazon.com website, and not the UK Amazon site.

Amazon is facing another backlash, with sales that lasted less than two minutes, server crashes and questionable sale marketing practises, with some retailers now calling for an ACCC investigation into the USA retailers online sales practises.

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Prime Day is also a way for Amazon to keep its subscribers on board. What’s more, scammers have developed elaborate strategies to capitalize on the shopping frenzy. This wasn’t among them, though, so it’s not like Amazon has leaked everything before the start of Prime Day festivities.

The “dogs of Amazon” featured in these pages are dogs owned by the employees that come to work with their owners.

Some saw an error page featuring the “dogs of Amazon” and were unable to enter the site, while others could not enter specific product pages. And if you’re a voracious reader, Amazon’s KindleUnlimited service lets you read (or listen to if you’re into Audiobooks) your choice of millions of titles any time you like for $10 per month.

If you haven’t signed up before there is the option of a free 30-day trial. Moreover, the company is also offering monthly subscription plan at just Rs. 129. Cool, click the link. Are they marked “Amazon Verified Purchase”?

This is causing many people to jokingly detail all the savings they are receiving from Prime Day, simply because they are unable to buy anything.

In the end, the only way to 100 percent know what you’re ordering is the thing advertised is perhaps to go to a physical store and hold it in your hands. Any product that enjoys a Prime Day discount will return to its normal price beyond this time.