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Bloody Amazon Black Friday!

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QuizteamBleakley · 22/11/2010 09:47

Amazon are doing a 'Black Friday' (started today, finishes Fr - hence name) where each hour they flog summat off dirt cheap. I pressed BUY at 09:00:01 for Take That's new CD at £1 (for SiL) and have been "waiting in the queue" ever since...

I'm 37+3 and have been sleeping about 3 hours a night. AIBU to just go back to bed and sod the savings?! Grin

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OracleInaCoracle · 22/11/2010 20:04

dammit, i was after a wii but i snoozed

megapixels · 22/11/2010 20:04

Oh I really wanted the Wii for my sister :(. So do many thousands too I'm afraid (not for their sister though). What a great price.

lucky1979 · 22/11/2010 20:04

They didn't have to spend long sorting out the queue for the wii, bet there were only 100 or something!

DirtyMartini · 22/11/2010 20:04

Bumptious, can you post a link to the page you're looking at?

OracleInaCoracle · 22/11/2010 20:04

how many will reappear on ebay dya think?

TheLogLady · 22/11/2010 20:05

not really sure - just click really quickly when it flicks over the hour. i couldn't find what button to click for the wii though. do i click where it says view lightening offer?

DirtyMartini · 22/11/2010 20:05

Bet there were about ten.

DirtyMartini · 22/11/2010 20:06

An "add to basket" link will appear on the main screen, you don't need to click through to the item page.

BumptiousandBustly · 22/11/2010 20:06

tthis page

TragicallyHip · 22/11/2010 20:07

I am utterly utterly pissed off with myself. Didn't get to the page in time and missed out on trying for the Wii Sad

Probably wouldn't have got it but I could still kick myself!!

Umami · 22/11/2010 20:08

Gaaah. No House-athon for me - clearly the shaver was luck and not technique Grin

TheLogLady · 22/11/2010 20:08

where? i saw no basket yet managed to gbuy a box of chocolates i don't really want.

do you think the mystery one at nine is a camcorder?

TragicallyHip · 22/11/2010 20:09

That's what is annoying is that people are buying to sell on for a higher price..bastards!!

TheLogLady · 22/11/2010 20:09

so clic on the item then a basket somewhere?

BumptiousandBustly · 22/11/2010 20:10

OK, have worked it out, it wasnt' working with my browser - am now on IE and its working - Sorry.

Jareth · 22/11/2010 20:10

Who else thinks £60 is still too much for a House box set? Confused

Grin
DirtyMartini · 22/11/2010 20:11

I do Jareth! I like House but I wouldn't watch them more than once and I've seen most of them already.

DomesticGoddessInTraining · 22/11/2010 20:12

Meh, am still in the queue for a Wii, but have no chance. 'Tis all a big con, didn't want one anyway! Grin

TheLogLady · 22/11/2010 20:15

if i turn on one click does it still give me delivery options?

TragicallyHip · 22/11/2010 20:16

I now have a Wii game but no Wii Grin

TragicallyHip · 22/11/2010 20:17

Yeah it does but you can also change those details as soon as you have made an order

DirtyMartini · 22/11/2010 20:17

LogLady, there is no need to click on the item.

As the hour dawns, a "add to basket" link magically appears beneath each item, without you needing to refresh your screen. So if you're just hovering, keep your mouse poised beneath the image of the item and wait for the screen to change and click on the "add to basket" button when it appears.

Won't necessarily work of course, but I don't think there is another way to do it.

TheLogLady · 22/11/2010 20:18

strangely addictive and i have the day off tomorrow Grin

TheLogLady · 22/11/2010 20:19

i have no idea how i managed to buy thee chocolate then. Grin

TragicallyHip · 22/11/2010 20:22

It is quite addictive, I have been on the computer all day today and will continue till I bloody well get something decent Grin

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