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Old 29-10-2008, 12:49 PM   #1
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Who's having trouble getting what they want for todays b'day bash sale?

i've been tryin for 50 minutes to get my $5 but their servers just won't let me in, far too busy.

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Old 29-10-2008, 12:59 PM   #2
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What are you on about????
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Old 29-10-2008, 01:01 PM   #3
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www.catchoftheday.com.au

the thread was aimed for people familiar to the site, i'm sure there are alot in the community
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Old 29-10-2008, 03:21 PM   #4
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Yeah I have been trying all day. Not a chance to get on!!!

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Old 30-10-2008, 12:17 PM   #5
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was an absolute scam... you can't do that much advertising and then sell out in 4 mintues... not one of the 20 guys in the office got anything for the whole sale... just a marketing ploy if you ask me :(
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Old 30-10-2008, 01:10 PM   #6
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You mean a business might launch a sale as a marketing ploy? What a surprise!
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Old 30-10-2008, 03:19 PM   #7
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^ No, market a sale for *very* limited numbers of items.
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Old 30-10-2008, 06:28 PM   #8
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it was their 2nd birthday, and they have monthly 'sale a thons' so youd reckon they'd know what the bandwidth traffic would be like, and the stocks they need to carry, so to sell out of your hourly items within 10 minutes on a site that no one could get into, IMO is very suss. this was advertised half page in the herald sun ffs. did anyone here actually manage to get something???
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Each time I finally got on I was greeted by a nice big SOLD OUT sign!!!
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Old 30-10-2008, 07:53 PM   #10
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it was their 2nd birthday, and they have monthly 'sale a thons' so youd reckon they'd know what the bandwidth traffic would be like, and the stocks they need to carry, so to sell out of your hourly items within 10 minutes on a site that no one could get into, IMO is very suss. this was advertised half page in the herald sun ffs. did anyone here actually manage to get something???
I'm sure they would've LOVED to have more stock so they could sell more and make more money. Do you think they didn't want to sell to you? Have you never heard of ads with the disclaimer 'while stocks last'?

Was it a scam? No! (do you even know what a scam is?)

Was it a marketing ploy? Yes!

Did it work? Looks like it!
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Old 30-10-2008, 09:12 PM   #11
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i don't know how you'd run a business nommic, but i'd hate to be a customer of yours if you're willing to pi$$ off 99% of your registered users, for the sake of getting your name out there. no, it probly wasn't a scam but as I stated, 'IMO' it was a suss sale. Now if you don't use the site or if you're not familiar with the story behind the thread, maybe your sarcasm would be appreciated elsewhere
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I grabbed a Wii, a Samsung DVD player, and that 5MP camera.

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I grabbed a Wii, a Samsung DVD player, and that 5MP camera.

Suckers!
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Yeah, I don't believe you.
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i wanted the Tom Tom GPS but i couldnt log on in time :(
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