Yahoo News Amazon crashes during Prime Day sales
There was good news and bad news for Amazon customers during the Prime Day sales event on Monday (July 16).
On the plus side, customers got very familiar with "the dogs of Amazon" while trying to purchase their 4K TVs, PS4s and tablets during the yearly sales spectacular, and the pooches were undeniably cute.
The downside was that they were seeing "the dogs of Amazon" so often as part of an error message because Amazon continuously crashed for customers all over the world during the height of Prime Day shopping.
Many were understandably mad. But others saw the funny side, and imagined the chaos that must have been unfolding over at Amazon HQ while the website was down:
Amazons IT department currently. #PrimeDay pic.twitter.com/XTJtF33yWj
- Emma Blackham (@emmamary4) July 16, 2018
#PrimeDay Amazons servers right now. Live webcam! pic.twitter.com/toj893ha80
- Joe (@jprice9729) July 16, 2018
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Amazon Prime: Hold my beer#PrimeDay #PrimeDay pic.twitter.com/Ldp99pWLzW- KristinDeLuciaMorgan (@kmorgan76) July 16, 2018
Live feed Amazon's software engineers #PrimeDay pic.twitter.com/Qn1BhHZOrV
- Hoss Rindman ⚾🏀📈 (@HossRindman) July 16, 2018
Hello 911, yes my Amazon is broken and it’s #PrimeDay help! pic.twitter.com/doMiI3Nq1S
- Paige 🌊 (@paigemac_88) July 16, 2018
Amazon, preparing their servers for #PrimeDay pic.twitter.com/SQ9oKQx3vm
- Someone's An Idiot (@SomeonesAnIdiot) July 16, 2018
Amazon’s website crashed, but at least the error page has a different dog each time it loads! 🐶 #PrimeDay pic.twitter.com/fOmUu6w0Gi
- Ryan (@TechnicallyWell) July 16, 2018
Live look inside Amazon’s servers #PrimeDay pic.twitter.com/hIqnSjGR3G
- Girth Brooks (@GirthBrooksLive) July 16, 2018
Live look at the Director of IT for Amazon rn #primeday pic.twitter.com/uIzRl5Gqla
- Ashley Shapiro (@Ashley_Shapiro1) July 16, 2018
Having so much fun browsing Amazon Something Went Wrong Day. #primeday #fail pic.twitter.com/KaaKBCPxrN
- Ben Mandelker (@BenMandelker) July 16, 2018
For someone else, the shopping delays were a nice chance to admire the dogs of Amazon:
Bad news: Amazon seems to be crashing from demand for Prime Day sales. Good news: Amazon's error page is amazing. pic.twitter.com/lhUcipHTZX
- Seth Fiegerman (@sfiegerman) July 16, 2018
While it's not clear what caused the error, one possible culprit has emerged:
Putin: We didn’t hack your election.
Reporter: Do you have anything do to with @amazon’s website crashing on #PrimeDay?
Putin: ....#primedaycrash #primedaycrash #AmazonPrimeDay pic.twitter.com/MFjSyW2EcX- Ellis Mbeh 💵➡️🏦 (@EllisMbeh) July 16, 2018
Tfw you hack Amazon's servers on prime day pic.twitter.com/kcv5lR7sF7
- Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 16, 2018
Amazon has yet to actually address why its website crashed, or offer a firm update on when full service will be restored.
Luckily, shoppers will have until Tuesday night (July 17) at midnight to snap up their video game consoles, headphones, e-readers, smartphones, boxsets and laptops at cheap prices. Click here for all the best deals.
The site seems to be working well enough at the moment, so get your shop on before the dogs of Amazon strike back with a vengeance!
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