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What's with Amazon.com tonight?

Sep 20, 2011 5:58 AM

Just tried going to My Account to check to see if the order I placed this morning has been shipped yet, and I got a message:

We're sorry!
An error occurred when we tried to process your request. Rest assured, we're working to resolve the problem as soon as possible. If you were trying to make a purchase, please check Your Account to confirm that the order was placed. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Continue shopping on the Amazon.com home page.

And the home page is blank in the middle, except for the categories on the side and 'Your Recent History.' Search suggestions still work, but nothing shows up in search results...

jaloola jaloola

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Important Message

We're sorry. We're temporarily unable to display all your orders below. Rest assured, we're working on the problem and expect to resolve it shortly. If you don't see the order you're looking for, please wait a few minutes, then visit this page again.

holymythos holymythos
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Huh. I can't remember the last time I saw Amazon with an error. In fact, I don't think I ever have. Weird. Yeah, I see it too, same thing.

shrdlu shrdlu
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Everything is working fine now for me.

holymythos holymythos
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It's probably the Amazon cloud - it's raining on itself. They are redoing (redux? updating?) the web site.

Been having some problems here at woot, too. Full moon? Family affliction? Normal web 'noise'?

gmwhit gmwhit
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Ran into this too. I typed in what I bought in the search field, and that pulled up my item. Hope it works for you.

anotherguy182 anotherguy182
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Yeah, something is odd. The Kindle Daily Deal is supposed to be $1.49 but it's still showing $14.30 as of 1 AM PST. Looks like a good book, too. Hopefully Amazon can work the bugs out sooner rather than later.

dreamyvelvet dreamyvelvet
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@holymythos: I am kind of amused that your post was abbreviated under "top answers" with the last two words being "Rest ass".

Amazon wants us to rest ass.

mtrlgrl mtrlgrl

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