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Newegg is getting slammed

They're not getting slammed. Their webpage is coming up without issue. Looks like they have some sort of backend issues going on though.

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They have been getting slammed. It took over an hour to get through on their chat.

(only to be told, "We'll look into it and get back to you in a day or two.")
 
Haha, nice. A small online computer retailer I used to work for used to "plant" their deals on Slickdeals and fat wallet, and we would just watch the web traffic bring down our servers lol. It's a good way to increase your customer base right before the holiday season.
 
Wyndru said:
Haha, nice. A small online computer retailer I used to work for used to "plant" their deals on Slickdeals and fat wallet, and we would just watch the web traffic bring down our servers lol. It's a good way to increase your customer base right before the holiday season.
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How does the site going down mean good business? I'm beginning to understand why you USED to work there.
 
gorcorps said:
How does the site going down mean good business? I'm beginning to understand why you USED to work there.
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I should have written that a little clearer. I meant the deals we offered were good for the increase in customers right before the season. The site going down just made us laugh because the web admins would be scrambling all night. I just did RMA and tech support, so it didn't affect me.

The company is still going strong (they actually have 2 websites now out of the same warehouse now). I'd name the site, but I know some of the employees that I worked with are on this forum (or at least they were at the time).
 
qliveur said:
Don't feel bad. I completely spaced it, too. 🙁

Newegg's definitely getting hammered and having problems.
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yeah i read about it last night and then forgot until about 20 minutes ago. missed it. even with the coupon they still don't beat microcenter
 
Slamming, back end issues, someone can't get it up, and the lack of a price.

Just skimming threads, did I miss anything?
 
Wyndru said:
I should have written that a little clearer. I meant the deals we offered were good for the increase in customers right before the season. The site going down just made us laugh because the web admins would be scrambling all night. I just did RMA and tech support, so it didn't affect me.

The company is still going strong (they actually have 2 websites now out of the same warehouse now). I'd name the site, but I know some of the employees that I worked with are on this forum (or at least they were at the time).
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When I catch someone doing this, I add their site to the censor list here; and report it to sites like stopforumspam, so that it starts coming up automatically censored. 🙂 You should work for major corporations - too concerned about short term profits to be worried about long term effects.
 
I'm willing to bet that a majority of the people redeeming the offer are those who bought multiples and are trying to get orders in before NE puts a stop to it, if they aren't already looking for it.

Of the 50k they had to sell, I wonder how many unique customers there actually were.
 
^What he said.

On the other hand, on Friday morning I ordered a 160gb intel SSD and BF3 game for 155 bucks. OHHH Yeaaahhhh.
 
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