Amazon.com Down? - Yup, Missing in Action

HaggisMacJedi · 06-06-2008, 02:04 PM

My Kindle just arrived at the door (in less than 24 hours with the free shipping option no less!), and I can't get on Amazon through my PC or the Kindle. Is Amazon down, or is it me?

JeffElkins · 06-06-2008, 02:05 PM

Yep, the website is down anyway. Bezos is probably having a stroke right now

AnemicOak · 06-06-2008, 02:06 PM

Just tried it. I get "Http/1.1 Service Unavailable"

tlrowley · 06-06-2008, 02:10 PM

Bezos isn't the only one having a stroke - I'm going through withdrawal....

*breathe, breathe, breathe*

HaggisMacJedi · 06-06-2008, 02:10 PM

I'm the one having the stroke right now. I dropped all that jingle to get the darned thing here so quick and now all of a sudden Amazon's down????? Gee whiz. I feel like the kid on Christmas morning who's dad forgot to buy batteries for the new toy and all the stores in town are closed until tomorrow.

brecklundin · 06-06-2008, 02:13 PM

glad it is not just me...I just today got a Kindle and was testing the wireless and *poof* nuttin...I was thinking it was the device then I browsed to the site and got the error message.

I sure am glad they shipped all the stuff I ordered yesterday already...Bezos needs to pay the DSL bill more often...or my Kindle was the tipping point and when I tried to connect to pushed it over the edge...

brecklundin · 06-06-2008, 02:17 PM

want soem fun? look at the stock DROPPING...it's amazing:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/stor...%7D&dist=msr_1

Sure the site is down but it's not the end of Amazon or anything yet so many will dump the stock because of this...weird...

Rocketime · 06-06-2008, 02:17 PM

Just read that Amazon was bought out by SONY and we all have to buy new Sony readers. Sony indicated they will give Kindle owners a 3% discount on the PRS-505's

TadW · 06-06-2008, 02:17 PM

Wow... that is like the first time ever I've seen Amazon.com going down.

I made this screenshot so I can tell my grandchildren about it one day.

Alexander Turcic · 06-06-2008, 02:23 PM

It seems not even Amazon is immune from recession. Someone forgot to pay the electricity bills...

zelda_pinwheel · 06-06-2008, 02:26 PM

i know it's trivial, in the grand scheme of things, but somehow i feel as if i'm watching a little bit of histoire being made.

doctorow · 06-06-2008, 02:26 PM

The secure web connection is still working:

https://www.amazon.com/

A News.com guy calculated that based on last quarter's revenue of $4.13 billion, a full-scale global outage would cost Amazon more than $31,000 per minute on average!

tlrowley · 06-06-2008, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brecklundin

want soem fun? look at the stock DROPPING...it's amazing:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/stor...%7D&dist=msr_1

Sure the site is down but it's not the end of Amazon or anything yet so many will dump the stock because of this...weird...

You have seen the markets in general, today, right? It's not like AMZN's drop is out-of-line with the rest of the tech sector.

FourOhFour · 06-06-2008, 02:28 PM

https://www.amazon.com works, but slowly. And you'll have to keep adding the s in https as you move around the site

Edit: Mental note: Refresh thread before posting.

Alexander Turcic · 06-06-2008, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlrowley

You have seen the markets in general, today, right? It's not like AMZN's drop is out-of-line with the rest of the tech sector.

Yeah, and not just the tech sector. In Switzerland we are already talking about a "moderate" recession in the US.

06-06-2008, 02:04 PM	#1
HaggisMacJedi Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 1145527 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 4, iPhone 4	Amazon.com Down? - Yup, Missing in Action My Kindle just arrived at the door (in less than 24 hours with the free shipping option no less!), and I can't get on Amazon through my PC or the Kindle. Is Amazon down, or is it me?

06-06-2008, 02:17 PM	#9
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Wow... that is like the first time ever I've seen Amazon.com going down. I made this screenshot so I can tell my grandchildren about it one day. Attached Thumbnails

06-06-2008, 02:26 PM	#12
doctorow Guru Posts: 914 Karma: 3410461 Join Date: May 2004 Device: Kindle Touch	The secure web connection is still working: https://www.amazon.com/ A News.com guy calculated that based on last quarter's revenue of $4.13 billion, a full-scale global outage would cost Amazon more than $31,000 per minute on average! Attached Thumbnails

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JeffElkins Guru Posts: 780 Karma: 1416 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Kobo Clara 2E/HD, Kindle PW	Yep, the website is down anyway. Bezos is probably having a stroke right now

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06-06-2008, 02:10 PM	#4
tlrowley Quilt Geek Posts: 472 Karma: 91775 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Device: Kindle	Bezos isn't the only one having a stroke - I'm going through withdrawal.... breathe, breathe, breathe

06-06-2008, 02:13 PM	#6
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	glad it is not just me...I just today got a Kindle and was testing the wireless and poof nuttin...I was thinking it was the device then I browsed to the site and got the error message. I sure am glad they shipped all the stuff I ordered yesterday already...Bezos needs to pay the DSL bill more often...or my Kindle was the tipping point and when I tried to connect to pushed it over the edge...

06-06-2008, 02:17 PM	#8
Rocketime Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 431 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fruita, CO Device: Kindle/Nook Color/NST/Acer Iconica	Just read that Amazon was bought out by SONY and we all have to buy new Sony readers. Sony indicated they will give Kindle owners a 3% discount on the PRS-505's

06-06-2008, 02:23 PM	#10
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	It seems not even Amazon is immune from recession. Someone forgot to pay the electricity bills...

06-06-2008, 02:26 PM	#11
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i know it's trivial, in the grand scheme of things, but somehow i feel as if i'm watching a little bit of histoire being made.

06-06-2008, 02:28 PM	#14
FourOhFour HTTP Error Posts: 84 Karma: 3000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	https://www.amazon.com works, but slowly. And you'll have to keep adding the s in https as you move around the site Edit: Mental note: Refresh thread before posting.