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They do not deserve any further chances IMO. I will never forgive them for their shonky business practices.
CatchOfTheDay Birthday Bash, $150,000 Worth of Freebies with 1 Cent Shipping!
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siawkia on 29/10/2012 - 17:33 catchoftheday.com.au (15 clicks)
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Dates
Closing Date
31/12/2013
Prizes
Description
stuff
No. of Prizes
1
Total Prize Pool
$150,000.00
Entry Requirements
Open To
Australia-wide
Entry Limit
Entry Methods
Facebook, Twitter/X
Prerequisites
n/a
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Love it or Hate it!
This time, at least they are letting us know the quantity of the items!
Quote from their website:
We couldn't have done it without you, so on our sixth birthday we didn't want to celebrate with anyone except YOU. How are we going to celebrate together? Free stuff! Why not? Everyone loves something free, and when its time to celebrate nothing beats a giveaway. Here’s the rundown:
- We'll be giving away $150,000 worth of goods for 12 hours, with one item featured every 10 minutes, one freebie every 10 minutes means a total of 72 giveaway opportunities
- Every item will have different quantities in stock, you can see the stock availability for each item below (scroll down!)
- Just pay 1 cent shipping (this is a system restriction - relax scrooge!)
- The party starts at a mystery time on Wednesday 31st October, the starting time will be announced on email, Facebook and twitter so make sure you subscribe / like / follow us below, or you'll miss the beginning.
PS: I probably shouldn't have to post this deal as it would mean more competition from fellow ozbargainers!
mod - Note: they will be requiring you to agree to receive emails from them, daily, before they will let you onto the site, today
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Tis nice they finally show the QTY, even though it is very low.
I can predict my outcome = nothing gained
Knowing COTD they probably had -1 iPad in stock.
That means YOU must give them one iPad if you click 'add to cart'.
PS: I probably shouldn't have to post this deal as it would mean more competition from fellow ozbargainers!
not really. their server will ensure you'd have NO competition at all.
833 Dora the Explorer headphones. heh.
back off man, i will do whatever it takes to get a pair
To be honest, they only have good deals when QQQ post coupon codes for selected products from time to time. Their marketing stunt is not worth considering because you would only find it completely waste of time.
server will crash. I never managed to get any deals like this from COD
Seriously screw these guys. This isn't a bargain, there aren't enough items for even 10 people to get something, and then guaranted the website won't work.
Also their so called bargains can usually be found for the same price or cheaper on ebay or any other online retailer.With quanitities like that I predict…….
Massive failure and even more hate towards to COTD
COTD, DIAF comes to mind…
Say you hate COTD all you want but you all will be there tomorrow morning for their birthday bash.
arseumptions are a funny thing.
i can 100% guarantee not everyone that hates them will be there….
I will be there, just to see how bad it is.
Also, you gotta love the way they treat their customers:
"relax scrooge" (originally said "relax, you miser")
"don't be surprised if you walk away with nothing or experience website crashes/congestion"
"if that type of thing bothers you, its best to avoid the party altogether"
"We're not sure we care for your attitude."
"If you're gonna get snippy buddy, probably best not to even bother."
"Who's doing who a favour here?"
I'm a little curious why they suddenly have quantities. I think a little regulator may have tapped them on the shoulder.
monumental waste of time
does this event come up on the iOS App?
When I opened the App today, it made me agree to the same terms as on the website, so I assume it will be there, eventually…
I really hope it will. I think you've got a better chance of snagging something that way.
Gonna be tough for people on dial-up.
or maybe by some strange twist of fate, dial-uppers will be the only ones who get through
1 min to go. site seems fairly stable
site is down LOL
Samsung D530 HDMI DVD Player.. do not want
hmm no thanks
sold out
Gonneee
I am so excited - I even got to see the frozen screen showing the DVD player.
anyone got the link to the items and quantities.
the blog page no longer shows all items.
I had the option to add to cart, but wouldnt' respond beyond that :(
That's ok, because I didn't really want a DVD player anyway, what is this, the 90s? ;)anyone get one?
10min is too long
should be 5min topsI'm going for a shower, back in a bit.
Havaianas… no thanks
ditto..
Looks like these thongs aren't so popular
i dont understand how do people go thru the check out so fast with these bugged slow servers ? you can barely get the front page to load and then its sold out ? either this is fake or there is a one click program
Does anyone know if you're allowed to buy more than one item. I'm not talking about more than 1 of the same item, but can you get 1 item now, and say 1 in an hour (if you're lucky enough to manage that!)
Havianas in size 37-38.. what is this, thongs for ants?!
thongs for european ants apparently
seems you have roughly 60 seconds from clicking refresh to confirming order.
take any longer and you'll miss out.Has anyone got anything ?
everything is sold out before refresh
I cant add them in the cart! Bug perhaps
cant add either :(
i got to cc payment details before it sold out
186 pairs sold in 60 secs btw
pos site keeps logging me out every time i refresh
Crash of the day~
32 watches sold in about 30 secs
going to play bf3 not gunna fall for their tricks
cant help but think people with the best internet connections are getting 1 of everything.
would have though a lottery system would be better, and fairernope has nothing to do with peoples internet
its their servers
not worth it
Is it really worth the frustration since from the stock level it seems there is no chance other than their own employees sitting on the same local area network.
Perhaps the better solution, if they really want participation, is to do a lottery to choose the winner from the submitted email addresses, but that wouldn't earn COTD its reputation, would it ?
Stupid "Add To Cart" button doesn't work!!!
i think it does. it just takes as long as a refresh does though
iPad… aaaand it's gone
lol, im yet to even see it. 2 servers down pages, and then a half loaded main page.
Looks like our servers are taking way too much traffic, but if it makes you feel any better, you're not the only one who can't log on to the site. Ok, so it probably doesn't make you feel any better at all, but rest assured that we're doing whatever we can to get you on the site. Try again in a minute or so, but in the meantime, how about subscribing to our free newsletter - it notifies you of every Catch we feature, plus special deals only available to our subscribers! You'll never miss a bargain again!
WTF????
They only had a couple of ipads so don't feel bad.
anyone else experience this. signed in and add to cart then it automatically signs me out so I can't get it without signing in again and even though its in cart its gone. I give up
yep, its constantly kicking people off the servers
while you wait for the next item, go to their fb page and laugh at all the complaints they're getting, despite their lame-ass disclaimer
I gave up. Just waste of time after trying to get 3 times.
Even that thongs, couldn't put them in the basket.
While other items always sold out.so who here refreshes at 00:00 and who refreshed a bit before?
Can you imagine how many man-hours are being wasted by people pushing 'add to cart' button hundreds of times?
More than $150000 worth, that's for sure.
is there anyway you can acctually get something? any automated programm that can make you the first one to purchase?…refershing page doens't help..
Also one question..
Has anyone got anything so far?automated program from client side wont help much. it's their server which can't handle the load, (if it's true, anybody can fake overload only by displaying "Uh oh page")
but there's a way, hijacking routers connecting to COTD, then re-route or drop all data packet except yours. hahaha…
Sunglasses sold out in about 30 seconds, I am giving up.
there were only 13 of them anyway
Every time I got the Uh oh page, the site logged me off automatically :(
I'm using the ipad, and each time i get to confirm order the app crashes. wtf?
The Add to Cart button not working.
If you refresh at 22-17 seconds it should get you on the screen so you can add it to the cart.
Then the problem is it wont add it to your cart as it times out when you do a quick check out.
I managed to get a lego in my cart, went to check out then stupid site logs me out.
Im out.
COTD is back on my 5HIT list
refreshing that early just take me to the current item
Circus of the day!
Other forums suggest the mobile app is the way to go?
yeh but it keeps crashing. D:
i can't add to cart, nothign happens..
Crash of the Day's 6th Birthday Crash
even the ipad app doesn't work —" i give up, yesterday's giveaway was much better :)
anyone here even able to get it?
nil!
i promised myself i wouldn't be one of those annoying people that complains, even though i knew this was gonna happen…BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTE @#%$&*^!, %$@^ YOU CATCHOFTHEDAY!!! ahhh, i feel much better now…:P
there has to be some trick to it. Even if you manage to get something to cart, by the time you go to pay, it's gone.
Add to cart, no problem.
Check out? NO NO NO!probably some Guy in Melbourne with the nbn collecting all our items.
the server is in Melbourne right?
i cant even add to cart, at all- pressing add to cart does nothing
ive had every item since 9am in my cart and havent managed to pay for any of them, ITS A TARP!
any one able to "add to cart" ? its not working for me
I can sometimes add things to cart, but it makes no difference at the end.
Same here. Then when I refresh, it logs me out :(
I think the only item that we'd have the slimmest chance of snagging 2day are the dora headphones…
NBN users are getting all the good stuff…
i want dora earphones!!!
I suggest next week's 100M OZ Lotto use CoTD's server, and it seems to be the same chance that some lucky guy will get it.
Let the neg fest begin. COTD is hated around here with these specials that last 10 seconds. possibly better to have this in the forum.