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PS2 $99, Nintendo DSi $249, Movie tix $1, iPod Nano 8GB $149, Tomtom GPS $169 and more - COTD Baitathon

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Pccrap on 19/05/2009 - 15:01 catchoftheday.com.au (3373 clicks)
Last edited 27/05/2009 - 12:04 by 1 other user

Ok folks, it's that time again. At midday on 27th May 2009, our good friends at Catch Of The Day are having another crazy one crazy deal an hour for 24 hours sale. I think we all know what happened last time (http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/7373) so here are the disclaimers they provided this time round:

On the 27th of May we'll be running a little promotion. We'll be selling a lot of stuff that people love and want, at prices they could only dream about. Its all happening to get people talking about CatchOfTheDay. Quantities are very limited, and listed below. We can't predict how big the response will be, have mercy on our servers.

You may be thinking "Ahh they are only doing this to get new customers" and thats entirely true. For better or for worse we are doing this for the exposure. We'd like you to talk to your friends, shout high and low and let it be known that CatchOfTheDay.com.au is the most exciting online shopping destination.

If you think you may just find the excitement a little too much, maybe you have an allergy to server crashes - you should probably sit this one out. In the spirit of being very up front we’ve listed all the items and quantities available below. No promises or guarantees, if you get in, and catch something - congratulations. If not - top marks for trying, chances are high we’ll give it another run next month.

We have no way to predict how big the response will be. There is a high probability our website will explode under the weight of a million bargain hunters jamming the refresh button. Our server administrator sends his regards.

We are calling it the "Baitathon”. The sale will start May 27th at midday"

Here's what they are offering:

100 x Nintendo DSi @ $249
50 x PlayStation 2 @ $99
300 x Micro RC Heli @ $5
300 x 4pk Revlon lipstick @ $10
50 x TomTom GPS @ $169
300 x 1GB MP3 Player @ $5
250 x Movie Tickets @ $1
100 x 8GB iPod Nano @ $149
350 x High School Musical Electric Guitar @ $30
1000 x Trivial Pursuit Digital Choice @ $10
250 x Little Princess Quilt Cover @ $10
400 x Onkaparinga Baby Blanket @ $5

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  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 13:04

    sold out

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 13:19

    apparently a mistake was made on the customer limit for the quilt covers…

    "Agreed – mistake was made on the limit per member on quilt covers, my apologies."

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 13:24

    Limit per customer is generally set to afford as many people as possible the opportunity to purchase. On a day with enough quantity to stretch the full 24 hours, I would still set a maximum of around 5 per member. Any more than that and its only servicing eBayers.

    Today is a promotion, and the limit has been set to one per member for all items.

    THIS FROM CATCH STAFF

  • monkp on 27/05/2009 - 13:27

    "reality stock quantity = advertised quantity / 10"
    sorry I have to believe in this way :p

    • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 13:30

      hmm could be right…but wouldn't they then be done for false advertising?

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 13:33

    quilt has been sent….damn fast! the hour is not even over yet!

  • warney75 on 27/05/2009 - 13:55

    5 mins to go….

  • warney75 on 27/05/2009 - 13:58

    RC Heli.

  • warney75 on 27/05/2009 - 14:01

    QQQ called it early on Whirlpool

  • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 14:03
    -1

    third item is the rc heli

    EDIT: sorry warney, i was late to the party

    • warney75 on 27/05/2009 - 14:07

      It wasn't me QQQ called it on whirlpool

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 14:05

    I got one….sold out in under 5 mins…

    • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 14:07
      +1

      lol i got one too.. though you have bought everything so far… is there anything you're not keen on?

      • warney75 on 27/05/2009 - 14:08

        I'm starting to think that "amberdbrickell" is from COTD

        • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 14:10

          that I am not…am at my house cleaning a room at a time, during the 50 mins or so between catches…

        • jigglycho on 27/05/2009 - 16:41

          All her posts have been to do with COTD

      • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 14:09
        -1

        yes GPS, Play stations, Nintendo DS, Nano, and guitar…most of the ones I want is for presents…

  • fattyboombatty on 27/05/2009 - 14:07
    -1

    made it all the way through to the "Confirm Order" stage - tried to confirm and got an error

    it was fun until I tried to buy something - now it's not fun at all

    YOU SUCK COTD

    • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 14:10

      just as well you missed out, i just saw the photoshop of the helicopter on COTD closely, the big rotor is missing the back half!! lol

      • warney75 on 27/05/2009 - 14:12

        HA HA HA

        It is too

      • fattyboombatty on 27/05/2009 - 14:13

        Ha - you're probably right. I reckon I could find the same piece of junk at a dollar store for just a few bucks more - but that's not the point.

        It was kind of fun with the anticipation, etc until you actually tried to buy something. Now I'm just bitter. And nobody likes me when I'm bitter.

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 14:22

    back to cleaning…

  • Buzz on 27/05/2009 - 14:57

    Coming up at 3pm AEST: High School Musical Electric Guitar $29.95

  • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 15:01
    -1

    high school musical guitar… im sure amberdbrickell grabbed one in between packing boxes in the warehouse.. i mean scrubbing toilets harhar

    • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 15:08

      no did not get one, don't want one…

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 15:02
    +1

    boring….def don't want one of these…

    • scotty on 27/05/2009 - 15:10

      Yeah — after 10 minutes and it's not SOLD OUT yet. Not that I want one though.

  • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 15:53

    Coming up at 4pm AEST: Apple iPod Nano 8GB $149

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 15:54

    Coming up at 4pm AEST: Apple iPod Nano 8GB $149

  • Bamboo on 27/05/2009 - 15:55
    -1

    Amber, Can you get one for me aswell??

    • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 15:56

      i dont want one..

    • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 15:58
      +1

      hahaha… i think we can give amber a break now :)

  • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 15:57
    +1

    btw ordered chopper at 2:02pm and dispatched at 2:50pm to aust post with tracking number. that's gotta be a cotd shipping speed record.

    • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 15:57

      apparently they are already packed and ready to go, they just run the address' off the computer attach them and away they go..

      • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 16:00

        organised chaos.. well at least they got the shipping right… i remember back in the day when they had the rare (not monthly) catchathons, shipping would take yonks.. this is fab tho..

        now if they only implemented a ticketing system… hmmm..

  • BelLikesABarg on 27/05/2009 - 15:58

    what's a 8gb nano usually worth?

    • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 16:03

      staticice says around the 185 mark (not inc shipping). apple retail price is 199

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 15:58

    only 100 of them…good luck to those who want them…

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:03

    sold out

    • BelLikesABarg on 27/05/2009 - 16:07

      i went the whole way thru past payment page and then the page came back saying they had sold out

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:03

    in under 3 mins….wow…

  • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 16:04

    interesting… title and pic says 8gb, tho product details and specs say 4gb!!

    • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:06

      i know would be pissed if I brought one and it was only 4GB..

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:07

    Its 8GB, description had an error.

    FROM CATCH

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:08

    what do you think is next?

  • QQQ - CatchOfTheDay on 27/05/2009 - 16:11

    My guess is movie tickets, whats yours?

    • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:11

      is that right…..lol

    • thirdwill on 27/05/2009 - 16:34

      are these village/greater union/birch carrol movie tickets?

    • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 16:37

      hmm well in that case im taking bets for movie tickets being next :P
      but QQQ, you chirped before the little bird went tweet, there's still 22 mins to go..

  • sugasw33t on 27/05/2009 - 16:15

    does anyone know which tom tom gps it is? there's so many models out there..

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:19

    if it's the 4th edition TomTom, than it's a saving for $60 over the cheapest price on staticice of $229.

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:20

    Pretty sure it's the ONE Classic Regional model

    this one with RRP $199 (http://www.tomtom.com/products/product.php?ID=548&Category=0…) or this one (http://www.tomtom.com/products/product.php?ID=500&Category=0…) with RRP $299?

    i hope its the 4th edition, given that the 3rd edition is $159 at Harris Tech.

      • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 16:34

        QQQ - you've gone one better than both 3rd and 4th ed… that link is to tomtom one 140! ok… i want one!!!

    • ccrap on 27/05/2009 - 16:33

      amberdbrickell.. what's that i hear? oh, it's an echo coming out of a whirlpool ;)

      • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:34

        perhaps….just maybe…

      • Bamboo on 27/05/2009 - 16:36

        No, different person - amberd's been cleaning her house between catch's. Not echoing the same info between forums.

        • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:37

          I know I am getting it done though….well almost….

      • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:39

        thought we were going to give me a break now…some people may not be using both of them…just being nice…

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:45

    how much are the nintendos usually?

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:53

    under ten mins to go….

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 16:57

    movie tix next

  • zhenjie on 27/05/2009 - 17:03

    damn, had them in my checkout then crashed, out.

  • thirdwill on 27/05/2009 - 17:05
    +1

    got my movie ticket :P yay!
    can watch Transformers cheap cheap. haha the gf can pay full price bwhahhahaha

  • Megan on 27/05/2009 - 17:06

    gone :(

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 17:07

    got one too…though server not happy don't think, was very slow

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 17:10

    would love to know how many transactions per second they had then…

  • tommyben on 27/05/2009 - 17:11

    had cinema tickets in basket - was at paypal payment stage then it crashed at the final screen
    :(

  • stonedewok on 27/05/2009 - 17:13

    i'm amazed the site has actually (kinda) held up this time around.

    managed to get the movie ticket without too much hassle, a little slow…but that's expected.

    maybe it's the nature of what's on offer this time or the prices, but it certainly hasn't been the shambles it was last time!

    • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 17:19

      I also don't think they advertised it as much as last time. Might have something to do with it…are the prices much diff?

      • jigglycho on 27/05/2009 - 20:39

        "Might have something to do with it…are the prices much diff?"

        You should know

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 17:21

    what does everyone want now?

    • BelLikesABarg on 27/05/2009 - 17:40

      i wonder what QQQ thinks is next…

      • QQQ - CatchOfTheDay on 27/05/2009 - 17:47

        I'm thinking PS2. Strong likelihood of being wrong because the chap in charge of scheduling has gone rogue.

        • Bamboo on 27/05/2009 - 17:49

          Shoot him then, and give everything else to Ozbargainers ;-)

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 17:50

    Coming up at 6pm AEST: Sony Playstation 2 $99.

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 17:58

    god only 50 of them…good luck

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 18:02

    sold out

  • AntMan76 on 27/05/2009 - 18:02

    sold out in 2 minutes

  • Megan on 27/05/2009 - 18:03

    I was in checkout within 2 mins and got the SOLD OUT message. LOL it's a bit like playing the pokies pffft!

  • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 18:04

    that is def the quickest yet…

  • ihuangyu on 27/05/2009 - 18:30

    Who knows when will the GPS come out?

    I have to go home~~~ which takes about 1.5 hours…

    • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 18:54

      lipstick next….no idea on GPS

  • BelLikesABarg on 27/05/2009 - 18:59

    any idea on when the baby blankets will be on sale? leaving work in a minute…and no internet at home!! :(

    • amberdbrickell on 27/05/2009 - 19:12

      no idea, i want one of those too, my sister is expecting…

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