Catch of the Day is celebrating its birthday this Wednesday, and claims to have some Nintendo Wii's up for sale at just $199!
Also up for grabs is a current gen 4GB iPod Nano for $99, a Tom Tom GPS for $99 and a Samsung DVD player for $29!
(Edited by scotty — this post is now to discuss Catch of the Day Birthday Bash 25/Oct/2008 event)
Also please help to document this event by modifying this wiki page:
site is dead , not bother .
there is simply not enough bandwidth juice.
think of it as trying to push a basketball through a mouse hole.
must be with TPG!
LMAO
Yeah I agree, this sucks.
lol i cant even checkout :S
helicopter shipping is $6.95
lol i finally get in, first item is the heli, argh now im gonna have to wait for another hr…..
planning to get the nano :D
SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-ve for wasting my time!
Commenting so I can change to a negative vote.
The website is unprepared and therefore useless.
LMAO i put in my cc details and it says sorry we are to busy :S
How crap is that lol
anyone actually manage to buy the copter?
I can get to the site once but can't bite. "Sorry you can't bite" :D
getting onto the site is useless…coz everytime u do something on that pg it shits itself….no way u r gonna get 4 or 5 clicks in to checkout
they deserve a segment on ACA or TT for this bungle.
wtf is that? anway how is that image loading when the website it meant to be "down"
I think they put all the images on another server/provider. because you are always able to load the sorry page.
oh great looks like the site will be down 2moro as well
28th of oct is a Thursday?
Its not this year, hasn't been for the past few years and wont next year according to my calendar
i am in now!
but loading take ages again
argh… i tried to bite it…
and then sorry page pops up
loollllllllllllllllllllll
i almost got the heli ahahahahaha
it's lik i press pay via paypal then crash LOL!
Hi Everyone ,
I've been reading the comments and thought I would shed some light on the matter.
Let this represent the number of people that come to the site everyday:
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Relative to that, this is the number of people we projected would turn up. We made special arrangements to accomodate for this (5 times the usual number):
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Now we are still able to, and are currently accommodating and selling to the original number of people we expected, however as you can see the turnout was well beyond our expectations, and indeed anyone's reasonable expectation. Some of you may be able to view/add to cart, others may not, chances are you will get through eventually.
In the meantime our system admins are working on adding additional resources, we should see improvement over the next few hours.
Stay tuned and I apologise for the crude symbolic representation - best I could do for the moment!
QQQ
P.S Scotty sorry about the load to your server :)
Pathetic excuse. You should have over-resourced.
He did say they increased their capacity by 500%.
QQQ thanks for the update, it's great to see you are been informed , we are only a sample of the people who turn up to COTD everyday.
I think the best way to maintain your business reputation is to let some of the Ozbargain users find a effective way to putting in orders maybe, via email/ limiting one per person.
this is ridiculous i have literally tried 8 times putting in my credit card info and then i press next and it screws. Seriously you should of saw that the signs that everyone would come :S
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wanting it? :S
gg
Anyone who buys something today, it is no longer a bargain, it is a souvenir.
Got in, went to bite, got the sorry message like many others here… this is so frustrating.
edited by author double post
i believe that you guys should of known the numbers would be pretty big, i mean WII for 199???? saving you like 200 bucks i mean cmon, a nano for 99???? etc
i think that you guys should learn from this and i hope this doesnt happpen again :D
as you can see u have alot of frustrated ppl here :P
At least it's only the helicopter we're all missing out on. Hopefully things will be sorted for when the Nano, Wii etc come out.
Other items on sale include * Celine Dion Perfume * Samsung S860 Camera * Daewoo 7" digital photo frame * Kenwood steam mop SC300 * 1.5" pocket photoframe —> from directory posted above.
I predict the good stuff will be for sale at some obscure hour after midnight. :(
I wonder if this directory has all the items??
If so, I count only 11 items which means the final item will be on sale at 22:00.
So we only have 11 hrs of this crap to put up with LOL!!
i wonder how many ppl would turn up if u guys put an ipod touch for 199 :D
Just got one, wasn't fucking easy!
gratz now
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I know.. I've totally wasted my time waiting and getting on line for this deal at 11:50am.
What about the next hour?
Well I managed to get one. yipeeee
The $199-dollar question:
Which hour is Wii coming up???
doubt here anyone knows
but my guess it will be the last item
this is a silly publicity stunt. its a good way to get the site's name around.
i had a helicopter in my checkout, when i click next, the get the sorry page.
waste of time.
Hey QQQ,
To make it up to Ozbargain members, how about offering Xbox 360's (20GB) for $250. :P
Beats a Wii any day
This was the number of traffic you get daily
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and you only expected this much more to turn up!
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In other words, you prob got 10 wii's and 20 nanos to sell right?
Sorry but this is B effin S. If this is the way you're gonna do business, then you've left a lot of people with a bad taste in their mouth
i think its a brilliant idea for cheap marketing. tell everyone you're selling Wiis and stuff for half price and sure lose a bit of money but as seen here, the publicity generated pays for itself.
WOOOOOOT
AFTER 40 mins i got one too LOL!
BRING IT ON!!! AHAHA!
Shit I was placing the order and then got the Sorry message :*(
Come on guys leave the site alone for 5 min so I can order my Chopper :D
i wonder how many choppers theyve sold
lol 15 mins till next item :S
Is this going to run till midnight or until 12pm tomorrow?
u guys should do something better than trying to get in to COTD … LOL!
laugh if the steam mop is next
I wanted the steam so please laugh and leave it for me :D
haha lol man nice :S
Just a question…if anyone knows that is. If you managed to add it into your cart but cant pay coz the site craps itself. Would they let u check out later? since u've already sorta added it to your cart. and its not ur fault u cant pay?
doubt any1 would know though
I doubt it, I think you have to actually buy the item, otherwise if everyone just puts items in their carts without actually purchasing, COTD isn't gonna make any sales.
I think they trying to sell all the cheapos first .. so next one will be their 1.5" digital photoframe keyring
Yes, this is clever internet marketing. Advertise a Sale, generate a lot of interest,
but on Sale day, let in only a limited number of people to your site (store).
Don't have to give away too many specials.
They want people like us to click on their site every hour, for next 24 hours,
in the hope of getting a Wii, or a Camera.
This was what happened to HighTek Hosting on their "insane" promotion. Their
site was unavailable most of that weekend.
Oh Bastard!! 2 times I have been in the process of ordering my Chopper to get the sorry message :( Sad Panda here
A little disappointing but hey it's no different to when Jetstar offers the 5 cent flights. Even their website can't handle the traffic and I'd imagine they'd have resources 100 times more sophisticated. All in all, I've been buying off these guys for over a year and they've been fantastic, always great deals.
Funnily enough, I work in an electronics store and several customers came up to me in the past coupoe of days and wanted us to match the Catchoftheday price for the samsung camera, the wii and playstation. It seems like the whole country knows about this birthday!
Time to let the ACCC know about this one. Would be very interested to know what the actual stock levels are for the bigger ticket items like the Wii and cameras. The skeptic in me say probably very very little. A big -ve from me!!
tem Amount:
$11.90 AUD (total including shipping :P)
Postage:
$0.00 AUD
Packing:
$0.00 AUD
Quantity:
1
Date:
29 Oct. 2008
Time:
12:48:56 AEDT
Status:
Completed
if ur pissed, feel free to phone them
Customer Service URL: http://WWW.DAILYDEALS.COM.AU
Customer Service Email: [email protected]
Customer Service Phone: +61 395558998
lol there whole network will go down if everyone starts to phone them :S
Oooo, so close - into the checkout I go…
Dam - got the sorry page. LOL
It is only a sale and it is not the end of the world….
If you cannot buy something due to massive server load, walk away from your computer and do something else for a while rather than hitting f5 and posting comments about how "B effin S" it is.
wonder how long it will take them to fix this :S
1 Hr passsed and i dont think many people have bought that pos copter
i think me and this other guy were the only ones that got it from ozbargain LOL!
hey at least you're not lining up with your car at the petrol station, because THAT would be a waste of time.
now, stop loading the site, and get back to work…
I think I might have to resort to that now..!
Why would daily deals be down as well?
Running off same servers?
lol , i reckon this tread has the biggest comments, daily deals and catchofthedays same company so they might use same server
DVD player !!!
Dam - sorry page again at checkout!! :( I want my chopper!!
what is the 2nd one?
Samsung DVD Player P181 next for $29 … and I can't even add it to my cart. :(
Please help to document the deals from this birthday bash here on OzBargain Wiki. Or even better — maybe QQQ can fill out all the items so we do not have to guess :)
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/catchoftheday_birthday_bash
Great Idea!!
Thanks :)
hey guys / QQQ (if you're there)
need advice.
do u know if there's combined shipping for the multiple items on sale today, and if there is, how does it work ?
i.e. do i put everything i wanna buy into the cart then checkout at the end of the day or checkout each item individually? how does it qualify for multiple item combined shipping then?
any advice would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
p.s. it took me a good 45 mins to get the rc copter into the cart arghhh
I don't think so. If everyone puts stuff in their carts without actually going through with the purchase, COTD would've made no sales.
I suggest if you want something just buy it.
Could we please have a head count on
how many people who ACTUALLY got a helicopter???
Show of hands!
not me! =(
me, i got in last few minutes lol!
nope .. went to as far as paypal checkout .. then got the big sorry page.
I hope they havent' charge my paypal account !!!
there goes the excitement :(
whats the new item
DVD player, read above
SAMSUNG DVD player now 29$
i gather not many seeing as how the bite me sign's still green
raises hand
postage?
Samsung DVD Player P181
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what a load of shit, there goes the kids Christmas presents. Waste of time!
9.95 postage for dvd player
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