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$199 Nintendo Wii This Wednesday 29th of October - Catch of The Day

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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!

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(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:

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  • Could login within 5 mins, 10 tops before. 18 in now and can't even get the pages to load. Hell, not even the too busy prompt!

  • I want some damn GPS units
    I think they are up next

  • how much is the shipping?

    • around $10

  • another question - how do I not get logged out when I refresh to see what is up next? (Yes, it's me again)

  • Can't log in..
    So the iPod 4gb is only $150 in shops?
    So with the shipping we're only saving $40?
    And I think with DSE doing 10% off on iPods thats not too much saving is it?
    And I can't even choose the color I want!!

    What about TomTom.
    How much saving are we getting?

    I don't think I'll ever be able to log into COTD site..

    • DSE: $149 - 10% = $134.90

      COTD: $99 + $12.95 shipping = $111.95

      It's only $23 difference

      • DSE's 10% off is finished. But I think you can still find a 4GB one for $150ish. Can't choose the colour you want sucks, and I don't think it's worth the $23 if you want a black one but getting an orange one instead.

      • Going to DSE to get my blue iPod. Bye..

      • I think that's another model.

        Isnt the 4th gen one $167?

        http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/4907e5540f6c029…

  • whirlpool is down for maintenance :P

    edit: was down

    • Still loads for me…

      • Scotty, why is kez55 kept on locking the wiki entry? He's done so for the last hour.

        • Some people must have gone to lunch and left the editing page open… I am now reducing the default lock time to be 5 minutes.

  • plus at DSE you get to pick ur own colour

  • I have tried every hour and I can sometimes get to the deal but when I try to log in or add to basket it never takes me to the next page!!!!!!!! AAArrrgggghhhhhhh

  • Freaking wiki is always locked.

    The latest two updates to release times is wii at 6pm (https://www.catchoftheday.com.au/images/banners/7_wii.jpg), camera at 8pm (https://www.catchoftheday.com.au/images/banners/9_samsung_ca…).

  • I'm over COTD - not going back today - hope you all enjoy the laggiest site in the history of the universe.

    • lol

  • The nano has been sold for $120

    • ?

    • my next sale item would be the wii - if I manage to score it that is

  • How do some of you get to see what is happening and I just get thrown out? I was nicely logged in (on two computers) then I refreshed the page to see what was new and it threw me out and I haven't been able to get back - help

  • So much for delivery being charged based on weight!

    $10 to deliver a DVD player, but $13 to deliver a tiny Nano with all of 5/8th of f*$k all packaging. Tell QQQ he's dreaming!

  • Pretty sure its been almost 50 mins through the ipod sale and i haven't even been able to get to the home screen yet. Pathetic!

    • same here :/

    • same problems here,too

  • meh i give up, was planning to get a nano from COTD, now trying to get in has gotten alot worst…., i think ppl who are planning to get the wii all i can say is good luck lolerz
    looks like im gonna get the nano from dse, mainly cause they also give u some 67 bucks docking station also my buddy works in dse so he gets 5% so meh :P

  • What!!! 70 negative votes, crashing website, everyone swearing at this site…
    Oh what a great way to celebrate birthday….
    Many happy returns of the 'COTD' - hope you cherish these happy moments..

    • If that's next I'm sure we'll have no problem loading the site!

  • what a crap` can't stand it anymore

  • any idea what time the GPS are going up?
    This is so annoying, am on cable and still can't get in…got as far as the confirmation on the paypal site and it bloody froze on me and went to that damn sorry site….should COTD not have figured they would get this much traffic and get a decent server?

    Also why in the hell don't they do what ticketek and ticketmaster do where you get a certain amount of time on there before it kicks you off???

    • 9pm

    • You won't be able to surf the website even if you're on the server hosted that website :D

  • wasnt it a load of crap when QQQ told us how confident the site was going hold 3000+ visitors?

    haha, cant help laughing at the desperate people. still here. 4 hours of your life has been lost forever im afraid.

  • Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, you smell like a monkey, and your website does too!

  • OMG 55 minutes of this deal gone & I haven't been able to load a page once!!!!
    COTD sucks

  • anoyying -ve

  • I am now getting page load error…I reakon the whole COTD site has crashed

  • Same here

  • waste of time.

  • This suck balls, COTD you suck.

  • They are upgrading hardware for sure.
    The server is taken offline.

    • you sure?

    • upgrade? hah you wish, it's still up and the server is still overloaded with 3000+ people clicking on the refresh button

  • kett how do you know the server is offline?

  • What they should have done is to have a registration system to register your interest in items. Say limit registration to 3 different items per unique mailing address (to prevent people registering interest in everything), and when the item you've registered is on for sale, only people that have registered will be able to see the website, everyone else will be kicked off. It will still be slow as hell (especially for popular items suc as the Wii), but at least there won't be as many people simply sitting there and hitting "refresh".

    Even better, although against CotD's modus operandi, is to have a lottery system where people register interest (first, second and third choice in order of preference) and CotD randomly selects people to send purchase details to via email. If stuff remains unsold, then have a sell off.

  • 1.5" Digital Pocket Photoframe $4.95 + postage now

    • I so want one!!

      • gd luck with that. might as well stare an empty wall for an hour

  • wats on atm?

  • any1 how much is postage??

  • ffs!

  • maybe what we're seeing "terrible twos" syndrome from this birthday kid…

  • Really bad…can't seem to get in at all! QQQ, I think whoever you hired to test your systems is very inexperienced.

    I would really consider this a failed and sad birthday celebration. So many upset customers from this event…it'll take quite a bit to win back supporters after this snafu.

  • hehe the next item is some LCD thingy ill post up a screeny

    http://i35.tinypic.com/5agv7t.jpg

  • scotty is that a message from the COTD staff? Is the site down?

  • 1.5" Digital Pocket Photoframe!

    RRP$69.95. Pocket Sized Digital Photo Album!

    An awesome gift, the perfect accessory for your keys, ready to hang around your neck with the included lanyard - it's a photoframe with a difference. Normally retailing for $69.95, now available on catch for just $4.95. This frame is capable of some serious photo quality! With capacity for 70 photos that's an entire family album, on a small device that fits snugly into your pocket! If you haven't joined the digital photo frame bandwagon, now is the perfect chance!

    • 1.5 inch LCD screen - vibrant colours, superb contrast!
    • Massive file format support: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIF
    • Whopping 8MB onboard flash memory - store up to 70 quality photos.
    • View your photos in single or slide mode
    • Time display!
    • Rechargeable Lithium battery built in - simply charge via USB!
    • Keyring and Lanyard included!
    • Sleek n' slim metallic silver design

    still tryin to get one with two laptops and 2 internet connections (wireless and 20 MBit line):(

  • so we can assume the 5pm one should be the Kenwood Steam Mop SC300 $29

  • Kenwood floor steamer must be next…it's the only thing that doesn't have a slot here:
    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/catchoftheday_birthday_bash

  • Site sucks, I've been waiting hours and I couldn't get it. I'll never come to this site again and neither will I recommend it.

  • Ok2, I give up. it's been 4 1/2 hours since 12PM and I am not able to load even a single page!!

  • you all sound like whining fools. Its like trying to run into Myer on boxing day at 8am…. ur all getting squashed at the door. HAHAHA none of us can get in! hahahaha get over it!

    • LOL - at least the store is open in that case. The doors are locked in this instance.

      • so true

  • so glad I didnt go to uni and have sat here all day trying to get into the site…what a nightmare!

  • Check out their video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekb46dfKHHI
    Those warehouse workers will probably all be sacked now since they didn't make any sales.

  • i got the 1.5" Digital Pocket Photoframe…

  • lol looks like not many people, wanted the photo key ring - i didnt either really, wonder why i bought it..

  • so close to getting the 1.5” Digital Pocket Photoframe :)

    just clicked confirm order (fingers cross!)

    edit: just got confirmation email, before the 'ordered completed' webpage came up :P. gonna also get the mob :)

  • Just wondering…what happens after 11?

    • I figured they would sell off the left over stock. But if those signs are true and everything is getting sold within like 30 minutes.. who knows

    • what I was wondering is what happens at 1 AM onwards.. imagine tomtom coming out on 4AM lol

  • Yes im loged in on 3 accounts and going great :D found the trick to get into site easy :D

    • Wait until an item is up that no one wants? Yeah we all figured that trick out =)

  • Omg, the sites working

    NO ONE TOUCH ANYTHING!!one

  • I got the photoframe. :)
    If I can do once, I can do it again.

  • This will go on for 24 hours right, so i assume they have 24 products?
    What will they put up at 3 or 4 in the morning?

  • so annoying, i get into paypal hit to confirm my payment and then it doesnt take me back to the confirm on COTD website takes me back to the log in page…WTF?

    And when I check my paypal account it doesnt seem to have gone through…

  • well small digital frame thing is sold out

  • I managed to get out alive, with the photo frame… $12.90 in total.

  • ahahhaha were they using the photo keyring to keep everyone out of COTD for a while?

  • obvious tactic COTD used is releasing rubbish and for every hour, I can access the front page, then the iPod for example, they blocked all connection, like you cannot even ping to the site, after this one hour, they simply claim it is sold out. what a CHEAT this site is!! really need to revote my vote,

    negative - negative - negative - negative - negative - negative - negative - negative

  • YAY I'm finally logged in! LOL

  • LOl @ steam mop, as if you would buy it :S

  • yeah we are in but wait till we try to refresh it in 9 mins then we will all be kicked out again…

  • now i cant log in with my mums account this is crap

  • Who is waiting 4 the Wii here???

    • me :D

  • not me…

  • I think these guys, when they're doing such a massive promotion - they should be upfront about how many are actually on offer. This sort of thing happens way too often with this site.

    Earlier, I had a DVD player in my cart for 40 minutes while i tried to proceed to checkout.. to find, when it refreshed finally - it'd sold out. Why not do a lottery thing or something, atleast it's fair?

  • i dun mind 1

  • whats the next catch?

    • mop as expected

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