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)
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me neither….i want 4 xmas pressie
can anyone get on? whats up?
does anyone know the postage cost for the mop??
(to slow loading)
$9.95
found it
$9.95 postage
I am half way through ordering the mop!!
this reminds me of other nightmare site, free stuff one, where you bid with points on what you want…thats as bad as this is too…
i got on but its done the sorry thing again
Very disapointed
Kenwood Steam mop it is.. finally loaded the front page after 10 mins trying.
shipping for mop is 9.95
no good
Hi All,
Jeez looks like i have missed a monster today
i would have loved to have grbbed an ipod but had an exam so couldnt log on
i am having no trouble getting into the steam mop oder form - i don't need one but if someone is willing to pay for it i amhappy to order one for you?
Can't wait till Wii time :)
Good Luck All!!
Got the mop!
sold out
did anyone here get an ipod?
thats stuffed…i had it in my cart then i tried to pay 4 it then it said sold out
WHAT gftuft crap
God Damn BullShiT
Both the deals I was after today I get to the last page then that sorry page!!!
I hope they have some of these items on 2moro
Its not even 6pm yet.. mop sold out :(
anyone know when the TOM TOM is?
9PM
I hve to vote this neg. I got to payment for the mop and it sold out! Grrrr
Dammit missed out ordering the mop, only thing I needed!
With Wii coming up in 30minutes I wonder if anyone will actually be able to buy one!
Lol steam mop, are they good for what they do?
Is the wii up next?? :|
i bet the wii and TOM TOM won't be brand new…
I have to vote this -ve, this is ridiculous - completely waste of time.
By letting ppl cannot access the website the whole day. Why cant COTD think of something like a lucky draw or something to pick up the customer who are eligble to get the "offer"
Ridiculous.
Negative Marketing at its best.
refurbished wiis? =[
probably, or from china/japan… =<
dman how do u know they are refurbs?
question will there be things up for grabs at like 3 and 4 am?
it will say have a look on the site it says condition…. and on the mops it says brand new… it is a good price for a wii if they are brand new… but if they are refurbs there is no point because the device has already stuffed up and is prob bound to stuff up again… you can prob get a second hand bundle for a better deal…
Roar!! I am logged in waiting for the Wii now :D
i was just taking a guess,
refers to : Pauliiioooo on 11 min ago
i bet the wii and TOM TOM won’t be brand new…
i remember the time when OO had the sony vaio's
i ordered one and it came in a brown box
so who has been able to get something today and what?
nothing so far… was aiming for a steam mop (didnt think it was that popular!)
4 minutes to judgement day!
i got a Heli lol thats it
i really hope i get the camera
this is going to surly crash the entire site!
LOL!!!
maybe after the wii we will be able to log on as people will hopefully leave..hehe
the site is already struggling
thats it its down…LOL
have hit refresh and its just thinking….thinking…thinking….useless
bahahahahahahhahahaha not the wii
BDAY8: Celine Dion Parfum Deoderant 75ml
I bet it is the wii, n your just trying to annoy everyone :\
You spelled deodorant wrong according to chrome, which is a little sus
LOL - i cant even see the perfume… at least you got to see it :P
how in the hell do you get through so quickly>
LOL PERFUME ==
my question too….
You got to be kidding me
r u sure???
NOT a wii
i bet the wii will be at like 3am or something!!!
lol, you guys arent sleeping tonight by the looks of it :P
nah i just hit refresh at the 1min count down mark and i got in….. lololololololol
Error, Error, Error. Good Luck everyone! :)
who would want to smell like celine dion anyway? ahahaha
There must have been a better way to organise this. Fortunately I have not wanted to buy anything COTD has listed so far but I know I would be seriously P****d off if I had. One USA site has a black out day - they send you a password some time before via the mailing list and you can only access the site if you have the password. Or maybe they could run a lottery - if you win you get to buy the item. Anything would be better than what they have done today. It really sucks!
yes like get a decent server to handle the mass of people, since they advertised it so much,,
they say it can hold in excess of 3000 people…I think NOT…
so who is going to staying up all night in search for something?
Cant they not run their website entirely through php?
php is easy and cheap to run. they will not be doing deals like this if they are on ASP.NET.
Get a clue, champ. Its not down to the technology used, its down to the implementation and the resources available.
my point, if they had the man power or resources, think they did still be on php. I haven't seen many world wide top hit sites that use php.
I haven't seen many world wide top hit sites that use php.
Facebook?
Digg?
OzBargain?
Okay. Maybe the last one cannot be categorised as a top site yet :P
Anybody got in? Is the wii out?
whats the next item up for sale…
Its the celine dion perfume, not the wii
I can understand the server only allowing a certain number of people in at a time but it's garbage that you can be logged in, adding the product to your cart and then getting kicked. Should have been like the Ticketek site, how once you are logged in, you stay logged in for a specific time.
thats exactly what I said a few hours ago, at least its fair to all then
Freaking Celine Dion fragrance! Where's the Wii?
lol
come on they obviously not that smart….its so crap they advertised the shit out of it and then their system cant handle it…what were they only expecting a minimal amount of people to try to get items at those crazy prices?
well wii image says sold out a bunch of minutes ago, and the website is still down
is there no back door way into this site at all?
the pet monkey is going up for sale at 12am for $99 postage is $40…. fuck i can't wait for that.
what in the hell is a pet monkey?
What a joke - not really a surpise though. 7 out of the 8 things i have purchased from COTD have either been junk or have broken with in weeks of having it. So it's no real loss.
I brought two of the kids boxes a while ago and it was filled with shit you get at the $2 shop and the girls and boys boxes were exactly the same…go figure
I'm starting to think if this "lagging problem" is intentionally done by COTD just to increase their brand awareness. Who knows if they're actually selling the products or not. maybe some of the products are there only for a fake offer, to increase traffic. worse thing is they put it there and the buyers are themselves (or their staff) and they can simply put "sold out" when they don't actually sell it for public
You could be quite right!.
If anyone here has managed to buy something please tell us.
If this is legit it's pretty sad how bad their servers are. If at least 3000 people can't go on the site at once their site sucks.
i am wondering if its the staff buying them out…and then no doubt they will be on ebay tomorrow..with highly inflated prices
This is what I've been thinking about..
its quicker now but all i get straight away is the sorry page…
same…
yep, the sorry page is loading faster! woohoo
if all i get is the sorry page without it even thinking about it does that mean they have crashed? is everyone else getting that?
everyones getting that amber.
Is the wii up or is it purfume?
perfume buddy
Its ice cream with poo
Fuck this, this is so not worth the stress. Good luck to those of you still willing to try.
Yeah still a little slow for me. At work, between the 10 of us, we managed to pick up 5 items so far. Not too bad I guess. I think it's about survival of the fittest, we just keep trying….
This is really crap.
Shit I need the Steam mop and cant get on LOL