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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I guess you get what you pay for.
you guys do realise they probably only had like 10 ipods and 10 Wiis………… and are laughing all the way to the bank with the publicity this has given them?
smarten up!!
I agree, $199 + Shipping, Even Imported Wii are not that cheap unless it's stolen, they will lose a good $100 per unit, it's all marketing. and playing the buyer while at it.
Hey, the site's back again and fast now….!! I actually managed to load the page, login and go to the cart….
servers either completly f***ed or they have closed the site themselves for the next thirty or so mins to either update or encourage people to give up….going to be a long night
It's back up…
that's cos its celine dion perfume
<3 how the perfume is still in stock xD
(< sign doesnt work in here :)
Its just the pointless perfume.
agree with firepowered …cheap trick
The one thing that nobody wanted, and i betcha they got craploads of that perfume
Though you can expect them to say that it's sold out at the end of the hour!
It's sold out!! If perfume can get sold out so quickly, how many do you think they had stock for? How many Wiis do you think they will have (if you compare to perfume?)
Get real! There's probably only 1 Wii…just like there was only 1 iPod!
Look at how many items they gave away in the past! http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/past_product_archive.php
2 Mops
5 photo frames
1 ipod.
They are selling hardly anything!
Is that really the items that were sold :|
so to be sold out.. they only ordered 1 ipod?
That webpage shows what they sold in the past. I'm not sure how that page is populated, but based on the multiple (or single ipod) items shown for today, I think that's the quantity as well…
So yes, they only sold 1 ipod for it to be sold out…that's my best guess based on the facts. Who has bought the ipod? Show of hands please? I only see 1 person claiming they have bought the ipod to date.
I think I'm right, they actually don't have most of the product! they just simply change the sign whenever they want to. I think this is one of their trick to increase their awareness!
COTD, get real, don't trick us customers!
any1 knows wats coming up next?
biggest scam ever
The perfume wasn't caught yet it's still claimed as sold!
Haha the last catch name is still the same - yet it's gone from Bite Me to Almost Gone to Sold Out in that time! What a joke…
Someone in whirlpool claims to have bought it
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1077831&p…
but.. thats only 1 person o_o
LOL…perfume sold out.
This is absolute bull
Bull i say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
will they have some of this stuff on tomorrow for the catchathon?
I have a feeling they will save 1 of each item to be put up for the Catchathon…which they may announce after today's fiasco…so that they can have day 2 of the same thing!
LoL…. and no doubt everyone will be thinking the same thing and once again the whole system will shit itself!
i got one of the purfumes, makes for a cheap xmas present!
This has to be one of the biggest facepalm's in the history of Australian internet
The 1 Wii they will have in stock is so mine!
this is simply bull shit!!!!!!!
Micro RC Helicopter $4.95+$6.95 postage,
Samsung DVD Player P181 $29+$9.95 postage,
aewoo 7-inch Photoframe $39+$9.95 postage,
Apple iPod Nano 4GB $99+$12.95 postage,
1.5” Digital Pocket Photoframe $4.95+postage.
these items are cheap, but NOT really 'THAT cheap' anyway…
I suspect they just put out few items
(something like 10x$10 items, 5x$30, 3x$49, 2x$99)
and asking thousand of people goto their site!
now you guys are helping CatchOfTheDay building up their web traffic,
so they can sell this company later showing good traffic,
or earn more money thru their supplier showing good traffic!
BULL SHIT SALE EVER(like Jetstar)!!
it's not really a SALE if 1000 people trying to get 1 item!!
2000 people go there & they released 2 items!!
one in a thousand!!!!!!!!!!!!! you ALL wasting time here like what I DID!!!
Site feels quicker now, god help us in a minute!
Hi Guys,
Thanks to all the ozBargainers who took part in our Birthday.
Here's a special stash of iPods for you.
http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/smallfish_info.php?products_…
First come, first served, one per member, there's 50 there for you.
Good luck!
thanks… but i think next time u need to hav a bigger server and more stock! thank you tho!
Give me your address and I'll come get them then!
its the wii
wii is up
anyone in…what is it?
OMG!!! why wont it load!
DAMN LOAD I WANT WII
My guess is the 2 or at most 3 Wii units they have are now long gone.
Not possible…the site can't even load…how's anyone supposed to buy it?
Hi QQQ can u please tell me when the camera is on??
Arghh site's wont loaddddddd!
wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
damn its the wii. ah well, i already have one so. :P
Got the wii to load, but when I click bite me it just won't load… sucks
Argh!!!!!
Missing impossible
If I use a text only browser, I wonder if that would make it load faster?
You need Form and JavaScript support
and I doubt it, loading the other files is quite fast, its just the php file taking its time
Is this even legitimate business practice?
In under 1 minute of the Wii coming up the site is down.
Pathetic. I hope someone from COTD is reading this because i'm never buying anything from them again.
As suggested by others a lottery or at least a chance to buy an item at a cheap price is better than wasting hours waiting for it, then having no chance to buy.
Catch of the day - You Suck.
Went down 15 seconds before the Wii came up I think
anyone get the ipod?
They just released 50 more… grab!!!
if i could get in i would….
same here xen.
Bite me….load goddamn it
Its my nephews xmas present
Woo Hoo I got a Wii.
pfft who am I kidding.
Ha ha the site is REALLY broken now!
Ban catch of the day links for life ;-)
i agree, ozbargain admins should ban COTD offers being posted in the future.
nope no ipod….wat a douche QQQ is….puts up the ipod link when teh wii comes on coz he knows its gonna lag like shit and no1 is gonna get anything
"First come, first served, one per member, there’s 50 there for you.
Good luck!"
LOL, its not luck we need. Its for your servers to actually work and for you to actually have the product.
Really El? Was it NEW? What was the catch?
Stupid thing doesn't load, I want a Wii. I don't want stupid perfume.
I feel like the one being caught instead of the person catching fish :(
This is the best comment I've seen in the thread so far, made my day. I give up, no Wii for me.
not even the sorry page came up :S
it must be reallll badd..
none of the pages are loading, cant grab anything
impossible! page won't load! as for the ipod… thats crap too!
Score!!!! I got the bite in and then it froze up, had to URL the checkout and it was there
For some reason its a lot quicker now than before, still freezes up though
not so quick mate.. see if someone haven't beaten you :P
Just imagine, if they switched the DNS now to a legit site, won't that bring that site down? And we're all participating in it…
Human bots hammering away…
trying so desperately here……………
I still can not get through!
is everyone getting page load error, or just continuous loading time.
50 released the same time as the Wii…why couldn't they release it when the website was loading properly.
Its lies, all lies lol
loaded… sold out :( i didnt even get to see it before!
I agree - Scotty you should ban COTD from posting deals on here anymore.
Conduct shown here is terrible - its not a real promotion, its a SCAM.
I agree
this is ridiculous :S
how do i change my vote to negative?
Is anyone having problems with the COTD site? Seems to be really slow or broken or something.
sold out?! how can someone even made a purchase thru such loaded server?!
i think it is a scam! i doubt they had any wiis to sell…. ANYONE GOT ONE?
Can we all change our positive votes to negative i really want to
hey I know what, since COTD pissed 3000+ viewers off, why dont we piss them off? for every post they make up here, we will only give neg feedback! this teach them to keep their word, and wasted 7+ hours of our lives trying to click through!
hey I know what, since COTD pissed 3000+ viewers off, why dont we piss them off? for every post they make up here, we will only give neg feedback! this teach them to keep their word, and wasted 7+ hours of our lives trying to click through!
I like your idea!
you got my back
Got my vote!!
Well after all the employees and their families bought the 3 Wii's offered, there was no point having the site live so the admins pulled the plug on the server.
My -ve.. this is like frustration x 24 in a day.. -______- all for nothing
Sold out already???? wow that was quick!!!1
God… some of you are absolute losers. It's a PROMOTION. Many people are interested, so obviously you all aren't going to be able to get what you want. Quit complaining.
Oh SNAP! i managed to score a wii and a nano!!
you champion
keep us posted on when you receive them
lol @ sarcasm
"QQQ - CatchOfTheDay on 25/10/2008 - 16:52 ¶
Hi Addo,
Good to see a veteran from our first birthday.
We’ve come a long way since last year. Our website resources are now managed across a sizeable network of servers. The IT geniuses have been stress testing based on projected/predicted turnout numbers and its looking good.
Happy to take further questions from everyone.
QQQ."
BUAHAHAHAHAHA
JOKE!
all i am getting is loading…or network timeout…this IS CRAP
…with ice cream