Customers in the UK were left disappointed when Amazon's second generation Kindle e-reader, which was offered on Black Friday sale price of $89, was sold out with seconds of its appearance on the site of the American retailer.
The offer was what is described as a `Lightning Deal' flashed for a few seconds and went off moments after the 9AM Pacific Time appearance of the cheaper e-book reader. Internet users flooded the forums with complains about the deals they were interested in went off before a click of a mouse.
About 2000 units of Amazon Kindle were sold off so fast that some are even questioning if it did went on sale in the first place. The Kindles apparently were sold off with two secnds with one thousand being sold in each second.
The retailer said that it had warned customers that some deals would be available for a limited time only. `Offers will take the form of "Lightning Deals" with a limited quantity of an item being offered at a discount for a short period of time. Once that quantity has been reached or the time limit elapses, the "Lightning Deal" will end,' it said.
On April 11, Ireland Nugent met with an accident in which her father mistakenly backed her over with a lawnmower. Since then she was on a wheelchair, but now she has been walking with the help of prosthetic test limbs.
Doctors, who are treating Nugent, were of the view that they thought that Nugent would be hesitant to walk with the...
At 11.10 pm, Barack Obama recorded a historic win by defeating his rival, Mitt Romney by 100 votes. Obama was given 303 electoral votes by the major networks, while Romney got 203.
Obama, the first African American President, was elected...
The government in Scotland has renewed demands for air passenger duty to be devolved to Scotland...
A recent report has confirmed that former Warriors captain Peter Ndlovu would be sent to England...
Average price of gasoline has fallen by six cents since past two weeks and further plunge in the price is expected in the coming days.
The decrease is first in the prices since December. According to reports by the Lundberg Survey of fuel...
Local residents can hear the noise of cicadas when the weather heats up. The winged insects were...
A team of researchers has published its recent study in the International Journal of Cosmetic...
According to recent reports, Jessica U. Meir, a...
China has reached its destination in developing world's...
In a process to comprehend the facts related to flames,...
At an age of 77 years, the Nobel Prize winner for...
© 2010 FrenchTribune - Tribune Online Services. All times AEST (GMT +10).
