Oh, it's quite possible, and given the research environment in which I work here and the sort of research we do here, I'd even say that it is quite plausible that Amazon's system got gamed.
It still doesn't change the fact that this is at best an amazing "oh fuck." on Amazon's part. One of the world's highest profile online retailers lets itself get gamed like this?
I already don't buy from them for other reasons, but when a company the size of Amazon can't keep itself and its own vaunted online systems from being played this easily, even over a holiday weekend, I'm not finding myself further inclined to send them my business. It's not even Schadenfreude - it's the thought of "Just what are they doing over there?"
In any case, should the full account ever come out, it is going to be an incredibly interesting case to study.
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It still doesn't change the fact that this is at best an amazing "oh fuck." on Amazon's part. One of the world's highest profile online retailers lets itself get gamed like this?
I already don't buy from them for other reasons, but when a company the size of Amazon can't keep itself and its own vaunted online systems from being played this easily, even over a holiday weekend, I'm not finding myself further inclined to send them my business. It's not even Schadenfreude - it's the thought of "Just what are they doing over there?"
In any case, should the full account ever come out, it is going to be an incredibly interesting case to study.
Oddly, I do buy things on eBay from time to time.
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