It stinks that I clicked right when it was time to start the lightning sale and they were already sold out!! Any suggestions on how to be faster?
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We have obtained several of the lightning deals that sold out very quickly. Tips: Make sure your computer and browser are up to date and without excessive plug-ins or extensions. A fast internet connection with low latency and fast upload is key. Speedtest.net is a great place to check your connection. Mine was reported with 1 ms ping, 151.4 MB download speed and 168.7 MB upload speed. Gotta love the dedicated (un-shared) fiber optic to the home.I might add that we live in a fairly rural area in the rocky mountains (~30,000 population in an area the size of Connecticut)
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I got the deal.. The only thing that might help is.. I use fire fox for my browser, not internet explorer
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I got it. I was put on the waiting list and it was available. I believe if youre on the west coast you have a better chance.
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I ran into the same problem myself. I had it in my cart yesterday and was waiting to hear back from my brother for his input before buying this for my niece. I assumed I had plenty of timer with the Prime and even pay $3.99 for Next Day but it automatically filled in the Amazon Prime standard 2 day shipping. HOLD ON!! I just tried adding it to my cart again just now and the problem's fixed!!! You can even get it by tomorrow, Saturday for $4.99. Unfortunately I couldn't wait any longer and already bought a different gift for her. Hopefully there's still time for you. I should just refuse delivery on the other gifts I bought instead and order this one now. I ran into the same problem myself. I had it in my cart yesterday and was waiting to hear back from my brother for his input before buying this for my niece. I assumed I had plenty of timer with the Prime and even pay $3.99 for Next Day but it automatically filled in the Amazon Prime standard 2 day shipping. HOLD ON!! I just tried adding it to my cart again just now and the problem's fixed!!! You can even get it by tomorrow, Saturday for $4.99. Unfortunately I couldn't wait any longer and already bought a different gift for her. Hopefully there's still time for you. I should just refuse... » Read More I ran into the same problem myself. I had it in my cart yesterday and was waiting to hear back from my brother for his input before buying this for my niece. I assumed I had plenty of timer with the Prime and even pay $3.99 for Next Day but it automatically filled in the Amazon Prime standard 2 day shipping. HOLD ON!! I just tried adding it to my cart again just now and the problem's fixed!!! You can even get it by tomorrow, Saturday for $4.99. Unfortunately I couldn't wait any longer and already bought a different gift for her. Hopefully there's still time for you. I should just refuse delivery on the other gifts I bought instead and order this one now. « Show Less
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I got this off Woot.com for $45 the other day. They sold out quick. Keep your eyes on Woot. They get stuff like this and the new robosapiens often...
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Lightning deals take patience if you don't get in on first click. If you'd waited a bit, you'd notice the waitlist button turned back to "Join Waitlist" and then about 45min later it was available to add to cart. That's how I got mine at the deal price. You get 15min to checkout and when people don't, they become available again.
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I have found that by trying to save a couple of dollars... it usually costs me somewhere down the road.I have a pile of cheaper products that I eventually had to prematurely replace... usually during some critical time... Friday's at 4:59PM!!!Do yourself a favor... spend the extra couple of dollars... you won't regret it.
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You might want to preorder it if you haven't already. I wouldn't be surprised if the date gets pushed again once the next batch comes in and sells out.
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Maybe when they are sold out, other sellers don't have prime. You could put the item in your "saved for later" section of your cart or on your wish list, then you can find the item easily to check for prime when you are ready to buy again.
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Yea, I'm a little pissed. There was no link to the listing, so I couldn't add it to my cart. I sat here with my finger over the button waiting until 5, and the page refreshed and it told me all were taken!!!!Edit: This is not an answer... just a gripe. I didn't realize it was an "answer" box and not a "comment" box.
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These tend to run out right before December holidays. They will return again in late January. If it's a must-have, eBay is the only possibility.
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I've been watching these things all day, things I don't even want. Most of the time, sold out in a few minutes. Seems a little misleading, to me. Keeps you on Amazon, maybe the intention?
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You can get the lightning to 30 pin adapter at the Apple Store but DailySteals has it on sale for half that price today!
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It is a lightning deal it will show up randomly sometime this week. The only thing I can tell you is to keep checking for the deal.
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Hello. I bought this item during the Black Friday lightning round. However, I did a check on the item and there should be a 'special offer available' link which brings you down slightly on the webpage to a clip for a $10 off coupon. The tricky part is that you have to go through the checkout process and for me, I didn't see the coupon till the 'place your order' page. It should give you an instant discount. Hope this helps.
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July 19th here, still no information beyond "We need more time". I even canceled a pre-order on another site to make use of some left over gift credit here. I'm starting to regret that decision.
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Hit "add to cart" the second it came on. SOLD OUT? WTF!!! Guess they sold the two they had and that was it!! Bought a different one!
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Try right now. :) Just pick the seller as Creative Labs instead of Amazon. They are in stock and shipping!
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I know its ridiculous. I had been trying to hunt one down also and finally got my hands on one. My suggestion would be to try Newegg and J&R because both have options to request an automatic notification when the product comes in stock. Both retailers had units in stock last week but sold out very quickly. Last I checked Newegg had an ETA of 11/22 and J&R told me last week they'd be getting more within 1-2 weeks but they allow you to add it to cart and pre-purchase now which will ensure one of the units in that next shipment will be yours. Between these two choices I'd go with J&R if at all possible only because there'll be no tax and free shipping and as a bonus you can use Amex points if you happen to have any and purchase through shopamex.com. The strategy that worked for me was to signup for auto-alerts from both of these retailers and I also created a Google alert to be e-mailed anytime a new post appeared that included "Aspire Timeline AS1810T" as well as a Bountii alert. I know it sounds like overkill but I was concerned it would only get more difficult to get one the closer we got to X-Mas so I chose to cover all possible bases and it worked-got one of these puppies in my hands in less than a week. Anyway best of luck - I assure you its worth the wait it's a great little machine.