I just tried to get into amazon and got a "We'll be right back" screen. Is this a first? Any ideas about the cause? I've never seen them down, and I'd think now is a peak time - the end of the day on the West coast of the US - and they'd surely be open. I entered my e-mail addy to get notified when they're back up, and I'm hoping for a $5 promo GC too.

Down for me too :( I was just ready to give them some of my money too. Hopefully be back pretty quick...I agree, first time I've seen this.

its back up

No GC in their e-mail!!! I want a reward for my patience! ;)

Do you know how much money it would cost them if they had to pay everyone that visited the site during that time??? It must be close to $50.

;)

Well, I would have got $10 of that.

I was just looking up a book that I was buying somewhere else (to make sure it was the right version, but 30% cheaper) and they had the audacity to go down on me! The nerve of them! I had to resort to verifying it at Barnes & Noble and still buying it for 20% off B&N's price.

Site is down again :(

My "friends" at Amazon.com

:rolleyes:

Works very good for me! This can happen from time to time,nothing to be alarmed off.

It was still showing the "back later" screen for me. But then I added "?123" to the holding page URL, pressed enter and.... <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=dvdtalk&path=subst/video/dvd/dvd.html">voilá</a>.

Amazon.co.uk is open, also. I just bought something (with a coupon, of course) while the US site seemed to be down :D