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I. Hate. This. Walmart posted Xbox available at 3pm. Went out of stock in 1 second. -- nm

Posted by Volnelk Dec 15 '20, 12:07

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Make them click all of the stoplights! -- nm - Dano Dec 15, 12:20
Are you looking to get one as a gift or just to get one? -- nm - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 15, 12:19 2
- For me. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 15, 12:21 1
  - At least you won't be ruining anyone's Christmas (other than your own). ;) - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 15, 12:47
Best Buy apparently has a staggered system. I have one clicked but it makes you wait to put it in your cart. I'm sure it will go poorly. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 15, 12:18
That is mathematically impossible. It takes at least 10 seconds to get something in your cart and run it through checkout. -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:09 11
- Not if you run a bot that loads it and checks out in about 3 seconds -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 12:17
- Read a couple articles about people running scripts that can do it in a flash. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 15, 12:11 9
  - Just like concert tickets on ticketmaster. *Poof* -- nm - jnine Dec 15, 12:12 2
    - If it's similar, then check back every 5 minutes to see if someone's payment doesn't go through and they release it -- nm - JaxSean Dec 15, 12:25 1
      - And then around 1 am every night. A few are always released. -- nm - jnine Dec 15, 12:50
  - That's the thing. Wal-Mart should know that's not possible and cancel every order. -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:11 5
    - why should they care to? They're getting paid either way -- nm - decline Dec 15, 12:13 4
      - Angry customers. -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:14 3
        
        You should check Twitter after sneakers get released. The people curse and scream about it week after week but we all continue to try to buy the next - Krusty Dec 15, 12:19
        
        they could care less. - decline Dec 15, 12:17 1
        
        While Apple's a manufacturer as well as retailer so they may not count but they seem to have figured it out - JD Dec 15, 12:36
there has to be some sort of shopping app or script that people are using -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 12:08

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