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How NOT to handle the Christmas rush

Dec. 18, 2007 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

So I know I'm procrastinator, but here it is literally 7 days until Christmas and I'm shopping online. After finally picking out some things that are actually in stock, here's the message I get after a nice long wait at the browser:

Our site is temporarily unavailable while we perform routine maintenance. To place an order, call 1-800-xxx-xxxx or please try again later.

Way to go, guys.

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Waethorn
on Dec 18, 2007
er....how does that differ from this?: "We are currently upgrading the site. Please check back soon. Call us Toll-free (US and Canada): (800) 793-5697 Local and International (excluding Europe): (970) 663-4700 Europe: 44-161-929-2800" -- WinInformant.com
RunTimeError
on Dec 18, 2007
Check your privilege Paul. Then get off your lazy, procrastinatin' ass, leave the house and go to the store.
RunTimeError
on Dec 18, 2007
PS: You may want to spend some of that Christmas money on a faster server for this blog. I haven't seen pages load this slow since trying to check my pre-MSN Hotmail on a 486 running Windows 95 using a 14.4 modem.
Waethorn
on Dec 18, 2007
"I haven't seen pages load this slow since trying to check my pre-MSN Hotmail on a 486 running Windows 95 using a 14.4 modem." er....did you play Half-Life 2 on that? ;)

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