[cronix]

> Facepalm in the form of $100Ms in service credits.

It was also greatly affecting Amazon.com itself. I kept getting sporadic 404 pages and one was during a purchase. Purchase history wasn't showing the product as purchased and I didn't receive an email, so I repurchased. Still no email, but the purchase didn't end in a 404, but the product still didn't show up in my purchase history. I have no idea if I purchased anything, or not. I have never had an issue purchasing. Normally get a confirmation email within 2 or so minutes and the sale is immediately reflected in purchase history. I was unaware of the greater problem at that moment or I would have steered clear at the first 404.

[jjoonathan]

Oh no... I think you may be in for a rough time, because I purchased something this morning and it only popped up in my orders list a few minutes ago.

[toomanyrichies]

They're also unable to refund Kindle book orders via their website. The "Request a refund" page has a 500 error, so they fall back to letting you request a call from a customer service rep. Initiating this request also fails, so they then fall back to showing a 1-888 number that the customer can call. Of course, when I tried to call, I got "All circuits are busy".