Uh-oh …
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos may have been there for the Washington Post, but who will rescue his business baby? Prospective e-shoppers attempting to visit the mega-marketplace are coming up empty:
Not something you see everyday – @amazon is down. pic.twitter.com/VgI6IHtazf
— Charlie Gliwa (@cgliwa) August 19, 2013
Wow, http://t.co/lwbMQSo7G4 is down globally. Don't ever remember seeing that before. Our #AWS stuff performing fine. pic.twitter.com/EPJ0kIfUxM
— Daniel Sullivan (@Danielmsullivan) August 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/369531119948922880
Holy crap, Amazon is down. That's not something I'd expect to see happen…
— Jay Reding (@JayReding) August 19, 2013
Ruh roh! Amazon's website is down :/
— Anne Muigai (@eebiejeebiez) August 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/Me_In_Jersey/status/369534226888011776
Heh.
@amazon down from argentina? http://t.co/l2FlM4lCug is returning timeout
— Sebastian M. Alvarez (@aseba) August 19, 2013
Is @amazon down? Cannot get on …
— Chez Us (@chezus) August 19, 2013
Wow. Amazon is down. Let me repeat that. AMAZON. IS. DOWN.
— Vicious, Horrible Jonathan Law (@walnoj) August 19, 2013
Amazon decided to shut down just as I was about to order my shit. Iss coo doe
— zé pequeno (@_eyezaya) August 19, 2013
@amazon is down… wow…
— Kim Gerlach (@KimLGerlach) August 19, 2013
is it me, or is amazon down? Or is it just the world ending?
— Kevin Murphy (@kwmurphy) August 19, 2013
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Nobody’s quite sure what to do:
Amazon is down! How am I going to survive without purchasing…everything.
— Kurt Clark (@clarkks) August 19, 2013
Huh. Amazon seems to be down. Are there other places to buy things? I can't remember.
— Eric Berlin (@puzzlereric) August 19, 2013
Amazon's down? Can I buy a book for my Kindle from Washington Post? Is this how it'll work IN THE FUTURE?
— Alan Danzis (@adanzis) August 19, 2013
With @amazon down I might have to actually <gasp> go to the store? Oh, the humanity! 🙂
— Gluten Free Mike (@glutenfreemike) August 19, 2013
and @amazon.com is down which makes it really hard to spend this money that i don't have.
— AJ Schmidt (@ajschmidt8) August 19, 2013
Is http://t.co/7L3xoxORRc down, how can I buy everything I don't need?
— Reeves Smith (@SQLReeves) August 19, 2013
AMAZON IS DOWN OMG THE WORLD IS ENDING HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BUY TOOTHPASTE!? #amazon #fwp
— Jordan Stone (@Cheddz) August 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/Mrs_K/status/369531700696473600
All is not lost. We can get through this — together.
Apparently, Amazon is down. REMAIN CALM. NO LOOTING, PLEASE
— Certified Essential (@BFSEsq) August 19, 2013
Let’s just hold each other.
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Update:
ALERT: http://t.co/QJNXdQaAyE: "Website temporarily unavailable" while improvements being made, will be "open for business again soon" $AMZN
— CNBC (@CNBC) August 19, 2013
Thank goodness @CNBC is around to keep us posted. As of 3:34 p.m. ET, neither @amazon nor @amazonhelp have addressed the outage.
Social media, Amazon. You’re doing it wrong.
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Update:
Our long national nightmare is over!
#Amazon is back up now!
— Kristine R. (@OneFilly02) August 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/369544828813463552
@peterdamien @bookoisseur Amazon is back up now.!!!!!
— Gary Arkell (@GaryArkell) August 19, 2013
So #Amazon's back up and the world continues to spin (surprisingly) without interruption.
— Brad Thompson (@BradAT) August 19, 2013
Amazon's back up. Now I can confirm that the textbook I need is, indeed, outrageously expensive. #sigh
— Michael Burns (@thatpixelguy) August 19, 2013
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