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G1G1 2008 EU Edition: has anyone told Amazon.co.uk that its started?

Wayan Vota

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November 17, 2008, 02:49:52 AM

While the USA Amazon page is already live in the USA, it seems no one has told Amazon.co.uk. They are still showing Asus Eee PC's as their XO Laptop search result, with XO's as unavailable:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=olpc&x=6&y=23


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#1 Re: G1G1 2008 EU Edition: has anyone told Amazon.co.uk that its started?

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November 17, 2008, 04:53:50 AM

It's still only 7:51 AM EST, but the US XO page isn't fully live yet, either. XOs are listed as unavailable and the links on the upper left-hand side come up with a "no products found" error.

I'm sure the Gremlins will be exorcised before long, and the page will be working fine. But even so, I'm a little surprised at Amazon for not having the page up and ready to go as soon as November 17 arrived.


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#2 Re: G1G1 2008 EU Edition: has anyone told Amazon.co.uk that its started?

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November 17, 2008, 05:46:56 AM

Is now up and running! with free shipping !! and optional next day delivery !!!

However, Amazon UK despite the 5 hour head start still knows nothing about it... Sad


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#3 Re: G1G1 2008 EU Edition: has anyone told Amazon.co.uk that its started?

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November 17, 2008, 06:53:24 AM

Ordered mine but it ain't free shipping!

An extra £50, tried to re-order with different shipping options but there are none


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#4 Re: G1G1 2008 EU Edition: has anyone told Amazon.co.uk that its started?

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November 17, 2008, 07:05:55 AM

Quote from: portseven on November 17, 2008, 06:53:24 AM

Ordered mine but it ain't free shipping!

An extra £50, tried to re-order with different shipping options but there are none

Is it through Amazon UK? If yes is it shipped outside UK? If yes how did you manage to get that? The link from the main Amazon XO site for shipping outside the US is dead (I get "www.amazon.co.uk/?" )


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#5 Re: G1G1 2008 EU Edition: has anyone told Amazon.co.uk that its started?

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November 17, 2008, 07:09:33 AM

Quote from: mavrothal on November 17, 2008, 07:05:55 AM

I just did a manual search on amazon.co.uk and found it that way

The link is http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001LDQWJI

They say shipping is UK only, don't know where it's coming from but at those shipping costs I expect it's coming from Antarctica!


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#6 Re: G1G1 2008 EU Edition: has anyone told Amazon.co.uk that its started?

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November 17, 2008, 07:52:46 AM

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The link is http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001LDQWJI

They say shipping is UK only, don't know where it's coming from but at those shipping costs I expect it's coming from Antarctica!

$75/€60/£50 shipping cost for $200/€160/£137 item is outrageous Angry

Amazon-UK MUST provide a good justification for this because it can only be considered a rip-off or a conscious attempt to hamper the European/UK G1G1


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#7 Re: G1G1 2008 EU Edition: has anyone told Amazon.co.uk that its started?

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November 17, 2008, 09:38:26 AM

The page is live now (though those links on the upper left corner are still out of whack).

But the best part of all? How about this?

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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1 in Computers & PC Hardware (See Bestsellers in Computers & PC Hardware)

Popular in these categories: (What's this?)
#1 in Computers & PC Hardware > Laptop Computers
#1 in Toys & Games > Electronics for Kids

Oh YEAH! Now that just makes my whole day!