This is my
(paranoid conspiracy 
) theory on why problems frequently occur after Amazon's "Planned Maintenance" periods. When the percentage of orders going to Marketplace sellers (as opposed to buying Amazon's own items) rises above a certain percentage during a week, Amazon schedules a maintenance period and disables a few seller features (like the ability to buy from Marketplace sellers) so people will be forced to buy its merchandise. When the ratio of marketplace/Amazon sales falls back below the magic threshold it then enables the allegedly "broken" features.
That's my
(paranoid conspiracy) theory and I'm sticking to it.
Quote: Resolved - Amazon Un-Planned Event
Posted: May 3, 2006 11:07 PM
Greetings from Amazon.com,
The earlier reported issue that was impacting the ability to access the Your Seller Account area of the site has been resolved.
This unplanned event isn't resolved yet:
Quote: Amazon Un-Planned Event - Seller Payment Accounts
Posted: May 4, 2006 7:32 AM
Greetings from Amazon.com,
We are currently experiencing an issue which is impacting the ability of sellers to update their "Amazon Payments Account" area on Amazon.com. Sellers can still access order information using the appropriate links under "Manage Your Orders".
Our engineers are actively engaged in restoring service and we will provide an update when the issue is resolved.
The unplanned events only happen when I'm trying to access my account--like last night and this morning.
Amazon isn't perfect, but it's still better than eBay.
An Amazon executive could poop on my doorstep, light it on fire, and then ring my doorbell and run... and I would STILL like Amazon over eBay.
If I hadn't been bought by Lieworld agents yesterday and started my new job as an undercover Meg Kool-Aid Brigade Agent I'd agree with you two. :twistedevil:
unless the planned activity was to make zShops and Auctions oders inaccessible--in which case their planned activity was successful.
