12-07-2006, 09:14 AM
Quote: Following a flood of traffic that briefly choked its Web site and complaints from customers, Amazon.com has tweaked a holiday promotion to discourage frenzied shoppers from rushing for the front of the virtual sales line.
Instead of jostling for one of four discounted items the moment they go on sale, shoppers will now have to count on randomly receiving a voucher that entitles them to buy a product they chose in an online poll.
The company and an independent analyst said the change should be a fair way of handling traffic for the promotion, which bogged down Amazon's site during Thanksgiving and generated bitter complaints from shoppers...
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