I stopped doing the wishlist after the second (or third?) time around when their servers were perpetually jammed and apparently some butthead with a server farm brute forced his way into a prize (at least that's what I heard).

Have they fixed this so that the contest is actually accessible to people with one computer and without 45 minutes to sit around pressing F5 or is this going to be "battle of the stay-at-home-moms-with-eBay-businesses" again?

amnesiac said:Have they fixed this so that the contest is actually accessible to people with one computer and without 45 minutes to sit around pressing F5 or is this going to be "battle of the stay-at-home-moms-with-eBay-businesses" again?

It's not the stay at home moms you should be afraid of, it's the Computer Science majors with nothing better to do

Does anyone remember the Amazon WC not being announced early on, but then revealed later in past contests? I never really browsed forums before it started.

klozoff said:More likely Amazon decided not to participate this time, I'm sure AMEX would love to have them but it's up to Amazon. They've been getting tighter with pricing and probably don't want to give the discount, despite participating for like 3 years now.
Do you really think Amazon gave the 25% alone? Don't think so. Maybe they asked for more from AMEX this time that AMEX refused, but I highly doubt it's Amazon's choice not to participate if they really don't. AMEX is the puppeteer here not the "participant" merchants.

Don't forget Amazon has its own contest in November/December from last year... They don't need AMEX to prompt their sales anymore... A big Booo for us...

Is Amazon having their contest this year?

amnesiac said:I stopped doing the wishlist after the second (or third?) time around when their servers were perpetually jammed and apparently some butthead with a server farm brute forced his way into a prize (at least that's what I heard).

Have they fixed this so that the contest is actually accessible to people with one computer and without 45 minutes to sit around pressing F5 or is this going to be "battle of the stay-at-home-moms-with-eBay-businesses" again?

I think by the sounds of it, you'd be better off avoiding this. In fact, I'd go so far to guess that you may not even be in the demographics that they seek.

hmmm missed the Amazon last year-was it any good?

JamesTKirk said:Chariot412 said:hmmm missed the Amazon last year-was it any good?
Actually it was better the first year when you could stack four per account and get a $600 discount.

I think Chariot meant the Amazon Christmas promo, not the Amazon WCs. Amazon was great. Many of us loaded up on free stuff, like a bike, a huge tent, cordless drill, and an elliptical machine. Won't be as sweet this year if there are no WCs. They also had drawings for Wii and PS3s for full price, I scored one of each.

only card that will be in major demand is the UPS STORE if it is 50 bucks
and home depot rest seem like junk

best buy could always use them on computers. at least i did

shocked no bLOCKBUSTER

Neiman Marcus: x% off
eToys: 20% off; excludes video game consoles; expires 1/31/08
Home Depot: 20% off; max $400
Best Buy: "rebate" as gift card expires 1/15/08
Loehmanns: x% off
Bed Bath and Beyond: x% off; expires 1/31/08
Borders: 30%? DVDs 20%; expires 1/15/08
Sports Authority: x% off; expires 1/31/08
Restoration Hardware: x% off; expires 1/15/08
The UPS Store: GC $xx?? $50 like last year??; expires 1/31/08
Continental Airline Vacations: expires 12/31/07
Lands End: x% off - can be used at Sears; expires 1/31/08
Hewlett-Packard: ???; expires 1/31/08
Kodak Gallery: 25% off
JetBlue Airways:

edited summary post with new data from a flyer i got in the mail today.