Catch of the Day (COTD) - Tuesday "Number 1" Party

ash2000 on 28/09/2010 - 09:47
Last edited 28/09/2010 - 21:02

"6000 items, 1 deal every hour" …. at least that is the claim of COTD's Tuesday "Number 1" party event.

Add your 2 cents worth below.

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/index.php

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Past Deals:

(AEST)
10am : 24 Kinder Surprise eggs - $21.90 (Shipped)
11am : Halo Reach for xbox 360 - $34.95 (Shipped)
12pm : Sony Bravia 40” Full HD 3D LED TV - $1,699 (shipping $29 - $79)

1pm : Sennheiser MX500 Lightweight Earphones - $11.90 (Shipped)
2pm : GHD IV Styler - $155.95 (shipped)
3pm : Toy Story Remote Control Buggy - $16.90 (shipped)

4pm : Pocket iPod/iPhone Battery Back-Up - $11.90 (shipped)
5pm : PS3 - $208.95 (shipped)
6pm : iPod Nano 8GB - $155.95 (shipped)

7pm : Two iPhone cases - $9.90 (shipped)
8pm : Sony Cybershot 10MP camera - $55.95 (shipped)
9pm : 24 x Yellowglen Jewel Bubbly 200ml - $49.94 (shipped)

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Comments

  • cookie42 on 28/09/2010 - 17:08
    +2

    Wow, i got one in my cart. Then nothing.

  • Trance N Dance on 28/09/2010 - 17:08
    +3

    Well no more reason for me to look at COTD anymore, time to go back to my normal life.

    • leonheart1 on 28/09/2010 - 18:46

      Oh I (think I) get it!

  • kheob on 28/09/2010 - 17:09
    +2

    It's sad because half of you are just going to eBay it.

    • GerrardLFC on 28/09/2010 - 17:11

      I really wanted it for my cousin overseas :O

      PS3 there is still $1000

  • eriktufa on 28/09/2010 - 17:09

    Sigh…

    It was in my cart, I was in paypal and error.

    1 min later I found out that it's gone.

  • mrdevil on 28/09/2010 - 17:09

    Its one thing to 'get one' - its another to then go through the shopping cart and successfully buy the item… would love to know how many they had at that price - I'm thinking 1 or maybe 2 if we're lucky.

    Interesting they've removed the scroller that usually says who has purchased what recently.

    • GerrardLFC on 28/09/2010 - 17:13

      Wish we had a picture of their stock levels in the warehouse so we can see the 5 x PS3 boxes

      • skinny on 28/09/2010 - 17:33

        and you wan't to make sure they are not empty boxes!

  • arctophile on 28/09/2010 - 17:11

    friggin stupid website!
    still can't even load the main page!
    %^&^%##%&@^$&(*#

  • bragains on 28/09/2010 - 17:11

    PS3 :( Sold out quick….

  • notout50 on 28/09/2010 - 17:13

    I wonder how many they actually had in stock?

  • kabigon on 28/09/2010 - 17:13
    +2

    I still have one in my cart.

    I can see it taunting me.

  • cainen on 28/09/2010 - 17:13

    I got myself the PS3. Somehow fluked it. Guys around me at work couldn't get on.

  • GerrardLFC on 28/09/2010 - 17:16
    +1

    http://twitter.com/ecogamer/status/25731731258

    Yeah they had 2000 units LOL

    • kabigon on 28/09/2010 - 17:17
      +3

      A cat was seen near the 0 key before that tweet was posted

    • illumination on 28/09/2010 - 17:22

      Holy crap 2000 wtf. 2000 sold out in 50 secs… 40 sold per second!!

      No way.. I really don't know if that's believable.

      • Lord Fart Bucket on 28/09/2010 - 18:29

        I agree. Would surprise me if they had 2000 units. Entire promo is a load of crap.

  • sarakoth on 28/09/2010 - 17:17
    +1

    Servers are crap… by the time the page loads it is sold out… clicking refresh, etc does nothing… pisses me off that they run a promo like this but have no capacity whatsoever to at least make it fair for everyone.

  • Amanda856 on 28/09/2010 - 17:21

    sadface, I waited all day and of course they have what I wanted while I was driving home UGH!!

    EDIT: I even managed to open the page on my iphone and clicked 'Bite Me' but no good.. bad reception lol

    • skooter on 28/09/2010 - 17:55

      same

  • roshido on 28/09/2010 - 17:22

    I dont know why I even bothered to check COTD! I logged onto website at exactly 5pm couldnt access server till 5:08 and guess what! All PS3's sold out!

  • JarZ on 28/09/2010 - 17:27

    Damnit! I had a PS3, went through all of the paypal stuff, and only had to confirm the order with one more click then Opera crashed for the first time in a very, very long time! So annoyed right about now :(

  • dy4me on 28/09/2010 - 17:35

    I reckon it was a big lie. they probably had 10 PS3z. If they really wanted every1 to get the deal they would have had more PS3. The PS3 was just a way to get every1z attention. well todays catch of the day is all of us. and the bait was the PS3

  • Snotty on 28/09/2010 - 17:50

    are we able to set up a poll or something to see if there is anybody out there who got one of the decent items?

    • aacheney on 28/09/2010 - 17:52

      the problems is we dont know if it COTD add that they got items.

      • dy4me on 28/09/2010 - 17:57

        true. im seeing a lot of first time posters

      • Snotty on 28/09/2010 - 18:01

        true. ive just never seen someone say that they actually got something. but your right it is open to exploitation.

  • damtigz on 28/09/2010 - 17:51
    -6

    I got 1 GHD for sister for chrissy and 1x ps3 now just want the nano and christmas shoppings done missed everything last time they had one of these

  • Amanda856 on 28/09/2010 - 18:00

    The New iPod Nano Multi-Touch 8GB $149.00 + $6.95 shipping

    • aacheney on 28/09/2010 - 18:01

      wow only if I wanted one :-(

      RRP$199! Today just $129! Insane!

    • illumination on 28/09/2010 - 18:01

      I swear it was supposed to be $129!!

  • Schnell on 28/09/2010 - 18:01

    I'm already through checkout but seriously? 149? wasnt it 129?

    • korda on 28/09/2010 - 18:03

      I got to checkout just to see if I could, but realised I don't want one so I cancelled it :P
      If only I had this luck an hour earlier.

  • skooter on 28/09/2010 - 18:02

    The New iPod Nano Multi-Touch 8GB
    RRP$199! Today just $129! Insane!

    $149.00

    $129 = $149 + postage?
    postage is $-20?

  • aussie-bargainz on 28/09/2010 - 18:02

    wasnt it suppose to be $129?

  • scrimshaw on 28/09/2010 - 18:02

    Still quite expensive for an mp3 player that doesn't support videos… but hell, it's an Apple product. I'm still buying one.

  • Amanda856 on 28/09/2010 - 18:02
    +1

    Got one added to the cart.. not going to bother though, it's $199 on the apple au store

    • aacheney on 28/09/2010 - 18:03

      and you can pick your colour.

    • korda on 28/09/2010 - 18:07

      Same, also the $129/$149 thing was a turn-off.

  • skooter on 28/09/2010 - 18:03
    +1

    on the upside the site is loading nice and fast now the ps3 is gone :)

  • AntMan76 on 28/09/2010 - 18:04

    Got 2 in my cart but $149? It said $129 on the front page!!!

    QQQ try explaining this one.

    • aacheney on 28/09/2010 - 18:06
      +1

      they want you to pay $20 more each…

      • AntMan76 on 28/09/2010 - 18:11

        thank you Captain Obvious lol

  • damtigz on 28/09/2010 - 18:04

    They advertised them at $129 on there website ????

  • Amanda856 on 28/09/2010 - 18:04

    1 x The New iPod Nano Multi-Touch 8GB*** $149.00

    Sub-Total: $149.00
    New South Wales Shipping (): $6.95
    Total (inc GST): $155.95

    • aacheney on 28/09/2010 - 18:07

      hope you don't get a crap colour.

      • Amanda856 on 28/09/2010 - 18:11

        Lol I didn't end up buying it, just wanted to see whether I could even get to the checkout since I wasn't at home to get the PS3 earlier >:(

  • aussie-bargainz on 28/09/2010 - 18:04

    sold out

  • ngf on 28/09/2010 - 18:04

    Already sold out :O

  • skinny on 28/09/2010 - 18:05

    Don't worry about the price hike! Its sold out

  • BrianGriffin on 28/09/2010 - 18:06

    Does anyone actually got one of these products?

  • footywiz11 on 28/09/2010 - 18:06

    I can't even get into the website. FKN crash

  • spam12345 on 28/09/2010 - 18:07
    +1

    I was at uni at 4:16. I decided to go home because I thought the deal at 5pm might not be ps3. I should have stayed there and waited for the deal :(

  • leonheart1 on 28/09/2010 - 18:07
    +1

    When I finally didn't get the 'Sorry, our servers are full' message, I see the sold out sign.
    Their servers really are junk! :D

    But just out of curiousity, to the people who could see it when it was in stock, what ISP are you with?

    • Amanda856 on 28/09/2010 - 18:13

      I'm with iinet in Western Syd

    • illumination on 28/09/2010 - 18:22

      I managed to see the iPod Nano, and I'm with TPG. Didn't manage to see the PS3 though.

  • astroe on 28/09/2010 - 18:07

    On the top header bar thing it says $129, as does their blog post.
    So I'd assume some difference-refunds are in order.

  • ash2000 on 28/09/2010 - 18:08 
    "limited to 5 per customer"?

    That's what it said at checkout.

    • Schnell on 28/09/2010 - 18:16

      funny how every other "huge" deal was limit 1 per customer

  • spam12345 on 28/09/2010 - 18:10

    iPod Nano Multi-Touch 8GB sold out !

  • Amanda856 on 28/09/2010 - 18:21
    +2

    Note posted on the page

    Please Note:

    Some customers may have been charged an incorrect price of $149, the correct price is $129, all affected members will be refunded the difference ($20) in the next 36 hours. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

  • aussie-bargainz on 28/09/2010 - 18:25

    Damn would have bought it if I new they would have refunded the difference :'(

    • korda on 28/09/2010 - 18:49

      THIS! I had it ready to confirm order but declined to checkout because of the price kerfuffle.

    • AntMan76 on 28/09/2010 - 19:18

      Same!

  • Bappy on 28/09/2010 - 18:36
    -1

    I have managed to checkout successfully with todays PS3 deal
    Made payment through paypal
    GUESS WHAT - the confirmation page was hung and didn’t respond
    Payment hasn’t been deducted from my paypal

    And as usual - the item is sold in 3 mins
    So lost my $199 PS3
    Have lodged official complaint to COTD and Paypal

    COTD should stand for “Culprit O*** Thug Dodgy”

    (You can make a meaning for O****)

    • GerrardLFC on 28/09/2010 - 18:40

      They will not bother to reply to you.

      I sent an email last time with the Wii and even showing a screenshot that I had in the cart and only had to click confirm order then site crashed.

      They did not even bother to reply.

      • Bappy on 28/09/2010 - 18:41

        Yeah I know they won't (QQQ if you read this - please respond)
        Though I managed to checkout from COTD site and paid through paypal but the money didn't transferred…
        Lets see whats Paypals response

    • astroe on 28/09/2010 - 18:58

      I guess you didn't read this part of their blog:

      "Every now and then we decide to throw caution to the wind and test Australia's internet infrastructure to its fullest extent."

      "Please note: Even though we will be having a total of 6000 items available for sale on the day, at the prices we'll be featuring we expect a lot of pushing and shoving and whining on online forums. If you miss out on the day - better luck next time. If you score one of the insane bargains, well done - you will be one of 6000 others. But hey, if you think that a few server crashes, a bit of anticipation and click spam is too much excitement, give this one a miss - we'll see you on Wednesday for the CatchAThon instead!"

      BTW I can't think of any swear words starting with O.

  • Amanda856 on 28/09/2010 - 18:41
    +1

    Don't you just love when people don't check for typos in their images lol.. the Catch a thon image says it's coming up at "Wednesay Midday". As you can see I'm trying to keep myself entertained here lol..

  • gadgetguy on 28/09/2010 - 18:46

    Wow, why are GHD's so expensive in Oz?

    Checked out a post on a UK site:

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=35079969…

    Normal price works out about $150 over there.

    Here's the thread:

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=218414&…

    • amberdbrickell on 28/09/2010 - 18:55

      esp now our dollar is going so well…

  • Amanda856 on 28/09/2010 - 19:00

    bleh 2 x iPhone 4 Cases $4.95 + $4.95 shipping

  • damtigz on 28/09/2010 - 19:00

    iphone 4 cases $4.95 for 2

  • skinny on 28/09/2010 - 19:00
    +1

    Here comes the losers party ;P - 2 x iphone cases for $4.95 + shipping

  • leonheart1 on 28/09/2010 - 19:02

    5 bucks for a random case? =/

  • pokemoncatcher on 28/09/2010 - 19:13
    +2

    The error with the ipod nano at 6pm AEST is no a server overload issue. It's just blatant misleading and/or deceptive conduct. It is a clear breach of section 52 of the Trade Practices Act and equivalent sections of each State's Fair Trading Act.

    It is misleading and/or deceptive conduct by advertising the iPod Nano for a price of $129 for the past week and up to 6pm AEST today, and then when it reaches 6pm AEST today, it is shown as $149 on the front page and on the page that requires payment. Due to this, alot of people have suffered the loss of opportunity to purchase the iPod Nano at the price of $129. Relevantly:

    • this is a website that demands speed in ordering products. Due to the error, the public's ability to purchase the Nano in time was detrimentally affected due to the confusion caused. The confusion required me to check the price, check if there is an error, which costed me valuable seconds and therefore the loss of opportunity to purchase it.

    • misleading and deceptive conduct does NOT require an intention to mislead or deceive. Accidental or innocent errors can still be misleading or deceptive. All that is required, is to show objectively, that members of a relevant class (i.e. traffic going to Catch of the Day) were misled or deceived, or LIKELY to be misled or deceived. Clearly we have been here!

    • it is irrelevant if Catch of the Day has no remaining stock. That is totally irrelevant.

    • Catch of the Day's subsequent 'correction' and explanatory note does not alleviate the breach whatsoever. This does NOT absolve the fact that their conduct was misleading and/or deceptive. If anything, it merely shows an admission of the fact that they did mislead or deceive.

    This is outrageous.

  • ash2000 on 28/09/2010 - 19:22
    +2

    iPhone cases "limited to 1 per customer" ….. iPod Nano "limited to 5 per customer" …. go figure?!!

    • AntMan76 on 28/09/2010 - 19:54

      They clearly had 5 times more nanos than iphone cases…. NOT

    • skinny on 28/09/2010 - 21:45

      You can even have '100' per customer for the nano - no one was ever going to get one!

    • BoltThrower on 28/09/2010 - 22:05

      you can fit 5 nanos in an iphone case!

  • Amanda856 on 28/09/2010 - 20:00

    Sony Cyber-shot DSCW310 $49 + $6.95 shipping, 10MP, 3x optical zoom

    • aacheney on 28/09/2010 - 20:02

      sold out

      I hope the 10 or so people are happy with there new camera

    • Amanda856 on 28/09/2010 - 20:03

      With 10 megapixels and 3x optical zoom, this Sony CyberShot digital camera features SteadyShot image stabilisation and an intelligent auto function, as well as face detection and a 2.5” display screen.

      •12.1 megapixels
      •4x optical zoom
      •2.7" LCD screen
      •Intelligent Auto
      •Face Detection

      They couldn't get their facts straight anyway

      • aacheney on 28/09/2010 - 20:05
        +1

        once again, I find it very hard to understand how they can stuff up so many times

  • AntMan76 on 28/09/2010 - 20:02

    And sold out in a minute? Maybe less. That's ridiculous

  • scrimshaw on 28/09/2010 - 20:02

    Sold out. And it's only 8.01 by the clock…

    • Schnell on 28/09/2010 - 20:04

      that actually is unbelievable - i went through standard checkout for the lols and i came out of the sign in page with a sold out screen

  • arctophile on 28/09/2010 - 20:03

    90 seconds for Sony digital camera to be sold out..
    how many do they have actually..

    • ash2000 on 28/09/2010 - 20:06
      +1

      on the plus side, the server seems to be quicker…..everyone has given up! Sensible people.

  • hexedhavoc on 28/09/2010 - 20:05
    +2

    f*!%^ thats crap… was 8:00 and i was in the paypal checkout thing for the camera… logged in, hit continue and it just sits there loading

    so i refresh cotd site and its sold out

    BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • ang911 on 28/09/2010 - 20:07

      same!

      • ash2000 on 28/09/2010 - 20:11

        Ditto.

  • hexedhavoc on 28/09/2010 - 20:11

    so bullcrap… if they dont have enough to go around they shouldn't even advertise em for sale imo ;(

  • scrimshaw on 28/09/2010 - 20:17

    There's nothing good to buy now. TV, PS3, iPod, Styler and camera were the main highlights of the day.

    • aacheney on 28/09/2010 - 20:19

      TV did not sell that well and was not that good a price.
      PS3 did well and the site went down and was sold fast.
      Ipod, that had the wrong price you get what ever colour they want/have.
      Styler still having site trouble and sold average but I that there was only a small market for that
      Camera was not the right info again and sold in under a minute and there was no choice for colour.

      • skinny on 28/09/2010 - 21:36

        A handful of winners and all the rest were losers - not sure who Catch is trying to win over here?

        • aacheney on 28/09/2010 - 21:37

          stats to stay on top

  • amberdbrickell on 28/09/2010 - 20:56

    Reckon lolli pops next!!!

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