So, amazon has this thing on the Wii Fit page where you can sign up for a text message when they get some more in stock. The message went off today, and in an unusual state of affairs, I actually felt the message buzz on my phone and went to the amazon site immediately.
It was already out of stock again.
Elapsed time between receipt of SMS and visit to the fit page couldn’t have been more than 30 seconds.
I’ve had an Amazon wishlist for quite a while. When I first started buying from them, I used an actual Wyse terminal attached to an external modem (for the purposes highly overpowered at 19.2kbps). Sometimes an item ends up on the list that I have no clue why I put it there. Like the 6-CD’s of crappy covers that is Party With Pride,which if my guess is correct, I put on the list for it’s cover of “99 Red Balloons”. But the ‘artist’ names are totally worth the used CD price I paid….”Venus With Penus”…alllllllrighty then =p
It appears that amazon views the idea of wishlists for kindle owners as some sort of state secret. After first getting a completely useless response from support, I was able to get thru to someone who went to great lengths to do a pathetic attempt at a “wink-and-a-nod” not-denial that there might ever be such a feature, in the future, at this time. blah blah blah.
What The Hell?!?
I get it, your programming staff was lazy or incompetent, when it came to the wishlist integration, and a lazy project lead/manager said, “well hell, they can use gift certificates, so what if they’re impersonal, loathed, and attach stigma to the giver, I’ve got a schedule to keep, and damn the customers!!”. I get that you can’t come out and be THAT honest. But come on, “At this time, we have no further details to announce at this time regarding this option”?