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Much hyped event turns out to be a bust. Social media erupts in rage.
| Shana Mueller
Social media erupts in rage as the much hyped sale event turns out to be a bust. Here’s just a sampling of the #PrimeDayFail tweets:
#PrimeDayFail #PrimeDay pic.twitter.com/p1yt0mdtOp
— Hutch (@hutchtattoo) July 15, 2015
https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/621406590407700481
In Florida, every weekend is #PrimeDay. Or as your Grandma calls it "garage sales."
— Jessica Fast (@jessfast) July 15, 2015
#primeday sucks but @amazon gets their way because I am just ordering stuff that is not on sale.
— Ashley (@ashleykaise) July 15, 2015
#PrimeDay is Amazon's "We gotta get rid of some of this shit" garage sale. #PrimeDayFail
— sɹǝʇǝd ˙ɾ˙ʇ (@tpeters) July 15, 2015
Garbage garbage garbage…who really wants 50 shades of gray or whey protein on sale… Stupidest sale ever #AmazonPrimeDay #PrimeDay
— Cory Beran (@cory_beran) July 15, 2015
When Amazon says they are staggering deals, do they mean stagger has in not giving them? #PrimeDay #PrimeDayFail
— Emma Peel (@lotsofhoots) July 15, 2015
https://twitter.com/pacerwife/status/621407525657706496
@amazon You said there'd be deals, joke's on me for assuming they'd be on things I actually want to buy. #PrimeDayFail
— John Blake (@HeyJohnBlake) July 15, 2015
#PrimeDay seems to suck really hard, way to waste ad money Amazon.
— Alexis Sara 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 TSL (@TransComics) July 15, 2015
A drone just dropped off all of my AWESOME prime day deals #PrimeDay #PrimeDayFail pic.twitter.com/XNgmXpu8zc
— Brett Petersen (@BPPublicSphere) July 15, 2015
@amazon #PrimeDay looks a lot like everyday
— San Francisco WWC (@SanFranciscoWWC) July 15, 2015
Companies should not be able to trap consumers into subscriptions that they do not want.
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