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posted by martyb on Wednesday February 06 2019, @07:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-get-what-you-give dept.

It's 2019 and still retailers haven't quite got a grip on their online shopping websites. Coles, a large supermarket in Australia, sold products with deep discounts due to a glitch until the company found the problem and restored the system. This story comes with a modern twist with users going to social media to spread the word about the glitch on the site so others can quickly take advantage. The store was able to get ahead of the surge in online shoppers and cull some of the carts, but not before the front runners picked up their discount goods.

Oh, look, a good use for social media. What are we up to, 5, or 6 now? =)


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:17PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:17PM (#797409)

    The capitalist solution is simple: BAN social media, BREAK UP big corporations, and TAX sociopathic behaviour.

    Also, BAN OR TAX cigarettes, alcohol, and all other unhealthy food, drugs and activities like consuming meat and sportsball. Finally, enforce proper hygiene via IoT-connected toothbrushes, showerheads, mirrors, and washcloths.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by edIII on Wednesday February 06 2019, @10:20PM (2 children)

    by edIII (791) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @10:20PM (#797448)

    Finally, enforce proper hygiene via IoT-connected toothbrushes, showerheads, mirrors, and washcloths.

    That makes the perfect crime easy. I wet the IoT-connected washcloth, start washing my taint area, then while the NSA analysts are screaming and gouging their eyes out, I hack a bank with my free hand :) When they ask for an alibi, I'll just say I was washing my taint according to the published doubleplusgood hygiene guidelines. Check the logs.

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    Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @06:33AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @06:33AM (#797641)

      What's a "taint"?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @06:40AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @06:40AM (#797642)

      https://www.xkcd.com/341/ [xkcd.com]

      Oblig XKCD