Olbermann book sale blocked on Amazon: coincidence?

[madmax]

:wtf:

"Keith Olbermann's current book "Pitchforks and Torches" is at this moment blocked from being sold new on the Amazon website. The notation reads:

"Item Under Review

While this item is available from other marketplace sellers on this page, it is not currently offered by Amazon.com because customers have told us there may be something wrong with our inventory of the item, the way we are shipping it, or the way it's described here. (Thanks for the tip!)

We're working to fix the problem as quickly as possible."

http://www.thomhartmann.com/forum/2010/10/olbermann-book-sale-blocked-amazon-coincidence

[Dinger]

1. OK, What Is Going On Here?

Keith has been outspoken for a long time. Why is this shit happening now?

[madmax]

5. That's what TH is asking.

I hope his book sales soar like a rocket past the galaxy. I was just about to put in an order for a few books along with Keith's. I'm going to look in B&N and local booksellers. It's out there and I'm buying asap.

[The Backlash Cometh]

23. this is going to be another Dixie Chicks purchase.

[madmax]

28. I beleive so - I'm hearing impaired but, bought their CD nt

[madfloridian]

2. Just like when the very same words were used with Ravitch's book.

[DebJ]

3. I was able to put it in my cart without any problem. $10 off

pricing. ...

[madmax]

7. You did? Ok, back to Amazon to put in the order.

So what's up with TH and this article? :shrug: It's a plot to drive me insane and it's working.

[Posteritatis]

4. I'd guess a conservative flash mob is spamming reports about it. (nt)

[madmax]

10. It's at Thom Hartmann's website

That's what makes it seem so strange. Con flash mob? Nah.
Don't know why it's there.

http://www.thomhartmann.com/forum/2010/10/olbermann-boo...

[sufrommich]

6. I just went to Amazon, put Pitchforks and Torches in my checkout

and nothing stopped me from buying it.

[leveymg]

8. Just went to that page at thr Amazon site, and it appears normal.

No unusual advisory. Just the usual reviews and sale info.

Whatever the issue was, it looks like it has been resolved.

[Ptah]

9. I followed the link your link leads to.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470614471/ref=ox_ya_os_product

Looks available right now.

[onehandle]

11. It's buys fine for me. No conspiracy. nt

[Kookaburra]

12. Could it be that too many people were

trying to purchase the book at the same time, and it caused the system to lock up? I could see that happening. Perhaps the # of orders couldn't keep up with the inventory program they had in place and they had to take a "time out" for everything to catch up?

I'm just guessing. It was working fine for me this a.m.

[madmax]

14. Seems the Amazon site is and has been working fine.

It's the statement on Thom Hartmann's website that got my bp up and wondering wtf was going on. I should have tried to use Amazon first but, since TH is a trusted site by me - I posted this to DU without checking if Amazon was working. My bad. Sorry :blush:

[nc4bo]

17. Yea - was just coming back to report so far so good w/ordering..

Of course I haven't completely followed through with the order and not sure if there'll be an additional message after I completed it.

Well - at least I can remove my :tinfoilhat:

[madmax]

13. This is nuts.

I'm totally confused, but happy that the book is available and selling.

Carry on, I'm putting myself on permanent bed rest for the day ;)

[nc4bo]

15. !

I think whatever it was is fixed now but nothing would surprise me when it comes to the ultra-powerful when they have an axe to grind.

[madmax]

16. There is a lesson here.

'Trust but, verify.'

'Doth endith (sp?) the lesson.' Sean Connery in the 'Untouchables'

[lonestarnot]

18. Welp then I guess I won't be buying shit from them again until they fix it!

[madmax]

20. It's working - it may have been a misinformed poster

On TH's site. I don't know - whatever. Order the damn book ;P

Please read other posts related to the OP

[lonestarnot]

21. Don't have time. Will buy the book somewhere. Thanks.

[Rosco T.]

24. Don't have TIME???

20 minutes between the time you posted first and last, with the report in-between that it was working?

Don't have TIME?

[madmax]

27. LOL I just let it go because I thought wtf

But thanks for posting what I was thinking. :fistbump:

[HughMoran]

31. Yes, that was surprising

Seems as though the conspiracy outweighed the desire to buy the book.

[Kajsa]

19. Hey- stranger things have happened.

The official CA State website for our election returns
completely crashed 10 minutes before our polls closed
last Tuesday.

It turns out that the servers crashed- too much traffic.
This, in the state that has Silicon Valley!

The elections in 2000 and 2004 have left many of us
suspicious of any weirdness.

[burnsei sensei]

22. Looks like a systematic campaign

to silence Keith Olbermann.

[onenote]

26. no, it looks like misinformation, which you seem intent on spreading

Why?

[timtom]

25. I just put one in my shopping cart.

???

[HughMoran]

29. It might have sold out very quickly

Based on people here buying it!!!

[Toucano]

38. It would say "Out of Stock", not "Under review". n/t

[HughMoran]

40. I know

I was thinking that the stock remaining had to be verified due to brisk sales - which is what I think actually happened here.

It really was only a brief glitch.

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. We went through the same with Ravitch

no, they got a Q\A issue going on... Jesus age there are days

[madmax]

32. I'm never going to post an OP again

Seems people aren't reading anything but the OP or maybe just hit and miss comments and keep questioning this when I and others have posted explanations. This is going to be one of those days - it's been one of those weeks and it doesn't seem to be getting better :sigh:

J/K I'll post OP and comments. Could never stay out of the fray ;) To you, Nadine :toast:

[HughMoran]

33. I've been in this sitation

...all I could think to do was ask that the O/P be locked to save my sanity. :)

[madmax]

35. I'm growing a bit fond of insanity. I think it's always been there. ;)

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. It is not you, this happens with them fairly often

if they get a report of ONE bad copy they do this

When they stop selling in all formats then we can worry.

Hell they did that with Harry Potter!

[madmax]

36. I didn't pay much attention to the brouhaha over HP

My dil and granddaughter have the collection and have read them all. If I weren't hearing impaired books on tape would be great for me. In the car, doing things around the house. I'm always stressed since I can only do one thing at a time if it involves hearing.

This is my life since my mid-twenties. It was slow and progressive but, in the last 8 years it's made a tremdous impact on my life. I'll deal with it, what are my choices, lol.

on edit: I'd love to have a button for r/l - I'm not stupid - I just can't hear you clearly. I hear mumbling. Sounds like people are talking with a mouth full of marbles. I can hear low tones, bass ok. It's the higher frequencies that I don't hear at all. Vowels I hear, consonants, no. So I use cued speech techniques - similar to lip reading.

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. I made the point about HP because that was

a money bonanza. We might think Keith sells a lot of books, but compared to HP... no he does not.

It would be close if left wing billionaires bought them in truck loads (like the right), but you get the point.

[WinkyDink]

39. NOT TRUE. I just added it to my cart.