Amazon Kindle sold out way past Christmas

Santa got his sums wrong

28 November 2008 14:20 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

Those Stateside who've not yet started their Christmas shopping and were hoping to nab a Kindle for a loved one are right out of luck. It seems for the second year running Amazon has run out of stock of the device in the crucial "holiday" period.

Last Christmas the device had just launched to what was reported as unprecedented demand so the stock deficiencies are more easily explained than this time round.

Although Amazon had appeared to struggle to keep on top of demand for the e-book reader - leading some to suggest they are doing it deliberately to hype demand - this had settled towards the end of the year.

Th US site now states: "Due to heavy customer demand, Kindle is sold out. Please ORDER KINDLE NOW to reserve your place in line. We prioritize orders on a first come, first served basis. This item will arrive after December 24".

Related
Full tags
Gadgets, Kindle, Amazon, Statistics, ebooks, Speakers, Audio, Televisions, Concepts, Scrabulous, Nintendo, Emirates, Gaming, Xbox 360, iPod, ITV, Sony, iPhone, Apple, O2, Carphone Warehouse
UK Shopping
Amazon.co.uk, play.com, pixmania.co.uk, Currys.co.uk, Dixons.co.uk, 7dayshop.com, ebay.co.uk
US Shopping
Amazon.com, bestbuy.com, ebay.com

share Subscribe to RSS feeds email story save story print story pdf

Comments

(Will not be published)

  (Next time sign in to bypass captcha)

Latest in Gadgets

Latest on Pocket-lint.com

About Pocket-lint

Pocket-lint is your one stop shop for gadgets, technology and consumer electronics, bringing you the low-down on the latest televisions, cameras, phones, GPS and much more. Whether it's learning about what's hot in the world of Apple, finding out about the latest home cinema kit from Samsung and Sony or merely seeing what not to buy, we have you covered. So check out our reviews, news, comment, hands-on photo galleries and videos. Enjoy.

Pocket-lint.com poll

Q. Do you still buy CDs?

Vote YES Vote NO

» LAST TIME
When asked Do you want the Droid by Motorola? 53% said yes and 47% said no

Top 10 Broadband

Compare 50+
broadband packages

Home Broadband »

Top products

tip us on news

Rss feed

Follow us on Twitter