Trending NowHysterical tweets capture the ‘deals’ found on #AmazonPrimeDay
Amazon Prime day is over, and social media is doing what social media does best – expressing its thoughts and opinions on the matter.
Shoppers took to social media to post about the discounts they were seeing on the site.
If tweets are like Yelp reviews, many people probably won't be coming back for the shopping sales day marketed as “better than Black Friday”.
Many people are saying that the sale reminded them of a giant garage sale — a lot of discounts on unwanted items.
Reviews were rough. People were tweeting about the discounts on Pop-Tarts and the endless offerings of defunct electronics.
So far #PrimeDay looks more like a cheap garage sale rather than a Black Friday competition.
— Alexander Yosifov (@AlexYosifov) July 15, 2015
The best deal I've seen so far is 15% off a box of pop tarts. #AmazonPrimeDay
— Sakeef Salman (@ChiefSakeef) July 15, 2015
Others thought the whole thing was an experiment:
So what I'm getting out of this is that #PrimeDay is some sort of postmodern experiment to see if disappointment can be quantified.
— Brad Williams (@FuriousBrad) July 15, 2015
In the end, people looked for a silver lining:
Yup RT @MorganBesmer: Turns out #PrimeDay was better than expected! I thought I would waste hundreds but ended up spending nothing at all.
— Litt Registration (@StevieKnicks21) July 16, 2015
While the tweets are funny, Amazon doesn’t have too much to be embarrassed about. On Prime Day, Amazon’s U.S. sales were up 80%, tons of people downloaded their app, and the news coverage was extensive.
Regardless of the deals, it seems Amazon Prime Day is a new day on all of our calendars.
