Amazon Prime’s ‘Black Friday’ turned out to be a bit rubbish – Metro

Fancy a 55 gallon barrel of lube? (Picture: Amazon)

To celebrate 20 years in business Amazon decided to hold its very own Black Friday-style sale.

The much-hyped Amazon Prime Day caused a buzz with shoppers across the globe, who expected to be able to get their hands on cheap flatscreen TVs and the like.

But according to some shoppers, the reality was something of an anti-climax, with some saying they'd been offered items they described as 'garage sale' rubbish.

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Items such as a 55-gallon barrel of lube or a videotape rewinder did not exactly inspire customers to buy, nor did granny pants, giant packs of loo roll or processed ham.

A Diane Keaton T Shirt, with a 5 pack of brass knuckles AND ham?!?! DREAMS CAN COME TRUE #PrimeDayFail http://t.co/hE1X6lhGb5—
Roy Buckingham (@shave_my_lemon) July 15, 2015

In a blow Amazon surely didn't see coming, #PrimeDayFail trended on Twitter, with people sharing the best/worst items they'd seen for sale and generally getting sassy.

Somewhere out there, a UPS driver is loading up a 55-gal drum of lubricant and 64oz jars of Skippy Peanut butter thinking #PrimeDayFail

— Matthew Harris (@MattHarrisAZ) July 15, 2015

They accused Amazon of trying to get rid of items they had lying around in their warehouse, like this absolutely essential cat lodge:

Er, lovely (Picture: Amazon)

And pointed out that the stuff on sale was stuff no one actually wanted. Shame. 

Remember when Peppermint Patty went to Charlie Brown’s house expecting turkey, but got popcorn and toast? Its kinda like that! #PrimeDayFail

— RMC62970 (@rcarlson62970) July 16, 2015

#PrimeDay is like when grandma says “help yourself to the candy jar!” but it has nothing but raisins and sugar-free salt water taffy

— Dera Luce (@DeraLuce) July 15, 2015

Though we do all need detergent…

#PrimeDay IT IS WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED! pic.twitter.com/srcajDuHMD

— Admiral Bahroo (@AdmiralBahroo) July 15, 2015

Other items on offer were just baffling.

ACT FAST! #AmazonPrimeDay There’s a GREAT DEAL on a VCR REWINDER http://t.co/8C1tfpP15P

— Chris Glass (@TheChrisGlass) July 15, 2015

And there were online waiting lists for the really cool bargains. 

As bad as the Lightning Deals are, there’s still a waitlist to save 36% on a 16 bar pack of soap! #PrimeDayFail pic.twitter.com/PCHkH9u0WH

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) July 16, 2015

Some were left nostalgic for the horrors of Black Friday.

At least on Black Friday you can go to the store and punch someone to get the items you want. #PrimeDayFail

— Philip Hansen (@evil_avatar) July 16, 2015

While others made the best of a bad situation.

I bought a family pack of brass knuckles, a 55 gal barrel of lube, a rum cake, and some XXXL socks. Gonna be a good weekend. #PrimeDayFail

— Joe Price (@JDP649) July 16, 2015

But every cloud has a silver lining, so, y'know, thanks Amazon.

Turns out #PrimeDay was better than expected! I thought I would waste hundreds but ended up spending nothing at all.

— Morgan C. Besmer (@MorganBesmer) July 15, 2015

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