SparkFun’s Free Day Is Nearly Upon Us…

As I’m sure many of you already now, today is January 7th. While that might not have any real significance normally, today this means that our favorite hobby supplier, SparkFun, is giving away up to $100,000 of electronic goodness. We know we have our shopping carts filled to the brim, and we’re sure that most of you do too. With the start of Free Day being roughly 10 minutes away, we recommend that everyone man their shopping carts…. This should be interesting…

624 thoughts on “SparkFun’s Free Day Is Nearly Upon Us…

  1. I got through after 1.5 hrs of constantly clicking the reload button after each network timeout, that is I only was able to load the 4 or so pages over the course of an hour, better have had those carts preloaded or you’re goin no where.Patience is critical!Good luck all.

  2. So, if the site is down for tons of people, how are people still able to get checked out? Cuz there is like 150 people already checked out? How did they get in? Is there internet super fast?

  3. “afari can’t open the page “https://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/checkout_shipping.php?refresh=1” because the server unexpectedly dropped the connection. This sometimes occurs when the server is busy. Wait for a few minutes, and then try again.”

    server busy? GEEEE YOU THINK, and this just in, FIRE IS STILL HOT!

  4. forget this sheiss. I am going to go play with my unicorn collection.

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    PSYCH. I am sitting right here betches, refreshing like a madperson on behalf of my boyfriend who is dutifully making me pancakes for breakfast!

  5. “”So, if the site is down for tons of people, how are people still able to get checked out? Cuz there is like 150 people already checked out? How did they get in? Is there internet super fast?””

    no it seems the UK is not having any trouble getting in

  6. I wonder if the people who live really close are even getting through…i could probably drive there and jack into there server before this even ends lol jk, that’s way too far to drive…

    I even layed out of school for this haha

  7. time to go watch blue clues and eat some hearty cheerios, might as well go clean up the 6 inchez of snow that fell overnight!i was like, this is going to be a SECOND white christmas!

  8. I only live 1 timezone off, and ive been trying to get in for over 3 hours now, I finally saw the homepage but have yet to get logged in

    so no distance has nothing to do with it

  9. SparkFun Electronics is Temporarily Closed!
    SparkFun Electronics has been temporarily closed while necessary upgrades are installed and configured.
    Please be patient and check back soon. We’re working tirelessly to make this down time as brief as possible.

  10. Just got a page saying “sparkfun is closed temporarily while upgrades are being installed”. Guess they finally decided to up the hardware or simplify the website to weather the storm.

    Ken

  11. SparkFun Electronics is Temporarily Closed!
    SparkFun Electronics has been temporarily closed while necessary upgrades are installed and configured.
    Please be patient and check back soon. We’re working tirelessly to make this down time as brief as possible.

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