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📣 markus_zhang

Cannot check out/place order in Amazon Canada


Despite clearly that the items are available, I'm constantly getting "You cannot buy this item because it's out of stock" warning after I clicked the "place order" button.

The error page simply states that the item is out of stock but doesn't bother to tell me which one is out of stock. I tried a few times but the purchase couldn't go through. Sometime it shows the error page after I clicked the "check out" button as well.

I guess this is related to the issues Amazon experienced earlier this week?


  👤 tornato7 Accepted Answer ✓
I just got this error as well. Searching it online, your post was the only thing that popped up. I was able to fix it after removing the items in my cart and re-adding.

Since I cannot find a good way to inform someone at Amazon about this (aside from maybe posting to HN), I'll send some screenshots to jeff@amazon and I'm sure whatever support team that still reads his email will see it.