{"id":689,"date":"2007-12-25T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-25T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689"},"modified":"2017-01-25T12:11:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T17:11:44","slug":"futureshop-ca-boxing-day-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689","title":{"rendered":"FutureShop.ca Boxing Day blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1128\">second year in a row<\/a>, Future Shop had trouble handling the initial crush of traffic for its Boxing Day blow-out.<\/p>\n<p>I had trouble getting into the system on December 24 at 8 pm when the sale began, but was able to get in early December 25 to place my order. I actually went back to the site later in the morning to buy some SD memory cards without any trouble. Based on the order numbers, it looks like the website handled about 18,000 orders in 2 and a half hours Christmas morning.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t the only person who initially had some problems. Last year&#8217;s blog post about Future Shop&#8217;s problems attracted a lot of web traffic and even a comment, asking me to update the blog to reflect the recurrence.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Future Shop had a standby web-page, letting people know they are in the queue for the e-commerce engine. On one hand, it is a good sign that consumers are lining up to shop on-line.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, it is a shame that one of Canada&#8217;s top electronics retailers still isn&#8217;t able to keep up with the demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second year in a row, Future Shop had trouble handling the initial crush of traffic for its Boxing Day blow-out. I had trouble getting into the system on December 24 at 8 pm when the sale began, but was able to get in early December 25 to place my order. I actually went &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FutureShop.ca Boxing Day blues<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FutureShop.ca Boxing Day blues &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For the second year in a row, Future Shop had trouble handling the initial crush of traffic for its Boxing Day blow-out. I had trouble getting into the &#8226; December 25, 2007\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FutureShop.ca Boxing Day blues &#8226; Telecom Trends\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For the second year in a row, Future Shop had trouble handling the initial crush of traffic for its Boxing Day blow-out. I had trouble getting into the &#8226; December 25, 2007\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Telecom Trends\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-12-25T11:11:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-25T17:11:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mark_logo_png-scaled.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1061\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Goldberg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mark_goldberg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mark_goldberg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Goldberg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=689#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=689\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Goldberg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3fb9ac7e53dc710f23be648a3b1ab4d7\"},\"headline\":\"FutureShop.ca Boxing Day blues\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-12-25T11:11:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-25T17:11:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=689\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=689#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=689\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=689\",\"name\":\"FutureShop.ca Boxing Day blues &#8226; Telecom Trends\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-12-25T11:11:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-25T17:11:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"For the second year in a row, Future Shop had trouble handling the initial crush of traffic for its Boxing Day blow-out. I had trouble getting into the &#8226; December 25, 2007\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=689\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Telecom Trends\",\"description\":\"A Canadian perspective on trends in telecom\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mark H Goldberg & Associates Inc.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/mark_logo_png.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/mark_logo_png.png\",\"width\":3484,\"height\":1444,\"caption\":\"Mark H Goldberg & Associates Inc.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/mark_goldberg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3fb9ac7e53dc710f23be648a3b1ab4d7\",\"name\":\"Mark Goldberg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mark Goldberg\"},\"description\":\"Mark Goldberg has more than 40 years of international experience in strategic planning, managing, designing and implementing telecommunications carrier networks.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FutureShop.ca Boxing Day blues &#8226; Telecom Trends","description":"For the second year in a row, Future Shop had trouble handling the initial crush of traffic for its Boxing Day blow-out. I had trouble getting into the &#8226; December 25, 2007","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FutureShop.ca Boxing Day blues &#8226; Telecom Trends","og_description":"For the second year in a row, Future Shop had trouble handling the initial crush of traffic for its Boxing Day blow-out. I had trouble getting into the &#8226; December 25, 2007","og_url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689","og_site_name":"Telecom Trends","article_published_time":"2007-12-25T11:11:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-01-25T17:11:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1061,"url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mark_logo_png-scaled.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Mark Goldberg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mark_goldberg","twitter_site":"@mark_goldberg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Goldberg","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689"},"author":{"name":"Mark Goldberg","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3fb9ac7e53dc710f23be648a3b1ab4d7"},"headline":"FutureShop.ca Boxing Day blues","datePublished":"2007-12-25T11:11:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-25T17:11:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689"},"wordCount":197,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689","url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689","name":"FutureShop.ca Boxing Day blues &#8226; Telecom Trends","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-12-25T11:11:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-25T17:11:44+00:00","description":"For the second year in a row, Future Shop had trouble handling the initial crush of traffic for its Boxing Day blow-out. I had trouble getting into the &#8226; December 25, 2007","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=689"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/","name":"Telecom Trends","description":"A Canadian perspective on trends in telecom","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Mark H Goldberg & Associates Inc.","url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mark_logo_png.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mark_logo_png.png","width":3484,"height":1444,"caption":"Mark H Goldberg & Associates Inc."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/mark_goldberg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3fb9ac7e53dc710f23be648a3b1ab4d7","name":"Mark Goldberg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mark Goldberg"},"description":"Mark Goldberg has more than 40 years of international experience in strategic planning, managing, designing and implementing telecommunications carrier networks."}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"tenweb_optimizer_mobile":false,"tenweb_optimizer_tablet":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Mark Goldberg","author_link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?author=2"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"For the second year in a row, Future Shop had trouble handling the initial crush of traffic for its Boxing Day blow-out. I had trouble getting into the system on December 24 at 8 pm when the sale began, but was able to get in early December 25 to place my order. I actually went&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}