"he strongest day of holiday sales for Amazon was December 10th, on which customers ordered 62.5 items pers second for a total of 5.4 million items. On its peak

"he strongest day of holiday sales for Amazon was December 10th, on which customers ordered 62.5 items pers second for a total of 5.4 million items. On its peak shipping day, the retailer shipped products internationally to more than 200 countries, moving more than 3.9 million shipments." from: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16762 http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16762 - although its from the same spam article that said they sold 17 wiis a second (when they were in stock) in 2007 ... I would say every 10 minutes cost ... 78mm for a quarter in 07, (4 months = 120 day) 78mm/120 = 650k/day = 27k/hour = $450/sec ... they are losing big would love to hear the story behind it.