I was sitting on a fairly fast Internet connection at work. Sparkfun's server could even be pinged -- let along answer an httpd request. I bought a couple things that I really wanted for a project a couple days before free day. I halfway expected the nightmare that the free day became. So, I'm happy my order shipped before free day started. I have to agree with one of the first posters -- this was an epic fail. A good chunk of the $100k was probably given to script kiddies who will try to eBay the goods. What goodwill does that create? To me, it was a waste of time. Sparkfun can choose to do what they want. They otherwise seem to provide good service -- so, I won't stop buying from them. But, the whole thing left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth.