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yet another 500 Internal Server Error from Amazon

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Again, it happened at checkout time, straight after changing delivery address. Apparently Jeff Bezos likes to have a root-cause-analysis of every issue.  Here we go, then.  The root cause of this issue is: Jeff Bezos is a drooling retard.

Amazon user journey ends in dead-end after re-authentication ordeal

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Previously: " Amazon: amatuers " [0] [0] < https://wibblement.blogspot.com/2022/11/amazon-amateurs.html > The user journey ended in a dead end anyway: It says "see below", but there is no further information below; in particular no reason for the "problem" is given anywhere on the page.  Since the web is now "mature", we have probably reached an equilibrium for actual links vs vague phrases like "our user manual", "below", "section 3 of our customer portal", and so on.  Of course, the (non) hypertext issue is secondary to the absence of information on why the purchase can not proceed. Apparently Jeff Bezos always asks for a "root-cause analysis" to be performed, every time an issue is identified.  Even tho Amazon isn't paying me for this, yet, I've performed some "root-cause analyses" for these issues.  The root cause of both these issues, as well as the root cause of Amazon's au...