Hasta La Gadget!

Christmas is an extremely busy period for retailers, even more so in countries where the tradition of purchasing gifts happens to be in vogue. Well, we have word that over at Amazon Germany, hundreds of workers have gone on strike right at the moment when pre-Christmas sales start to peak. This strike is the result of a dispute over pay which has been going on for the past few months with no resolution in sight, and a strike at this point in time could lead to a potential delay in the delivery of goods for folks who are expecting items under their Christmas tree when December 25th rolls around.

We do know that Germany is no small fry when it comes to Amazon’s international markets, where sales in that part of the world grew by almost 21% in 2012 to $8.7 billion, which happens to be a third of its overseas total. In fact, Amazon has received the bulk of their daily orders in Germany last year on December 16th, and shipments began to peak the day after that. Amazon Germany has 9,000 warehouse staff and 14,000 seasonal workers under their payroll at nine distribution centers, and considering how the strike involved around 640 workers not turning up for the morning shift would not have adversely affected the delivery times down the road. Phew!

Amazon German Workers Go On Strike original content from Ubergizmo.

Amazon has even more original content coming in 2014, and all of it is going to be shot in 4K. So many pixels (if you have an ultra high-def TV, that is).

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There are times in life when we absolutely want something, but are unable to get it simply because we lack the necessary funds to do so. Well, it is a good thing then that financial institutions come up with this idea of a 0% interest instalment plan, and depending on the package that you pick, it could range anywhere from a few months to a year, or even more. Amazon does seem as though they want to continue pushing out their Kindle Fire HDX tablet and will go to great lengths so that you can be a proud owner of a new one. Good news then, for those who have always wanted to pick one up but never really got down to it because of the entry cost – Amazon will offer the Kindle Fire HDX tablet on a quarterly payment plan.

It goes without saying that the amount of each installment will vary depending on the size as well as configuration that you select. For instance, the 7” model comes with Wi-Fi connectivity, 16GB of internal memory and Special Offers, will cost you $57 per payment. If you want a model that has the same specifications, but comes with a more generous 8.9” display, it will cost you $95 per quarter. All of it without any kind of financing fees or interest to worry about, but should you miss a payment, you will be prevented from accessing its content library, with the possibility of a deleted account. [Product Page]

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Gets Interest Free Payment Plan original content from Ubergizmo.

Whether you are pro guns or against them, every American can surely agree that we should all have a beef jerky gun in our homes because… meat!

I’m pretty sure beef jerky snacks are the human equivalent to Beggin’ Strips for dogs. Everyone loves beef jerky. Not just Randy “Macho Man” Savage. This is why you get a beef jerky gun – so you can make your own tasty jerky snack sticks any time you want one. We have the right to bare meat!

Forget that. Didn’t sound right at all. It’s only $27.04(USD) from Amazon and it will keep you in jerky snacks for a long long time. Just load it up with ingredients, pull the trigger and shoot.

[via Smoking Meat Forums and This Is Why I’m Broke]

It would appear that Amazon is aiming to expand their grasp of the consumer goods universe with a program called Amazon Pantry. This service would expand Amazon’s collection of goods shipped in low-cost packages beyond their already expansive set of foods and dry goods. Amazon is said to be going into more direct competition with […]