I was kicking myself for not jumping on Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series [Blu-ray] (2010) when it was $23 and change the other day. Now I'm glad I waited because I was just able to snap it up at $19.99.
That was the unnamed item I was talking about. Literally, by 12:21 PST it was gone. Like you, I was saved by the waitlist.
In order to get the Super Saver Shipping, I picked up "Fringe: The Complete Fourth Season" on Blu-Ray. I was hoping that would be one of the $9.99 or $11.99 deals, but...
Does anyone know how many copies of each item are available for lightning deals? I refreshed my browser right at 3:20 EST/12:20 PST on an item and it went right from the countdown to 100% claimed.
EDIT: Fortunately, I got it off the waitlist.
What's wrong with it? It helps keep the site free, and allows Ron and Adam and Kevin to be more selective in the ads they accept so we don't have full screen flash ads polluting every page.
I held off on a lot of TV on Blu purchases figuring that Amazon would have extensive deals like they've had in the past. It looks like that was a mistake, because none of the titles I'm interested in appear to be on sale.