Is Amazon down right now? Users have problems at checkout

Florida bear nabs Amazon package from front porch of Longwood home
A Longwood family on vacation was stunned to open their Ring app notification to see a bear nabbing an Amazon package left at their front door.
Bad news for my wife: Amazon is down.
According to Downdetector, Amazon users are struggling to use the website because of glitches. The problem started shortly after 1:30 p.m. EST March 5.
If you’re shopping, you might not even know, according to comments on the site.
“Trying to checkout and every time I select my address it times out and I get an error,” a comment read. “Tried in app and using a web browser with same result.”
According to Downdetector, 47 percent of people are struggling at checkout. There were more than 2,000 people struggling with the site as of 2 p.m.



