Troubles began when Amazon.com, B&N, and Best Buy offered the discontinued $99 HP tablet on Monday and sold out their stock in record time. B&N sold all its TouchPad inventory and, inventory it mistakenly believed it had, in under an hour, . It was then forced to send out e-mails to many of the customers who'd bought a TouchPad and informed them their order hadn't been processed.

B&N's customer service department explained in a e-mail: "Due to unexpected customer demand for this item, our inventory was depleted prior to your order being processed so we are unable to fulfill this item as requested." B&N continued to explain orders were canceled and that credit cards would not be charged.

It didn't take long before users complained on Twitter about the goof. "Thought I had a deal for HP Touchpad," said Twitter user mal1981. "Got proof of payment and then cancellation from . Should have known! Don't trust them!" Users have even created an to protest B&N.

Best Buy declined to comment on the story and B&N did not return multiple inquiries to discuss the matter.

and () were also forced to cancel orders and face similar backlashes from customers. Angry customers also flocked to social networks to share publicly their outrage. Grumpy customers complained bitterly about Best Buy and Amazon giving them the equivalent of a Bronx Cheer online.