UK shopping site ASOS has been down for almost a day and people think it's Brexit

Great timing, ASOS!

Jeanette Tan | June 24, 2016, 04:49 PM

So, if you've tried going onto ASOS to take advantage of the weak Sterling Pound in the wake of Brexit, you can forget it because you'll see this:

Screenshot from ASOS.com Screenshot from ASOS.com

From the looks of complaints posted to its Facebook page, it's been down for more than half a day now — they've also acknowledged it in this Facebook post:

Could it be Brexit?

We don't know, but ASOS's site went down quite awhile before the final results of the vote were tallied, judging by these Facebook complaints:

Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page

The popular shopping site's customer service staff were working overtime responding to every "WHY IS YOUR SITE DOWN?" question with comments that sounded positively embarrassed:

Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page

Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page

Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page

Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page

Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page

Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page

Naturally, some began to speculate:

Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page

Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page

And some, like this Danish shopper, even took the time to extrapolate and contemplate the financial implications of Brexit on their spending power:

Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page

Others were just depressed they no longer had their go-to outlet to cheer themselves up:

Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page Screenshot from ASOS's Facebook page

So for those of you thinking of flocking to UK sites to take advantage of the immediate economic impact of Brexit, we have something to say to you:

Source: Memegenerator.net Source: Memegenerator.net

 

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Top image: Screenshot from ASOS.com

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