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Re: 52-inch TV for $10 + $80 S/H is Today's PRICE MISTAKE OF THE DAY! - 3d - 08-12-2009
Decay,
How'd you get free shipping?
When i "ordered" this morning it said there was no local pickup.
Re: 52-inch TV for $10 + $80 S/H is Today's PRICE MISTAKE OF THE DAY! - decay - 08-12-2009
not my order - found that image in the random/open uploads on that image site. (mostly NSFW, btw)
Re: 52-inch TV for $10 + $80 S/H is Today's PRICE MISTAKE OF THE DAY! - Ombligo - 08-13-2009
The Associated Press
updated 4:58 p.m. ET, Wed., Aug 12, 2009
NEW YORK - Few if any of the deals retailers have offered online during the recession have been as good as Best Buy Inc.'s sale price of $9.99 on a 52-inch TV Wednesday. But it quickly turned out the offer was too good to be true.
The electronics retailer said it will not honor the $9.99 price posted Wednesday morning on its Web site for a 52-inch Samsung flat-screen TV. By early afternoon, the TV was listed at $1,799.99, almost half off the original $3,399.99 price.
Bloggers and Twitterers lit up the Internet with posts about the offer, some insisting Best Buy must honor it, others making jokes.
Best Buy, based in Richfield, Minn., said it has corrected an online pricing error and will not honor the incorrect price. Orders made Wednesday morning at the incorrect price will be canceled and customers will receive refunds, the company said.
Re: 52-inch TV for $10 + $80 S/H is Today's PRICE MISTAKE OF THE DAY! - 3d - 08-13-2009
From my order confirmation:
Your credit card will not be charged until a delivery date is confirmed.
From the article:
Orders made Wednesday morning at the incorrect price will be canceled and customers will receive refunds, the company said.
So there were customers that had a confirmed order. Confirmed delivery date. And their credit card was charged. And BestBuy is backing out.
I OBJECT!
oapbox:Ehh.. whatever. Time for an oatmeal raison cookie break.
Re: 52-inch TV for $10 + $80 S/H is Today's PRICE MISTAKE OF THE DAY! - Speedy - 08-13-2009
Heck, it even made the broadcast network news.
Re: 52-inch TV for $10 + $80 S/H is Today's PRICE MISTAKE OF THE DAY! - NewtonMP2100 - 08-13-2009
...youse fell for the oldest trick in the book....a "mistake?".....they just harvested all youse infos......
Re: 52-inch TV for $10 + $80 S/H is Today's PRICE MISTAKE OF THE DAY! - Racer X - 08-14-2009
there is a legal precedent that if they charge your card, a deal has been struck, and to void the deal, both parties must agree.