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  • zurc-net
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    • Jan 2008
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    BestBuy.com Goofs and Lists a $1,800 Samsung HDTV for $9.99

    Due to a so-called ?error? on the BestBuy.com website, the online electronics store is selling Samsung 52-inch 1080p HDTV for only $9.99. The Samsung LN52A650 was available to everyone for this ridiculously low price of just $10 just a hour or two ago and although it usually costs a around $1,800, the incredible 1080p, 120hertz, 50,000:1 contrast ratio HDTV is only ten dollars. Obviously we are all asking our selves if this is real or not, but thats the price tag that was up, I didn?t even think about it and ordered five. Price came out to $127.15 including shipping and taxes. What do you all think about this situation? Will best buy honor this ?error? or will they just lose a lot of unhappy potential customers due to this obvious advertising scheme?

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    • Lace
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      #3
      This is completely idiotic. There are 'price mistakes' ALL of the time and orders get canceled. Do you really think they're going to honor this what-so-ever? Don't think so. And if some idiot is actually going to spend money on a lawyer for this, more power to ya but you might as well just go buy the TV and save yourself lawyer and court costs.
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      • zurc-net
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        #4
        Originally posted by DLXphil
        welcome to this morning...
        lol, forgot about posting it here...
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        • rowan
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          #5
          Class action over an obvious error? LOL

          Hope you make back your reg fee from adsense...

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          • zurc-net
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            #6
            Originally posted by Lace
            This is completely idiotic. There are 'price mistakes' ALL of the time and orders get canceled. Do you really think they're going to honor this what-so-ever? Don't think so. And if some idiot is actually going to spend money on a lawyer for this, more power to ya but you might as well just go buy the TV and save yourself lawyer and court costs.
            Actually the company thats willing to conduct the Class Action Lawsuit will be doing it on a "If you get paid, we get paid" basis, no money upfront.. There is no loss here...

            Btw, I ordered 5 at about 3:45am US EST, they said that if the order is canceled, my credit card will not be charge, well... that was a lie, they charged me in full and when I call customer care, they are telling me I need to take it up with my credit card company.
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            • rowan
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              #7
              Originally posted by DLXphil
              welcome to this morning...
              The post is for a backlink to his site

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              • zurc-net
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                #8
                Originally posted by rowan
                Class action over an obvious error? LOL

                Hope you make back your reg fee from adsense...
                First page of google for most terms having to do with this, have comments stacked up.... good traffic imho...

                And as far as obvious, how do you confuse $9.99 with $1,899 ? This was a obvioius scheme to get people to there site with the economy being so bad and having hundreds of thousands of dollars wrapped up in there accounts collecting interest.
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                • zurc-net
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by rowan
                  The post is for a backlink to his site
                  Exactly, a backlink to a site that is only open to members... I have posted this on several other open forums, digg, and other social networking sites... I would only get a few visitors from here and thats only to share my experience with this situation.
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                  • seeandsee
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by zurc-net
                    First page of google for most terms having to do with this, have comments stacked up.... good traffic imho...

                    And as far as obvious, how do you confuse $9.99 with $1,899 ? This was a obvioius scheme to get people to there site with the economy being so bad and having hundreds of thousands of dollars wrapped up in there accounts collecting interest.
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                    • woj
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                      #11


                      There is no "situation", it's a simple fuckup, happens all the time... orders won't get shipped, $$ will be refunded...
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                      • zurc-net
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by woj


                        There is no "situation", it's a simple fuckup, happens all the time... orders won't get shipped, $$ will be refunded...
                        I am guessing Dell thought that too when they priced monitors at $15 and had to pay up when it came down to the law suit... but won't know till something happens!
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                        • bloggerz
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                          #13
                          i ordered one this morning also, no calls from them yet
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                          • rowan
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by woj


                            There is no "situation", it's a simple fuckup, happens all the time... orders won't get shipped, $$ will be refunded...
                            It's worth a try when the product page is sitting right there in front of you with that price, but post-fuckup class action lawsuits are just ridiculous.

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                            • lagcam
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                              #15
                              By purchasing 5, you are clearly indicating that you knew the price was an error.

                              Maybe if you were less greedy, you might have had a (very, very, very) slim chance of success with this.

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                              • woj
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                                #16
                                Originally posted by zurc-net
                                I am guessing Dell thought that too when they priced monitors at $15 and had to pay up when it came down to the law suit... but won't know till something happens!
                                No one received the $15 monitors, or do you actually have some source that says otherwise?
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                                • zurc-net
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                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by woj
                                  No one received the $15 monitors, or do you actually have some source that says otherwise?
                                  They were compensated on the situation, not sure exactly how much though, google it, just had a friend telling me about it.
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                                  • zurc-net
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                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by lagcam
                                    By purchasing 5, you are clearly indicating that you knew the price was an error.

                                    Maybe if you were less greedy, you might have had a (very, very, very) slim chance of success with this.

                                    One for every room in the house. And I was greedy? Some people order 60+ of them...
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                                    • ProG
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                                      #19
                                      if my order is not honored, I am ready to move forward and submit my claim to enter into a class action lawsuit against Best Buy, BestBuy.com
                                      Are you trying to extort BestBuy for some TVs? lol good luck
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                                      • KRosh
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                                        • Nov 2001
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                                        #20
                                        Errors on Our Site
                                        Prices and availability of products and services are subject to change without notice. Errors will be corrected where discovered, and Best Buy reserves the right to revoke any stated offer and to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions including after an order has been submitted and whether or not the order has been confirmed and your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is cancelled, Best Buy will issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the charge. Individual bank policies will dictate when this amount is credited to your account. If you are not fully satisfied with your purchase, you may return it in accordance with Best Buy's Return Policy.
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                                        • rowan
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                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by lagcam
                                          By purchasing 5, you are clearly indicating that you knew the price was an error.

                                          Maybe if you were less greedy, you might have had a (very, very, very) slim chance of success with this.

                                          Check out this comment from a blog...

                                          "The night nurses at my hospital ordered 100's last night. One nurse alone ordered 40. My boss ordered 5. By the time day shift showed up the site had been shut down. I would have ordered a 100 myself."

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                                          • brassmonkey
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                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by KRosh
                                            Errors on Our Site
                                            Prices and availability of products and services are subject to change without notice. Errors will be corrected where discovered, and Best Buy reserves the right to revoke any stated offer and to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions including after an order has been submitted and whether or not the order has been confirmed and your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is cancelled, Best Buy will issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the charge. Individual bank policies will dictate when this amount is credited to your account. If you are not fully satisfied with your purchase, you may return it in accordance with Best Buy's Return Policy.
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                                            • Vicious_B
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                                              #23
                                              What amazes is me is how people actually feel they are being cheated by not getting the tv. Anyone that saw that price listed KNEW it was a mistake and were more than happy to exploit it. And now people are getting pissed because they can't.
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                                              • zurc-net
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                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by 12clicksMichele
                                                What amazes is me is how people actually feel they are being cheated by not getting the tv. Anyone that saw that price listed KNEW it was a mistake and were more than happy to exploit it. And now people are getting pissed because they can't.
                                                Missing the huge point. It was a marketing scheme. It's obvious...

                                                And per Best Buy's STATE LAW, they must honor the deal or face being slapped with a law suit.

                                                Best Buy is trying to cover there ass with a site policy, but they are based out of a state that protects the buyer if such false advertising was made.

                                                This was clearly a scheme to drive traffic and publicity to there company during a very rough time in our economy.

                                                STIMULUS TO THE PEOPLE!!!!! /liberal
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                                                • Orion Productions
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                                                  #25
                                                  I saw that cant buy though
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                                                  • zurc-net
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                                                    #26
                                                    WashingtonPost.com just commented on www.TenDollarHDTV.com - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...081202660.html
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                                                    • zurc-net
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                                                      #27
                                                      200 comments and counting! Can't wait to see traffic reports!
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                                                      • bushwacker
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                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by zurc-net
                                                        Missing the huge point. It was a marketing scheme. It's obvious...

                                                        And per Best Buy's STATE LAW, they must honor the deal or face being slapped with a law suit.

                                                        Best Buy is trying to cover there ass with a site policy, but they are based out of a state that protects the buyer if such false advertising was made.

                                                        This was clearly a scheme to drive traffic and publicity to there company during a very rough time in our economy.

                                                        STIMULUS TO THE PEOPLE!!!!! /liberal

                                                        The point is you WERE trying to take advantage of an obvious advertising typo.

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                                                        • F-U-Jimmy
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                                                          #29
                                                          A typo would be $9.99 in place of $999.00 not $9.99 in place of $1800.00
                                                          Thats not a typo ( mistake ) its an obvious marketing ploy
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                                                          • dirtysouth
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                                                              • Babaganoosh
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                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by zurc-net
                                                                200 comments and counting! Can't wait to see traffic reports!
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                                                                • Ron Bennett
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                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by zurc-net
                                                                  ...And as far as obvious, how do you confuse $9.99 with $1,899 ? This was a obvioius scheme to get people to there site with the economy being so bad and having hundreds of thousands of dollars wrapped up in there accounts collecting interest.
                                                                  Perhaps it's not the price that get mixed up, but the SKU number with something else that really does cost $9.99. Another possibility is there's some add-on item for LCD TVs that cost $9.99. Point is there are so many different ways to get an erroneous price that totally different with nothing in common with the actual list price.

                                                                  As far as a publicity stunt. It would be a very dumb one - not saying it couldn't happen, but if turned out to be true, the loss in goodwill would be substantial - they'd lose a lot of customers to tough competitors, including Wal-Mart and Amazon.

                                                                  And in regards to collecting interest. In what? ... short-term rates are practically zero!

                                                                  But more to the point, Best Buy will likely LOSE money in all of this. Processing all those orders costs money, in both personnel and processing fees - gateway fees, AVS matching, CVV verification, etc. And refunds will cost some money to process too, though the credit card merchant cost may be nominal, but, again, there's going to be labor involved - some refunds will need to be processed manually, dealing with customer complaints, etc.

                                                                  In regards to customers forcing sale of the LCD TVs for $9.99 ... such large pricing errors, with or without a disclaimer, are NOT enforceable.

                                                                  A judge will rule, assuming the case isn't tossed at the getgo, that forcing such a sale would be an unconscionable; unreasonable.

                                                                  IMHO, for a buyer to prevail against Best Buy they'd need to document that Best Buy had intentionally priced them for $9.99. Good luck with that :lol:

                                                                  There was a widely publicized snafu regarding a newspaper give away (I think it was in NYC) a few years back in which thousands of people thought they'd won the grand prize. Needless to say, the newspaper didn't pay out - people complained, sued, etc but got nowhere.

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                                                                  • bushwacker
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                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by F-U-Jimmy
                                                                    A typo would be $9.99 in place of $999.00 not $9.99 in place of $1800.00
                                                                    Thats not a typo ( mistake ) its an obvious marketing ploy
                                                                    mmmmmmkay.

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                                                                    • lazycash
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                                                                      #35
                                                                      This kind of thing has happened multiple times in the past, the orders get canceled as per their terms that you agreed to when you made the purchase.
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                                                                      • brassmonkey
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                                                                        #36
                                                                        damn its not funny anymore
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                                                                        • DatingGold
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                                                                          #37
                                                                          I think they did it on purpose - publicity stunt.

                                                                          They got a shitload of PR from it and they got everyone going to their site too see and since they couldn't buy it they'd most likely end up buying something. Great sales tactic.

                                                                          Even if there was a class action which isn't likely they probably still made more from the publicity stunt to make it well worth it.

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                                                                          • Iron Fist
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                                                                            #38
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                                                                            • born2blog
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                                                                              #39
                                                                              Originally posted by F-U-Jimmy
                                                                              A typo would be $9.99 in place of $999.00 not $9.99 in place of $1800.00
                                                                              Thats not a typo ( mistake ) its an obvious marketing ploy
                                                                              I agree 100%, obviously they are fucking around with their retailers in this case, never a good thing
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                                                                                • zurc-net
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                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Originally posted by bushwacker
                                                                                  The point is you WERE trying to take advantage of an obvious advertising typo.
                                                                                  I am sorry, everytime I am working on my ecommerce sites and my customers ecommerce sites, I always accidently put $9.99 instead of $1,899 - what a dumby I am, its so easy to do though, you just never even notice the $1,700 difference...
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                                                                                  • katharos
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                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    lol what an asshole who made that site, that kid must be 10 years old ... yes kid yes, go for it, go and make your first real life drama ... lol fuck

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                                                                                    • zurc-net
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                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Originally posted by katharos
                                                                                      lol what an asshole who made that site, that kid must be 10 years old ... yes kid yes, go for it, go and make your first real life drama ... lol fuck
                                                                                      Yeap, this "kid" got over 20,000 unique visitors in 24 hours, 400+ comments and has been commented in the WashingtonPost.com - if you can't read between the lines here you are obviously blind.
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                                                                                        #44
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                                                                                        • zurc-net
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                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          Add MSN into the mix too ;) They have links directing straight to the blog
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                                                                                          • baddog
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                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Originally posted by zurc-net
                                                                                            First page of google for most terms having to do with this, have comments stacked up.... good traffic imho...

                                                                                            And as far as obvious, how do you confuse $9.99 with $1,899 ? This was a obvioius scheme to get people to there site with the economy being so bad and having hundreds of thousands of dollars wrapped up in there accounts collecting interest.
                                                                                            Are you really this dumb or is it part of the plan for your court action?

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                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              Originally posted by Babaganoosh
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