Samsung 52" 1080p HDTV for...$9.99?!

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It'll never work. Even if by some miracle the order started to go through without them noticing, there will be someone that will order 100 of them, and a good number of people will call to see if the price is real, and they'll realize their mistake if they haven't already and cancel all the orders.

I just googled "Best Buy samsung 52" "And every hit on the first page of results is about this, they'll know somethings up, lol.
 
louis89 said:
Amazon UK had a pricing mistake on their site a couple of years ago where they were selling new PS3 games for like £10.

They fixed the prices and everyone who ordered them (they shot right to the top of the charts) had to either pay the normal price or cancel their order.

If that was for £10/£40 I can't imagine Best Buy's going to look too kindly on $10/$1000.
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Yeah, I remember that. I tried getting Saints Row 2 and they said I had to pay full price for it, or my order would be cancelled :(
 
Muerte_X said:
It'll never work. Even if by some miracle the order started to go through without them noticing, there will be someone that will order 100 of them, and a good number of people will call to see if the price is real, and they'll realize their mistake if they haven't already.
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Yep, I actually read on another forum that a guy bought 25 of them. Even if by some miracle they honored this, they would maybe have enough TVs for 5% of the orders.

People have reported that their money was already charged and refunded. Mine has been charge but has yet to be refunded.
 
Well the only company that has actually gave me something for there mistake was a 10 gift card, for those 20 dollar online preorders. I have a strange feeling best buy isn't going to be as nice though.
 
Wow. Best Buy has a surprisingly janky website. I keep getting booted to the log in screen whenever I try to input my billing information.
 
J. M. Romeo said:
You publicise a prize, you have to honor it.
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Not really true ...
Last weekend in France, same situation with a Samsung HDTV => all orders cancelled.
On amazon.co.uk a few days ago, GT5 preorder for 18£ instead 40£ => all orders cancelled.
Not sure about the others countries, but in France if the price is judged ridiculous as an error, and not promotionnaly believable, they can cancel all the orders.
Strange, but the " promotionnaly believable " can be interpreted in many ways.
 
According to the number of orders and the reduction, apparently the society who put those Sammy LCDs in France would loose more than 30M€ if they'd deliver all the orders :lol
With previous situations like these, some tried to go to the tribunals but it was 50/50 whether the judge would be on their side or not even do anything.
And concerning the bad publicity ... it's already too late for them, the affair already made a bang over here.
 
J. M. Romeo said:
Yeah, that's why Leonsito said that in a situation like this you should try and push it through the proper channels. With the advertising law as it is, most of the for them it's cheaper to go through and honor however many sales they got than going through an entire consumer trial appeal and probably losing face on the process. Here in Spain, it has worked quite a few times, and not always with relatively cheap items such as a Gamecube.
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(C&C voice) Reinforcements have arrived !!

:D
 
WalMart.com inadvertently listed Brawl for $19.99 before it came out so I ordered one and they canceled it, but they did give me a $10 gift card for my troubles.

So not all was lost.
 
lawl reminds me of the Geforce card fiasco from like 2002, where Steve from HardOCP got all wrapped up in it and some people actually went to court over the mis priced cards.
 
Kind of makes you wonder if two or three of these orders may have shipped for that price if people didn't alert everyone on the internet.
 
I think it's hilarious how a thread about Best Buy has Circuit City banners (or Newegg) on the top and bottom of the forum.
 
J. M. Romeo said:
But you get my point: for a consumer it's usually worth to fill a form or two and more often than not they get lucky. Worst case scenario, they lose nothing.
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Yep that can be a way, but aren't the $$ cost for going all lawy on this pretty high ?

And by the way, can't stand the reactions of some french with all this Sammy LCD affair ...
They all knew it was an error, tried to get it either ( can't blame them, I do this often, as you said worst case scenario you loose nothing ), and now it looks like they're trying to destroy the company and make an enormous buzz about this, as if that was the very first time a situation like this happenned ...
 
I remember about a year ago when there was a ad in the newspaper about cheap mattresses and stuff for the bedroom like that. Well they mis priced it and a lot of customers got angry and refused to leave the stores around the country when they were starting to close and it ended up with the store selling them for the crazy cheap price in the ad. :lol
 
J. M. Romeo said:
Yeah, that's why Leonsito said that in a situation like this you should try and push it through the proper channels. With the advertising law as it is, most of the for them it's cheaper to go through and honor however many sales they got than going through an entire consumer trial appeal and probably losing face on the process. Here in Spain, it has worked quite a few times, and not always with relatively cheap items such as a Gamecube.
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There is 0% chance that a court here in the U.S. would make Best Buy honor a $2000 price mistake like this.
 
The good thing is that Best Buy (in Canada, at least =\) has a 14-day return policy. If they *do* charge you full price and you decide that you can't afford it, you can return it no questions asked.

I almost did this with an Xbox360 arcade console after I sent my 360 in for repair at Microsoft, but then I realized that I could probably live a week without a console.
 
louis89 said:
Amazon UK had a pricing mistake on their site a couple of years ago where they were selling new PS3 games for like £10.

They fixed the prices and everyone who ordered them (they shot right to the top of the charts) had to either pay the normal price or cancel their order.
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I bought a Sony MP3 player a few years ago for £80 from Amazon UK when it was advertised everywhere else for £110+. Looked back a week after I'd ordered it (and paid for it at £80 and had it delivered) and the price had been put up to £114.99.
 
Even at $999, this is a really good deal. This TV was basically $1,800 just this past Christmas. Really good LCD, too.
 
Drkirby said:
Really, while it was live, someone should of tried to get a store to price match it.
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It's just too low. If it had been $99.99 or something then, maybe, SOMEONE might have pulled it off (still unlikely). $9.99, though? No chance.
 
I don't even understand how BestBuy.com exists. The last order I made from them was my PS3 preorder, and they cancelled that too.
 
sonarrat said:
I don't even understand how BestBuy.com exists. The last order I made from them was my PS3 preorder, and they cancelled that too.
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I use it for in-store pickup on things I'm worried won't be in stock by the time I get to the store. The one time I actually ordered something that had to be shipped, it ended up being lost in the mail for a month. Which isn't BB's fault but it's the only time that has ever happened to me.
 
No, they NEVER have to honor these things. That's just a persistent rumor (desperate hope) that greedy people that want a free lunch pass around.
 
The funny part is that the people who first found this might have actually managed to slip through the system if they haven't told others and brought the entire internet down on one link.

It's not like Best Buy is incapable of measuring activity on their pages. When interest in one page grows exponentially for no reason, someone is going to notice.
 
SlaughterX said:
Probably would have had a better chance with in store pick up.
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They print the order from a computer at the store. One look at that screen and the clerk would contact the manager, who would cancel the transaction.
 
unfortunate, but not exactly surprising...
say, are they offering giftcards at least? The last time I had a BB.com order canceled, they gave me a $20 credit.
 
f@luS said:
wrong


if its an error like 59 bucks instead of 79 they have to sell it to you

if its 10 bucks instead of 1000, they have no obligation whatsoever

if the price is an error and is a derisory (?) one , they can avoid going on with the order, the law allows it
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Teh Hamburglar said:
LOL @ people trying to get TV for 10 bucks
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I didn't expect it to work, but usually Best Buy hands out gift cards for pricing mistakes. I figure best case, I get a TV for $10, worst case I get a $10 gift card, extreme worst case, I lost 60 seconds of my life. The good chance at a $10 gift card seemed worth the hassle.
 
I got my xbox 360 for 80 Euros instead of ~200.
I asked the cashierest if I could pay 80 in cash and the rest with card and he said that it should be possible.

He took the cash and forgot to ask me for the card. :P
 
I read BB's stock dropped like 30-some-odd cents per share after this. I have a feeling they're going to have an opening in their site maintenance department soon. :lol
 
Carlisle said:
I read BB's stock dropped like 30-some-odd cents per share after this. I have a feeling they're going to have an opening in their site maintenance department soon. :lol
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You don't really think that it dropped because of this, do you? It's down 7/10 of a percent.
 
Nizar said:
I got my xbox 360 for 80 Euros instead of ~200.
I asked the cashierest if I could pay 80 in cash and the rest with card and he said that it should be possible.

He took the cash and forgot to ask me for the card. :P
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im pretty sure that's a form of stealing.
 
thelatestmodel said:
This wouldn't go through in the UK. It's a common misconception that companies have to sell at the advertised price - they don't, they can just cancel the transaction and not sell it at all if there's a pricing error. Clearly stated in the Sale Of Goods Act.
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See, I used to work at Sainsbury's as a Team Leader, and during our Retail Law training we were told the reason ticketing is so important is because of the Consumer Protection Act (1983? I think...) If a product has a ticket saying £10, and it scans at £15, you have to sell them it at the lower price.
Or maybe that's just Sainsbury's who just never say 'NO' to their customers.

Anyway, this reminds me of when Amazon had Folklore pre-order up for cheap. Of course, they cancelled my pre-order. It happened recently with GT5, IIRC.
 
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