Marubeni to sell PCs at 90% off due to online pricing blunder

kirei_na_me

Where I'm Supposed to Be

31 Jan 2003

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• 13 Nov 2003

• #1

http://home.kyodo.co.jp/all/display.jsp?an=20031111040

Wish I could've gotten in on this one...hehe

 

m477

後輩

6 Jun 2003

348

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• 14 Nov 2003

• #2

That's ridiculous.... I mean anyone with any sort of common sense would realise that was a typo.

I could see people expecting them to honor the price if the mistake was something like 189,000 instead of 198,000. They're losing over $1Million over this, maybe they're hoping to make it up somehow in good PR? I guess I just don't understand Japanese people/companies...

 

thereisnospoon

Baka Gaijin

10 Nov 2003

170

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• 14 Nov 2003

• #3

I think amazon made a similar blunder a while back, but they cancelled all the orders.

 

shiroma

先輩

1 Mar 2004

481

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• 23 Apr 2004

• #4

Yet another case reported.
Shoppers Flood Yahoo! with 100 mil. eMac Orders after Glitch
Web Site Error Leads to Orders for 100 mil. eMacs

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Last edited: 24 Apr 2004

budd

先輩

10 Jul 2003

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• 23 Apr 2004

• #5

all the time in america, too. this week, Office Depot was selling Canon a80 for -$200, because they sold out of the Nikon 4300 that was $190 after rebates.
much, much thanks for the link!
also please share the link of the bbses that posted the deal for future browsing [heh heh heh] *eyebrows getting pointy*

 

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playaa

Dog Youkai

15 Jan 2004

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• 24 Apr 2004

• #6

HAHA, I wish I got one of those.