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

[kirei_na_me]

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

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

 

[m477]

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]

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

 

[shiroma]

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

Details

 

[budd]

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*

 

[playaa]

HAHA, I wish I got one of those.