Daggoth
03-02-2008 18:09:49
http//forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=735874
Dell price mistake. Good chance your order will get cancelled, but this is an awesome deal if it goes through.
Gigante
03-02-2008 18:37:22
Will be sweet if it goes through. Paid by PayPal, hopefully it makes it harder to cancel.
ajasax
03-02-2008 19:28:19
Dell page was pulled. I'd be pissed if people actually receive them evil
Daggoth
03-02-2008 19:38:35
The deal died as soon as the superbowl ended...
Gigante
03-02-2008 19:56:19
Would be sick if it was a superbowl special since they did have so many ads.
doylnea
04-02-2008 06:29:53
Damn, that would have been amazing. I miss the Dell price mistakes.
Gigante
04-02-2008 13:45:53
[quote9514a1611f="doylnea"]Damn, that would have been amazing. I miss the Dell price mistakes.[/quote9514a1611f]
Surprised still no cancel...
dmorris68
04-02-2008 17:04:09
Obvious pricing mistake, and odds are they won't honor any (or very few if they shipped before it was caught, but happening on a weekend that's unlikely).
I love how the wannabe lawyers always post "they have to honor the price!" and "it's the law, I'll sue!" No vendor has to honor legitimate pricing mistakes. And a price mistake is not the same as bait & switch, like some folks claim.
In these cases Dell often gives out discount coupons towards future orders, which is a lot more than most other vendors who cancel orders due to mistakes. Companies who willingly honor pricing mistakes do so out of customer goodwill, and typically when it's a small loss -- shipping out thousands of these at a $500-$600 loss would go just a bit beyond "goodwill" even for a company with pockets as deep as Dell.
Daggoth
04-02-2008 17:05:54
[quote22acbea4f8="dmorris68"]
[b22acbea4f8]In these cases Dell often gives out discount coupons towards future orders, which is a lot more than most other vendors who cancel orders due to mistakes.[/b22acbea4f8] Companies who willingly honor pricing mistakes do so out of customer goodwill, and typically when it's a small loss -- shipping out thousands of these at a $500-$600 loss would go just a bit beyond "goodwill" even for a company with pockets as deep as Dell.[/quote22acbea4f8]
Exactly what I am hoping for. I really don't want/need the external hard drive, nor am expecting them to ship it.
Gigante
05-02-2008 23:57:27
Got the cancellation email today. Damn, there goes to hoping it was a promo, lol. I always get $599.99 and $67 mixed up when I am typing.
puppeteer
06-02-2008 16:11:29
wow that is a major loss rev if they actually shipped some of them
manOFice
06-02-2008 16:19:28
[quotee76296feb7="puppeteer"]wow that is a major loss rev if they actually shipped some of them[/quotee76296feb7]
They won't ship any of them.
Gigante
07-02-2008 21:06:08
Yeah, I got my cancellation email, boo!