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Geek Culture / $9.99 Price for a 52" LCD

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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 13th Aug 2009 10:49
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_bi_ge/us_best_buy_pricing_error

I ordered 3, but they got canceled. I was really disappointed, because I got free shipping too.

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Silvester
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Posted: 13th Aug 2009 11:03 Edited at: 13th Aug 2009 11:26
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Shame they all have disclaimers about that being allowed these days... There was a massive lawsuit about this around here somewhere a few years ago about this. In the end people did get their items for 1% of the actual price.

EDIT : By the way, did you get my e-mail? It was about Vegetator Pro

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 13th Aug 2009 15:06
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It think it was Tescos and XBox 360s last times and because a of a policy (now ammended) they had to sell them at the advertised price. Or at least that's if I remember correctly.

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Agent Dink
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Posted: 13th Aug 2009 16:03
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I tried ordering 4 yesterday... Fail

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jeffhuys
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Posted: 13th Aug 2009 16:05
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Hehe, greedy little bastards...



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xplosys
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Posted: 13th Aug 2009 16:13
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At least they got some free advertising from it.

Brian.

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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 14th Aug 2009 07:20
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Lol Dink, ordered 4?

Quote: "EDIT : By the way, did you get my e-mail? It was about Vegetator Pro"


That's strange, I didn't get it. I sent you an email.

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Agent Dink
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Posted: 14th Aug 2009 07:36
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If the first order went through I would have probably ordered more. You can mark those up a whole lot on eBay and eat like a king for months Or trade that silly money for different techy gear... For a brief moment the possibilities were endless!

Too bad they caught the error!

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Darth Vader
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Posted: 14th Aug 2009 07:49
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Here in Australia there's a law that requires retailers to sell items for there list price even if it's incorrect. Which would be great if I could find a $10 TV!

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djmaster
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Posted: 14th Aug 2009 16:28
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Man I wish they would screw up and sell a mint condition 1969 Dodge Charger RT for 50$.

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Silvester
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Posted: 14th Aug 2009 16:48
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Quote: "That's strange, I didn't get it. I sent you an email."

I didn't get anything either Although that might have to do with the fact my e-mail address on here is slightly... outdated. I changed it to xShinigamixRejectx[at]hotm@ail[dot]com a few months ago.

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Mahoney
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Posted: 14th Aug 2009 20:17
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Quote: "Man I wish they would screw up and sell a mint condition 1969 Dodge Charger RT for 50$."


We can only dream. . .

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 14th Aug 2009 20:21
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I can sell you a 37in Sony HDTV for £30 if that's any good to you.

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Mahoney
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Posted: 14th Aug 2009 20:24
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"I have a deal so hot that it'll blow the doors off of those big retailers..."

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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 14th Aug 2009 21:34
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I tried again Silvester.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 16th Aug 2009 00:34
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Happened to me on Amazon. I found several DVD box sets (like the entire star trek series) for only $60. So I ordered several different sets, all which apparently came from the same seller. They cancelled all my orders and said if I want them to pay them $300 for each one. Whatever happened to upholding advertised prices?

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lazerus
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Posted: 16th Aug 2009 01:03
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I got a samsung mobile for £5, it was meant to be £125 lol

by law she had to sell me 8 of them MUHAHHAHAHAHHAHA,

8 since i had £125 on me plus thier were shiny stuff next door...

I sold them on for nice profit

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Darth Vader
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Posted: 17th Aug 2009 02:26
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Quote: "I got a samsung mobile for £5, it was meant to be £125 lol

by law she had to sell me 8 of them MUHAHHAHAHAHHAHA,

8 since i had £125 on me plus thier were shiny stuff next door...

I sold them on for nice profit"

Nice!

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