Umm, youre supposed to get charged $10. Why would you think it would be $5? And no, that deal cash or whatever its called does not work on the amazon GC deal... So they made a mistake charging you $5 initially and then corrected it. Makes sense...
Peremptor
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- Nov 27, 2010
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Guy, I can only go by what the site informed me and it it was going just to charge me just $5 dollars. That they changed the rules of the deal later on and charged me the full $10 was disappointing. That's it period.
AznAnarchy99
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- Dec 6, 2004
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Sorry, Rifleman. But I just applied mine successfully. Definitely send out an email to LivingSocial. Goodluck!
And TY OP for the deal!
And TY OP for the deal!
alkemyst
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- Feb 13, 2001
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Ditto to both ("it shouldn't be legal" and "I'd dispute every one of them") *BUT* it's hard to be too sympathetic to someone trying to cheat. If I were the company, I'd probably go for it too - likely the worst case is you simply cancel those orders and charges also in the end, and maybe you "teach a lesson" to some peopleKinda funny actually....
Richard
actually since it's fine to buy a $20 GC and the $10 off is limited to one customer, amazon processed the order as it should have been.
In counterpoint, should they have cancelled it when the customer needed those GC's right away; he'd equally complain.
Aharami
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- Aug 31, 2001
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both wife and I got our $20 GC. applied them successfully to my amazon acct. I signed up with two emails before seeing the 1 per person limit. My other acct doesnt show a purchase in the deals or acct tab. Not complaining though. I dont see a CC charge yet, but I know for sure that over 3 people used my referral link. Will have to wait and see what I get charged
No, the point is they processed his purchase and gave him a receipt showing he paid $10, then charged him $21. Are you suggesting that it's Ok to buy a loaf of bread at Safeway for $1, and have Safeway charge your card $2 when you get home?????
It's one thing to say that the system made an error and should not have sold the item at $10, therefore you're cancelling the order. It's another to charge more because you feel like you sold the item too cheaply - through whatever honest or dishonest means the purchaser used. "Sorry, I thought you were my uncle but now that I see you're not, I'm going to charge your credit card more than we agreed."
I'm not saying the attempt wasn't dishonest, just that I don't believe there's any reasonable ground to "punish" the dishonesty in that way.
Richard
P.S. My *1* purchase from *1* attempt came through, so thanks OP!
I do.....
The DEAL was one $20 giftcard for $10. He decided to try and exploit the system thinking he could buy multiple but the deal was for only one. They said, "hummm, well it is only 1 per person, so he must want to purchase many more for the normal price" and that is what they got.
For your bread analogy... If there was a deal on the bread at safeway that was $1 for first loaf, limited to 1 per person, and they decided to buy 10 loaves of bread thinking they would get them all for $1 each. Yes, I would expect their card to be charged $1 for one loaf and the normal price for each additional loaf.
I guess the lesson would be, dont be a greedy prick and try to make money off a generous deal and screw over future deals.
To be honest, I doubt they are really going to charge said person $21 for the multiple copies. I am sure they will just get canceled. I mean, doing that probably is not legal. I dont see how any credit card company would allow someone to get stuck like that.
The DEAL was one $20 giftcard for $10. He decided to try and exploit the system thinking he could buy multiple but the deal was for only one. They said, "hummm, well it is only 1 per person, so he must want to purchase many more for the normal price" and that is what they got.
For your bread analogy... If there was a deal on the bread at safeway that was $1 for first loaf, limited to 1 per person, and they decided to buy 10 loaves of bread thinking they would get them all for $1 each. Yes, I would expect their card to be charged $1 for one loaf and the normal price for each additional loaf.
I guess the lesson would be, dont be a greedy prick and try to make money off a generous deal and screw over future deals.
To be honest, I doubt they are really going to charge said person $21 for the multiple copies. I am sure they will just get canceled. I mean, doing that probably is not legal. I dont see how any credit card company would allow someone to get stuck like that.
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Received my email, redeemed the code, applied it to my account and now have a $20 credit just waiting to be spent at Amazon.
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