CompUSA sucks !!!

[NightCrawler]

That 60 gig harddrive looked good for $30 with NO REBATES.

Turns out that it's the 2 meg cache model even though the paper says 8 meg cache.

 

[BaboonGuy]

FILE A LAWSUIT OVER 6MB

 

[NightCrawler]

eh...I think I will just go back to sleep instead.....

 

[Modeps]

if you lived in CT, it's against the law to advertise something like that. they'd have to give you the 8mb version for $30.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
FILE A LAWSUIT OVER 6MB

2mb cache vs. 8 makes quite a performance difference.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: NightCrawler
That 60 gig harddrive looked good for $30 with NO REBATES.

Turns out that it's the 2 meg cache model even though the paper says 8 meg cache.

60 gig for 30 bucks damn i missed that deal, i needed a back up drive.

 

[kmac1914]

Ehh, im still happy with CUSA after that 250GB 8mb drive for $99 with no rebates Wednesday. It was the first time i got a legitimately hot deal and there were actually a decent amout of them there. That, and the fact that the DVD player that was supposed to be $19 after a MIR, the cashier rang up as $19 outright, so i didnt have to deal with any rebates.


They still suck overall, though.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

I just got a USB flash drive, i always wanted one, staples had them for 9.99 256memory.

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: NightCrawler
That 60 gig harddrive looked good for $30 with NO REBATES.

Turns out that it's the 2 meg cache model even though the paper says 8 meg cache.

mm smoking deal still

 

[CraigRT]

I had no idea there were 60gig drives with 8meg cache.... I would call that BS if I had seen that in a flyer, the lowest capacity I've seen with 8mg cache is 80GB.

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: Modeps
if you lived in CT, it's against the law to advertise something like that. they'd have to give you the 8mb version for $30.

It's against the law in the entire US. It's called deceptive advertising and the FTC has very strict guidlines on ads. You could sue them for this. This is actually bait and switch. They promise you one product, then they say it was a misprint and offer you a product of less value in place of the advertised item. They could easily get around this by offering a product of higher value, but I guess you didn't waste enough of their time and speak loud enough.

 

Originally posted by: XZeroII

Originally posted by: Modeps
if you lived in CT, it's against the law to advertise something like that. they'd have to give you the 8mb version for $30.

It's against the law in the entire US. It's called deceptive advertising and the FTC has very strict guidlines on ads. You could sue them for this. This is actually bait and switch. They promise you one product, then they say it was a misprint and offer you a product of less value in place of the advertised item. They could easily get around this by offering a product of higher value, but I guess you didn't waste enough of their time and speak loud enough.

And embarass yourself enough.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

price match someone else with the flyer

 

[sharkeeper]

If you read the fine print on (most) ads, it will clearly say that they are not responsible for typographical errors and not obligated to honor such errata.

Cheers!

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
I had no idea there were 60gig drives with 8meg cache.... I would call that BS if I had seen that in a flyer, the lowest capacity I've seen with 8mg cache is 80GB.

At least one (choose WD600JB). Perhaps others.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I saw that Hot Deals thread a few days ago, the thread clearly mentioned that it was the 2MB model.. Boohoo, cry me a river. 60GB for $30 OTD is still an excellent deal. You could probably have talked the manager into upgrading it to a model with 8MB if the ad stated it though, probably get a free upgrade to an 80GB drive.
Edit: Indeed, some people got 80GB drives substituted. link

 

[sohcrates]

on wednesday i went there to pick up the 900va UPS for $29 that had "APC" written all over it in the ad, but when i got there it turns out it is made by "Conextant"...

 

[Abhi]

sux

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
If you read the fine print on (most) ads, it will clearly say that they are not responsible for typographical errors and not obligated to honor such errata.

Cheers!

OK so any store can falsely adverstise as long as they put that in fine print? :disgust:

 

Originally posted by: sohcrates
on wednesday i went there to pick up the 900va UPS for $29 that had "APC" written all over it in the ad, but when i got there it turns out it is made by "Conextant"...

Which, IIRC, is a subsidary of APC.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Modeps
if you lived in CT, it's against the law to advertise something like that. they'd have to give you the 8mb version for $30.

It's illegal to do it on purpose, but they aren't responsible for typographical errors committed by the printing company.

ZV

 

[sharkeeper]

OK so any store can falsely adverstise as long as they put that in fine print?

If it's a typo, it's not false advertising. :roll:

Cheers!

 

[chrisms]

They pulled the same crap with me on some computer memory. I overpayed about $100 just because I was impatient and wanted my new computer to work.