how can the dell company as a whole be blamed for a webmasters mistake ?
I guess you dont make mistakes ?
how can the dell company as a whole be blamed for a webmasters mistake ?
I guess you dont make mistakes ?
Did you stop and think for one freaking second that the reason you didn't get the 4600 OR lcd because of PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
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God damn, these fvcking n00bs should have to sign a contract or something, saying "I WILL NOT BE AN A$$HOLE".
More than a few of us on the boards can afford to buy 100s if not 1000s of these HDs, but do we? no, because like someone's mentioned, it's common courtesy!
agh, I hate stupid people.
More than a few of us on the boards can afford to buy 100s if not 1000s of these HDs, but do we? no, because like someone's mentioned, it's common courtesy!
agh, I hate stupid people.
If a Grand Nagus, decrees it perhaps the flock shall follow...
I certainly would like to see that system. We could always en masse give them negative ratings... but that might scar them
I swear this forum is screwy in the head.
First of all the original thread title says its a price mistake! So why do people get pissed off when people say they won't get it. I mean to start off with there was a 1% chance of getting this anyway. About the only price mistakes that Dell honors is coupon stacking (but often they change the rules of the coupon, after they are exploited), and rebates because the rebate guys don't talk to upper managment too well or something.
Secondly I don't understand the apparent theory of a lot of senior members of this board that Dell imposes some sort of rationing system if they do honor this. Honestly its all business somebody who orders 1 verses somebody who orders 200 has about the same likehood of Dell honoring this. I am much more worried about ebay lurkers ordering 500 of these than some newb member. Sure Dell only has a certain # of these but its not like Dell is going to turn down business (assuming they honor this) if you don't get it now, then they will backorder you a month or so.
Finally I think we should all blame Dell because it certainly is their fault. This is NOT an isolated incident, and my favorite is the incorrect $199 avertised price in their SB catalog a couple months back. Certainly a class action case would have reasonable grounds to sue over these repeated mistakes. Of course after legal fees and what not we'd be lucky to get like a $20 credit or 20% coupon once it is all set and done.
First of all the original thread title says its a price mistake! So why do people get pissed off when people say they won't get it. I mean to start off with there was a 1% chance of getting this anyway. About the only price mistakes that Dell honors is coupon stacking (but often they change the rules of the coupon, after they are exploited), and rebates because the rebate guys don't talk to upper managment too well or something.
Secondly I don't understand the apparent theory of a lot of senior members of this board that Dell imposes some sort of rationing system if they do honor this. Honestly its all business somebody who orders 1 verses somebody who orders 200 has about the same likehood of Dell honoring this. I am much more worried about ebay lurkers ordering 500 of these than some newb member. Sure Dell only has a certain # of these but its not like Dell is going to turn down business (assuming they honor this) if you don't get it now, then they will backorder you a month or so.
Finally I think we should all blame Dell because it certainly is their fault. This is NOT an isolated incident, and my favorite is the incorrect $199 avertised price in their SB catalog a couple months back. Certainly a class action case would have reasonable grounds to sue over these repeated mistakes. Of course after legal fees and what not we'd be lucky to get like a $20 credit or 20% coupon once it is all set and done.
hmm I ordered when this post was only a few posts long... probably around midnight eastern last night, I wonder if that would give me a better shot, oh well, no loss either way
i really be really surprised if dell did honor this (i did get ONE). its not only the immediate hit that they are going to take with selling these pda's at $300 lesser than usual but also the fact no one is going to buy these from the dell website for the next 3-4 months bcos of all the ebaying which is going to go on and that implies a loss in potential customers. if people bought one, and dell decides to honor the deal, dell COULD assume that they might not be badly hit as they r giving away something cheap to the consumer. but by selling 200 of these to a person, they r giving away the pda's at rock bottom for a person who is going to be a reseller and take away the potential customers.
afaik dell has honored only the deals which had a rebate. my $0.02..
afaik dell has honored only the deals which had a rebate. my $0.02..
Originally posted by: mojomover
afaik dell has honored only the deals which had a rebate. my $0.02..
How about 17in. Planar LCD for 285 bucks? They honored it and even let people subtituted with better LCD when Planar on back order.
am sorry abt having not known that planar lcd but then how many people could have bought 250 of those as compared to 250 or more of these.
"Please note that Dell cannot be responsible for typographical or other errors, and reserves the right to cancel any orders resulting from such errors."
I think that this statement may be a large factor in the deal being honored by Dell or not. I cut that out of my order ackonledgement.
Justin
I think that this statement may be a large factor in the deal being honored by Dell or not. I cut that out of my order ackonledgement.
Justin
yea but they still honored the $20 200gb hard drive
... too bad i missed out on that deal hope this one goes through
I remember getting an email a while back from dell with a Student deal that if you bought a system and what not that you could get one for around this price.
still tempted though!
still tempted though!
God, I can't stand the waiting. Dell always does this to me. Place an order and have to wait 24-48hrs for the order confirmation... Ugh...
Dell always does this to me. Place an order and have to wait 24-48hrs for the order confirmation... Ugh...im so used to having an impending charge on my CC when Dell orders go through and as of yet, that has not happened and its been 16 hours since i ordered and this post only had 20-something replys. o well, i wont lose faith quite yet....
An advertisement is not an offer, it is a request for an offer. When you ?ordered? the merchandise you made an offer to Dell. The web site has a specific disclaimer about errors in description or pricing. Until they ship they have the right to cancel the order (not accept the offer). In the alternative a mistake in fact is a basis to void a valid contract. A mistake in fact known to one party to be a mistake is sufficient for the other party to avoid a otherwise valid contract since there is a lack of true agreement. When a vendor ships they have accepted your offer and the contract is complete.
I don?t want to hear any shouts about Dell practicing consumer fraud by low balling the mistake merchandise. A mistake is a mistake. If it were bait and switch or if they shipped at the full price it would be consumer fraud and would be actionable either as a criminal action by a state?s attorney general, or would be a suitable topic for a class action suit. If there is any consumer fraud it is being practiced by technical savvy forum hoppers that spot an impossibly low price, act on what they know is a mistake and then broadcast it to members of this forum and others like it.
If you want to jump on such a mistake it is your privilege, but if you fail to get the merchandise, to d**m bad. It is not the vendor?s fault that you did not get your $400.00 fair market value whatever for $4.00 or what ever the deal is. In all such cases YMMV and you should be thankful for whatever ?great? deals you may get and not compalin about the deals you may miss because the vendor catches the error.
This matter is entirely different than the HP LCD ?mistake? where a monitor was sold for a very low but realistic price and HP tried to charge all purchasers the full list price after the monitor was delivered. Under the Uniform commercial code a commercial offer to a vendor can be accepted by shipping the merchandise in conformity with the offer. HP did that. The contract was complete at that time. Their attempt to re-negotiate a contract after completion was extorsion, not legal and probably did constitute consumer fraud.
I don?t want to hear any shouts about Dell practicing consumer fraud by low balling the mistake merchandise. A mistake is a mistake. If it were bait and switch or if they shipped at the full price it would be consumer fraud and would be actionable either as a criminal action by a state?s attorney general, or would be a suitable topic for a class action suit. If there is any consumer fraud it is being practiced by technical savvy forum hoppers that spot an impossibly low price, act on what they know is a mistake and then broadcast it to members of this forum and others like it.
If you want to jump on such a mistake it is your privilege, but if you fail to get the merchandise, to d**m bad. It is not the vendor?s fault that you did not get your $400.00 fair market value whatever for $4.00 or what ever the deal is. In all such cases YMMV and you should be thankful for whatever ?great? deals you may get and not compalin about the deals you may miss because the vendor catches the error.
This matter is entirely different than the HP LCD ?mistake? where a monitor was sold for a very low but realistic price and HP tried to charge all purchasers the full list price after the monitor was delivered. Under the Uniform commercial code a commercial offer to a vendor can be accepted by shipping the merchandise in conformity with the offer. HP did that. The contract was complete at that time. Their attempt to re-negotiate a contract after completion was extorsion, not legal and probably did constitute consumer fraud.
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