DEAD (with official Dell statement) - Rio Karma 20GB Jukebox for $50.

[maratik999]

yes, my order says InProduction as well. Is that anything sagnificant or it doesnt mean anything?

 

[po0pman]

yeah it means it's pending to be cancelled

 

[Noirish]

no kidding, as long as it's not on your hand (doorstep is not going to work), it can be cancelled even recalled by any means necessary by dell.

pity those ebay fools who end up with buyers but no products.
remember dimension 4600!!!

 

[soltrain]

True. I'm not really expecting anyone to even complain about lawsuits for this one. I mean the product is Karma. Come on. How Ironic does it get?

On the other hand, I'm intrested to see if iwearnosox gets his by ordering a week late..

 

[Leejai]

Originally posted by: po0pman
sigh......i wish these orders go through......

ditto

 

[kindest]

some1 over at fatwallet said they talked to a dell rep and the rep said all orders will be cancelled today.

 

[spikemike]

Originally posted by: jhansen

Originally posted by: spikemike
haha now all the ebayers that already posted that they had a rio karma for sell have to pull there ads and they ended up losing money, so those that were to greedy with the thought of making the fast buck ended up losing them money and the people who just wanted one for their own personal use, no harm no foul.

Anyone stupid enough to put a listing up on ebay on such a longshot order deserves to lose money. I seriously doubt that anyone experienced in re-selling would have listings up on this. Lastly, use punctuation.

people tried it with those 1.40 hiking boots too. i did a search and there were listings like an hour or so after the deal came out.

I used a couple commas and a period.

 

[jhansen]

Originally posted by: spikemike

Originally posted by: jhansen

Originally posted by: spikemike
haha now all the ebayers that already posted that they had a rio karma for sell have to pull there ads and they ended up losing money, so those that were to greedy with the thought of making the fast buck ended up losing them money and the people who just wanted one for their own personal use, no harm no foul.

Anyone stupid enough to put a listing up on ebay on such a longshot order deserves to lose money. I seriously doubt that anyone experienced in re-selling would have listings up on this. Lastly, use punctuation.

people tried it with those 1.40 hiking boots too. i did a search and there were listings like an hour or so after the deal came out.

I used a couple commas and a period.

Well, those people are very dumb.


In that case, I guess I'll correct myself. Use punctuation correctly.

 

[rcrooks]

I guess they're conditioning us with blatant misprices so that we become numb to the idea that any respectable business would consider honoring these deals.

In a B & M store you'd get the price thats posted most the time, why should an online store be any different? Carelessness is not "machine error" that they claim when they say they cant sell them for that price

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: rcrooks
I guess they're conditioning us with blatant misprices so that we become numb to the idea that any respectable business would consider honoring these deals.

In a B & M store you'd get the price thats posted most the time, why should an online store be any different? Carelessness is not "machine error" that they claim when they say they cant sell them for that price

Oh please, the virtual world is dramatically different, and you're and idiot to think otherwise. When's the last time you saw a price mistake at a B&M and were able to get 25,000 of your friends and their friends to show up within an hour to take advantage of it?

You're a tool.

 

[Tshirt]

Agree and errors are definitely more common in digital world as the price tags are indirect, ie the employee only sees an item number and some name.
See how a price mistake happens from an actual user log from dell.com (notice the extra y y):

Please enter the price for
213123431423431 Rio Kxxxxxxx
> $70
y
y
Are you sure?[y/n]
> y
Please confirm again[y/n]
>y

 

[rcrooks]

pssh fine, youre right about the masses of people taking advantage of them is vastly different but theres got to be some sort of accountability other than "If we screw something up its not our fault. If you call about it our customer service will yell at you because we screwed it up and then cancel your order."

And the attacks on my character are totally unnecessary..
I could say I think you're the tool for having nearly 7500 posts on some website forums, and for you to get out and see the world, but I dont... wait, I just did, oops

 

[dc]

nice choice of argument there, you just insulted all high post count people. good job.

/me gives you a thumbs up

 

[garsh]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
I have a strategy, I have *1* in my cart on the business side and I'm at the final checkout page. I'll wait for all the orders to get cancelled, then I'll hit the submit button (a couple days maybe?)

I've used that strategy twice.

It worked the first time.

The second time I tried it, the item actually got ripped out of my cart. So Dell may be onto this strategy now.

Good luck!

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: rcrooks
pssh fine, youre right about the masses of people taking advantage of them is vastly different but theres got to be some sort of accountability other than "If we screw something up its not our fault. If you call about it our customer service will yell at you because we screwed it up and then cancel your order."

And the attacks on my character are totally unnecessary..
I could say I think you're the tool for having nearly 7500 posts on some website forums, and for you to get out and see the world, but I dont... wait, I just did, oops

I'm efficient with my time and have been here for years, it's not much of an accomplishment. I'd assuredly attack your character if you had one..

I noticed your middle name is crook, coincidence? I think not.

 

[dabuddha]

I got free overnight shipping on mine Now I just hope that it goes through. If not, oh well, it was fun

 

[rcrooks]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: rcrooks
pssh fine, youre right about the masses of people taking advantage of them is vastly different but theres got to be some sort of accountability other than "If we screw something up its not our fault. If you call about it our customer service will yell at you because we screwed it up and then cancel your order."

And the attacks on my character are totally unnecessary..
I could say I think you're the tool for having nearly 7500 posts on some website forums, and for you to get out and see the world, but I dont... wait, I just did, oops

I'm efficient with my time and have been here for years, it's not much of an accomplishment. I'd assuredly attack your character if you had one..

I noticed your middle name is crook, coincidence? I think not.

Actually Crooks is my last name, now you stoop to the level of making fun of one's name??? I would have hoped you could do better than that. By the way, who in the hell are you to attack me?? I didnt ask for or warrant any crap from you oh masterful oldbie who eats little pieces of noob crap like myself for breakfast. Anyway, no bother, I have an english paper due in two hours so I can't mess around with you anymore.

 

Crook, just shut yer hole, yer the one lookin like a dumbass.

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: rcrooks

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: rcrooks
pssh fine, youre right about the masses of people taking advantage of them is vastly different but theres got to be some sort of accountability other than "If we screw something up its not our fault. If you call about it our customer service will yell at you because we screwed it up and then cancel your order."

And the attacks on my character are totally unnecessary..
I could say I think you're the tool for having nearly 7500 posts on some website forums, and for you to get out and see the world, but I dont... wait, I just did, oops

I'm efficient with my time and have been here for years, it's not much of an accomplishment. I'd assuredly attack your character if you had one..

I noticed your middle name is crook, coincidence? I think not.

Actually Crooks is my last name, now you stoop to the level of making fun of one's name??? I would have hoped you could do better than that. By the way, who in the hell are you to attack me?? I didnt ask for or warrant any crap from you oh masterful oldbie who eats little pieces of noob crap like myself for breakfast. Anyway, no bother, I have an english paper due in two hours so I can't mess around with you anymore.

Shutup.

 

[adam123]

What is the usual time until you get cancelled when there is a mis price at Dell?

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: adam123
What is the usual time until you get cancelled when there is a mis price at Dell?

it varies

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: adam123
What is the usual time until you get cancelled when there is a mis price at Dell?

The 4600 fiasco was a day or two after the deal happened. If they let this go and ship them out, I'm gonna sh!t a brick. This is the same scenario as the 4600 fiasco.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

well, they've charged my CC for it....

 

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
well, they've charged my CC for it....

Charged or held it?


Good luck to you guys, I tried for the 4600 deal and didnt get lucky. Hopefully youguys will so i can get a cheap one from FST .

 

[Lurker1]

Originally posted by: rcrooks

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: rcrooks
pssh fine, youre right about the masses of people taking advantage of them is vastly different but theres got to be some sort of accountability other than "If we screw something up its not our fault. If you call about it our customer service will yell at you because we screwed it up and then cancel your order."

And the attacks on my character are totally unnecessary..
I could say I think you're the tool for having nearly 7500 posts on some website forums, and for you to get out and see the world, but I dont... wait, I just did, oops

I'm efficient with my time and have been here for years, it's not much of an accomplishment. I'd assuredly attack your character if you had one..

I noticed your middle name is crook, coincidence? I think not.

Actually Crooks is my last name, now you stoop to the level of making fun of one's name??? I would have hoped you could do better than that. By the way, who in the hell are you to attack me?? I didnt ask for or warrant any crap from you oh masterful oldbie who eats little pieces of noob crap like myself for breakfast. Anyway, no bother, I have an english paper due in two hours so I can't mess around with you anymore.

1) number of posts doesn't mean crap - it doesn't show whether you're an "oldie"/veteran/grampa/alien or a noob. All it shows is that you've posted X amount.

2) statements made on the boards, if linkable to a real person, do more to show your character than anything (I personally know of one "professor", and I use that term extremely loosely in this context as the guy is an embarassment to higher education) that wound up getting censured for his statements in USENET years ago)

Look at #2, look at my posts/status, and make your own judgement.....

3) and who the heck really cares anyways? These forums are a pretty efficient way for people with (sometimes) a single common interest (saving money) to get information.

And as for flamewars, I haven't seen a really good one since the heyday of talk.origins or talk.abortions..... when the internet was limited in scope, and the full active USENET community numbered in the mere thousands, and you even knew the majority of the members of a forum personally, even if they were cross-country or even on other continents. Nothing like truly personal vendettas....


Edit: Crap, two following posts split across pages:

BTW, in regards to the actual thread - if Dell cancels, no big deal. If they ship - awesome. If I get a consolation coupon or offer, still great. In any case, I've really risked nothing.
Anyways, I've rambled on enough about the "good old days". Need -> :beer: