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Amazon Sells IPAQs for $10

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-click dept.

TomHoward writes "In a pretty huge blunder, amazon.co.uk have put the HP IPAQ H1910 (RRP about £300) for sale for just over £7.32 (plus postage and packing). It's very hard to get through to their site right now, but if you're quick you can have a look at their blunder here." Don't bother clicking through, Amazon has taken the items down.

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  1. Worthy of /.? by mildness · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I can see this on AnandTech's Hot Deals forum but /.?

    Bill

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    bamph
  2. Why? I doubt you'd do the same by BoomerSooner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What if you were going to sell your $12000 car and the ad in the newspaper printed $1200 by mistake?

    Would you sell it for $1200? Doubtful. I love hypocrites who say a business should do what they wouldn't do themselves.

    What if it were a company you owned stock in and you were going to lose part of your dividend? Bet you'd change your mind then too.

    A company has no reason to "honor" mistakes, that's why they print those little disclaimers about erronious listings.

  3. Re:Somethings not right... by erinacht · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Surely this isn't quite right - it's the same in the UK - but the shopkeeper is not obliged to sell you anything at all.

    I.E. Can't they just refuse to sell the item at *ANY* price...

  4. Re:In related news by goetz · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I think partly it's the vicariously experience that makes this story interesting.

    Mistakes like these are out there - you just have to find it and hope the vendor will go along with it. I have a friend who got a flat panel LCD monitor from Amazon that usually goes for about $700, for $150. Amazon actually honored the transaction!

    The differences with this story are probably (1) the price markdown to 2% is way too drastic for a vendor to honor (that would bring the term "bargain hunter" to a whole new level), and (2) if you find a minor blunder to take advantage of, sharing the love with the rest of world probably isn't a good idea. At least not before you get the product! (-;

  5. Re:Somethings not right... by nihilvt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Come on, if it's an honest mistake and you are an honest person, why would you insist on robbing them?

  6. Truth in Advertising vs. Truth in Reporting? by fmaxwell · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This has to be the stupidest and most misleading Slashdot story I have seen in ages. Amazon is not selling IPAQs for $10 as the headline read. You wrote the headline, so if they are selling them at that price, then let's see a shipping receipt, michael. The headline should have been Amazon Typo Discovered.

    This is just journalistic sensationalism and Amazon should sue Slashdot for publishing something that misleading and damaging. Now Amazon customer service will have to deal with every bottom-feeder that read the story on Slashdot and then demanded an IPAQ for $10. The end result: No one gets an IPAQ for $10 and Amazon just raises prices to cover the expense of handling the mess that Slashdot's inaccurate headline generated.