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there will be more online retailers trying to pull the same thing.. it was not a 'typo'.. no way can you type in 129.99 from 399.99.. also.. there was the text 'special pre-order savings of $200'.. so that makes no sense.. card didnt cost 599 did it? also.. people including myself called in and asked was that the correct price.. "YES" so.. before you jump the gun and start bashing.. go research this.. i believe they should be held to the agreement.. i,myself, had money reserved on my debit card.. for over a month.. in many attempts to get bestbuy to release the charge got nothing but FORM emails.. even talkin on the phone i was denied.. i contacted my bank and they said the only way to release the charge was for bestbuy to contact them and give them the authorization number..etc..etc.. either by phone or fax... did they? no.. so i was out of that money.. sure.. it was only $138 something.. but still.. its the principle.. if there wasn't a transaction.. then why was their a charge on my debit card... ???
also.. lots of ppl wondering why this just appeared? this has been going on since February. I have contacted local tv stations.. attorney generals..etc.. about this and when the smoke clears.. we will get our cards.. if it takes going to a class action suit.. it will happen... like i said earlier.. if we dont stand up now and stop this.. it will continue... and for those talkin about a 'TOS' (terms of service).. at no time did i see or was i told to read over their TOS during my whole setting up a new account to purchasing to final submitting my order... AND.. if you look at their page and know HTML.. they have their TOS specificaly hidden in a table cell.. and it had a black background.. w/that it doesnt even LOOK like a URL... so i believe that was done intentional..*sp*.. PLUS.. since this has happened.. they have went and re-wrote their TOS to try to protect themselves.. but this wont help.. the TOS was printed and documented along w/all the information.. you can see at Steve's page at Hypothermia..
http://hypothermia.gamershardware.com/articles/bes tbuy_gf4deal.html
thats my 2 cents... like it or not.. things happen beyond some peoples control.. but i have worked in the design business and how could a mistake of this magnitude get skipped by and put online? it just doesnt happen.... and if it does.. they need to honor it..
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there will be more online retailers trying to pull the same thing.. it was not a 'typo' .. no way can you type in 129.99 from 399.99.. also.. there was the text 'special pre-order savings of $200'.. so that makes no sense.. card didnt cost 599 did it? also.. people including myself called in and asked was that the correct price.. "YES" so.. before you jump the gun and start bashing.. go research this.. i believe they should be held to the agreement.. i,myself, had money reserved on my debit card.. for over a month.. in many attempts to get bestbuy to release the charge got nothing but FORM emails.. even talkin on the phone i was denied.. i contacted my bank and they said the only way to release the charge was for bestbuy to contact them and give them the authorization number..etc..etc.. either by phone or fax... did they? no.. so i was out of that money.. sure.. it was only $138 something.. but still.. its the principle.. if there wasn't a transaction.. then why was their a charge on my debit card... ???
also.. lots of ppl wondering why this just appeared? this has been going on since February. I have contacted local tv stations.. attorney generals..etc.. about this and when the smoke clears.. we will get our cards.. if it takes going to a class action suit.. it will happen... like i said earlier.. if we dont stand up now and stop this.. it will continue... and for those talkin about a 'TOS' (terms of service).. at no time did i see or was i told to read over their TOS during my whole setting up a new account to purchasing to final submitting my order... AND.. if you look at their page and know HTML.. they have their TOS specificaly hidden in a table cell.. and it had a black background.. w/that it doesnt even LOOK like a URL... so i believe that was done intentional..*sp*.. PLUS.. since this has happened.. they have went and re-wrote their TOS to try to protect themselves.. but this wont help.. the TOS was printed and documented along w/all the information.. you can see at Steve's page at Hypothermia..
http://hypothermia.gamershardware.com/articles/bes tbuy_gf4deal.html
thats my 2 cents... like it or not.. things happen beyond some peoples control.. but i have worked in the design business and how could a mistake of this magnitude get skipped by and put online? it just doesnt happen.... and if it does.. they need to honor it..