Mar 02 2007
Sweet PC Deal
Futureshop has had a great deal on a PC today:
No surprise they’re already out of stock. (Yes, I tried to order one. $29 is about the most I’d pay for an Acer.)
I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
$699.99 now.
It’s interesting cause how many people now looked at the Futrue Shop site…all for an error….pretty slick advertising to me….kinda like calling your band…free beer….
I was thinking the same thing, except for the free beer part.
I sent Futureshop an email in reference to the error on their website. Here’s some of their response (italics added):
“The advertisements on the web site are invitations for purchase orders, and are not offers to sell.” [An order] “is to be accepted only if and when Futureshop.ca sends an order acceptance and shipping notice email to [a customer's] e-mail address.
“Occasionally errors in pricing do occur. A unique aspect of conducting business on the Internet is that when a pricing error occurs, that news passes quickly through cyberspace to buyers trying to purchase in hopes of a windfall. As well, in this particular case, the error was very obvious.”
The emailed ended with: “We regret any inconvenience you may have suffered. However, we are not able to meet your demands for the reasons set out above,” which is odd because I didn’t demand anything from them. I just sent them an email pointing out the mistake on the website. I never did go through with an order (because the item was listed as “out of stock”). Another form letter, I guess.