Best Buy HDTV $9.99 ????

[bigmac]

I heard on my local radio show that Best Buy had some HDTV's on their website for $9.99 because they put the decimal in the wrong place. I guess a lot of people ordered the TV, and the station said something about how Best Buy wasn't going to honor that price. Couldn't you get them for "False Advertising"?
I would imagine mistake or not, they would have to eat their losses. Has anybody else heard anything about this or had a similar experience?

 

[wrayven]

Heard about this story last night. I would think no court would bother hearing such a case though Americans seem dumb enough to contest an obvious misprint.

 

[Friday on my mind]

If they have a disclaimer in the fine print saying they are not responsible for mis-prints they can refuse the orders.If they don't they are on the hook I think.

 

[Neutron66]

They've already said they won't honor the orders. Nor should they have to.

Anyone who ordered it did so only because they knew it was a misprint.

 

[ChefChiTown]

I heard on my local radio show that Best Buy had some HDTV's on their website for $9.99 because they put the decimal in the wrong place. I guess a lot of people ordered the TV, and the station said something about how Best Buy wasn't going to honor that price. Couldn't you get them for "False Advertising"?
I would imagine mistake or not, they would have to eat their losses. Has anybody else heard anything about this or had a similar experience?

Something like that happened to me when I was younger. I was at a baseball card store and they were selling a box of Fleer Ultra for $3.99 - at least that's what the sticker said. My mom took me to the register so I could buy it (because they were usually like $60 at the time) and it rang up as $59.99. My mom argued with the guy who owned the store and even showed him the sticker, but he refused to sell it to us for that price. So, I think she bought me ice cream instead.

 

[thebear247]

Something like that happened to me when I was younger. I was at a baseball card store and they were selling a box of Fleer Ultra for $3.99 - at least that's what the sticker said. My mom took me to the register so I could buy it (because they were usually like $60 at the time) and it rang up as $59.99. My mom argued with the guy who owned the store and even showed him the sticker, but he refused to sell it to us for that price. So, I think she bought me ice cream instead.

was the ice cream good .

it is the stores fault for the misprint not the buyers if they ordered a 9.99 tv and it said 9.99 then thats all they should have to pay

 

[gunslingingbird]

They said it was a fuck up and that they wouldn't honor sales made at that price. They'll issue refunds, and people are welcome to purchase the tv's at the correct price of $1,799.99 if they want.

Well, no, people don't want to buy a tv for $1,799.99! That's why they bought it when you had it advertised for $9.99. Idiots.

 

[Friday on my mind]

They have a disclaimer at their web site.They are in the clear ,too bad I wish I had heard about it and they had to honor it lol.

"Errors on Our Site
Prices and availability of products and services are subject to change without notice. Errors will be corrected where discovered, and Best Buy reserves the right to revoke any stated offer and to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions including after an order has been submitted and whether or not the order has been confirmed and your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is cancelled, Best Buy will issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the charge. Individual bank policies will dictate when this amount is credited to your account. If you are not fully satisfied with your purchase, you may return it in accordance with Best Buy's Return Policy."

 

[Kingfisher]

Printing mistake and Best Buy scrambled to let the media know it was a printing mistake. I bet it was a disgruntled employee.

 

[gunslingingbird]

I bet it was a disgruntled employee.

Either that, or some asshole who likes to see chaos and mass pandemonium break out in electronics stores.

BlueBalls, do you work at Best Buy, by any Chance?

 

[thebear247]

Either that, or some asshole who likes to see chaos and mass pandemonium break out in electronics stores.

BlueBalls, do you work at Best Buy, by any Chance?

that is post of the week worthy

 

[BlueBalls]

BlueBalls, do you work at Best Buy, by any Chance?

Only on the weekends . . . .


























Mwahahahahahaaaaaaaa!

::runs away::

 

[23lebron23]

your an idiot if you thought it was true but i give them credit for trying.

 

[JiDoKwan]

Regardless, I'm sure there will be those who will bear a grudge against Best Buy for some self-perceived greivance because this incorrect sales price won't be/wasn't honored.
That's just how some people are in today's society. - lol

 

[gunslingingbird]

Regardless, I'm sure there will be those who will bear a grudge against Best Buy for some self-perceived greivance because this incorrect sales price won't be/wasn't honored.
That's just how some people are in today's society. - lol

I've already filed a grievance against them. :thumbsup:

 

[shayd]

I think claiming that this was "just missing a decimal point" is reason enough for them to honor their mistake. I'm intimately familiar with the method Best Buy uses to put prices on their website, and it takes a lot to be this stupid.

 

[sabbyago]

I saw this imagine they honored it, that's be sweet.

 

[zell]

your an idiot if you thought it was true but i give them credit for trying.

They've already said they won't honor the orders. Nor should they have to.

Anyone who ordered it did so only because they knew it was a misprint.

I have to admit,I agree with both of these points.

I will say,it would've been a ballsy and very good move for Best Buy to find a way to honor it in some fashion.I don't think that anyone would complain if they got a free $20-$25 gift card instead,as a gesture of generating some good will.

I fucking loath Best Buy,but I would've had a whole new found respect for them,and I think that there are others that feel the same way.This could have had somewhat favorable long term benefits,imo.