Most Famous/Infamous RFD Price Error?

[mod_it]

Following the Tiger Direct madness this February night, I was just wondering what was the most famous (i.e. greatest score and the price was honoured) or infamous price error posted to RFD? Any stories to tell of how it went down?

I think there was a 60" 3D TV (Samsung?) for under 1K last year.

Also, what companies are most likely to honour a price error (or not) online and in store?

Honoured
1. ???

Not Honoured
1. Future Shop
2. Tiger Direct??? :twisted:

Thank you!

[Jimboski]

There was some type of Sony headphones that retail at like $250 and It was a price error of $40. Not honored although they presented the deal after to the people that ordered for $69.99

That's all I know of as of lately.

I really doubt TD Is going to honor those deals that was just posted today though, Although that person that made the mistake Is going to get fired LOL.

[kingofwale]

best error was during the whole Touchpad thing... Theshoppingchannel had 32gb + case + touchstone for 200 bucks... it was supposed to be for next day 7AM, but due to a computer glitch, a few of us were able to buy all of them (well, not that "few")

best deal ever. lol

[Troy_McClure]

best error was during the whole Touchpad thing... Theshoppingchannel had 32gb + case + touchstone for 200 bucks... it was supposed to be for next day 7AM, but due to a computer glitch, a few of us were able to buy all of them (well, not that "few")

best deal ever. lol

i have fond memories of benito

[KleptoTheCondor]

Not "most" famous price error but I'm posting this from my Sony VAIO notebook that I bought for $1200 - $400 in August 2010 by keeping the same $400 discount that was meant to be applied to $1600 or more and editing the item in my cart. Some of the posters did not have their orders completed however (as they were likely only trying to sell some of their clearance inventory).

[bylo]

Dell had a whole bunch of price errors on accessories a couple of years ago. IIRC the items were on sale but Dell deducted twice the discount amount. For example a RAM stick that was regular $50 less $20 on sale went through their system for $50 less $20x2 = $10. Same for thumb drives. While it wasn't a huge savings, most of the orders went through. I recall that I was able to upgrade the RAM on my ThinkPad to 4GB for $20 and got some 16GB thumb drives for $20 back in the days when a hot price would have been twice what I paid.

Lenovo also had some price errors on accessories at about that time. They caught a lot of them but occasionally someone would luck out.

Moral of the story: Pigs (who sniff out modest errors) get fat. Hogs (who go for patently ridiculous errors) get slaughtered.

[Squiggles]

Currently wearing my $2 Old Navy khakis.

[warpdrive]

The one that sticks in my mind is Dell's rechargeables. They were $15 with a $15 savings. So they were free (no shipping charges either and it was one day shipping)

[ur_funneh]

The Logitech 720p webcam REG $49.95 and after sale price + PM it was available on FS/BB for $11.49 Taxes in.

[szw]

Not exactly a price error but the marks work wearhouse free $5 coupon, no restrictions, was pretty famous...and even got RFD into the news!

Also I'd say the original expedia vegas promos was the best. Tons of people got almost free vacations (hotel and airfare). This made the news also.

[gman]

The one that sticks in my mind is Dell's rechargeables. They were $15 with a $15 savings. So they were free (no shipping charges either and it was one day shipping)

+1. Those are eneloop.

I still have many still in its original package. :D

[avp77]

I got my Brother QL-570 label printer for free (maybe for a few dollars after tax), after someone found out that there was a mail-in rebate for it that was about the same as the full price on amazon.ca.

[canadiankorean]

I got a price error deal from Dell.

It was for a basic Vostro desktop but the error was adding 4TB for free.
Many got theirs cancelled but mine was shipped.

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/dell-new-vostro-420-price-error-650176/

[nagasadow]

The zellers deal from a few years back for video games. Was supposed to be 2 30 buck games for 30 but they worded it any game so people were getting new releases for cheap

[Troy_McClure]

lol this thread sounds like someone's preparing to write a news story

[Jimboski]

There was a Dell sale where they were selling this Webcam that retails on the site for like $119.99.. I managed to get that for $19.99..

Pretty sure that was a price error because what kind of sale Is that when It's so highly discounted, Lol.

[joeyjoejoe]

Not exactly a price error but the marks work wearhouse free $5 coupon, no restrictions, was pretty famous...and even got RFD into the news!

Also I'd say the original expedia vegas promos was the best. Tons of people got almost free vacations (hotel and airfare). This made the news also.

For coupons, it has to be the $5 off seafood coupon at Loblaws. The coupon had no limitations and it was a Jpeg with a bar code (so you can print out as many as you like). Somebody posted it on RFD way back in 2004 and it spread throughout the general population. There were huge lines ups at every Loblaws of people getting $5 worth of seafood at a time for free.

Back then I was just a lurker, but I got in early and reaped the benefits!

[canadiankorean]

Or what about the 10 cent video games at walmart?
The ubisoft games.
I bought quite a few and traded them into EBgames for $4-12 credits depending on the game.

[plymouthhater]

Zellers - Philips HTIB (plays mpeg 4) for $50

[natty32]

the expedia vegas deal

[xansmommy]

32 G ipod touch from FS for $249.99- they cancelled all the orders but the QC ones, so I got mine. Hubby still uses it.

[blakjak]

The $99 Xbox at FS comes to mind...

[RiCHC3]

the expedia vegas deal

I have to ditto this.
They realistically gave away $250 free to everyone and actually honoured the deal. It applied to the flight and hotel (I know if you travelled from Vancouver, you paid $0 and even had a bit more $$$ to spare of that 250... I got a few tickets to shows) on top of that, I got a rebate from GCR, lol. This was like winning a contest, except everyone was a winner.

[ilove]

The $150 PS3 320 gig Uncharted 3 bundle at Sears will go down as one for the ages.

[dealman5]

Home depot kohler toilets and tubs online error

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/hd-online-kohler-one-piece-toilet-96-30-a-1031380/

[Kynax]

Last year, Dell sent out a code for 100$ off some laptop. However, the code was not configured properly and worked on everything Dell sells.

99$ items with 100$ discounts gives you.... free items with free shipping!

Personally, I got a NAS (DNS-321) and 2 1TB drives for free.
And more...

[appleb]

Another epic one was the amazon.ca Mac Mini 1.66ghz Intel Core Duo/512mb for $66.

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/error-66-mac-mini-1-66ghz-intel-core-duo-512mb-819446/

[New Tradition]

Currently wearing my $2 Old Navy khakis.

Old Navy is really the only place I managed to capitalize on pricing errors. I remember buying 3 trousers for about 3 bucks each. 16 bucks with shipping. Good times...

[icemasta]

I remember the $135 Asus Transformer deal from Amazon.ca when it was still retailing for $399 I think.
Unfortunately they didn't honor it and cancelled everyone's order.

[hedgehoggy]

I got this one! Good times...


The $99 Xbox at FS comes to mind...

[pnyknights]

Who could forget the $99/pair FS Polk towers? I remember a bunch more but I'm busy doing laundry right now XP

[DaVibe]

Something happened with Harvey's, I just can't remember now.

Edit: I got a good one!
40X The Points On Electronics at Shoppers Drug Mart (http://forums.redflagdeals.com/ended-sdm-ipod-2gb-nano-plus-92-000-points-229-99-what-your-next-step-332012/) :)