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???

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.

[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-...-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