Olympus E-1 Digital SLR - £98.70 (Apple Education Store) [CLOSED]

thereaper101

Heir_2_Hesjane wrote:

It does seem a bit silly to phone the store... most of these types of grabbit quick deals rely on the fact that most online stores are completely automated and so its a while before a real person gets involved and realises the price mistake.

Oh well - too late now.

My thoughts exactly, Too many people ordering and nervously phoning the store to try to confirm whether or not they will get it!

Best thing to do is :-

1. Place Order
2. Forget about it
3. Enjoy it if it comes, if it doesn`t arrive no worries, you have n't lost anything.

Aparently some scotes have just put a few on ebay!

bleugh

gromituk wrote:

Bleugh, that's possible but I'd have thought it equally likely that their software (if not their despatch department!) would notice a huge spike in orders and would be alerted at that stage.

I remember the Kodak misprice fiasco four years ago - I got my first digital camera out of that, for £100 instead of £350, after quite a bit of hassle. Since then, sites have tightened things up a bit!

yep, but larger companies often process and SHIP orders the same day
which means, YES it would be noticed, but only after many had been shipped (to the early adopters)

now people have phoned, someone can physically run over to dispatch and quarantine all the stock of E1 cameras, (by computer or pysically moving them) AND also call the courier and hold / recall any that are currently in transit

bleugh

dkislingbury wrote:

bluegh you are a !!!!!! !!!!!!!

bluegh

well, i'm not dyslexic, that's a bonus :-)

'slowly puncture' ???

lordexavier_the_2nd

dkislingbury wrote:

bluegh you are a !!!!!! !!!!!!!

Someone speaks the truth and you dont like it, i guess you phoned them also.
Idiot

ScreechXL

Hey guys - take it easy on this chap thats called up Apple - silly but an easy mistake to make.
I doubt that just his actions alone will be the cause of all our orders being cancelled.

The ebay scammers that have just flooded the website will also have a large part to play.

I am a student and have ordered one for personal use - so if they are all cancelled, I have as much as anyone else to be annoyed at.

At the end of the day - its only a camera - not worth ruining christmas over!

(unless you've ordered 74 and are worried about your profits!!!!)

manhattan

yep 74x500=37000-7400=29600 profit!

manhattan

lol...............

robin123_2

How long did it take your order confirmation to come through?

bad-head-day

robin123 wrote:

How long did it take your order confirmation to come through?

Half an hour, but they can still cancel under their terms if they can't supply the items of an order.

Heir_2_Hesjane

27 minutes after my acknowledgement