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

Comfortably_Numb

bribrian wrote:

Lots said the same thing with the pokemon/virgin escapade & they eventually caved in, so who knows, apple may do the same............

I hope they do, because I ordered one too (legitimately). However, they obviously never had enough (if any) to cover the mass order, and I really dont believe we have a case that could be won in the courts, and I suspect thats what it would take to get them to supply a similar camera.

It's no good getting high and mighty about the company lying and cheating customers (as some have done) when that isn't the case. They are just doing what any company would do in such circumstances, and no doubt their lawyers have told them they are on solid ground.

rowantoad

We don't know they have contacted lawyers, they are just no longer available. What we are trying to do now is make them available again.

They were available all day on the 29th on the education site. From 8am to 6pm.

They were still available on the 30th on the main site.

but today they are unavailable.

LB1985

rowantoad wrote:

We don't know they have contacted lawyers, they are just no longer available. What we are trying to do now is make them available again.

They were available all day on the 29th on the education site. From 8am to 6pm.

They were still available on the 30th on the main site.

but today they are unavailable.

Well, according to the lady I spoke to they are available, but not for £98.70. They will, apparently, be re-priced...

rowantoad

LB1985 wrote:

Well, according to the lady I spoke to they are available, but not for £98.70. They will, apparently, be re-priced...

ahhhh, thats interesting, if that lady is right it would mean the email they sent saying they are no longer available is not correct.

hesjane

bribrian wrote:

Lots said the same thing with the pokemon/virgin escapade & they eventually caved in, so who knows, apple may do the same............

I was one of the MSErs who ordered the pokemon gamecube from Virgin. They did cave in, but couldn't meet the huge demand. The result was that I had to purchase elsewhere (the exact same package) and then email a copy of my invoice to Virgin and they refunded the full amount of the difference to my credit card. I've already emailed Apple to suggest that this could be an option - but have only had the standard automated response.


Hesjane

davilown

hesjane wrote:

I was one of the MSErs who ordered the pokemon gamecube from Virgin. They did cave in, but couldn't meet the huge demand. The result was that I had to purchase elsewhere (the exact same package) and then email a copy of my invoice to Virgin and they refunded the full amount of the difference to my credit card. I've already emailed Apple to suggest that this could be an option - but have only had the standard automated response.


Hesjane

Good thinking - maybe we might eventually get somewhere.
Although I still think it won't happen, I'm willing to try damm hard first

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Amba_Gambla

OH MY GOD!

You people are all so hard done by, whatever are you going to do?

How about:

Trading Standards

Small Claims Court

or how about....

No win no fee 1

No win no fee 2

No win no fee 3

No win no fee 4

No win no fee 5

No win no fee 6

No win no fee 7

No win no fee 8

No win no fee 9

No win no fee 10

or maybe even.....................

get over yourselves and get on with life?

just a suggestion. You tried screwing over the corporation, you failed... the corporation wins 9 times outta 10..... get over it....

rowantoad

This is my life.. now move along theres nothing for you here, go play pooh sticks or something

hesjane

Amba_Gambla wrote:

OH MY GOD!

You people are all so hard done by

I'm not hard done by. If I get the camera I do, and if I don't, I don't - as long as they refund my money. But like everyone else on the pokemon thread, when virgin caved in, as I was involved I sure as hell emailed and said to count me in. All I've done re. the Apple fiasco is email and suggest that I could source it elsewhere. You don't know if you don't ask though - do you:rolleyes:

dreamr

rowantoad wrote:

This is my life.. now move along theres nothing for you here, go play pooh sticks or something

LMAO! Couldn't put it better myself.

If you are so bothered and annoyed with people challenging Apple, just stop clicking this thread and delete it off your bookmark.

No one is forcing you to follow suit or read each post.