Maplin Mis-price ,2Ghz Celeron Motherboard Bundle (Now Gone)

shahidemran

rchddap1 wrote:

The Customer shall be liable for the postage costs to return the Goods to Maplin, Goods must be returned by first class post with proof of posting. The Customer must take reasonable care of the Goods and return them in the original packaging and suitably protected to ensure safe delivery to Maplin.

The lady from Maplin offered me FREE return

shahidemran

Another retailer providing you stuff for £0.0
SavaPoint
Do you want to have a G:rotfl: ? :eek:

domestic_goddess

Has anyone had anything from maplin further to that first e mail.

phanco

shahidemran wrote:

Another retailer providing you stuff for £0.0
SavaPoint
Do you want to have a G:rotfl: ? :eek:

But you have to pay £2.99 postage and can only add 1 into the basket at any 1 time ....

not quite as good as it might first look...

shahidemran

Whats going on, anyone recieved further calls form Maplin?

royalsteve

rchddap1 wrote:

Although I missed this one I suspect Maplin are fighting a losing battle here. You offered £0.00 for this bundle. They accepted this offer when they shipped the order. As you now have the goods I can't see how they can 'require' you to send them back, or pay for them.

not really, for it to stick you need to pay a nominal value - even 1p or another agreed amount will do....even a biscuit if the seller agrees.....however, its different if its 0p....one thing that will help though....if you have an printed invoice that was sent with the order, check the amount - if it states 0p then Maplin dont stand a chance as they have accepted the offer in print.......

i successfully managed to get 10 free digi 1.3 million pixels cameras free 2 years ago and the bully boy tactics from the seller didnt work as I have printed proof (invoice with orders) that they had accepted my offer of 0p for each camera

matto

Maplin seem to have put in some sort of fix to stop this happening again.

If you look here:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=a21fw

you'll find there's a £0 misprice. But once you get to checkout it turns into a whopping £10000 (exc VAT)!

Damn!

krakan

It's up to £120 now - they've presumably noticed (it'd be pretty simple to flag up when a £0 item gets added to a basket) but I think that, as above, if they've noticed that these things occasionally happen then they'll start to take steps to prevent it..

matto

It's up to £120 now

You have to look a little harder to find the £0.