Iomega 1TB External HDD £19.95

MercilessKiller

reehsetin wrote: »

yeah thats what i figured it to be, works out in the calculator

Nah it was £19 without VAT... came to £25 to me all together

Ghirl

MercilessKiller wrote: »

Nah it was £19 without VAT... came to £25 to me all together

It was £19.95 inc VAT then there was £4.50 postage.

biglugs

Yeah, don't think it's a case of "sometimes" - If the sale isn't completed, no commission is paid, so you won't get any cashback - that's why there's a lead time before cashback is paid

Not always true - I have had £30.60 from PC World for a TV they never delivered, and £62.50 from Marks & Spencer for some digital cameras they never delivered. In both cases these were items on sale that I ordered but where they then manually deleted the orders because the items weren't actually in stock.

Tightmartin

Sara_k wrote: »

Yeah it sure does look like they have won. Its hard to win with huge companies such as Apple as they do have a an extremely good legal team.

As their company representative can't spell maybe there legal team can't do law so I think we all have a good chance.

I spoke to a collegue who is a Barrister and he is on the fence on this though - but he thinks the small claims court rarely favour big business if they don't even send legal representation so why does not everyone who has £30 or however much it is to file a claim - and can afford to gamble it - take Apple to court then we can see how large the Apple legal team is. Could be amusing and would cost them a fortune.

itsbeef

So how does the Small Claims Court system work?
Is it done as an individual or could a group of us work together?

reformedEffortMaker_2

i'm puzzled as to why everyone is making such a fuss. We all knew it was an error when we placed the order. Apple are a business at the end of the day and are allowed to change their minds about selling products if they want.

Just spare a thought for the poor employee at Apple who has probably got into a lot of trouble for getting that price wrong.

Also, from my days working as a Computer Programmer at John Lewis/Waitrose I know this used to happen all the time.....those who got to the tills and paid first got to keep the product, it was only when their friends starting coming in buying dozens at a time that it got noticed and staff would quickly yank all the remaining stock off the shelf to stop us losing more money, (or in the Waitrose we just removed the shelf edge label-which meant we could not be fined).

Only tip I can say in future with misprices is, if you really really want to take advantage of obvious mistakes

1) dont start ordering huge quantities...it will always attract attention at £19.95 OR £199.95 as not many people on non-business accounts would buy 20 at a time!
and
2) DONT PHONE UP!!...it takes longer for staff to discover and trace back an unusual stock pattern via their internal systems (I would guess at least 24 hours when their batch programs are run overnight by which point some deliveries would have already been dispatched!)

Lets just hope nobody is charged interest or issued with a statement from their credit card company for the three days between the purchase and the money being refunded!:eek:

biglugs

Just because Apple is a business does not give them the right to just take money off people's credit cards, then give it back when they feel like it.

reformedEffortMaker_2

biglugs, please re-read my post, I said

"Apple are allowed to change their minds about selling products if they want"

Of course I think people should get their money back asap, why should Apple earn interest on our money sitting in its company bank account?. After all, it was an error on their part that started the shenanigans

My point was, I dont think we can complain too much if we were trying to take advantage of an obvious mistake and got caught out.
Karma and all that.......

Those who bought large quantities hoping to make money out of Apple's mistake by selling them on ebay will now find Apple trying to profit a little bit by holding off refunding the money. I guess if you complain they will just argue that they are processing more refunds than usual so it will take a little longer.

Dont get me wrong, I would normally fight for the underdog, I have no loyalty to Apple and still begrudge the £169.00 I paid for an iPod I hardly ever use, but looking at previous posts, I think it was quite obvious where this was going right from the start.

If someone had approached you in the high street with a bin liner containing a Brand NEW, still in original packaging "Iomega 1TB External HDD", for £19.95 instead of the usual retail price of approx £200, you would have paused for thought, so why should it be any different because it's being sold online?

If it seems too good to be true, it usually is.

rizwan.s

has any one got any thing yet

Norman-B

rizwan.s wrote: »

has any one got any thing yet

Yes! I got an email saying that they had made a mistake and please don't be so silly as to expect an £220 Hard Drive for £20!