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- funknjunk, on 10/12/2007, -8/+100The site actually says $0.52. You trying to cheat me of 6 cents!!!
- jechasteen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+53From eCost's terms of service:
"In the event a product is listed at an incorrect price due to typographical, photographic, or technical error or error in pricing information received from our suppliers, eCOST.com shall have the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for product listed at the incorrect price." - addakorn, on 10/12/2007, -5/+51This is a discontinued item that they no longer have in stock. You will not be able to order these!
I verified this through a phone call to ECost. - Al3x, on 10/12/2007, -10/+48Bury this as inaccurate!! If it's real, those of us who've ordered win, otherwise, it's inaccurate and we're just giving huge amounts of traffic to this site that knows they have a pricing error and as somebody quoted eCost has protection against this.
"In the event a product is listed at an incorrect price due to typographical, photographic, or technical error or error in pricing information received from our suppliers, eCOST.com shall have the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for product listed at the incorrect price." - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+38.47 Cents now...still a little steep for me, I'm going to wait for it to come down more ;)
- TurtleBeoulve, on 10/12/2007, -8/+40Now it says they are .47 cents
- rmal, on 10/12/2007, -9/+40They'll probably try to find a way to screw us even though we were trying to screw them.
- JohnboiWaltune, on 10/12/2007, -8/+37They are getting tons of free marketing info from all you dummies giving them your name and address on orders that will never be fulfilled... but I guess anyone stupid enough to think they're getting a 200GB HD for 50 cents deserves a deluge of eCost.com catalogs in their mailbox.
eCost is notorious for their useless snailmail catalogs... and they will sell your address to other, similar companies who will spam your snailmail box with all kinds of useless *****. - HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -6/+29@ dilema
If it were my business, I wouldn't give a tinker's damn about customers who try to take advantage of me. They're the kind of customerswho'd put me out of business. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23Can you show me a link to verify this?
- barius, on 10/12/2007, -7/+24@Tobey
Yeah, and you so obviously deserve it... - McMultiverse, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Hahaha. Typographical Era. I think that was around the discovery of the printing press. I meant error. You really have to be stretching to call this a bait and switch scheme - something that goes for $50 being sold for $0.50 reeks of a simple listing error. Their terms of service pretty explicitly state that orders taking advantage of innocent errors can be refused.
The bait-and-switch law is there to protect consumers. The error-protection is there to protect businesses. You have to be blinded by lust for a cheap drive to think that this was anything but a listing error. - Tezgno, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16I've ordered a lot from eCost. Once, they had a Tivo Series 2 (160GB HDD) for $30 after shipping. I ordered it. It sat in back order for about a month. Finally called them to find out what was up and they had said that the item's price was a mistake and that the orders would be cancelled (even though a month later, the item was still on their site and for the same price). They told me that I could cancel it from their site if I wanted to. Something told me not to do it so I didn't. Another 3 weeks pass and, out of nowhere, a Tivo Series 2 160GB HDD shows up at my door. I still have it to this day.
- luciferin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14I don't know where you guys live but it's Sunday night here and I don't know of many companies that have operating hours on Sunday night. Besides, you've all killed their server by ordering something that has little chance of even being honored.
- headzoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13"The 200GB and 8MB buffer are just the specs that it can handle."
Wha? I hope you're joking. Cases don't have specs they can handle, other than size specs. - dilema, on 10/12/2007, -9/+20They are aware of the issue and have yet to fix it. They can easily pull this product and have yet to do so. Why? Because Digg is going them a huge spike in page hits/views. A simple mistake is one thing, but i think they are now crossing the line. Fix the mistake and stop being Dugg or honor the "mistake" due to all the free advertising they got. They cant piggy back off the Digg effect and then claim for it to have been a mistake. After a reasonable amount of time it is no longer a mistake but an advertising gimmick.
If they continue to keep the price as is, knowingly. Then it's false advertisment. - spectre_25gt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Your wish has come true. I just saw $0.42
- McMultiverse, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14Yeah, as much as I'd love a 200GB hard drive for less than $1, this is obviously a typographical era and the orders will be refused. Still, good luck for the dudes who'll try anyway.
- paulmike3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11"We reserve the right to substitute equivalent items."
Everyone is gonna end up with twin-pack of Bic pens. Or a refurb LiveStrong bracelet. =P - samnmax, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13It's one thing if the price was reasonable. This clearly isn't a reasonable price, and just because you got through their system doesn't mean you have a right to it.
- EricJD, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Weird. Why don't they just remove the listing??
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12From their Terms and Conditions:
Typographic, Photographic & Technical Errors: Although we do our best to achieve 100% accuracy, occasionally errors & inaccuracies do occur. Should you encounter an error or inaccuracy, please inform us so it can be corrected. Products & packaging depicted may differ from stock available at time of shipment. We reserve the right to substitute equivalent items.
Prices & Availability: Because of the fast-moving nature of our industry, prices and availability are subject to change without notice. If a product is not in stock when you place your order (for example, not yet available or sold out), we will do our best to let you know and to let you know when we anticipate the product will be available. Anticipated delivery dates are dependent upon vendor supplies and other factors and are subject to change.
(That being said, what the hell, I ordered a handfull - just in case) - barius, on 10/12/2007, -46/+55Maybe it's just me, but aren't the people trying to abuse this the ones who are truely low and pathetic? I mean, eCost obviously made a mistake, and you noticed it. Don't we normally applaude those who find a wallet and return it? So why does it seem like everyone here is intent on screwing over a company that hasn't done anything bad to them? Why are you all trying to take the wallet and run?
Shame. - areric, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Im no lawyer and its way to late for me to wade through it but if my one semester of business law was worth anything this type of pricing discrepency should be covered by the Uniform Commercial Code in the united states. Basically, again im trying to remember something i learned 3 years ago, if a retailer makes a pricing mistake that a "normal man" would be unable to distinguish as a mistake they are obligated to adhere to that price. This is why when you see a product at a store with the wrong tag and its obviously the wrong product on the tag they don't have to honor it, but if its the exact same product and the retailer failed to change the tag its their fault and they have to honor it.
I do know that was the case a couple years ago when i worked in retail at best buy.
Im sure if something as simple as this came to litigation this company could argue that the "average man" would know this was a mistake, as evidanced by the huge amount of comments here that assert that. - digitalsatori, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14No, they don't. You have not entered in to a legal contact. Either party can cancel their order at anytime. "We reserve the right to refuse business to anyone" and all that jazz.
This is not a "bait and switch". I would recommend attempting to grasp a better understanding of law before randomly calling "foul". YOU are taking advantage of someone, not the other way around. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10The same thing happened to Amazon and they just sent out a mass-email saying that the price was a mistake. I don't think this is a bait-and-switch since it's obviously a mistake.
- cavemonkey50, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8So the hard drive has been discontinued?
Edit: There was an MP3 here a minute ago of a phone conversation: http://people.msoe.edu/~wippichk/ecost.mp3 - dhughes, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11 It would be really funny if you were all charged $580 instead of 58 cents for each hard drive due to a billing mistake.
If they made one mistake they will probably make another and as someone said it's "the law" in the US to charge what is on the price of the sticker, or in this case the bill. - dilema, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11It's called fraud. He agreed to one price point and they unknowingly charged him another. That is called fraud. Any fairly smart lawyer would take that case and receive payment depending on the outcome. Your friend could earn himself a nice buck provided he had proof he did not agree to that price point at time of purchase.
- mitrovarr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8This company has a lifetime rating of 4.39/10 at resellerratings.com with a six-month rating of 1.44/10. I'm not sure I'd let them near my credit card, even if this drive actually DID cost 58 cents.
- Cypheros, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14I, for one, welcome our new discount overlords...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14there is no way that these will be sold for that little. if you are stupid enough to fall for this then you need some serious help.
These mistakes happen all the time and it ends badly every single time.
i.e. the amazon.com mistakes a few months ago a friend of mine ordered a quantity of 25 of their mispriced item and they didnt call him or anything just charged him what the normal price was and hit his credit card for it and shipped it out. Do you know how ***** it is to have to pay shipping back to them and then WAIT for them to actually recieve and take another 7-10 business days for them to refund the money to your credit card and then another 7-10 for your credit card company to actually credit it. Meanwhile you have a maxed out CC and you are paying interest (which they usually dont refund unless you scream at them) on a purchase that you never really wanted to make.
Quite simply anyone who orders them will probably get screwed over. Please people go by the logic of "If it's too good to be true - it is!" and move along. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9"It's simply not good business to cancel orders from customers due to a mistake"
Yes, it's much better business to literally lose a ***** load of money on customers taking advantage of an obvious price mistake. - mtbjunkie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8had this been a real retail store and the scanner at checkout priced it this way, the under paid checker would have shrugged and said, wow, what a great deal, paper or plastic?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Sorry but your friend got pwned lol
and you know that is a lesson taught and a lesson learned - jpyun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Isn't my data worth more than that? What data. A bunch of pirated DVDs? Nope.
- snupples, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Aggie, if you'll stop spamming that PDF long enough to actually read it, you'll see this most relevant example inside:
"You get to the store and find an incredible bargain -- a dress you know is worth at least $100, marked $10. You take it to the register, where the salesperson does a double-take -- there's been a mistake, he or she says apologetically.
Though certain stores would sell you the dress for $10, the general rule under
state law is that you're not entitled to get the dress for $10 where there's every
indication that an honest mistake was made."
Sounds like they probably don't have to honor this. 39 cents is an obvious mistake. - dilema, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11That is illegal. Plain and simple. They can not sell at one price and charge another. That is a no-brainer for retailers.
- xswag, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11Do Not Order from ecost. These guys let a third party company put charges on your credit card by making it look like an online coupon. The company is called Reservationrewards and it is a sneaky company. ecost is one of many companies that let them scam you into a monthly charge. I found a story of someone that had the same issue with them.
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200512/msg00149.html
That was the last time I ordered from eCost and if you do just be careful on checkout. - biff198, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5anyone else sign up for that 'free USB drive' from microsoft a while ago? Remember how all you had to do was answer a simple survey, and most of digg said they had one coming? I never got mine, and either it has been in the mail for, lets say, over 6 MONTHS, or they realized that digg exists, and canceled without telling me. Wonderful.
- christoscamaro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I was looking to buy an expensive digicam about a year ago. After searching about, I found it for under a buck.
Instead of posting a link to it as a "great deal", I called the (small) company, and told them their pricing was way off.
They were thankfull that I reported their error, but didn't offer me a discount or anything in exchange.
I ended up purchasing the camera elsewhere. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6If it goes into the negatives, do they pay us? Haha.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Jeppy...you are clearly lying. You did not call MAster Card on a sunday night as talk to someone about this. And certainly not a manager. On a Sunday ***** night at 11:00 Eastern Time. And the obvioius thing is that MAster Card is not as fncking stupid as you are. There is NO legal case where that HAVE to honor this price, just because you used MAster Card.
Honestly...Did you really expect that no one would call you on this lie? Are you really that hard up for social acceptance that your only remedy is to come to Digg dot ***** com and lie just to have people talk to you? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6For $158 more you can get a 500GB one. http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail~dpno~705654.asp
- voluntarydeath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5it is a conspiracy by google to get people to sign up for checkout - brilliant!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I just called and she said that the web site is working but a few prices are wrong that they will be or are correcting.
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