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- clink0914, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5WTF I PAID 2 MILL 4 MINE
- G-RaZoR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Gamecube: $99, Batallion Wars: $1,149,998.99, Realizing you just committed the stupidest act in the history of the internet, pricless. For everything else, there is a Buy.com Visa, sign up and save $30.
- jiub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And it only got an 8 out of 10 in the review...
- rousehouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I can think of 1.1 million reasons why this is a bad idea.
- spinxter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hello Spinxter,
We have cancelled only the item(s) listed below from your order #24623415.
Items not listed below will still ship to you after they have entered the shipping process.
Order #24623415
sku - : description -
sku - 201631496 : description - Battalion Wars
When we take your order we have every intention of shipping all items that you order. However, sometimes circumstances beyond our control prevent this from happening. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Your credit card will not be charged for any item(s) that do not ship.
Thank you for shopping at Buy.com. We hope you come back soon!
If you have any questions, please contact customer support at http://www.buy.com/support.
Sincerely,
Customer Support Team - spinxter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No, I really placed the order. Right now it is "Processing." I'm hoping my credit card company calls me to tell me I'm stupid. You'd think that for 1.1 million dollars I would at least get a live person rejecting me.
- joeljohnson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2hey if you have 1.1 million we should probly be friends
- aresef, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Watch them charge you 1.1 million tomorrow. Good luck paying that crap off.
- jesusphreak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Hold on...a story about a guy who may/may not have actually bnought a $1 million item due to a pricing mishap is worthy of being on the frontpage?
- mspencer712, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Even if you used a Visa Signature card, Mastercard World card, or American Express, they would probably get a referral message ("CALL" or "HOLD / CALL") and have to call this in manually.
(If you used a mere mortal Visa or Mastercard, the sale will probably be declined, and you won't have anything to worry about.)
If your bank somehow screws up and approves this sale, and buy.com lets the sale process, they may end up paying processing fees on that sale. Even a generous 2.00% processing rate would cause them to pay $22,500.00 in processing fees to handle that sale.
Their own credit card processing company's risk management department may even hold that $1,125,000.00 while they determine if it was a legit sale.
So attempting to process that sale probably wasn't the right thing to do.
(Disclaimer: I work for a credit card processing company, but the opinions expressed here are my own, and may or may not be those of my employer. We work on the 'acquiring' side -- our customers are businesses who want to accept credit cards. We don't deal directly with cardholders.) - tsupersonic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'll digg this story for $1.1 million
- Mark_H, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If they had one of those "10% of the difference" price matches, I'd be a rich man.
- Slayz0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You used a visa right? you could've saved $30 right. Hey, a deal's a deal.
:D - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Did you really? Or are you trying to be "cool"?
- eclectro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I bet duke nukem forever is gonna cost ten times as much!!
- Designhaus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I put 18 of them in my shopping cart!
Subtotal: $20,699,981.82
Ha! - Tuna, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What about free shipping?
- lordsandwich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You could've bought the game pre-owned for only $1,149,996.49.
- biometricks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"A well-made action strategy game that offers a whimsical art style"
Sounds to me like it's well worth the money. - diggerphelps, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Buy.com Price Mistake of the Millenium"
- Dan_2gngCrew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"And this is the reason why Digg will never be taken as serious as Slashdot."
sheesh, what a relief, that's the main reason I frequent digg.......less uppity than slashdot! - Nate_LapT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Whats in your wallet"
- Linuxrocks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They're not going to charge you 1.1 million.
- da_bradler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1dugg just because there was a 30 dollars saves possiblity
- THX-7168, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://digg.com/gaming/_Battalion_Wars_For_Only_$1,149,998.99
Over 20 days have passed and the workers at Buy.com have not corrected the problem. I am beginning to think that this isn't a typo. - Fungi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0and I'll bet there's still no online play
- Nephets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You got a great deal.
- cratedriver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A crappy game for $1.1 million... priceless!
- Nerys, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ok first thing I want to know. HOW did you capture that huge screen shot ?? I work in 1800x1440 and thats twice or more the vertical size of my screen space. how did you capture the entire page as one large capture or did you sticth it together in photoshop ?
Chris Taylor
http://www.nerys.com/ - bruce42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Even a generous 2.00% processing rate would cause them to pay $22,500.00 in processing fees to handle that sale."
-i like...
+dugg - Zoltak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Happens every so often. Many retail sites end up with major price errors.
The EB I work at after my IT Manager position had a Nightmare Before Christmas Guidebook for $0.00.
We also had a game that sold new for 1ยข and we bought it for $2.00 back and sold it used for $9.99. - metalfire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0DANG THAT GAME MUST COME WITH A PLATINUM JEWEL CASE!!!! AND A FEW MILLION BUCKS
- Bluenoise, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0PUT THAT IN THE OLD DUH! FILE!!!
- version30.x, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Don't tell them... let's see how long it takes them to fix it.
- Dozer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Oh man, this game better be so worth it!!!
- cool4u2view, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is so going on my black American Express card.
- THX-7168, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0He most likely stitched it using Photoshop. Notice at the bottom of the screen shot that this person has Adobe Photoshop open.
- rousehouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Agreed, Dan_2gngCrew. Who cares about Slashdot; it's Web 1.0. ;-)
- THX-7168, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0WTF! WTF! OMG-WTF! --
At least you can use a Buy.com Visa Card and purchase a decent game with the $30 you save.
To: "G-RaZoR" "...Realizing you just committed the stupidest act in the history of the internet, pricless." -- ... ... "pricless" ... ??? You should probably click on the "check spelling" button (right next to "submit comment") the next time you comment. - psyonide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hope you like soup kitchen food, pal.
- Lumbeekid06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0and btw i know that price MAY be wrong, but why in the bloddy hell did u buy that?
- InvisionUK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0No-one seems to have noticed his follow up comment. Buy.com cancelled the order.
And dugg because of the $30 discount. That is just too funny. - NitrousFlare, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that's ***** insane, it is just a typo? =p
i like how there are review for the game that costs 1.1 million - megavortex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Funny
- Gotskate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lmfao if u get it take a pic of urself with it but imma feel bad for u when ur visa bill comes
- foxhoundadmin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Even a generous 2.00% processing rate would cause them to pay $22,500.00 in processing fees to handle that sale."
good. i'll take 20. i hate banks, and i hate credit card companies even more! :D - jesusphreak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1And this is the reason why Digg will never be taken as serious as Slashdot.
- geekologist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hahahahaha! I love the: "save $30, found out how"
Current Product Price: $1,149,998.99
Buy.com Visa Discount: - $30.00
Your New Product Price: $1,149,968.99 - Leonaken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Welcome to Buy.com, the store where you SAVE!
- Sonic_Molson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0add enough to the cart to go above $32million (int) ...checkout...crash.
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