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Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day

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Re: Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day

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Amazon would be within their rights to refuse to honor such purchases. I also don't think it's ethical to take advantage of such mistakes. What if it was you who accidentally listed your house for $60,000 rather than $600,000? What if you accidentally included an extra 0 on the check you wrote?

600k is different than 13k. People were buying it at the advertised price, and a few camera losses is almost nothing financially to Amazon

Re: Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day

#22

Amazon would be within their rights to refuse to honor such purchases. I also don't think it's ethical to take advantage of such mistakes. What if it was you who accidentally listed your house for $60,000 rather than $600,000? What if you accidentally included an extra 0 on the check you wrote?

If you owned a trillion dollar empire of similar homes, no, I don't think it's unethical to buy the house.

Re: Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day

#23

Amazon would be within their rights to refuse to honor such purchases. I also don't think it's ethical to take advantage of such mistakes. What if it was you who accidentally listed your house for $60,000 rather than $600,000? What if you accidentally included an extra 0 on the check you wrote?

If you reap the rewards of automation, you also accept its risks.

Re: Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day

#25

Amazon would be within their rights to refuse to honor such purchases. I also don't think it's ethical to take advantage of such mistakes. What if it was you who accidentally listed your house for $60,000 rather than $600,000? What if you accidentally included an extra 0 on the check you wrote?

Honestly amazon would be better off honoring it. It’s a drop in the bucket and good publicity for prime.

Re: Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day

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post #20

I remember something similar happened at Best Buy 15 years ago with a high end nvidia card. I bought one, but Best Buy obviously chose not to fulfill on the glitch. I wasn't surprised or disappointed. I was surprised at how many people felt entitled to it, though. The number of calls to boycott Best Buy over it seemed insane. I wonder how many people will feel entitled to Amazon honoring this glitch.

I thought there were advertising laws that required stores to honor their flyers, but I don't know how that translated to the online world.

The idea was, print a "price glitch", people come into stores, "so sorry that was a mistake", people still buy stuff... Then laws were enacted.

Re: Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day

#27

Amazon would be within their rights to refuse to honor such purchases. I also don't think it's ethical to take advantage of such mistakes. What if it was you who accidentally listed your house for $60,000 rather than $600,000? What if you accidentally included an extra 0 on the check you wrote?

600k is different than 13k. People were buying it at the advertised price, and a few camera losses is almost nothing financially to Amazon

Actually, if you read the article, one item was $13K. That item could have been ordered a number of times for $100.

Re: Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day

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I like the comment suggesting articles like that being banned. That lens has been one of my dreams for years now for birding. Though 800mm is kinda ridiculous and probably impossible to hand hold. I did nearly get lucky like this some years back when Walmart $100 gift cards were on sale for $10. All my orders were cancelled. It seems like several of these Amazon orders have been delivered.

With same day shipping the first few people can get lucky. Anyone living near a Amazon fullfilment center should keep a look out for such deals.

Re: Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day

#30

Amazon would be within their rights to refuse to honor such purchases. I also don't think it's ethical to take advantage of such mistakes. What if it was you who accidentally listed your house for $60,000 rather than $600,000? What if you accidentally included an extra 0 on the check you wrote?

Totally agree with you there. If I were on the other side of something like this it would SUUCK! But you know people, even honest ones find it hard to resist “sticking it to the man”, i.e. the one with advantage, the baddie. Many rationalizations will be made. “It’s peanuts to them”, etc.
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