Wonder if that commenter who threatened a lawsuit will follow through with their threat?
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Deals: M1 iPad Air Hits Record-Low Prices at TigerDirect, Starting at $313.99 (48% Off)
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“nobody monitors the site on Saturday and Sunday” really?
Such a lame excuse. So nobody “monitors it”, but everybody from the distributors can put their prices and inventory. WTF??? Do they really listen to themselves?
Such a lame excuse. So nobody “monitors it”, but everybody from the distributors can put their prices and inventory. WTF??? Do they really listen to themselves?
I have NO problem with their response. It's not like I was expecting to buy a $1100 iPP for 50% off. It was worth a try.
Yeah, pretty much my thought. We all went into it figuring that there’s a good chance that these won’t ship.
Doesn’t surprise me at all. Amazon doesn’t “monitor” marketplace
I agree with another poster that MR needs to post a follow-up article about this. Something like “a pricing error at TigerDirect occurred over the weeekend”.
Sure, if there is no “slap on the wrist”
They can pull every stunt known to the multilevelmarketing (aka pyramid schemes) scammers.
What new posting? It was all a mistake or someone fooling around at TD. Either way, there was never any intention for TD to honor their mistake or sell at those prices.
All the one star reviews where people complain it takes a LONG TIME to get their money refunded ........ definitely makes me raise an eyebrow.
Ah yes, it's too bad that I alerted them to this under-the-radar price mistake that they never would've noticed otherwise which sent their sales up 50x. Sorry folks!
If only burner24 had chosen not to call them, I think we all would have gotten ours! He blew our cover!
You are correct of course, but it’s an opportunity to educate a large audience on deal etiquette for next time.
That class would never get near certification. No reasonable person would expect a 48% discount to be legit and not an error, nor would they find it unreasonable not to be caught over the weekend. In addition, TD is pretty clear that they reserve the right to refuse orders, even if they have been placed and a confirmation sent.
Simple - someone mistyped the discount and went live. No fraud or other scammery involved, just plain old human error.
That AC+ was also discounted by teh same amount leads me to believe the human error angle as it makes no sense to discount that.
If you used a CC and they cancel, reach out to your CC company. There is no reason to hold funds, other than take advantage of the float. Your CC company should take care of it for you.
Yeah I'm not too worried. It's the Apple Card, so once they officially cancel it, I'll give it a day or two.
When you put the discount it comes in red with the exact amount right next the price… oh I forgot nobody monitors the site… yet everybody can change the price.
See attached. That was posted today. Update says they sold out in 38 mins
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I dunno anything about that site. But no one is getting an M2 iPad for that price.
Would be an interesting way to raise quick cash if you are having cash flow problems: take customer's money on crazy-priced products, cancel, take a while to refund, and use the cash like a bridge-loan...
I used to shop TigerDirect back in the days before Amazon -- was a good company back then.