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ABC new honor walmart price mistake?

144 621 November 6, 2013 at 11:41 AM in Other (3)
read this http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wa...d=20804317

When asked if the company will honor items sold to customers at the mistakenly low prices, Jariwala said the company is "still working through those details."

and this http://www.turnto23.com/money/con...ite-hacked

While United Airlines recently honored some $10 tickets offered by mistake on its site, a retailer does not have to honor an error, especially if it is the result of hacking.

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tukwok
11-07-2013 at 01:33 PM.
11-07-2013 at 01:33 PM.
I missed out and it disgusted me when on the news they interviewed one person who said the $10 is not a fair consolation. She looked and dressed low class so likely the typical entitlement and likely mooching off of the system POS. I'd had been more than happy with the $10 for next to no pain other than the minute of selecting a product and filling my info. I swear, some people exist on a different plane of reality than those of us who are sane.
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HeyLookItsMe
11-07-2013 at 01:40 PM.
11-07-2013 at 01:40 PM.
Quote from tukwok :
I missed out and it disgusted me when on the news they interviewed one person who said the $10 is not a fair consolation. She looked and dressed low class so likely the typical entitlement and likely mooching off of the system POS. I'd had been more than happy with the $10 for next to no pain other than the minute of selecting a product and filling my info. I swear, some people exist on a different plane of reality than those of us who are sane.
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zolttt
11-07-2013 at 01:42 PM.
11-07-2013 at 01:42 PM.
Quote from Foreveryours :
How can anyone think honoring the price mistake would be good for any major online retailer is beyond me Confused Did anyone really expect these price mistakes to go to fulfillment? Maybe like 5 or 6 years ago, when the online retail was in its infancy, but now you would have to be extremely lucky to have a price mistake order actually go through.

And what does honoring the price mistake actually accomplish? That you're incompetent? Create loyalty? Seriously?
what I suggested has nothing to do with expecting things to be fulfilled, honoring the price mistakes, or anything like that! It is mind boggling how my point is being missed.

PEOPLE DID GET ITEMS CHEAP!!!!!! WALMART LIED AND SAID THINGS WERE OUT OF STOCK TO EVERYONE ELSE AND BRUSHED IT UNDER THE RUG!!!! THEY SHOULD HAVE SPUN IT TO BE "WE HAD A MISTAKE AND SOME PEOPLE GOT A REALLY GREAT DEAL" AND EMBRACED WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!!!!!!!

If lucky charms accidentally put golden nuggets in their cereal boxes for 1 run, everyone would buy lucky charms for months. This would make them more than the cost of the nuggets.

What happened happened, and they did what was right from a company standpoint by not fulfilling all of the orders, cancelling orders... whatever. Their attempt to make "good" by giving people 10 dollars was stupid, they should have used the people that walked out of stores with thousands of dollars of items for hundreds of dollars as a news story. Jesus, THAT IS THE POINT!

THE END.
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11-07-2013 at 01:46 PM.
11-07-2013 at 01:46 PM.
Quote from zolttt :
what I suggested has nothing to do with expecting things to be fulfilled, honoring the price mistakes, or anything like that! It is mind boggling how my point is being missed.

PEOPLE DID GET ITEMS CHEAP!!!!!! WALMART LIED AND SAID THINGS WERE OUT OF STOCK TO EVERYONE ELSE AND BRUSHED IT UNDER THE RUG!!!! THEY SHOULD HAVE SPUN IT TO BE "WE HAD A MISTAKE AND SOME PEOPLE GOT A REALLY GREAT DEAL" AND EMBRACED WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!!!!!!!

If lucky charms accidentally put golden nuggets in their cereal boxes for 1 run, everyone would buy lucky charms for months. This would make them more than the cost of the nuggets.

What happened happened, and they did what was right from a company standpoint by not fulfilling all of the orders, cancelling orders... whatever. Their attempt to make "good" by giving people 10 dollars was stupid, they should have used the people that walked out of stores with thousands of dollars of items for hundreds of dollars as a news story. Jesus, THAT IS THE POINT!

THE END.
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FeedMeAlmonds
11-07-2013 at 02:05 PM.
11-07-2013 at 02:05 PM.
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iamiamian
11-07-2013 at 02:07 PM.
11-07-2013 at 02:07 PM.
Quote from zolttt :

Walmart lied and said things were out of stock toeveryone else and brushed it under the rug!!!!
They were out of stock. In fact there never were any in stock. How many $65 50" LCD do you expect anyone to have in stock?
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uniquename
11-07-2013 at 02:34 PM.
11-07-2013 at 02:34 PM.
Quote from zolttt :
what I suggested has nothing to do with expecting things to be fulfilled, honoring the price mistakes, or anything like that! It is mind boggling how my point is being missed.

PEOPLE DID GET ITEMS CHEAP!!!!!! WALMART LIED AND SAID THINGS WERE OUT OF STOCK TO EVERYONE ELSE AND BRUSHED IT UNDER THE RUG!!!! THEY SHOULD HAVE SPUN IT TO BE "WE HAD A MISTAKE AND SOME PEOPLE GOT A REALLY GREAT DEAL" AND EMBRACED WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!!!!!!!

If lucky charms accidentally put golden nuggets in their cereal boxes for 1 run, everyone would buy lucky charms for months. This would make them more than the cost of the nuggets.

What happened happened, and they did what was right from a company standpoint by not fulfilling all of the orders, cancelling orders... whatever. Their attempt to make "good" by giving people 10 dollars was stupid, they should have used the people that walked out of stores with thousands of dollars of items for hundreds of dollars as a news story. Jesus, THAT IS THE POINT!

THE END.
I bet some people would sue Gernal Mills for that, and want payment in gold nuggest. As to the rest of the caps lock rant...I can't bring myself to argue with the mind of a child any longer. Yes, eat chocolate for dinner and watch cartoons all night, just shut the hell up.
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11-07-2013 at 04:34 PM.
11-07-2013 at 04:34 PM.
I guess you can call it the "SD effect". But, I wonder what would have happened if the first few ppl who discovered the pricing error on the website hadn't posted it on SD and other websites. I wonder if it would have gone through undetected.

Once it gets thousands of orders, store officials/admins will catch on to the error.
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hunnybunny1012
11-07-2013 at 09:24 PM.
11-07-2013 at 09:24 PM.
So when do we get our 10 dollars ?? Lbs
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nkmpo
11-08-2013 at 12:20 AM.
11-08-2013 at 12:20 AM.
had no stock is aways an excuse
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11-08-2013 at 04:12 AM.
11-08-2013 at 04:12 AM.
i got my coupon this morning for 1 order. another is still processing :o
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mystery250
11-08-2013 at 04:52 AM.
11-08-2013 at 04:52 AM.
It's one gfit card per person/account, so you'll only get one...

Quote from PiratePenguin :
i got my coupon this morning for 1 order. another is still processing :o
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zolttt
11-08-2013 at 05:04 AM.
11-08-2013 at 05:04 AM.
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They were out of stock. In fact there never were any in stock. How many $65 50" LCD do you expect anyone to have in stock?
This is a lie, because I went to the store that cancelled my order on the way home... and I could have purchased the same TV that I ordered for 1097. I could have also purchased the same TV from the same store once they fixed the price... odd isnt it?
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zolttt
11-08-2013 at 05:06 AM.
11-08-2013 at 05:06 AM.
Quote from uniquename :
I bet some people would sue Gernal Mills for that, and want payment in gold nuggest. As to the rest of the caps lock rant...I can't bring myself to argue with the mind of a child any longer. Yes, eat chocolate for dinner and watch cartoons all night, just shut the hell up.
Yes childish, that makes tons of sense... thanks for your time. It would be so silly to try to positively spin the people that got cheap things for their own benefit, I guess since I showed I'm not some asshole bitching about not getting his TV that it's no longer fun.... I understand.

I'll just go have and have myself a bowl of "Gernal mills" cereal.
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11-08-2013 at 05:42 AM.
11-08-2013 at 05:42 AM.
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It's one gfit card per person/account, so you'll only get one...
I don't care about about getting another gift card...I care about getting my item. My wife is getting excited hoping it will come still. I don't feel entitled to getting anything even the GC, but I will be ecstatic if I do.
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