RE: UKNM: e-commerce own goal

[Bunder, Leslie]

something similar happened to I think buy.com ealrier this year for some

palm pilots and also monitors and they honoured the orders of one unit from

each customer.


But no doubt on the Argos site is some E&OE statement they will refer to get

out from.


Leslie

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From: Steve Johnston[SMTP:Steve [dot] JohnstonEntranet [dot] co [dot] uk]

> Sent: 	08 September 1999 14:43

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To: 'uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com'

> Subject: 	RE: UKNM: e-commerce own goal

> 

> Apparently, according to someone who may not know for sure at all, the

> fact that everyone who tried to buy a Sony Nicam TV for �3.00 will have

> known it was a mistake. Argos will be able to refuse to supply and

> defend the decision on these grounds.

> 

> Steve Johnston

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> > -----Original Message-----

>

> From: Michael Trim [michael1way [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:michael1way [dot] co [dot] uk)]

> > Sent: 08 September 1999 13:37

>

> To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> > Subject: Re: UKNM: e-commerce own goal

> > 

> > 

> > I got from Bristol to Cork with my girlfriend a couple of 

> > months ago for

> > �1.80, because nationalexpress.com sold me two tickets for 

> > 90p each, what a

> > result! They changed it a couple of months later when they 

> > must have noticed

> > it in their logs. It'll be an interesting case to watch if they really

> > decide not to honour the sales, I can't see how they could win.

> > 

> > Michael Trim

> > 1Way Internet.

> > 

> > -----Original Message-----

>

> From: Sam Michel <samchinwag [dot] com>

>

> To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com <uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com>

> > Date: 08 September 1999 13:29

> > Subject: UKNM: e-commerce own goal

> > 

> > >Just saw this on the lunchtime news:

> > >

> > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/the_company_file/ne

> > wsid_441000/441426.stm

> > >

> > >Argos making a boo-boo and incorrectly pricing Nicam TV sets 

> > at �3...word

> > >spreading like wildfire across the Internet....customers making huge

> > >multiple orders....Argos could lose �1m....Argos refusing to 

> > honour the

> > >sales....

> > >

> > >I think there's a lesson to be learnt here...I mean we've all made

> > mistakes,

> > >but...ouch...

> > >

> > >Toodle Pip

> > >

> > >Sam

> > >-------------------------------------------------

> > >            Sam Michel

> > >t: 0788 762 7115 f: 0797 101 3399

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> > e: samchinwag [dot] com

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