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60D + EFS17-55 f/2.8 - £1000 at Tesco

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Fleetie said:
arioch82 said:
yeah my order status is the same.

the only thing that worries me is:

"For delivery on Friday 31st December 9999 between 11:59pm - 11:59pm"

don't think I'll be home for that time XD

And besides, the 5D3 will probably have been announced by then....


Martin

Yes, but sadly, the EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM still probably won't be available for purchase yet. ;D
 
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Sorry for causing all you guys (and girls?) to get your hopes up... Still it was worth a try.

I guess it could've been worse, suppose they'd despatched you all a 60D and 18-55 kit lens, then you'd have had to mess around returning it for a refund and I don't know who'd have picked up the postage tab. That would have made me feel really guilty.
 
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Haydn1971 said:
What happens if you refuse to cancel the order ?

Surely if something is advertised at X price, they accept an order for it, they have to honour the sale ?

It was a obvious typo, and the terms of sale that the customer agreed to specified that the sale could be cancelled and money refunded. Its wishful thinking to think that they would give away some very expensive equipment over a Typo.

I had the same thing happen to me, I ordered a 7D the day they were announced, and a few weeks later, Amazon.com cancelled my order because their price was wrong by about $200. This wasn't a obvious typo, they just speculated on the actual price and started taking orders. Pretty sleezy. They didn't even give me the option of paying that extra for it, so I lost my place in line for a early delivery.

I ordered from Adorama instead.
 
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Earlier I had a call following up my email to BBC Watchdog (I cc'd it to Tesco Direct) to apologise for all inconvenience caused and to offer a further refund of £15. However, another emailer just had a reply stating the Terms & Conditions and apologising further. I guess the emailer either worded their email quite strongly, or didn't involve Watchdog. Also, another user('s wife) is having talks with Trading Standards.

We all knew it was an honest mistake - EF-S 17-85mm and EF-S 17-55mm are VERY alike - but Tesco haven't handled the entire thing very well. Included in that bad-handling was leaving the page up for more than 24-hours after the error was noticed. All other points-of-sale were sorted; but they just couldn't remove a web page.

This might have started out as a bargin-grab, but it then turned towards making Tesco's malpractice clear. We must do all we can to fight against what might be a dupe for greater web-traffic and product orders.

This is the first time I've ever done anything like this. All the time I felt like I was channeling my brother, who is pure 'this'! It was fun, and I hope it works out as well for others who are waiting on a refund as it has for myself :)

Regards,
Henry
 
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Granted, the amount of money is quite different in my case, but I recently went to purchase the DxO FilmPack 3, and on the comparison page for the Essential vs. Expert versions, the Expert version was listed for 79 USD. Adding it to the cart showed it as $99. I emailed their support department, and very soon after (before I received any reply) they had corrected the page to it's current form. However, I subsequently received an email from them stating they would issue me a promo code enabling me to purchase at the $79 price which was originally listed.
 
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neuroanatomist said:
Granted, the amount of money is quite different in my case, but I recently went to purchase the DxO FilmPack 3, and on the comparison page for the Essential vs. Expert versions, the Expert version was listed for 79 USD. Adding it to the cart showed it as $99. I emailed their support department, and very soon after (before I received any reply) they had corrected the page to it's current form. However, I subsequently received an email from them stating they would issue me a promo code enabling me to purchase at the $79 price which was originally listed.

Really goes to differentiate the nice and good companies form the... erm... not so :) Just called Carphone Warehouse to take them up on a £25 voucher offer since their iPad 1 clearance day. (http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ipad-1-classic-16gb-wi-fi-carphone-warehouse-164-50/945864) Money never parted hands, yet they felt they were losing customer loyalty enough to hand out vouchers. After sorting out the voucher with an employee over the phone, I asked to speak to his manager. I then passed on compliments of the employee's demeanor and, in general, how great Carphone Warehouse are. Was really clear after the way Tesco handled everything.
 
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scalesusa said:
There is a difference between giving you the sale price where they still make a profit, and losing several hundred dollars.

+1. One thing is giving a voucher for a few pounds or dollars, when you're still going to buy the product or leave that money with the company, especially if it will be spent on a service, rather than a product. And letting someone buy something for half a grand less, than it's inteded to be sold is something completely different, because company loses money then. And they know that otherwise you wouldn't have ordered the product, if it wasn't 500 pounds less. So to them loyalty does not really matter in this case.
 
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