manc-mag 1 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I was imply that they may have set aside an amount to sell at that price in order to generate a buzz, therefore advertising through word of mouth! Ah right, wasnt sure whether you meant a cynical motive or a commercially astute one (though sometimes theres not a huge difference). Could well be the case mate. Not a bad strategy if so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14000 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 As they put it up for 'one day only' it could well be legitimate - i.e in a few hours it could change to 'sold out'. Either way a couple would be getting put away for Christmas presents if they actually do arrive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 You submitted an order in the amount of 10.85 GBP to Zavvi.comThanks for using PayPal. Please note that this is not a charge. Your account will be charged when the merchant processes your payment. You may receive multiple emails as the merchant processes your order. Your funds will be transferred when the merchant processes your payment. Any money in your PayPal account at that time will be used before any other payment source. To see the full transaction details, log in to your PayPal account. It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account. Ordered this through PayPal just after it was posted on the ukhotdeals site yesterday. I'll be waiting for my cancellation emails coming through, got no chance with the amount of people buying them in bulk to hoy on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42649 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The price has changed to 84.95, and they're reporting it sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6822 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Boo, missed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29491 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Basically, if something's advertised for sale in a shop at a certain price, you can't insist on them honouring that price just because the advert/price tag says so. A binding contract for sale only occurs (and must be honoured) when an offer is accepted. The advertisement doesn't amount to an offer, it's known instead as an 'invitation to treat'. You only make an offer (to buy) the thing by taking it to the checkout and if that offer is then accepted (ie by the shop accepting payment) then at that stage its a binding contract and you can legally force them to honour the agreement even if they'd advertised at the wrong price. If they realise at the checkout that it's the wrong price before they've accepted payment however then they don't have to honour it. Some shops will honour a wrongly advertised price even if they do spot the mistake purely as a gesture of goodwill/policy however. Just in case anyone was wondering about the basic legals behind it. My entire recollection of my contract law module summarised in one post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Magpie 0 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 my brother inlaw got about 15 crates of wine for about £1.50 once they were marked up at £0.00 but he had to buy something and bought a lolly best bargain ever and they delivered them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15115 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Cancelled. Boo hiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Boooooooo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29491 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Moooooooo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 How many ordered today? I'm sure it was a mega Monday, one day deal only? Yet to receive any cancellation email, hopefully cause I ordered yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14000 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Check your account status on their website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 ...technically (and possible mis-pricing mistakes aside) with this kind of 'too good to be true' thing, are the retailer only responsible for honouring ONE deal at this price ? y'knowwhatimasayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10430 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Sent them a shitty email. Mainly for giggles, but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14000 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I think the whole of the t'ninternets was in on the deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10430 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Hi Dave Watson Thanks for placing your order with Zavvi.com order number 16610587 We are really sorry, but the price shown on site for Ultimate Action Blu-ray Bundle was incorrect. We work hard to ensure that prices shown on site are accurate, but very occasionally errors do occur. Due to the nature of the error we have had to cancel your order. Please be assured that we have not taken payment for your order. We hope you will consider re-ordering now that the price has been corrected on site. Please accept this 10% discount code to spend at Zavvi.com, 1424-S9GT-3CF4 Plus some additional discounts for our sister sites: £5 to spend at Allsole.com 1430-3435-5C80 £5 to spend at MyLabel.co.uk 1427-2736-5976 £3 to spend at Mankind.co.uk 1428-197-FC17 £2 to spend at I Want One Of Those.com 1429-4FA7-6837 Should you have any questions or queries regarding your order, please login to your account where you will be able to email our customer service colleagues. Click here to log into your account We try to make contacting us as easy and convenient as possible and want to answer all your questions fully. Our FAQ link here may be able to provide you with the answer you're looking for. If the answer you're looking for is not on our FAQ page, please login to your account where you will be able to request more information. Regards The zavvi.com Team *Discount codes are valid until 31st July 2011. zavvi code excludes consoles, electronics and computing Re: the bit in bold... fuck that shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 Thanks for the 10% code And please feel free to use this thread for other bargains you come across. The Zavvi one was just to kick it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6822 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I think the whole of the t'ninternets was in on the deal and then some http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ultimate-a...i/971013?page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idioteque 0 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 gutted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I never saw that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6822 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Here's a real bargain. One of the best non-iPhones around, the HTC Sensation: 12month contract £99 handset £30pm gets you 400mins 1000 texts 1GB 3g http://shopping.e2save.com/mobile-phone/co...code=EK124FEB11 Click on Talk mobile, 3rd deal down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Sounds a good deal but can't see any 12 month contracts available. Going for one of them at Christmas when my contract is up to replace my Hero. Best post you ever made on here mate recommending the HTC Hero, great phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6822 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 (edited) Select Talk Mobile as the network, 3rd deal down. 12 months. The Sensation is twice the phone the Hero is btw Edited July 7, 2011 by J69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42649 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 What network is Talk Mobile though? No good if their 3g coverage is shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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