Price Error] Samsung 840 250GB SSD - £39.92 ea + £11.53 Shipping (~ $70 ea + $20 AUD) Amazon UK

Ljuicebox12 on 31/08/2013 - 22:14
Last edited 03/09/2013 - 11:10 by 1 other user

Moved to Forum: Original Link as this is a price error on Amazon UK. See chat record with support staff and example of cancellation email.

Stumbled across this deal on my daily internetting:

Samsung MZ-7TD250BW 250GB 840 Series Basic 7mm Ultraslim Solid State Drive
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EPFKL0A

£39.92 [$70 AUD] for each unit. Shipping cost to Sydney was £11.53 [$20 AUD] for me, but I ordered two. Note that price on the site includes VAT and 20% VAT will be taken out at check out.

Kind of a suss product entry with such a cheap price (this Samsung SSD goes for ~$200 locally) and generic description, but it's being sold BY Amazon UK so they don't charge until they ship.

Have at it!

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Comments

  • subydooby on 02/09/2013 - 22:39

    I wonder how much it has cost Amazon in staff time to rectify this? Probably not much if its all automated.

    • hollykryten on 02/09/2013 - 22:41
      +1

      Yeah i'd say all done off an automated script

  • petey bobby on 02/09/2013 - 22:41

    Got a Cancellation email anyone else ?

    • hollykryten on 02/09/2013 - 22:43
      +1

      If you read up above the many cancellation emails that's been posted in the thread already you will see the answer is yes

    • snvl on 02/09/2013 - 23:06
      +10

      that's new

      • stickyfingers on 03/09/2013 - 21:46
        -1

        Harsh, I was just posting to show that I got the same :P

  • Talonparty on 02/09/2013 - 22:50

    Are people reposting the letter over and over again because they think it's helpful? Is it ignorance or are we being trolled here?

    • King Tightarse on 02/09/2013 - 22:54
      +4

      People are just screwing around for fun/

      • Talonparty on 02/09/2013 - 23:26

        ah a third option, i suppose it's my own fault for jumping to conclusions

        carry on :P

  • paulaus on 02/09/2013 - 23:08
    -7

    Your order has now been cancelled. If you still want to purchase this item, please place a new order which will be charged at the correct price, when we dispatch it to you.

    I will speak to my lawyer lol..

  • frondono on 02/09/2013 - 23:09
    +3

    what am i going to do with the 10 bay nas drive i ordered to fit all my ssd drives! f u amazon

    • frondono on 03/09/2013 - 00:12
      +1

      whoa, tough crowd!

    • edfoo on 03/09/2013 - 17:52

      You can use your NAS drive to store 10 tea plates in the mean time…

    • BlazinPast on 02/09/2013 - 23:25

      Trying to set the record for most negs, huh?

      • Tal_Shiar on 02/09/2013 - 23:54

        You should look that up actually, I don't see anyone being flamed like that anytime soon. I'd link you, but I'm my phone

    • hollykryten on 03/09/2013 - 00:19

      Pics or it didn't happen

  • paulaus on 03/09/2013 - 00:37
    +3

    time to close thread

  • jv on 03/09/2013 - 01:15
    +16

    In protest, I'm going to stop buying their free ebooks…

    Hit them in their hip pocket I say !!!!

    • Elijah on 03/09/2013 - 02:57
      +3

      We Are Anonymous… ┌∩┐(◣_◢)┌∩┐

    • edfoo on 03/09/2013 - 17:55

      Or what you can do jv, is to buy 1,000,000 copies of their free ebooks and make Amazon broke. Muahahaha.

      • [Deactivated] on 03/09/2013 - 19:36

        His ISP would die before Amazon

  • Dumax on 03/09/2013 - 02:31

    Such as shame. Was worth a shot though.

  • strat on 03/09/2013 - 04:42

    I bet amazon cant wait until this whole mess fades away…

    https://slickdeals.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=21…

    • hollykryten on 03/09/2013 - 10:35
      +8

      Another example of a sense of entitlement. These people think just because they didn't get what they wanted at the price they wanted they should be getting a gift credit as compensation. No they're not entitled to any thing.

  • mejutty on 03/09/2013 - 09:21
    -8

    Sorry about that, I asked for the chatlog to be removed, bottom line I got them to match the original price and my order was dispatched this morning.

    • easternculture on 03/09/2013 - 09:25
      +4

      screen shot proof

    • KnownSystemError on 03/09/2013 - 09:39
      +6

      They were out of stock for me so I got them to price match a pink unicorn which poops out jelly beans instead. They even threw in a flying pig goodwill.

      • KiLLUMiN4Ti on 03/09/2013 - 11:15
        +1

        what do you want 4 the pig? :P

        • Ahan on 03/09/2013 - 21:40

          wow, are you able to provide your order number?

        • mejutty on 03/09/2013 - 21:51
          -1

          I don't think so.

        • WesfromRayWhite on 03/09/2013 - 21:53

          Order placed on the 2nd of September

        • highdealer on 04/09/2013 - 11:07
          +2

          LOL you place the order on the 02/09 when amazon already sending cancellation email with their "warmest regard".
          The price was change back to the correct price on the 01/09.

        • mejutty on 04/09/2013 - 12:34
          -2

          Yes I placed the order at the request of the amazon chat rep after they agreed to provide the item in the above order at the original price after they cancelled my order and I objected. Plain and simple package just left Germany BTW

      • [Deactivated] on 04/09/2013 - 00:16

        Unicorns come in pink?

        There is no limit to what i learn on OB…

  • mejutty on 03/09/2013 - 09:36
    -1

    Isn't that going to be as incriminating as the chatlog???

    • snvl on 03/09/2013 - 10:13

      let it go

  • msmhw on 03/09/2013 - 13:17

    At least now I am richer by $160 , thanks amazon

    • pmupsinep on 03/09/2013 - 14:57
      +2

      You're also 2 SSD's poorer.

      • msmhw on 04/09/2013 - 00:54
        -1

        do you believe that I dont know why I ordered them!
        is the thing buy first ask later disease

    • issh on 03/09/2013 - 14:49
      +6

      No-one 'parted' with their money, Amazon doesn't charge until the item ships

    • KiLLUMiN4Ti on 03/09/2013 - 14:51
      +3

      "Seems like"?? You know that's a quote, stop tryna be smart.
      No one lost a cent- money isn't taken from your account until shipping so your statement is moot ;)
      "At least I…" anymore pearls of wisdom Solomon :P

    • pmupsinep on 03/09/2013 - 14:56
      +4

      At least I realized

      Seems you didn't realise that this isn't an American site. As for the rest of your post, wow, what a disaster.

    • Talonparty on 03/09/2013 - 14:57
      +3

      And you generously waited to share your wisdom until well after it was revealed, plus you failed to realise that most of us assumed this but figured it was worth the gamble, especially, as issh mentions, because Amazon doesn't even charge until the item is dispatched.

      No really, you're awesome.

      • snvl on 03/09/2013 - 15:15

        If Amazon would have honor the deal his/her answer would have been: "At least I realized this offer was too good and bought 2"

    • [Deactivated] on 03/09/2013 - 16:11

      At least I realized this offer was too good to be true.

      Whats it like possessing the skillset to realise some offers are too good to be true without failure?

      My recent acquisition of Game of Thrones season 1 and 2 delivered for about $23 total from Fishpond wouldn't have occured had I used your skillset to determine it "was too good to be true".

    • King Tightarse on 03/09/2013 - 16:50
      +4

      I have bought many bargains via this site that are certainly "too good to be true" and most defy the sister phrase "you get what you pay for" as well.

      The very raison d'etre of Ozbargain is to get far more for the dollar than the average lemming, so yeah, I can safely say I have received much more "than I paid for" with nearly every deal I have bought. Some have been remarkable - perhaps a tenth of retail for some seriously decent items. Limited dull expectations will yield limited, dull results.

      And finally, no one likes a smart-arse, so what was the actual point in posting?

      • [Deactivated] on 04/09/2013 - 00:24

        The very raison d'etre of Ozbargain …

        Exactly, i agree with whatever that means.

        I have often ordered on a highly suspected 'pricing error', and it's come through.

        Though not for that Loony Tunes DVD set - that was a bugger…

    • [Deactivated] on 04/09/2013 - 00:26

      Seems like a fool and his cash are easily parted,…

      I repudiate this assertion outright.

      I am not a fool, yet i am easily parted with my cash.

  • Briggles0 on 03/09/2013 - 23:14
    -4

    http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/497/mqi4.jpg

    crazy. you got lucky. good on ya. i'd just be happy to see ssds back down to their old prices. and back on the downward trend! looks like they were on one from my research then went up over the last 6months maybe.

    • PLA74 on 03/09/2013 - 23:15

      wahhh, amazon actually dispatched the order?

    • BlazinPast on 04/09/2013 - 10:58
      +2

      It's fake.. The price is wrong and some of the text looks edited.

      • Briggles0 on 04/09/2013 - 14:51
        -1

        if it is it's very good job cos looks very real to me. price looks right from memory. and none of text looks edited to me. which bit exactly?

        • mejutty on 04/09/2013 - 15:25

          haha I didn't even notice that. Looks like he matched the ex vat price of the first order with a pre vat price on the second so it took another 20% off see if I had photo shopped it at least I would have made the price the same.

          Hello XXXX,

          Greetings from Amazon.co.uk

          Further to your request I have now edited your price on your new order#XXXXXXXX as promised during our chat conversation.

          Once your order is sent you'll receive an e-mail confirming the date, contents and method of delivery.

          If you don't get your e-mail confirmation by September 04,2013 please let us know by replying to this e-mail and we'll investigate.

        • mejutty on 04/09/2013 - 15:30

          Here is another screen grab

          http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6689/jtfp.jpg

          Let me know what else you want to see :)

        • BlazinPast on 04/09/2013 - 15:37

          Alright, I'm still not entirely convinced with the pricing, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. I said it looks like it's edited due to the grey area around all the text/images. If you're taking a screen shot, the image should be very clear - not pixelated like yours is. It looks like you just cut/paste + added the images/text from another source. There's no reason why it should be pixelated.
          But yeah, I could be wrong but I'm still not convinced.
          Out of curiosity, could you tell me what digit your order number starts with and ends with?

        • Briggles0 on 04/09/2013 - 15:50
          -1

          shading around text isn't unusual, happens when you save an image at a lower resolution. it was edited to trim/black out, so isn't an original screen shot.

        • BlazinPast on 04/09/2013 - 15:54

          Hm yeah, fair enough, I remember that's happened to me before too. Alright then, I guess it is legit. Good job

        • Tnetennba on 04/09/2013 - 19:17
          +3

          Or he just edited it in chrome using the inspect element function which is very simple.

        • coolhand on 04/09/2013 - 19:39

          Delivery estimate Friday 6th of September with standard shipping……………….

        • mejutty on 04/09/2013 - 21:14
          +1

          It's really not going to make a difference what I post but here is a nice higher res shot, btw I don't have chrome installed.

          http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/7769/1k3w.jpg

        • Talonparty on 04/09/2013 - 21:44

          So what was your secret, what line of reasoning did you use to get them to honour the old price?

          Yours is already on it's way now so it won't disturb your order if we try to use the same tactics to get ourselves one.

          Share the love bro!!!

        • caramellokoala on 04/09/2013 - 21:51
          +1

          Of all things to never happen ever, this never happened the most.

        • mejutty on 04/09/2013 - 23:01
          +2

          I used shameful shameful tactics that i am not willing to post here but bottom line the rep made a comment about usually proving a price match on a similar item but was not available from supplier. I pointed out they were selling the exact same model ssd it was instock just more expensive he asked for the URL gave it to him he then told me to place an order and he would adjust the price and now it is currently sitting in Hong kong .

        • mejutty on 07/09/2013 - 19:31
          +3

          OK last one here is a scan of invoice from the package.

          http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/1109/qprl.jpg

        • The J man on 12/09/2013 - 20:35

          I think you are one very lucky individual.

          Congrats mate.

  • lolmao on 05/09/2013 - 11:54
    -7

    Hello

    We’re writing to let you know that the price for the following item(s) was displayed incorrectly when you placed your order:

    'Samsung MZ-7TD250BW 250GB 840 Series Basic 7mm Ultraslim Solid State Drive' (ASIN: B00EPFKL0A)

    Despite our best efforts, with the millions of items available on our website, pricing errors can occasionally occur.

    In our Conditions of Use and Sale (see http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeI…), we state that where an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, cancel the order and notify you of that cancellation.

    Your order has now been cancelled. If you still want to purchase this item, please place a new order which will be charged at the correct price, when we dispatch it to you.

    We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope to see you again soon.

    Warmest regards

    Customer Service Department
    Amazon.co.uk

    Please note: This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that can't accept incoming e-mail. Please don't reply to this message.

    anyone else got this?

    • issh on 05/09/2013 - 12:58
      +14

      Nope, I think just you.

      Unlucky for you mate, better luck next time round.

  • OzBrogains on 11/09/2013 - 11:42

    Scumbag Amazon.co.uk: Cancel my order and now sends me spam for 840's.

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