[PRICE ERROR] Samsung Galaxy S4 4G i9505 Black $431.99 Delivered from Kogan!

Lmontorola on 10/09/2013 - 18:18
Last edited 11/09/2013 - 15:44 by 4 other users

Moved to Forum: Original Link. It has been confirmed by Kogan that it is a price error. See email confirmation. Some stats before this post got moved to forum:

  • +593 / -22 votes with 45 voted revoked
  • 18,199 clicks

Looks like Kogan just had another price drop on this, at this price it won't last!
Be quick guys!

Credit goes to OzBargain user: tongyun for telling us about it :)

Update: Kogan has tweeted that this was not a price error, however this has since been quickly removed and it is unknown if orders will be honoured.

Picture of tweet here thanks to Gackt

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      • impoze on 11/09/2013 - 09:48

        have to pay postage back?

        • snvl on 11/09/2013 - 09:50

          I don't think so

    • mooreshady on 11/09/2013 - 09:48
      +1

      sell to me…LOL…

  • mooreshady on 11/09/2013 - 09:47

    Definitely great deal! But I would like to use the phone for more than 1 year…
    so saved 439!

  • umoddbro on 11/09/2013 - 09:49
    +7

    Not looking good :( Kogan just deleted all the tweets about it not being a price error. DAMN YOU!!

    • crossconnect on 11/09/2013 - 09:55

      anyone get any screenshots of it before it was deleted?

      • f4te on 11/09/2013 - 10:03

        Nope

  • ssjmark on 11/09/2013 - 09:50

    lol..

    looks like all the Kogan "official" tweets about the S4 deal have now been deleted

  • victorheaven on 11/09/2013 - 09:50

    I think they have deleted their comments re the "Not pricing error" comment.

  • snaily on 11/09/2013 - 09:55
    +1

    Oh no… can anyone share a screenshot of the twitter comments before they were deleted??? I need it to make them honour the deal!

  • knackers on 11/09/2013 - 09:56

    carnage will ensue

  • seijai on 11/09/2013 - 09:57

    Well, anyone that bought this phone with their 28 degree MC previously can try to use the new invoices to claim the difference.

    Here's the invoice

    http://postimg.org/image/5xo00eeav/

  • montorola on 11/09/2013 - 09:58
    +10

    Lol don't you guys just love the rollercoaster of emotions happening here?

    • Kelalako on 11/09/2013 - 10:16
      +1

      I cant handle these feeeeels

  • bchliu on 11/09/2013 - 10:00
    +1

    The Tweet is GONE… no more..
    I think they are under damage control now..

    • ssjmark on 11/09/2013 - 10:04

      what a major f*** up all round..

      hope they offer it to all of us for under $500 to make up for it..

  • aero8 on 11/09/2013 - 10:00
    +3

    Oh noes…
    In the words of Tinny Tim: You raised my hopes and dashed them quite expertly sir, bravo

  • gsrt22 on 11/09/2013 - 10:00
    +5

    Confirmed pricing Error. I just called them and they said we are very sorry …. You can call them on 1300 304 292 and you ll hear the same.

    • [Deactivated] on 11/09/2013 - 10:07
      +1

      They should put something on their website about it then. With the right kind of VOIP account they would be getting paid for every 1300 call. Another way to scam a few bucks.

  • tigerking8888 on 11/09/2013 - 10:04
    +1

    i called Kogan ,they said price error,I have to refund.also I called fair trading, they said the Kogan can cancel that if price error.

  • stumo on 11/09/2013 - 10:05
    -5

    Tweets are back up now.
    http://i.imgur.com/4iQ1ShS.gif

    • bugman on 11/09/2013 - 10:08
      +1

      lol

  • crossconnect on 11/09/2013 - 10:05

    i am thinking this will be on the news soon damn!!

  • bugman on 11/09/2013 - 10:06
    +12

    ANNNNNND price error confirmed… DAM you Kogan twiiter, i went from little hope to OMG AWSOME to FFS. in 5 min.

  • jon on 11/09/2013 - 10:07
    +2

    Not the first time this has happened - http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2110474

  • laruku on 11/09/2013 - 10:09

    Sue them, this kind of mistake keep happening is ridiculous!

    • rekabkram on 11/09/2013 - 10:23
      +4

      Seriously? It sucks a bit but look at it from their point of view, after normal buisness hours the price was dropped by a further $180, the Internet erupted and they likely sold thousands of units.

      Actually you know what scrap that, go and hire a lawyer for the price error… When the lawsuit is over can you scan the invoice so we can all get some lol's from this.

  • laruku on 11/09/2013 - 10:09

    -deleted-

  • boomerpro on 11/09/2013 - 10:10

    Kogan just lost it's reputation…

    • pyramid on 11/09/2013 - 10:12
      +2

      and people lost precious interest on their $439 until Kogan refunds it.

      • Windows7forever on 11/09/2013 - 12:36
        -2

        I missed out on the deal so I'm kind of glad everyone else did too!
        I'm selfish, I know.

        • Tal_Shiar on 11/09/2013 - 13:42
          +1

          Watch out guys, we got a badass over here!

  • ocoolio on 11/09/2013 - 10:10
    +1

    Well, if it sounds too good to be true, probably it is.
    I love sparing my money and effort on these way too good sounding deals but it's very entertaining to read other OBs complaining about it :)

    • kolorijo on 11/09/2013 - 10:12
      +1

      and that's why we all here, for the too good to be true bargain… and the hope that they will honor it :)

  • kolorijo on 11/09/2013 - 10:11
    +1

    Get ready for the neg vote storm

  • Vladdo on 11/09/2013 - 10:13

    I already have a sony xperia Z, but I bought in anyway.. i knew it'd end up like this and all I really hope for is maybe some sort of 'sorry' voucher to make up for it.. hehe

  • Sirocco on 11/09/2013 - 10:13
    +31

    Im ANGRY!… (didnt even order, just joining the angry mob)

    • nix1016 on 11/09/2013 - 12:27

      You'd be more angry if this wasn't a pricing error!

    • Windows7forever on 11/09/2013 - 12:37
      +1

      I'm always angry.

  • ssjmark on 11/09/2013 - 10:14
    +4

    Ruslan Kogan eyeing an exit strategy from online store:
    http://www.brw.com.au/p/entrepreneurs/ruslan_kogan_eyeing_an…

    Mr Kogan having his final troll on all of us!
    He sure loves the OzB community!

    • Windows7forever on 11/09/2013 - 12:38

      Ruslan has the last laugh at all of us ravenous bargain hunting seagulls!

  • djones145 on 11/09/2013 - 10:15

    can everyone reverse their + vote to a negative

    since it is a pricing error!

    • Krepokrip on 11/09/2013 - 10:16
      +1

      why care about the score? It's going to end up in forums anyway

    • spoonmugen on 11/09/2013 - 11:06
      +1

      done

  • pg88 on 11/09/2013 - 10:15
    +1

    What's annoying is that there is no "official" statement from Kogan yet. What about the non Ozb-ers who bought in yesterday.

  • ITveteran on 11/09/2013 - 10:15
    +1

    You guys got to learn from the smart guy who said that he didn't bother to wait for two weeks for the refund. Sometime by common sense something is too good to be true. Now you guys may have to be worrying about the refunds for the next several weeks. Good luck!

    • Windows7forever on 11/09/2013 - 12:40
      +1

      Mate, that's why you are the IT veteran.
      I think this whole debacle has made me a Kogan (weary) veteran.

  • scampy on 11/09/2013 - 10:18
    +1

    Joining in the negathon

  • LoungeLizard on 11/09/2013 - 10:19
    +1

    Damn you Kogan

  • justcallmeboss on 11/09/2013 - 10:20

    Not negging the deal, but just thought I'd say: I hate Kogan.

    • kabigon on 11/09/2013 - 10:24
      +1

      That explains.. nothing :s

    • cyrax83 on 11/09/2013 - 10:26

      Useless tweet. What the…

  • Ss-ss on 11/09/2013 - 10:21
    +6

    Well it's a good way for Kogan to grab everyone's details & build a bigger mailing list.. Sounds a bit dodgey

    • ddxsamx on 11/09/2013 - 10:27
      +2

      And also generate traffic to their site + hold some payments.

      Do you these sort of things have an automatic refund policy or do you contact them? I'm thinking they could net quite a lot if out of thousands of orders some people forget to contact..?

    • beatthesystem on 11/09/2013 - 10:29
      +5

      Cheap way to do a stress test for his ecommerce site. He must have hired an Ozbargainer.

      • Windows7forever on 11/09/2013 - 12:42

        Ruslan is a very smart and cluey guy for sure!

  • Kelalako on 11/09/2013 - 10:21

    :\

  • Urko on 11/09/2013 - 10:22

    Maybe we will still get the phone :)

  • RADICALIST on 11/09/2013 - 10:23

    Haters gonna hate……Kogan

  • carlitos on 11/09/2013 - 10:23
    +1

    I didnt buy but still not happy with Kogan now.

  • montorola on 11/09/2013 - 10:23
    +13

    They're probably having a big board meeting about this, deciding what to do with their reputation on OzBargain

  • theguyrules on 11/09/2013 - 10:24
    +14

    Man, stayed up til ~2am last night reading this thread, wake up, read about the tweets saying its legit, then BAM
    Now theyre saying its NOT legit.
    I CANT HANDLE IT

    • Kelalako on 11/09/2013 - 10:30
      +1

      I did exactly the same thing =\ Cant handle these feels.

    • RocketSwitch on 11/09/2013 - 10:37
      +2

      I like your cat avatar :)

    • Windows7forever on 11/09/2013 - 12:43
      +1

      Look at the bright side - you don't need to try to sell off your old phone now and you saved $400+ bucks in the process :P

  • jlao6 on 11/09/2013 - 10:26
    +3

    what a joke Kogan is

  • Moderatorneil on 11/09/2013 - 10:26

    I just tweeted Kogan. So far they've given me a vague answer.

    Me:

    @Kogan Is this a price error? Lots of confusion. http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/115953

    Kogan:

    @ozbargainbuzz Hi , the correct listing is: http://www.kogan.com/au/buy/samsung-galaxy-s4-4g-lte-i9505-1…

    So that's clear as mud. :)

    • cyrax83 on 11/09/2013 - 10:28

      Damn you kogan. DAMN YOU

    • scrimshaw on 11/09/2013 - 12:43

      Why are they skirting the issue? Why don't they just own up and say "yes, we're sorry we screwed up, it was a price error".

      It's like their marketing team is incapable of owning upto a mistake.

    • Windows7forever on 11/09/2013 - 12:45

      They don't want to admit either way at this stage, so they don't open themselves up to liability. Gonna be some major damage control PR coming out of Kogan shortly.

  • kabigon on 11/09/2013 - 10:27

    If anyone has a screenshot of the tweet mentioned here could you please upload a copy, it may help (a tiny bit?) put pressure on Kogan to honour orders if it's mentioned in the main body of the post, thanks.

    Done, thanks Gackt :)

  • a_n00b_us on 11/09/2013 - 10:29

    I ordered 2 - one via paypal and one via credit card. I was really excited until now :(

  • ptsordos on 11/09/2013 - 10:30
    +2

    I think there's still hope until they send out emails saying it's a pricing error and refund us

    • Infraction on 11/09/2013 - 11:30
      +3

      I'm reminded of the flying pig episode of The Simpsons. It's just a little wet, it's still good, it's still good! Dad it's gone.

    • Windows7forever on 11/09/2013 - 12:45

      Here's a song for you while you keep praying you will get the deal honoured ;)
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry4iwzS4Na0
      King of Wishful Thinking

  • knackers on 11/09/2013 - 10:31
    +2

    I do loves my nexus4

  • snaily on 11/09/2013 - 10:31

    Kogan keeps showing off about him honouring an old ozbargain deal with a pricing error, doesn't that mean he must honour this one too??

    • jon on 11/09/2013 - 10:34
      +15

      That was for a $15 mug listed at $5 which he said cost him $30,000.
      A $629 phone listed at $409 - let's go with 5000 purchases = $1,100,000 loss. Huge difference.

      • Windows7forever on 11/09/2013 - 12:48

        Honouring this deal would probably send his company bankrupt!

  • crossconnect on 11/09/2013 - 10:33
    +6

    what i don't like is the fact that they just left the "price error" for like 6 hours.
    They would have known about the unusually high traffic and and unusually high transactions that were coming in not so late in the night but didn't bother to "fix" it last night

    plus they said on twitter that it was legit then deleted it

    • boomerpro on 11/09/2013 - 10:38
      +1

      Totally agree, kogan's fault so they should deal with it.

    • Windows7forever on 11/09/2013 - 12:48

      Ruslan sleeps at night too, you know.

  • beatthesystem on 11/09/2013 - 10:34
    +6

    Maybe what Kogan did was took all our orders then ship out if the Iphone 5c was really cheap but claim pricing error if otherwise. Not cool.

    • snvl on 11/09/2013 - 10:40

      this

      • kolorijo on 11/09/2013 - 10:49
        +5

        is SPARTA!!

        • spoonmugen on 11/09/2013 - 11:10
          +1

          more like
          'is KOGAN's way of doing business!!'

  • japik on 11/09/2013 - 10:35

    Checked my bank account and still haven't been charged, though I did use PayPal. Either way I do want the phone but at least the refund process wont be a headache.

  • Gackt on 11/09/2013 - 10:36
    +32

    i got the screenshot of the twitter if you want to see it for yourself

    http://tinypic.com/r/14buy5v/5

    • boomerpro on 11/09/2013 - 10:40

      Thanks for that

      • Gackt on 11/09/2013 - 10:45
        +3

        np,I've been a long time lurker, so might as well make my self useful here :)

  • KENZO01 on 11/09/2013 - 10:38
    +14

    This is a serious Black Eye for KOGAN how do they expect to be taken seriously as a company that solely operates online when they cant even manage the price of their products. Absolutely Pathetic and there is no excuses for it!

    • ssjmark on 11/09/2013 - 10:41

      serious brand damage just as he is looking to sell the business off! ouch!

      well not really.. cause he's a multi millionaire already..

  • Gehirn on 11/09/2013 - 10:40

    How does something like this happen ?

  • bugman on 11/09/2013 - 10:41
    +6

    What learned from this…….

    Take screen shots of Twitter

    • Windows7forever on 11/09/2013 - 12:51
      +1

      Do you think that a twit post admitting the fault would hold up in court?
      Twitter is a joke platform and they could just say a disgruntled employee hacked it.

  • m0tyrider on 11/09/2013 - 10:41
    -2

    My source tells me its NOT a pricing error. I wouldn't be making claims that it is just yet!

    • montorola on 11/09/2013 - 10:42
      +3

      What is your source, and how credible is it?

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