Vipper II

When you pay with a credit card, most stores will do an initial charge to that card to verify you have sufficient funds. That's probably all people were seeing, if they were really seeing anything at all.

Vipper II

These people are just as ridiculous as the existence of sub-2-hour, non-R-rated movies.

cpgator

Whatever. You could have bought 3 HDTVs with that money.

Goat3001

D.Pham5GLTE (>60GB)

true.

b2net

Did anyone notice that their stocks fell 27 cents to 36.50? It is reported in the AP article...

Trevor

A less than 1% fluctuation is an almost daily occurence I'd imagine.

D.Pham5GLTE (>60GB)

yeah, that writer was stretching to find SOMETHING to write.

Jedi Master 33

It's hilarious that some people think BB should honor that price.

glassdragon

So what I get from this is. Say you are on a city bus and it gets into an accident. You have absolutely nothing wrong with you, but if someone decides to sue the city, you would have no problem claiming whiplash to get some free money since that would be "utilizing it to your advantage"

This didn't hurt you, you are no worse off now than you were before it happened, but you are fulling willing to take money for "pain and suffering" that you did not endure. Please grow up, the world owes you nothing.



Nail on the head my friend, nail on the head.

foofighters7

I think they should honor the price too. Over the years I have bought god knows how many items on internet sites where the price seemed fantastic. Most of the time my order was canceled and I got nothin' BUT a few times they did honor the price (mostly in the early days of Internet shops).

There are those who claim people who want them to honor their price are unreasonable but when did the idea of False Advertising become OK?

Sure, this isnt a case of Bait and Switch or a lure of the best when you actually get junk, BUT the buyer didnt switch a price tag, they didnt get on the internet, hack into Best Buy's website and fix the price for themselves, they simply chose to spend their money with them and purchase the item that Best Buy put on their website, Priced, and allowed people to buy. Why does the consumer have to pay for the mistakes of the company they are choosing to shop at? Does Best Buy have a responsibility to make sure what they say is true? If they do not, why not start throwing all kinds of wrong prices across the internet with the hopes of people coming, purchasing the mis-priced things with perhaps something else priced correctly, then cancel the single mis-priced item but quickly ship the other item they bought?

This is a free market, we can CHOOSE to shop where we want, Best Buy #1 should be thanking their lucky stars they are even in business right now. They are only in business because of consumers.

I remember Michael Righi who had to deal with another Electronics store's mishandling of an issue. Where is that company now?

Best Buy COULD have used this as a way to gain some really great publicity, but instead made themselves look like a store you cannot trust. Therefore if you cannot trust a store it begs the question, Why buy from them?

How much money would they have lost by honoring the sale?
How much money did they loose by looking like a corporate monster who lies and refuses to honor prices they list?
I have no idea, but I can say if they had someone there who could spin things better, they would have lost money at first but would have gained it all back and then some by looking like a company you can trust.

Deftones

here's a thought. choose not to shop there anymore. speak with your wallet, not with ignorant words on some internet forum.

starman9000

The publicity they would have gotten would damage their company, as that many more people would try to get in on price errors the next time they happen.

DirkUSA

??????????????????????? What are you talking about? What does it have to do with trust? Somebody made a mistake and it must have been obvious to everybody who saw this ridiculous low price. I understand to try your luck but that's it. Don't buy from them if you don't like it. But wake up. You people are all getting out of hand.

DVD Josh

The day I agree as strongly as I do with DT as I do here should be the day everyone in the universe sits up and listens.

glassdragon

I can almost guarantee you that more than half of the people that are complaining that this isn't being honored are people who do not hardly ever buy anything there, and likely would not ever buy anything there again regardless. What money would they make back from those people?

Gizmo

Some of you people are fucking crazy thinking Best Buy has a right to honor the price. Absolutely fucking crazy.

glassdragon

These are the same people who use terms like "The customer is always right" and "We pay your paychecks"

Both terms are patently false

Cheato

And the same ones who say "false advertising" in a case like this. Sorry, but you're idiots who don't know what "false advertising" is. FF7, feel free to retract your words to avoid being lumped in with the idiots.

Moopher

People are still bitching about this TV? You are not entitled to shit, Best Buy backed their own ass in their rules (just like many of us have utilized their rules against them). Take your $9.99 and go buy some fucking diapers.

glassdragon

Jedi Master 33

+1

My Other Self

It needs to be quoted a second time because it's just that awesome.

zekeburger1979

Change one letter in your name and you kind of describe the people bitching and complaining about this.

Great post by the way.

Deftones

you just had to go and say it, didn't you.