Whoops! Tesco sells Xbox 360s for £33.24 (joystiq.com)

[8th lutz]

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/12/whoops-t...360s-for-33-24/

 

Apparently someone over at UK retailer Tesco slipped up on the company's online store, because an Xbox 360 bundle normally priced at £340 GBP was selling for just a hair over 33 pounds sterling, long enough for a number of customers to gleefully order the next-gen system at the no-gen price.

 

Sky News reports that once the payment is accepted, Trading Standards rules in the UK state that the retailer must comply and deliver the product. Numerous payments were accepted for the drastically-reduced Xbox 360 bundle, which also includes Forza Motorsport 2 and Viva Piñata. One crafty consumer successfully ordered 39 consoles, although no orders have yet been delivered.

 

Despite the rules set forth by Trading Standards, Tesco's site maintains that they do not have to conform to erroneously-marked prices unless they fail to notice before shipment.

 

I think the Standards rules in the uk will not be enforced in this case. This is a major screw up. If the store is force is comply, I feel happy for the gamers. I know how price screw ups happen.

 

I remembered 11 years ago, best buy screwed up in their sales paper. They had Westlemania: the Arcade game for $14.99 in the paper. When I went to best buy 11 years ago, the store didn't give us the game because they meant the Wrestlemania game that was released 3 or 4 years prior.

 

This happens once in a while. The only difference is the Tesco mistake happened online.

Edited November 12, 2007 by 8th lutz

[PressureCooker2600]

I always take advantage of price errors.....mainly for games I want, though.

 

Happens almost daily at Hastings.

 

I remember when Lego Star Wars 2 came out....my brother and I got it for 14.99 new for the 360 because it was marked as the old Lego Star Wars and the clerk never seemed to notice (or care if she did).

[moycon]

They'll probably cancel all the orders and give out $5 off coupons for future purchases. No doubt someone will complain how unfair that is and how they are getting ripped off, but eh... People make mistakes.

[Uzumaki]

Sucks to the customers if the store didn't honor the pricing mistake. But if the store tries to honor it, they could wind up going out of business.

[mimo]

There is no way that Tesco will go out of business over this, they are the UK's largest retailer and had group sales of £46.6bn

2006/2007!!

Thats Pounds Stirling and a British billion, which is bigger than an American Billion I believe!

 

Edit- just checked it is bigger

1bn US= one thousand Million

1bn UK= one million million

Edited November 14, 2007 by mimo

[deathtrappomegranate]

Edit- just checked it is bigger

1bn US= one thousand Million

1bn UK= one million million

Actually, everyone uses what was the "American" definition now.

[mimo]

Oh well, its still a fair amount

[liveinabin]

Sky News are (once again) wrong. Tesco don't have to honour that price at all, irrespective of payments given.

[Tickled_Pink]

Sky News are (once again) wrong. Tesco don't have to honour that price at all, irrespective of payments given.

Well done for spotting that. The advertising of goods at a certain price is not a binding contract but an invitation to treat - under such circumstances, the contract is only binding when the advertiser accepts the money offered by the customer (but for anyone interested in law, look up Carbolic Smoke Ball).