Best Buy lists a 52" HDTV for $9.99

[Jack T. Chance]

I don't know about the website itself, but most retailers, in their print ads, run a disclaimer (you know, in the fine print section that customers never bother to read ) stating that they are NOT responsible for typographical errors. And I've noticed Best Buy and several other large retailers posting notices at the front of the store, right where you walk in, when there IS a typo.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

I can't believe someone tried to buy TEN TVs at the cheap price and people feel that Best Buy owes it to them.

From the article: ""If they are gonna advertise something at that price they should have to stick with it," read one typical comment. "

Yeah because it's totally reasonable to assume that a freaking 52 inch TV would only cost TEN BUCKS! Good grief.

Anyone with half a brain should be able to figure out there's no way Best Buy was going to eat the $1000s of dollars in losses it would have taken had it fulfilled the sales.

[mattm04]

Sometimes I wonder if these start out like this:
Employee who does pricing is busy doing price things. Boss comes in and says "you're fired"... employee changes prices to see how long it takes for them to notice (like one really big thing, plus maybe a lot of smaller things), getting back at the company.

I'm sure some are caused by similar circumstances, maybe just not for such a big discount that gets in the news.

If the registered with the site than they greed to the T&C's which include the if we screw up we may not honer it. If I saw that I would know it is a mistake and move on. But nooooo, people ordered 10 of them. I wonder how many used the "in these economic times" excuse, because electronics retailers would not suffer at all in a bad economy.

[JLRodgers]

Interesting... in a sense while I can say since it's obvious it was a mistake they shouldn't have to honor it..... I can also say that not noticing such a big mistake like that shouldn't of happened either...

Sometimes I wonder if these start out like this:
Employee who does pricing is busy doing price things. Boss comes in and says "you're fired"... employee changes prices to see how long it takes for them to notice (like one really big thing, plus maybe a lot of smaller things), getting back at the company.

[gremcint]

Staples once mislisted a graphing calculator for like 2.99 and they did honor it. I heard about it secondhand though, so unconfirmed.

I really can't blame them for not wanting to honour an almost 1700 loss per set.

Though if they had a written policy of honouring mistakes then I'd be with the customers, but they don't so tough luck to the customers.

[Rine]

It is an obvious mistake and I think the law is on BB's side. I HATE people that try to capitalize on other person's mistake. Greed disgusts me. The gal in the article stated that she KNEW it was a mistake and went through with it and then she says BB needs to do something to make up for her "loss." What loss??

[draggar]

You read it right and I did NOT type that incorrectly.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...081202660.html

I'm wondering who will win with this one - I think BB since they claim they have a policy that they do not need to honor prices printed "by mistake" (which means they can list whatever prices they want and charge whatever they want).