Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) for $19.82 (US)

[handofg0d]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...g+%26+Delivery



I've ordered a few and it's gone through at this price. Hurry before they correct it.

Worst case scenario? They cancel the orders explaining it was a mistake and refund your money. Best case scenario? Cheap ass copy of Brawl!

[Barc0de]

FUCK, i need a US address for shipping, anyone?

[Jasonkhowell]

Was just about to post this.

Anywho, I bought my copy. Their policy states that they will cancel it if the price is wrong, so I don't expect it to go through. Then again, I could see wal-mart doing this as some sort of stunt to get people to buy from them.

[Nitrosoxide]

Shit...I missed it!!

[A. Snow]

Well it seems they canceled my order but I'm not through with them yet.

[Johnny Vodka]

yeah they canceled all of them..another reason to hate walmart.

[Jasonkhowell]

So, low long does it take for me to get back $23.00 that I paid out of my paypal account with, or am I screwed?

[Borman]

I love all the people complaining on the Internet about cancelled orders. You agreed to their terms, which say something like "Your order will be cancelled in the event of a pricing error" (something like that anyway). Admittedly, the email they send is a bit flawed, but you agreed to their terms in the first place.

[Taucias]

yeah they canceled all of them..another reason to hate walmart.

Damn, those bastards! Why can't they just give you the game eh? Or better yet, send a cart collection dude over to you house with a copy so you don't have to trouble yourself with the journey to the store. I tell you, I don't know how these guys can even call themselves a retailer!

[A. Snow]

I love all the people complaining on the Internet about cancelled orders. You agreed to their terms, which say something like "Your order will be cancelled in the event of a pricing error" (something like that anyway). Admittedly, the email they send is a bit flawed, but you agreed to their terms in the first place.

You are absolutely correct that they have the right but it is also true that if this happened at one of their physical stores they would've honored the price. That is my biggest gripe.

I ended up canceling my Wal-Mart account. I had the same thing happen once with Amazon yet they choose to honor the price mistake despite having the same type of policy. I would rather do business with a company that puts the customers first when the mistake is on their part than one that does not.

[hl718]

Eh, a mistake in a physical store means *one* person gets the deal because when it doesn't ring properly in the register the person working makes the correction and then fixes the tag on the shelf.

A mistake online could mean thousands of people trying to jump on the mistake price.

It's a lot easier to say "we'll eat the cost of one discount" vs "we'll eat the cost of a few thousand discounts."

With a pricing policy that leaves room for correcting mistakes, the orders at the mistake price (and given that 1 and 4 are right next to each other on a keyboard making for a super easy typo) are simply canceled.

With a pricing policy that doesn't leave room for correcting mistakes, the poor employee who made the typo would likely have found themselves unemployed as the cost to honor a few thousand $30 mistakes is probably well more than said employee's yearly paycheck.

-hl718

[1080Peter]

Eh, a mistake in a physical store means *one* person gets the deal because when it doesn't ring properly in the register the person working makes the correction and then fixes the tag on the shelf.

A mistake online could mean thousands of people trying to jump on the mistake price.

It's a lot easier to say "we'll eat the cost of one discount" vs "we'll eat the cost of a few thousand discounts."

With a pricing policy that leaves room for correcting mistakes, the orders at the mistake price (and given that 1 and 4 are right next to each other on a keyboard making for a super easy typo) are simply canceled.

With a pricing policy that doesn't leave room for correcting mistakes, the poor employee who made the typo would likely have found themselves unemployed as the cost to honor a few thousand $30 mistakes is probably well more than said employee's yearly paycheck.

-hl718

Ditto.

As much as I'd love to see this mistake honored online, it's entirely up to Wal-Mart to take action.

[Taucias]

You are absolutely correct that they have the right but it is also true that if this happened at one of their physical stores they would've honored the price. That is my biggest gripe.

I ended up canceling my Wal-Mart account. I had the same thing happen once with Amazon yet they choose to honor the price mistake despite having the same type of policy. I would rather do business with a company that puts the customers first when the mistake is on their part than one that does not.

The problem is, people leap on these kinds of mistakes and some get greedy and try to buy a bunch to sell online. Also the moment this kind of thing gets onto a forum the company gets swamped with orders. I don't feel bad for Walmart, but you can understand why they cancel orders. Why would they get hit for thousands (possibly hundreds of thousands)? It makes no sense.

[mairsil]

I love all the people complaining on the Internet about cancelled orders. You agreed to their terms, which say something like "Your order will be cancelled in the event of a pricing error" (something like that anyway). Admittedly, the email they send is a bit flawed, but you agreed to their terms in the first place.

Or it is a calculated risk to get people into their (online) store. Sell enough extra games and accessories and they would just "let it go for the few people that managed to order it at this price." Don't sell enough to compensate for the cost, then "it was a price mistake and we don't have to honor it." Admittedly, this could just be a mistaken price entered for a sale. However, these "mistakes" are all too common and abused by the stores in some cases to be let go without a second thought.

[momosgarage]

Don' they have to honor the online price in certain states (for example California) where the laws regarding "listed price" stated must be sold to the customer even through it is a mistake?

[hl718]

If you ever find a mistake deal and want to try taking advantage of it:

Rule #1: DON'T GO POSTING IT ALL OVER THE INTERNET.
Rule #2: DON'T GET GREEDY AND ORDER "A BUNCH."

I've ordered a few and it's gone through at this price. Hurry before they correct it.

It's stuff like that which kicks off the fraud systems and sends an alert up the chain that there is a problem.

Sales tend to follow a fairly predictable pattern and Wal-mart (among others) is very good at modeling consumer behaviour. When people start ordering 4 or 5 copies of the same game, it sets off a flag and sends up an alert. When the number of orders for a game suddenly shoot through the roof, it sets off a flag and sends up an alert.

The quickest way to kill any deal is to spread the word and to be greedy. Those that are kept quiet are usually the ones that are honored.

And no, if it is in the pricing policy a company doesn't have to honor a mistake price.

-hl718

[Bojay1997]

I don't believe this was a mistake. I believe this was an attempt to drive business to their site and when they realized how many copies were being sold to people who had no intention of ordering other items or doing anything but reselling them, they claimed it was a mistake. This is the largest retailer in the world and the deal stayed up for most of the day. If TRU can give everyone who preordered Super Mario Galaxy a $25 gift card, there's no reason to believe Walmart wouldn't offer this game at $20 for preorders. I take issue with the fact that they blatantly misrepresented in an e-mail that I had cancelled the order and then when I pointed out to them that I had done no such thing, they sent another e-mail claiming it was all a mistake. This is fraud plain and simple and I am treating it as such by reporting it to the appropriate agencies here in California.

[Hawanja]

Walmart doesn't deserve your money in the first place.

Don' they have to honor the online price in certain states (for example California) where the laws regarding "listed price" stated must be sold to the customer even through it is a mistake?

It might be different for e-commerce, becasue a website by it's very nature crosses state boundaries.

But yeah, if you go into a store and the listed price is different than what they tell you at the register, the law says they have to honor that. They can make it hard for you though.

[Barc0de]

Smash bros. got pushed back to March 9 for US.

I can't say I mind, because I have exams up to the 22nd, but still, a shame! :(

Oh well, anything worth waiting for is going to be probably good, unlike Daikatana ;p

[samael64]

But yeah, if you go into a store and the listed price is different than what they tell you at the register, the law says they have to honor that. They can make it hard for you though.

Actually, the law states that if they are going to sell it to you, they have to sell it at that price, but they can refuse to sell it to you all together.