From: mark (onkell_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed Apr 28 1999 - 15:19:43 EDT
That ThinkPad 600 for 1 cent was up a week ago. Of course I ordered one COD!
As you can guess, I never got it. I simply received an e-mail about 54 days
after ordering one that it was permanently out of stock.
Bull!
----- Original Message -----
From: James Lai <orialv21_at_mindspring.com>
To: M. Kokaly <ranger5_at_u.washington.edu>
Cc: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 3:34 PM
Subject: AccessMicro did it again! Tp600 for $0.01
> For those of you who thinks it's a mishap. They did it again today with
the
> TP600 PII300 with 32MB for $0.01
>
> Now doesn't it look suspicious??
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: M. Kokaly [mailto:ranger5_at_u.washington.edu]
> > Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 10:01 AM
> > To: Aaron W. Brown
> > Cc: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> > Subject: Re: $313.95 !!!!!!!!! THINKPAD 560 P2-233 4.0GB
> >
> >
> >
> > Good points Aaron. There is one question many people who were
supporting
> > "just letting it go, they made a mistake" are forgetting to ask
> > themselves. I noticed they had an ETA of 4/22 for the Thinkpad.
However,
> > there is now no mention of that particular notebook anywhere on their
> > website that I could find after the "error". So, what happened to those
> > notebooks that were supposed to arrive on 4/22? Could it be they never
> > existed? Doesn't sound like a "mistake" to me at all. I ordered one
and
> > never got a notice from Access Micro. I did notice that in those
posted,
> > there wasn't a line that said something like "There was a pricing error,
> > the correct price was $xxx. Please contact us if you want to order the
> > notebook at that price." How come there wasn't?
> >
> > Matthew T Kokaly
> >
> > On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Aaron W. Brown wrote:
> >
> > > I have a couple of thoughts on this issue which I don't think
> > have been
> > > addressed yet.
> > >
> > > I too tried to order this Thinkpad. I don't have much
> > sympathy for them
> > > and here's why:
> > >
> > > I called the 800 number to order. As soon as I said "I would
> > like to order
> > > a Thinkpad", the person said "You mean that $300 one? That was
> > a typo, we
> > > don't even have any in stock." (no bait and switch was
> > attempted on their
> > > part)
> > > I called them on the phone rather than order online because
> > there was no
> > > way I would give them my:
> > >
> > > A. credit card number
> > > B. email address
> > >
> > > I would suggest they collected quite a few of both over the 3
> > DAYS(!) that
> > > price was listed. Many folks set up new accounts and might return
just
> > > because of that. How many people bookmarked this $313.95 site?
> > > Also: Now that they have your email address they might market to
you
> > > (spam) in a future email.
> > >
> > > Another issue:
> > > Is this online dealer intentionally posting low prices to
> > insure they come
> > > up as "the low price" in these popluar price tracker sites like
> > > pricescan.com? Low price, yes, but so low they don't need to honor
it.
> > > This would have the effect of getting the online dealer noticed
> > by potential
> > > buyers who were previously unaware of the site.
> > >
> > > Even if these are not the reasons for the $313.95 Thinkpad,
> > remember this
> > > rule of advertising:
> > > I don't care what you say about me as long as you spell my
> > name correctly.
> > > Similar to "Any PR is good PR".
> > >
> > > One more idea (the dealer is the victim): The dealer's site
> > maintainer
> > > gets paid by the "hit".
> > >
> > > I would not discourage or judge anyone who wants to fight
> > them to honor
> > > their price. The BBB should at least warn people of these practices.
> > >
> > > Aaron Brown
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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