Re: [Thinkpad] 80 GB hard drive sale alert

Being that it is all done over computers and automation, they may well ship
the drives.
Years ago Buy.com had a web listing for a boxed set (I think it may have
been the Mel Gibson/Danny Glover cop movies, whatever that was called) of
three DVD's for $13.00
That was when DVD's typically cost around $25-30 each.
I placed the order and got the set.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Webber" <awebber@wwwebbers.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 80 GB hard drive sale alert

> richard,
>
> No information, but cynical speculation. If they told customers those
> were in fact HDs but that they were cancelling orders, people would
> continue ordering just in case public pressure should cause them to ship
> the HDs (or one per order, irrespective of order size). Worst case, the
> order is cancelled.
>
> By telling customers they're trays and they're getting trays, their hope
> is that customers will just not order, and might even cancel orders
> already accepted.
>
> My bet is they'll cancel all orders and email customers to say that if
> they really did want the tray assembly, to please re-order. No way do
> they want to ship out thousands of trays and have them returned. And
> I'd think it would be hard to argue that the text description trumps the
> part number, so they'd be faced with a lot of those returns demanding
> a refund of shipping ("I ordered a #13N6805 and they shipped me
> something else", says the customer to his credit card company).
>
> As I said, just speculation, but it's the tourniquet they're applying
> while they get ready to amputate the orders.
>
> --
> Andrew mailto:awebber@wwwebbers.com
>
> Monday, February 6, 2006, 12:21:34 PM, you wrote:
>
> > Now I'm confused. The two FRUs are clearly for drives, based on the
> > web page descriptions. Some people on fatwallet claim to have gotten
> > drives. When I called Parts, I was told orders would be canceled.
> > According to this fatwallet post, they will ship trays.
>
> > Does anyone else have any information on this?
>
>
>
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