Ipad for £49 from Tesco.

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  • #1
    Here we have a man trying to take advantage of a "technical error". Of course Tesco would not be selling Ipads that retail for over £650, but they may be. I think he wanted to keep one and sell the other and make a nice profit.

    He has gone to CAB and his MP as well as trying to hold Tesco to ransom. The terms and conditions he agreed to and is one of life's pee takers.

    He is not really angry at Tesco I don't think but possibly angry with himself as his plan did not work out and he probably had already spent the few hundred pound profit from error in his head.

    http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co...ound-49-iPad/story-15557595-detail/story.html

    I have no sympathy whatsoever. Good on Tesco I think.
     
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    what an idiot.. good luck in court. Is he also lying to the press?

    He added: "I didn't think the price was a mistake because Tesco are notorious for aggressive marketing campaigns.
    "I've seen them selling £100 printers for £10 so I thought it was a genuine offer."


    He's an IT engineer for christs sake of course he would have know it was a mistake.
     
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    Tesco Direct Incorrectly Sells New iPad for £49.99 in UK

    Posted in Apple on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 09:56
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    Apple may have dramatically dropped the prices of the older iPads now that the new iPad (3) is available for pre-order but there's one retailer that is offering a the brand new model for just £49.99.
    Earlier this week Tesco, one of the UK's biggest retailers, was offering shoppers the chance to pre-order the new iPad for £49.99 on its Tesco Direct site.
    Thousands of people pre-ordered the device, however, many rightly predicted on Twitter and Facebook that the deal was too good to be true and that it was a typo on Tesco's part.
    A Tesco spokesman confirmed this earlier by saying "We like to offer our customers unbeatable value, but unfortunately this is an IT error that is currently being corrected."
    Anyone that has already pre-ordered the device unfortunately won't be grabbing an iPad for £50 and Tesco assure customers that no money has been taken from their bank accounts and all orders have now been cancelled.
     
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    Tesco not bound to £50 iPad internet pricing slip up

    No loopholes in supermarket's terms and conditions

    By Anh Nguyen | Published: 16:16 GMT, 15 March 12 | Computerworld UK







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    See also: Tesco CIO Mike McNamara profile
    Tesco is not legally-bound to supply the new Apple iPad at the wrongly-advertised price of £49.99, due to its watertight terms and conditions, lawyers have said.
    On Tuesday (13 March), the company's e-commerce site Tesco Direct crashed as customers tried to take advantage of the bargain price for a tablet that is now correctly listed at the price of £659. Tesco said the low price was due to "an IT error" and has refused to honour the sales.
    Under contract law, a contract is only binding if a seller accepts a purchase order.
    Tesco's terms of conditions clearly spell out that a binding purchase contract is only made and accepted at the point of despatch. Tesco's example highlights the important role of terms and conditions in protecting e-commerce businesses from risks.

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    Danvers Baillieu, senior associate at law firm Pinsent Masons, said that other businesses selling online should view Tesco's case as a reminder to review their own terms and conditions.
    He said: "A lot of businesses think about terms and conditions just as a page that comes up. Review the terms and conditions and say when the contract is formed, and make it clear.
    "It's also important to review email communication you have with a customer after an order has been placed to make sure you can subtly, and in a customer-sensitive way, get out of it because people do voice it quite vocally if they feel hard done by."
    Now read more in-depth coverage: Tesco not obliged to honour £50 iPads due to strong small print
     
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    Yes, advertisements are only an invitation to treat and not a binding contract.

    Tescos need to be prosecuted, because these aren't really errors, but misleading advertisements to get PR. Why does it always happen to high end goods and not the other thousands of product they sell?

    Not only should people know if a price is too low its a "mistake" but if its ever any very competitive price at a supermarket or high street retailer, for an Apple product... LOL you know its a publicity stunt.
     
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    garyk said:
    Fool!, all web prices are published 'E&OE', errors and omissions expected. Which basically translates to if we price it wrong we dont have to sell it at that price.

    Just the same as bricks and mortar shops price items but that is only 'an offer to sell', they are not obliged to sell at the marked price.
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    For most of my life I've wondered what E&OE means, I go to bed tonight with more knowledge than I woke up with, thanks Gary :)
     
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    Consistency said:
    On that news report were many comments, over 50 in the same nature as above, and about 2 in his favour. All of these comments have been removed, he has probably gone to his MP and the press complaints commission due to him feeling that some of the comments violated his human rights as they caused injury to feelings. :D
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    It's unbelieavable that those comments have gone.
    Was the website/newspaper expecting people to be on his side, and when they weren't they decided to remove all the comments?
     
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  • #26
    I would not think Tesco would have done this deliberately. It was an error I think that a number of people jumped on to take advantage of. It is because of people like him that terms and conditions are so long. The peetakers in life who make things long for the rest of us.
     
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