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Sabis · 07-01-09

There's a difference between bait-and-switch and a mistake. A 15 dollar monitor is a mistake. marking it 115 then saying "no sorry, is 151" is bait-and-switch. baiting does happen, but you don't bait it as free or insanely far below the cost of the parts alone. Why? In case you get caught. generally they'll bait right at cost or just a tad below it, then jack it up to a profitable area, just in case this happens so they don't lose big bucks.

uNeec · 07-01-09

The idiots that posted this on twitter and blogs are all total idiots. They would had gotten $15 moniters but no they wanted to Mr. i want to tell everyone so i get some internet reputation on twitter.

Rhynix · 07-01-09

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Originally Posted by uNeec

The idiots that posted this on twitter and blogs are all total idiots. They would had gotten $15 moniters but no they wanted to Mr. i want to tell everyone so i get some internet reputation on twitter.

I agree, if people kept the news on the down low, they would be enjoying their brand new monitors they bought for an extreme bargain. If the orders were canceled (which doesn't matter to me if Dell does cancel it, or they are forced to honor their corrupted pricing) then the people who have loud mouths should blame themselves, and no one else.

mrtn400 · 07-01-09

The price difference from intended and accidental price is $133 USD and 140,000 monitors were ordered at the accidental price, so Dell would be losing $18,620,000 USD here.

There's no way in hell that Dell should be forced to sell these monitors at a total discount of eighteen and a half million.

Oupavoc · 07-01-09

If the deal is too good to be true then it normally is...

Copy pasted straight off Dells site, this is in the fine print...

DELL

All prices exclude taxes and environmental advanced disposal surcharges where applicable. Prices subject to error, change and/or substitution at Dell's discretion at any time without notice. Dell cannot be responsible for errors in typography or photography. Unless otherwise specifically advertised, promotional offers are not combinable with any other offer or volume based or other discounts to which you may be entitled. Advertised configurations and limited time offers only available to customers in Canada. All purchases subject to Dell's Customer Agreement or Dell's standard terms of sale, Dell's limited warranty terms and the applicable Dell or third party service agreement. Copies available on request or at www.dell.ca. Remember to back-up your data. Dell is not responsible for lost or corrupt data or software. Limit one (1) offer per eligible system. Dell reserves the right to limit quantities to five (5) systems per customer.

Sabis · 07-01-09

Yeah, Dell better fight this, because those disclaimers ARE binding when you try and buy from them.

lattyware · 07-01-09

It's false advertising, pure and simple. Dell offered it at that price, and doing so drew people to their site, they have to deliver.

JKBenchmarks · 07-01-09

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Originally Posted by lattyware

It's false advertising, pure and simple. Dell offered it at that price, and doing so drew people to their site, they have to deliver.

They didn't offer it on purpose. It was a pricing error. In the disclaimer on Dell's website, it says:

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Prices subject to error, change and/or substitution at Dell's discretion at any time without notice. Dell cannot be responsible for errors in typography or photography

A-E-I-Owned-You · 07-01-09

They are still making money. Not as much as they are losing, but it isnt a straight loss. I wonder how much the most generic 19 inch display REALLY costs Dell to make these days. Id say 15-20 sounds about right.

waqasr · 07-01-09

Remember when they had the PNY FX 4600 Quadro gpus for like £8..the dam greedy bastards who ordered 20 of them made it too big to excuse for dell..

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A-E-I-Owned-You 4.0ghz Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,616 Rep: 290 Unique Rep: 201 Trader Rating: 4	They are still making money. Not as much as they are losing, but it isnt a straight loss. I wonder how much the most generic 19 inch display REALLY costs Dell to make these days. Id say 15-20 sounds about right.

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