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Online Shopping Site Glitch Slashes Prices for Happy Social Customers

posted by martyb on Wednesday February 06 2019, @07:42PM   
from the you-get-what-you-give dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

It's 2019 and still retailers haven't quite got a grip on their online shopping websites. Coles, a large supermarket in Australia, sold products with deep discounts due to a glitch until the company found the problem and restored the system. This story comes with a modern twist with users going to social media to spread the word about the glitch on the site so others can quickly take advantage. The store was able to get ahead of the surge in online shoppers and cull some of the carts, but not before the front runners picked up their discount goods.

Oh, look, a good use for social media. What are we up to, 5, or 6 now? =)

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• Re:Feels like stealing to me Re:Feels like stealing to me (Score: 4, Insightful) by urza9814 on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:36PM (2 children)

  by urza9814 (3954) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:36PM (#797378) Journal

  Treat others like you would want to be treated. Taking advantage of others in this way is just a form of sociopathic behavior, that is albeit, engendered in us because that's what rises to the top. I wouldn't call the fact a social media platform allows this kind of mass sociopathic behavior a redeeming feature, but listed in the ills it brings to society.

  Treat others like you would like to be treated...until you see how they treat you. Then let them reap what they sow.

  I wouldn't take advantage of a mistake by the mom and pop store down the street, largely because they don't take advantage of mine. But if it's Amazon.com? Their "customer service" has proven to me many, MANY times that they don't give a fuck about me, so why should I give a fuck about them? At this point I mostly just try to avoid them, but I'm not gonna get upset if someone else exploits the exploitation machine.

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• Re:Feels like stealing to me Re:Feels like stealing to me (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:11PM (1 child)

  by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:11PM (#797404) Homepage

  Yeah, I make a value judgement - what sort of entity am I ripping off? If Amazon, Elisa, Telia, Nordea, or Barclays Bank made a fuck-up in my favour, I'd keep schtum, because they owe me for wasted hours of my life dealing with their shit - as you say, fuck'em. If any of my local pubs or shops made a fuck-up in my favour, because I'm a regular, they treat me well - I have discounts at several of them, and even occasionally get free beer in one of the bars - and I want them to survive, I'd point it out to them. I even noticed a minor error in their favour last week, and shut up about it - consider it a tip.
  
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  • Re:Feels like stealing to me (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:14PM (#797407)

    But you know the law around here. If the price is clearly a mistake, like the 150 thing sold at 15, then the store does not have to sell it to you. If it was like 150 being sold at like 120 by mistake, then they would have to sell it.

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