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? =)
(Score: 4, Funny) by woodcruft on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:27PM
Am I just getting old and cynical by thinking that's precisely the point?
Shove some goods up on your site at ludicrously low prices & drop a link to them on some other site saying "Look!!! Cheap stuff!!!"
Sounds like Coles' DBA had a cron job to update the DB a few minutes later...
Result: muppets grovelling around your site looking for other 'bargains' and hopefully buying some of your regular shitty and expensive goods.
:wq!