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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:price mistakes Re:price mistakes (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday February 07 2019, @01:34PM (1 child)

  by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Thursday February 07 2019, @01:34PM (#797745) Homepage

  Well, my initial posts were questioning and conditional on stated unsure assumptions, so I was hardly going bombastically into this thread! I'm happy to learn. The more I hear about them, the more the antipodes appeal.

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• Re:price mistakes (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday February 07 2019, @07:39PM

  by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday February 07 2019, @07:39PM (#797910)

  Yeah, well, I don't care what everyone else says, I think you're all right kid.

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