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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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Original Submission

• Re:Feels like stealing to me (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @10:34PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @10:34PM (#797453)

  I gave you a related warning in another comment, I don't know how seriously you take your own words but I think you meant them as such.

  So while some might feel that it's stealing, others are going to feel that it's a completely legitimate transaction. Which it is.

  Are we all morphing into sociopaths like Jake and Logan Paul?

  You answered your question before you even asked it. Dehumanization, justification through the bad acts of others, and the worst cynicism of all "If you don't do it, somebody else will". It is technically a legitimate transaction but would you feel the same way if you paid with a $100 bill for a $30 purchase and they didn't stop you when you walked away with no change then blew you off when you came back for it?

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