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PostPosted: 18:45 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: £500 ish Graphics card for £12 - wrong price on Dell site Reply with quote

Dell (and the linked re-sellers) seem to have made a pricing mistake on the following graphics card.
Worth a punt at only £12 including delivery ?? cant lose a lot really ?

Broadcast quality Nvidia FX460 ... 768 MB GDDR3 ... DVI etc.
Worth anything from £480 to £1000 .. depending on what site you look at.
https://www.elsa-jp.co.jp/products/graphicsboard/quadro_fx4600sdi/img/ph_quadro_fx_4600_sdi.jpg

Dell miss-price:
https://search.euro.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=uk&l=en&cs=&k=a1662660&cat=all

I have ordered 3 Very Happy
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PostPosted: 18:47 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Could they not just re-price it again and charge you the difference?
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PostPosted: 18:55 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

These things never go ahead. You'll receive a "Sorry, but we can not fulfill your order due to..." email eventually. All that hope for nothing. Mad
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PostPosted: 18:58 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

ncrn wrote:
Could they not just re-price it again and charge you the difference?


In short .. NO !
My missus used to do legal stuff like this and once they take payment its as good as in the bag Smile
Of course you have to receive the email saying they have authorised and accepted your payment.

ding pling dong (my email sound) ... oh! look what i have just received:
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Dear Mr. Silky666,
Confirmation of your recent Dell order is attached.
The Estimated Delivery Date for this order is on or before 27/01/2009.

To check on the progress of your order please click on this link:
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PostPosted: 18:59 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

instigator wrote:
These things never go ahead. You'll receive a "Sorry, but we can not fulfill your order due to..." email eventually. All that hope for nothing. Mad


I will ignore the 3 laptops that they miss-priced a while ago then.
Damn things are in the way anyway.
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PostPosted: 19:04 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nice find if they go through with it but i remember someone posting a similar thread with mobile phones, once the website realized the mistake, they got the email saying it couldn't be processed etc etc.
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PostPosted: 19:05 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its the typical approach that they all take.
They will send an email stating that they made a mistake and would you like the money back.
98% say "oh ok then... bummer"

2% say: "No thanks .. you have taken my order / its legally binding / f its now out of stock I will accept a similar item." etc etc.

Its worked for me every time (ish).
Same in the shops ... they price it wrong, till says the real price.. you kick up a fuss and get the price they advertised (while some lackey scurrys around the store replacing the prices).

And its no real biggie having hope ... wont rock my world if it doesnt happen ... will just accept my money back after a little fight.
But if it works then I sell them on ebay and make a nice little profit ... which will buy me a new set of Alpinestar Tech 10's Razz
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PostPosted: 19:06 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just ordered 3. they must have meant £490 not £4.90 per unit lmao.

for that price like you said, can't go wrong.

seems like a couple of other companies mispriced aswell

https://www.google.co.uk/products?q=PNY+NVIDIA+Quadro+FX+4600+SDI&oe=utf-8&scoring=p


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PostPosted: 19:08 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

silky666 wrote:
Its the typical approach that they all take.
They will send an email stating that they made a mistake and would you like the money back.
98% say "oh ok then... bummer"

2% say: "No thanks .. you have taken my order / its legally binding / f its now out of stock I will accept a similar item." etc etc.

Its worked for me every time (ish).
Same in the shops ... they price it wrong, till says the real price.. you kick up a fuss and get the price they advertised (while some lackey scurrys around the store replacing the prices).

And its no real biggie having hope ... wont rock my world if it doesnt happen ... will just accept my money back after a little fight.
But if it works then I sell them on ebay and make a nice little profit ... which will buy me a new set of Alpinestar Tech 10's Razz


In that case, how long do you think until they notice as i've no money until Wednesday. Typical lol.
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PostPosted: 19:10 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

allymoss wrote:
I just ordered 3. they must have meant £490 not £4.90 per unit lmao.

for that price like you said, can't go wrong.

seems like a couple of other companies mispriced aswell

https://www.google.co.uk/products?q=PNY+NVIDIA+Quadro+FX+4600+SDI&oe=utf-8&scoring=p


See, I'd imagine they'd be far more inclined to investigate matters if suddenly their stock of the most expensive graphics card goes from 1000 to 0. Thanks to greedy fucks.

P.S Yes I ordered one, I just doubt anything will happen. Razz
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PostPosted: 19:13 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

allymoss wrote:
I just ordered 3. they must have meant £490 not £4.90 per unit lmao.

for that price like you said, can't go wrong.

seems like a couple of other companies mispriced aswell

https://www.google.co.uk/products?q=PNY+NVIDIA+Quadro+FX+4600+SDI&oe=utf-8&scoring=p


The 'other' companys are all Dell resellers .. they get their live prices directly from Dell Smile Thats the downfall of automated systems ... the snowball just keeps getting bigger.

I am under no illusion about the fact that Dell will try the age old "there is a problem with your order" ... so dont give up straight away ... put up a little fight.
Then when you cant be bothered to waste any more time on it (Eastenders may be on or something), simply get your £12 back.

As I said at the start .. its worth a punt.
I am just throwing you BCF dogs a bone or two, thats all Laughing
(I do like a bargain)
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PostPosted: 19:37 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

order 3 and payed by paypal Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 19:38 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

How long did it take for them to send you the order/delivery conformation email then? Smile
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PostPosted: 19:40 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Two ordered, one for me and one for my brother. If they try to dishonour the agreement I'll certainly give them a run for their money. Laughing
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PostPosted: 19:42 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine is in preprocessing, I am assuming it will start to be processed tomorrow.

Dell deal directly with this supplier and as was said before, prices are automated and someones fucked up at the suppler end.

I bet when all out purchase orders reach the suppliers from Dell, they will be like wtf, and quickly change the price then contact us and say epic problem with your order.

I will fight!
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PostPosted: 19:45 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just ordered 3 Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 19:52 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ordered 1 Smile

Hopefully they will send it. Waiting on my confirmation though!
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PostPosted: 19:54 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Smile Ah, didn't take long for the delivery confirmation at all. Roll on the 27th of Jan lol
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PostPosted: 20:02 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol what a mistake i ordered 4 as the computers in my house need up dating. wonder what else they've done Question

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PostPosted: 20:13 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

kicker2508 wrote:
Lol what a mistake i ordered 4 as the computers in my house need up dating. wonder what else they've done Question

cheers tom


hmmm Thinking not sure how they will perform as gaming graphics cards ... these are hi end 'graphics' cards ... ie: CAD / 3D modelling etc.
I am simply gonna sell mine on ebay.
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PostPosted: 20:19 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think i mite do the same i bought them then realized what they where for ah well just sell them. no money lost just made Laughing

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PostPosted: 20:19 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just been looking on tinternet, been about 3 days since it became public e.g could be found on other sites reporting the fault.

Just reading through T&C's now
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PostPosted: 20:21 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

silky666 wrote:
kicker2508 wrote:
Lol what a mistake i ordered 4 as the computers in my house need up dating. wonder what else they've done Question

cheers tom


hmmm Thinking not sure how they will perform as gaming graphics cards ... these are hi end 'graphics' cards ... ie: CAD / 3D modelling etc.
I am simply gonna sell mine on ebay.


Surely it will still run games really well.
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PostPosted: 20:25 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

allymoss wrote:
Just been looking on tinternet, been about 3 days since it became public e.g could be found on other sites reporting the fault.

Just reading through T&C's now


Does that mean there make us pay the whole price or like silky666 we wont as i dunno about you, I've had the email saying they have authorised and accepted your payment.


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PostPosted: 20:26 - 12 Jan 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

They don't HAVE to sell you anything due to it being incorrectly priced, they just have to make sure that they alter the price appropriately when the issue is brought to their attention (less they be committing offences such as false advertisement.)
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