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Staples offering free stuff... laptops...scanners... (jpgs)
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Well for those up this late you can find stuff listing as free from Staples Canada's website. Most laptops are listing as free, computers, scanners, printers, flash memory sticks, some digital cameras, Windows XP Pro, Norton Systemworks 2005 etc. I've made a partial list of the items showing as free and a pair of screenshots.
Anyone want to guess how long these pricing errors will stay up? Do you think Staples will honor the prices?
Partial List of free items (238 items)
Screenshot 1:
Screenshot 2:
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Never heard of a free laptop... probably a system error
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Originally posted by TailsToo:
Never heard of a free laptop... probably a system error
... ya think?!?
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Originally posted by t6hawk:
Well for those up this late you can find stuff listing as free from Staples Canada's website.
Canadians always get stuff for free!  
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did anyone order anything? don't they have to honor advertised prices?
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Yes, they do. Buy fast, people. 
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Originally posted by joelcpa:
... ya think?!?
With some of the crazy deals these days, you never know!
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Originally posted by Mister Elf:
Yes, they do. Buy fast, people.
I don't know about Canada, but here in the US, no they don't.
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Originally posted by Gankdawg:
I don't know about Canada, but here in the US, no they don't.
how does that work, then, do they just have to tell you about the pricing change before they charge your credit card?
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look at the disclaimer...
they often will say "misprinted prices not re-deemable" sometimes they will offer a discount but they protect themselves from this stuff.
i am not going to look at staple's disclaimer for you
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They must be outa stock!!
But its a cool trick to lure people to shop with them isnt it?
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Originally posted by MaxPower2k3:
how does that work, then, do they just have to tell you about the pricing change before they charge your credit card?
They have the right not to process the sale. If an item has shipped, I don't know about what they can do. But based on the reasonableness standard, they can cancel a sale.
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Originally posted by Gankdawg:
They have the right not to process the sale. If an item has shipped, I don't know about what they can do. But based on the reasonableness standard, they can cancel a sale.
I would think that would be the most likely result. Staples' legal stuff talks about typographical errors but mentions nothing specifically about the prices. Personally I would think that if 250+ items all ended up with $0 as the price, that seems to be more than just a typographical error. More like something in their database got screwed or something.
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Originally posted by Gankdawg:
I don't know about Canada, but here in the US, no they don't.
They do in California, but only if it's marked on a label. I don't think printed advertisements count.
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I wonder how many took advantage of this are were successful?
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Staples has no legal obligation to sell anything to anyone at any advertized price because of its self-protection from typos, system errors, etc.
If you manage to order something worth $1500 for $1 and they deliver it, they cannot bill you the difference. That's their problem because the deal is closed.
But if they catch the error before they ship, they can cancel your order. You have no recourse. You are not owed anything.
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Well I just checked the site again. Still listing the free items but all are now conveniently out of stock
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Some of you folks think you have the right to get merchandise free and screw the vendor due to technology problems preventing a price from being properly displayed?
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This sort of stuff happens all the time. No one ever gets anything for free. Don't even bother trying.
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Originally posted by Skip Breakfast:
Some of you folks think you have the right to get merchandise free and screw the vendor due to technology problems preventing a price from being properly displayed?
Damn straight!
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Originally posted by t6hawk:
Well I just checked the site again. Still listing the free items but all are now **conveniently out of stock**
So it's the status quo for them, then.
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Originally posted by thesearcher:
So it's the status quo for them, then.
I think you may have a point there
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Originally posted by ort888:
This sort of stuff happens all the time. No one ever gets anything for free. Don't even bother trying.
You can't be serial [sic] ?
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Link, have you ever operated a business?
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Originally posted by Skip Breakfast:
Link, have you ever operated a business?
That's what chapter 11 is for!
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