Dick Smith Shipping Scam

I just bought a Macbook Air from Dick Smith.
They have a 10% off sale (finishes today) and Officeworks has the exact same pricing.
I couldn't buy the 11' 128GB model from Officeworks - none in store anywhere in the state and website wouldn't allow online purchase.
So I buy it through DS website.
Put it in cart, go to checkout, choose pick-up in store but, again, no stores anywhere with stock.
Have to choose delivery.
No additional price added for delivery.
Go to Paypal - it shows original price and I agree to pay it.
When I return to the DS website all of a sudden - and after I had already authorised payment through paypal of the original price - they want to add on another $10 for delivery.
There doesn't seem anyway to avoid the fee so I click 'update order' wondering how they would collect the $10 fee as I'd already paid the lesser amount through Paypal.
Well, suprise sur-bloody-prise - they somehow had magically added the delivery fee to the Paypal transaction I had already approved?!?
How in the hell can they do this?

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Comments

  • I've seen this happen to a few other retailers as well over the last few days.

    Mightyape & also yourhomedepot

    It asks you to confirm order once you have approved with paypal. It hasn't put it through yet.

  • +2

    The order isn't confirmed until you return to the DS website and complete the transaction. This is one of the standard PayPal workflows…

  • +3

    I don't think it's a scam, you still still have the option to cancel the transaction before finalising it.

    • OK not a legit illegal scam, but it's scammy dodgy. Some people might be in a hurry or just not see it and have to pay it.

      Could be more transparent. Then again DSE is buggy so could just be a glitch in not providing total to PayPal.

  • +2

    forget macbook, you need to buy the latest dictionary.

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