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[Possible Price Error] Seagate Hard Drives and Other Things Going Super Cheap from an Amazon Seller

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I imagine this is a mistake but it has been available for >10 minutes and has allowed me to make orders.

Although the shipping is quite steep (almost $36 for 1 hard drive) I have found a number of items for as low as 1c.

I managed to complete 1 order to make sure it worked (YES IT LET ME SHIP TO AUS!) so I guess we'll see how it goes from here.

Probably words lost in the world of OzBargain but try to minimised your orders to allow other people a chance (is Broden-ing still a thing on here?)

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Please note that the seller is a company called Original Wireless (website). All payments, credit card information and refunds are done by Amazon.com. Amazon does not charge until the item is shipped out.

Mod footnote 2:
With respect to items sold by Amazon, we cannot confirm the price of an item until you order; however, we do NOT charge your credit card until after your order has entered the shipping process. Despite our best efforts, a small number of the items in our catalog may be mispriced. If an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before shipping or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation.

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    • MATTDAMON on 06/08/2012 - 09:26

      Amazon refunds cost+ full shipping.

    • tesla on 06/08/2012 - 10:22

      Call your CC company and do get them to charge back.

  • [Deactivated] on 06/08/2012 - 09:09

    You're dreamin … this ain't goin' anywhere.

  • Taita on 06/08/2012 - 09:50
    +3

    I love reading oz bargain comments for the entertainment factor. Can't wait to see what next…

  • giggles on 06/08/2012 - 10:09
    +5

    I am selling my house for $25, direct deposit only.

    Gullible fools required. Plenty of jackpot fools in this thread.

    • Rod71 on 06/08/2012 - 12:02
      +1

      lol…..jackpot

    • bibendum73au on 06/08/2012 - 15:41
      +3

      I'm happy to deposit $25 in your bank. Please reply with the address and bank details.
      Expect the notice of caveat on your house in the mail and the story about how you legally lost your house to be on the internets soon.

      • xit on 06/08/2012 - 17:39
        -1

        Caveats don't work without an address, and are easily removed for a small processing fee.

        Lol

        • bibendum73au on 06/08/2012 - 19:24
          +1

          Did you miss the bit that said "PLEASE REPLY WITH THE ADDRESS"

          And is the processing fee more than the $25 he would make??

          LOL

        • xit on 06/08/2012 - 19:41
          -2

          the fee is the same. multiple sales versus 1 caveat removal.

          Lolachu, d1ck

        • bibendum73au on 06/08/2012 - 21:42
          +1

          So the Caveat removal fee is $25??

          Bless you!

  • StewBalls on 06/08/2012 - 10:25

    All your details are belong to us! :p

  • brake on 06/08/2012 - 10:26
    +2

    Oh dear, the look on the person's face when they open their packages from amazon to find 200 mobile phone cases…

    • StewBalls on 06/08/2012 - 10:34

      That person will be the one laughing in a century or two when they have a pristine vintage Motorola that has never been out of a case! ;)

  • njninjar on 06/08/2012 - 10:26

    UPDATE: My card has been charged! Looks like this is actually going through, that or I'm gonna have to do a chargeback… :(

    • jdr on 06/08/2012 - 11:06
      +2

      What's going through? You've ordered computer parts from a mobile phone accessory retailer. What do you think can possibly happen that makes the computer parts materialise?

  • elcid1000 on 06/08/2012 - 10:32

    Just tried to order 4 of the wireless mice for $0.99 each but the postage came up at $141.00 wtf !!

    Cancelled that idea

    • brake on 06/08/2012 - 10:58
      +2

      Did you read through the thread at all?

  • Chongy288 on 06/08/2012 - 10:53
    +1

    Prediction: Many hrs of pain for nothing..

  • N3M3S1S on 06/08/2012 - 10:58

    Hmm I've been charged.

    All the things I bought had proper descriptions and images though.

    See what happens I guess. If anything I hope the refunds are fast, don't want to wait 8 weeks for a refund.

    • giggles on 06/08/2012 - 11:06
      -1

      you mean "Hmm, I've been SCAMMED"

      Why hasn't a MOD pulled this thread yet? They are SO quick to cry OFF TOPIC and other stuff, yet they leave this online so that more and more people can fall prey to purchasing phone cases instead of hard drive.

      WHERE ARE YOU MODS? SLEEPING?? or just LAUGHING??

      • N3M3S1S on 06/08/2012 - 11:17
        +1

        We all know of the risks before buying anything. Clearly not scammed :P

        However I've put in a cancellation, as I can't afford to wait 8 weeks for a refund :P

        • giggles on 06/08/2012 - 11:19
          -1

          Self-scammed then.

          i.e. people should have known better. Any complaints are moot when you take into account the stupidity factor.

      • Moderatorneil on 06/08/2012 - 12:09

        The moderator notes are listed in the description. I've added a warning to the title, the description, and enough comments here show the warning. It may be moved to the forum but won't be removed as there is much discussion.

        Thanks for the kind words. We obviously sit here all day on our thrones planning our next power trip to screw with users.

        • giggles on 06/08/2012 - 12:16
          -6

          caveat emptor huh?

          Nice throne. Does it flush?

        • StewBalls on 06/08/2012 - 20:00

          We obviously sit here all day on our thrones planning our next power trip to screw with users.

          C'mon neil, we all know you that don't do the R&D on that yourselves…you have a cabal of evil geniuses (ok, 100 monkeys at 100 typewriters) working on it night & day! ;)

  • Black Hole on 06/08/2012 - 11:04

    LOL, this ain't going to happened as no business could provides at these prices.

    • jdr on 06/08/2012 - 11:53

      of course, but remember we are talking about a mobile phone accessory business. They were never in a position to supply high-end computer gear and projectors.

  • scrimshaw on 06/08/2012 - 11:33
    +4

    So, hands up anyone who fell for this? I'd like to see the number of people who went for the honeypot :)

    • giggles on 06/08/2012 - 11:36

      …..(pin drops)

    • A Banana4scale on 06/08/2012 - 11:40

      a positive for your comment on whoever fell for it.
      I'll be the first.
      -_-

  • PlagueistheCheap on 06/08/2012 - 12:06
    +3

    I doubt any lessons will be learned here. International transaction, obvious error, mobile accessories vendor. We wonder why people get duped all the time, greed.

    • CuteBirdy on 06/08/2012 - 12:39
      +4

      I think everyone knew it wouldn't work, but they can't live with the idea of missing out if the sale went through somehow, so they take a shot.

      I was tempted but managed to resist!

    • johnno07 on 06/08/2012 - 13:13

      To be fair, Expon - there was the amazing "seems-too-good-to-be-true" Dell printer deal the month before last: http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/73273

      • lostn on 07/08/2012 - 01:42

        It wasn't really too good to be true. It was selling for $29 and they sold it for $9 to clear them out.

        They more than honored their end of the bargain by giving replacement units of a better model.

        • [Deactivated] on 10/08/2012 - 00:28

          was actually selling for $59 and they sold them for $9. Big difference

    • kiwipride on 06/08/2012 - 14:36

      Was purchasing the $9 printer greed?

  • Rod71 on 06/08/2012 - 12:06

    Has this bargain been submitted to Fail Blog?

  • giggles on 06/08/2012 - 12:36
    +4

    They have fixed the page now. Thanks for not deleting an OBVIOUS error post Mods. I will trust you with my children any day.

  • revacious on 06/08/2012 - 12:52
    +8

    ENJOY YOUR PHONE CASES GUYS.

    HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH

    • giggles on 06/08/2012 - 12:59
      +1

      and $150 postage for them. Non-refundable. Suckers.

  • lostn on 06/08/2012 - 13:45
    +4

    I wonder if Original Wireless is based in Nigeria…

  • montorola on 06/08/2012 - 14:32
    +4

    Lol you guys got rolled!!

    • kiwipride on 06/08/2012 - 14:37
      -1

      WOW, really?

    • MATTDAMON on 06/08/2012 - 15:20

      Not really.

      Just do a chargeback, not to mention amazon is suprisingly good about this sort of thing, they refund the cost + shipping.

    • Rod71 on 06/08/2012 - 18:14

      Rick Rolled?

  • daver on 06/08/2012 - 15:20
    +1

    Isn't it still the nighttime/wee hours in America? So it's still possible then these suspect black hat hackers hijacking this poor vendor may revert all the original pictures/website back to the previous order and therefore back in sync with those real ASIN codes.

    It could then play out as such that after this effective "cover-up", legitimate seller - wireless accessory guy - awakens in the morrow, bemused and only to commence processing what for a huge surprise must look like inexplicit record sales volume purchased from around the globe.

    He/she, it follows, will then need to plan for more stock of 'Motorola Slim Batteries' as well as 'Nokia Leather Cases' as these had easily proven the most popular cellphone items. ..Yes, only a few short hours and then s/he rises, inevitably to begin finalizing a new days round of shipments.

    We can bet Mr/s Wireless will be avid to supply so many newly minted customers - minus a handful here or there of disgruntled 'OB'ers' who seemingly cancelled plans in a hasty overnight mystery.

    Hah — good luck in arranging your refund.

    • PlagueistheCheap on 06/08/2012 - 15:51
      +1

      It has been a whole day there since the sales, its now night time. Although it was Sunday so expect a few bemused looks in about 10hrs depending on which coast the store is located in.

      Even if it is fully refunded I hope it take 8 weeks given the people trying to take advantage of an error knowing it was wrong. If they got scammed? well hopefully they learn a lesson in common sense.

      • MATTDAMON on 06/08/2012 - 17:02
        -3

        Even the receipts i have here (the ones amazon mail you after a successful order) clearly show the items name and description.

        If anything they will just mass cancel orders, they wont do what people in here are saying and ship mismatched products (ie what the SKU actually lines up with)

        What ozbargain ordered was nothing compared to what some of the guys at [H] ordered. A few of them were amazon staff as well, so will be interesting to see what they do.

        Im not worried either way, either they ship the 80 or so hard drives i ordered over the 55 orders/21 accounts or they refund or they do neither and then i issue a full charge back. I have already quarantined the cash on the card with the bank this morning, and wont clear for them till i say (14 days max) its just a phantom cash sum thats been sent to the seller.

        • xit on 06/08/2012 - 17:40

          sounds like a nice waste of time there/here

        • Tal_Shiar on 06/08/2012 - 20:17
          +4

          55 orders on 21 accounts? I call bullshit on that!

  • bibendum73au on 06/08/2012 - 19:28
    -7

    I put in for one of the 8 Camera Security systems for about $50 delivered. Worse case, I'm out $50 until they can chargeback to the card.

    Shame on all you lot that ordered huge volumes of anything. This is a sure way to highlight an error. A junior worker my not notice a pricing error on a few items and post a few things out before discovery but an order of 100 hard drives just raises questions immediately.

    • ozshaz on 06/08/2012 - 19:39

      did you get confirmation for the order from amazon ? whats the order status?

    • stripe on 06/08/2012 - 19:56
      +7

      "Shame on all you lot that ordered huge volumes of anything. This is a sure way to highlight an error. A junior worker my not notice a pricing error on a few items and post a few things out before discovery but an order of 100 hard drives just raises questions immediately."

      Wtf is wrong with you? You hoped that they wouldn't notice a pricing error and you would fraudulently get your crap?

      • bibendum73au on 06/08/2012 - 21:38
        -3

        Nothing fraudulent about it.

        Made my order for one item, paid my money for one item, got my confirmation for one item.

        If I had ordered 50, then that would be an easy admission of trying to scam them.

  • VehemenceThePhoenix on 06/08/2012 - 20:00

    I +1ed without much thought at the beginning. Is it possible to remove votes?

    • Moderatorneil on 06/08/2012 - 20:16

      Go to Votes and hit the revoke my vote button.

  • winfan on 06/08/2012 - 22:49

    I m just new over here so just go easy…

    I have spoke with customer rep on Amazon, According to him deal is legit.. I put my concern to him regarding ASIN no & all other product but he thinks that seller will ship item which is described (i.e. hdd or bd drive will be posted not any mobile accessory…)

    However… He was rep from Amazon. Original wireless Inc. is third party seller and I don't think Amazon would have anything to do with what they shipping or how they shipping… That make me nervous…

    Loosing $50 or $60 is not issue but loosing CC detail or account detail to third party is concerning.

    • neil on 06/08/2012 - 22:59
      +3

      winfan, 3rd party sellers don't have access to your credit card/payment information. Only Amazon.com does and it works as a middle man. Similar to how Paypal works. So in that regard you should be fine. Whether or not they will send the goods is another story.

    • StrickenAza34 on 06/08/2012 - 23:01
      +2

      CC details should be safe. It's Amazon that processes the payment.
      GL though!

  • njninjar on 07/08/2012 - 07:53
    +7

    I still don't get why everyone is having a cry at those who purchased this (including myself).

    Are we dreamers? Yes. Do we understand the risk involved? Yes. Have we thought it through? Yes.

    Why is everyone who didn't cash in on this being so sour? Do you hate on random people for arbitrary things? Gosh I just hate those idiots that like the colour blue…

    Worse come to worse we do a chargeback and I'm no worse off than when I started. I don't get why we are getting all this hate for potentially snagging this deal while risking nothing?

    • StrickenAza34 on 07/08/2012 - 08:28

      It's human nature, why else do people watch the footy fights? Why is boxing and MMA so popular, and we all secretly watch the V8's for the crashes! We love to watch others hurt, secretly, deep down inside…

      But, nothing ventured, nothing gained. GL.

      • Tal_Shiar on 07/08/2012 - 13:48
        +2

        I was in ccmplete agreement with both of you until v8's were mentioned, zzzz zzz zzzz…

    • Bugs on 07/08/2012 - 10:23
      -2

      You are missing the point

      Unless people actually thought this was a REAL sale…everyone who bought were trying to take advantage of an obvious pricing error in the hope the vendor would honour it.

      Those who didn't "cash in" were either smart enough to see it wouldn't work, nervous of a scam or just still have some morals…obviously some have none left.

  • ahoyhoy on 07/08/2012 - 16:11

    still some crazy markdowns this seller is pretty slow ??????????
    http://www.amazon.com/MGM-MGM-110-VX-Format-Fixed-Screen/dp/…
    projector screen $4.99
    http://www.amazon.com/VENTURER-KLV39103-Under-Cabinet-Combin…
    10 inch Under-Cabinet LCD TV/DVD $24.50
    http://www.amazon.com/BUSHNELL-Voyager-Reflector-Telescope-B…
    700mm x 3 inch Reflector Telescope $17.95

  • dom03 on 07/08/2012 - 16:37
    +1

    Has anyone's order shipped yet?

  • dom03 on 07/08/2012 - 16:42

    This is weird a motorola battery with a nvidia card photo?
    http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-SNN5828-Standard-Battery-Incr…

    • jv on 07/08/2012 - 22:13
      -1

      lol, it's not white !!!

  • hawamahal on 07/08/2012 - 18:30
    +2

    People have started to receive Cancellation email. See Link http://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=52266650&postcou…

    • montorola on 08/08/2012 - 19:05

      "Our sellers strive to minimize canceled orders."

      Lol let's see how much they 'minimize' when we start getting them

  • N3M3S1S on 08/08/2012 - 20:33

    Still in the "Shipping Soon" phase for me.

    I've submitted a cancellation, yet to hear from them.

    8 week wait incoming :P

    Might call my bank and get a reversal.

    • supafly on 09/08/2012 - 19:09

      Yep, also in 'Shipping Soon' status.

  • nvox on 09/08/2012 - 14:24

    wonder if he ordered from Original Wireless:
    Man orders HDTV on Amazon, receives assault rifle instead
    http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/man-orders-hdtv-on…

    • sloppy on 09/08/2012 - 15:13

      lol, I saw that article and thought of this "bargain" also ;)

  • ozshaz on 09/08/2012 - 19:59

    Did anyone got any email from the seller?

    • MATTDAMON on 10/08/2012 - 04:49

      Not yet. The funds are being held, havent actually been charged yet.

  • ozshaz on 10/08/2012 - 07:47

    Below is the clause from their website:

    Typographical Errors
    In the event that a Original Wireless Inc. product is mistakenly listed at an incorrect price, Original Wireless Inc. reserves the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for product listed at the incorrect price. Original Wireless Inc. reserves the right to refuse or cancel any such orders whether or not the order has been confirmed and your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is cancelled, Original Wireless Inc. shall issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the incorrect price.

    http://www.originalwirelessaccessories.com/terms.asp

  • MATTDAMON on 10/08/2012 - 10:10

    Got a cancellation email for one of my orders just then

    Greetings from Amazon.com,

    We're writing to inform you that your order 105-6889907-7387409 from Original Wireless, Inc. has been canceled.

    In most cases, you pay for items when we ship them to you, so you won't be charged for items that are canceled. In some cases (e.g., you use a gift card or your debit card is processed as a PIN-less transaction), you may see a charge for a canceled item. If you are charged for a canceled item, we will refund you within 1-2 business days.

    If you're still interested in this item, please search for it again on Amazon.com.

    We've included your order details below for reference.

    We value you as a customer and hope you will continue shopping on Amazon.com.

    ==================================================

    ORDER DETAILS

    1 of ProCurve 3500yl-24G-PWR Intelligent Edge Switch by HEWLETT PACKARD
    (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0058RK8R0)

    • montorola on 10/08/2012 - 16:49

      Lol nice cancellation email, Amazon didn't even say sorry!

  • N3M3S1S on 10/08/2012 - 11:51

    Yeah I got a cancellation of ONE of my orders so far..

  • kiwipride on 10/08/2012 - 15:09

    Two of mine cancelled :(

  • njninjar on 10/08/2012 - 17:52
    +2

    Cancelled - heartbroken. Where's the nearest bridge…

    • StewBalls on 10/08/2012 - 18:55
      -1

      Nah, too messy…wait for another Shavershop bargain for cheap blades! ;)

    • kiwipride on 10/08/2012 - 19:13

      Oh well. Got to be in it to win it….or not.

  • MetalPhreak on 10/08/2012 - 19:00
    +2

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/aag/details/ref=aag_m_fb?ie=UTF8&ma…

    ROFL @ the butthurt people who didn't get what they wanted leaving bad feedback

    One guy even put the last four digits of his credit card in there! (And he's an Aussie…)

    Threatening to call the BBB (in the USA) and making a big deal about it just makes you look like a complete tosser.

    • montorola on 10/08/2012 - 21:51

      Lol I find it hilarious reading the negative feedback given

      • MetalPhreak on 10/08/2012 - 23:25

        yeah… I had my orders cancelled. No big deal. Was worth a try anyway :P

    • spackbace on 12/08/2012 - 15:36

      How stupid are people that they thought it was legit??!

      As in, to the point of leaving neg feedback.

  • MATTDAMON on 13/08/2012 - 11:34

    Another day, another cancelled order.

    If they are going to cancel my orders one at a time, its going to take awhile.

    • StewBalls on 13/08/2012 - 11:41
      +1

      Think of it this way, at least you're getting value for money in administrative hours! ;)

  • dom03 on 15/08/2012 - 16:26
    +1

    Yeah my orders also got cancelled - I chased them up through live chat and managed to find out "seller had no stock left for the order"

    they could at least be upfront and honest and say it was a pricing error… this is poor form from such a large organization.

    Anyway I managed to get $20 promo voucher from them due to this "INCONVENIENCE!!!" not what I ordered (15k worth of stuff) but $20 should keep me happy!

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