Go to http://www.tescodirect.com and then in the search function enter 213-2623 and click search.

The iPad is available to buy for £49.

Ha, looks like it’s already gone down!

It appears that everyone rushing for the bargain has crashed the site

I managed to order two, one of my mates ordered six. You won’t see them delivered though but there is always hope.

I managed to order two, one of my mates ordered six. You won’t see them delivered though but there is always hope

I think by law you have to sell at the advertised price. So they are obliged to send it out to you.

I’m sure there’s a loophole in there somewhere though…

Looks like it’s been taken down now anyways. No iPad for me 🙁 Ha.

Sorry, we were unable to match your catalogue number in our product database

Not going to happen for those that did manage to order….

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17357383

I think by law you have to sell at the advertised price. So they are obliged to send it out to you.

No. By law they’re obliged to sell at the advertised price once they’ve accepted your order. Ie, if they’ve taken payment, they have to honour it. Until then it’s what’s called an “invitation to treat” – there’s no onus on them to agree to the sale.

Cougar has it but there’s also a clause even if they take your money to pull out.

No. By law they’re obliged to sell at the advertised price once they’ve accepted your order. Ie, if they’ve taken payment, they have to honour it. Until then it’s what’s called an “invitation to treat” – there’s no onus on them to agree to the sale.

That makes sense.

Why anyone thinks that they should be entitled to buy what I’m guessing should be £499.99 for £49.99 is beyond me. It’s obviously a mistake.

there’s also a clause even if they take your money to pull out.

Oh? Not to my knowledge. Got a reference for that?

Shirley retailers are allowed to make mistakes?

If you accidentally paid 150% of the price of a product, would you be happy to be told you weren’t getting the 50% back?

No but do I really need to do that?

I’ve ordered stuff before and scored as it’s been they’ve honoured the price and also been refunded as it was an error. Seen many people ranting the old they have to honour and they’ll fight them but not seen many success rates.

The Oakley one recently didn’t they refund and then after that decided to hell with we’ll use the publicity and give everyone the shades for free.

Online is different I think because the process of taking the cash is automatic.

Edit: Actually turns out it was easy to find http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/sale-of-goods/your-rights-pricing-disputes/your-rights/

It was on the BBC news story

Tesco Direct’s terms and conditions state: “If, by mistake, we have under priced an item, we will not be liable to supply that item to you at the stated price, provided that we notify you before we despatch the item to you. In those circumstances, we will notify the correct price to you so you can decide whether or not you wish to order the item at that price.”

No chance, tried similar with a camera/lens deal and they just cancelled the order. Not obligated to sell at a given price unless its been despatched

Good result though, used one of their codes and got 50 quid off, but they refunded the full price to my credit card. So cheers for the little bonus, every little helps you know

Shirley retailers are allowed to make mistakes?

There’s no provision in a legally binding contract for “oops, sorry.”

This is why most online retailers now don’t take payment until the goods are ready for dispatch; a few years ago this sort of thing was pretty common, retailers were stitching themselves up. They’re more careful these days.

No but do I really need to do that?

Well, you don’t need to. I’ll just assume you’re wrong. (-:

It was a request because I’ve not heard of that before, I wasn’t point scoring. If a retailer accepts the sale, it’s legally binding; when money changes hands is considered to be the point where the contract is deemed to be agreed on by both parties.

The lack of success over pricing mistakes is because, as I said, payment hasn’t been taken; you may get a automated acknowledgement of your order request, but you won’t get an automated confirmation of sale.

Online may be different, it’s entirely possible that the rules have changed. But I’m not aware of that if it has, which is why I asked for a reference; if it has, I’d like to know.

Well, you don’t need to. I’ll just assume you’re wrong. (-:

It was a request because I’ve not heard of that before, I wasn’t point scoring. If a retailer accepts the sale, it’s legally binding; when money changes hands is considered to be the point where the contract is deemed to be agreed on by both parties.

The lack of success over pricing mistakes is because, as I said, payment hasn’t been taken; you may get a automated acknowledgement of your order request, but you won’t get an automated confirmation of sale.

Online may be different, it’s entirely possible that the rules have changed. But I’m not aware of that if it has, which is why I asked for a reference; if it has, I’d like to know.

Edit: Actually turns out it was easy to find

Ah, this is the clause, isn’t it:

The trader could try to argue that it made a mistake with the pricing which could make the contract void. But it would have to show that the price was so low that you must have known it was not genuine: for example, a new leather jacket with a price tag of £2 on it.

In which case, Tesco would probably have had a fairly safe case. A brand new device at a tenth of its RRP is quite clearly a pricing error.

There’s no provision in a legally binding contract for “oops, sorry.”

Seems there is, now. Oops. Sorry. (-:

Git.

(-:

*signs and dispatches “Big Hitter” Certificate to Drac*

Hahaha sorry Cougar like I say had it happen that’s how I knew.

Ta Al.

Actually I was wondering if I could make up some STW Certificates and get Mark to countersign them.

Do you think he’d be up for it?

Tijuana Taxi :waves:
Was that a Canon 60D with 17-55 f/2.8 lens by any chance 🙂

Shirley retailers are allowed to make mistakes?
If you accidentally paid 150% of the price of a product, would you be happy to be told you weren’t getting the 50% back?

Of course they are.
And stop calling me Shirley…

Was that a Canon 60D with 17-55 f/2.8 lens by any chance

Indeed it was Alex, right bargain although I already have a 17-55mm, but wouldn’t have minded a new dust free one

My father in law had this type of thing happen the other way round. Went to tesco for his weekly shop paid and left and a few days later noticed that the bill for a weeks groceries was just short of £400 (absolutely no idea how he didn’t realise at the time). Turns out he was charged £300 for a loaf of bread! Went back to tesco and they did some checking of their records to make sure the receipt he had was genuine and refunded him. He pays a bit more attention before paying these days.