News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day. Parent comment

Re:Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Pri... by reallydontask on Thursday July 18, 2019 @03:25AM (#20467564)
> If you accidentally purchased a bag of M&Ms from Amazon for 500 dollars instead of 5, they will let you undo it.

It's just good PR for Amazon to undo it

Also, as pointed out by other commenters the asymmetry might also be related to the asymmetry in financial resources between the parties involved.

A lot of shops will not honour deals like this, maybe even Amazon in the past (I could well be remembering this wrongly and not be Amazon but other online retailers)

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Pri... by ultrarunner on Thursday July 18, 2019 @03:34AM (#20467613)
Computer parts often get priced erroneously low. People manage to order them, but I’ve never heard of someone not having their order canceled.
[ Parent | on HN ]