A man in the U.S. has 'bought' an item on Amazon with a price tag of nearly three billion dollars - just to see what would happen.
Brian Klug spotted the copy of the Discovery Channel's 'Cells' CD-ROM for sale at $2,904,980,000 (£1,800,979,540).
Out of sheer curiosity, convinced the price tag was a mistake, he put in his credit card details to buy it and stepped back to see what would happen next.
In possible anticipation of such instances the Amazon website does state: 'Despite our best efforts, a small number of the items in our catalogue 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.'
However, the problem for Mr Klug is that the CD-ROM is not being sold by Amazon, but by a third party named suburbanbooks. And Amazon's policy on third party's is: 'This policy applies only to products sold and shipped by Amazon.com.
'Your purchases from third-party sellers are charged at the time you place your order, and third-party sellers may follow different policies in the event of a mispriced item.'
Fortunately, suburbanbooks has received a 99 per cent positive feedback rating from 4,302 users - presumably having never charged any of them billions of dollars for computer software.
Another Amazon seller appears to be trying to take advantage of the mis-pricing by offering their version of the same CD-ROM for a mere $250,000.
It is not clear if anyone has taken the second seller up on their offer though 16 customers have tagged the items as 'a little pricey'.
The CD-ROM is due to be shipped by January 4 or 5, arriving at Mr Klug's house any time between January 8 to January 26.
It was described as 'new in shrinkwrap' (presumably there would have been a discount had it been used), and is being shipped from Berkeley, California.
Whether it will actually turn up remains to be seen.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1239887/Man-buys-3billion-CD-ROM-Amazon--just-happen.html#ixzz0bvkAX5UP
fogo e o gajo também é burrinho então vai colocar os dados bancários para ver o que acontece? queria-me rir se tinha assim umas boas centenas de euros no cartão e ficava sem eles! Mais uma prova que é preciso todo cuidado ao comprar pela Internet pois pelo que percebi havia pessoal na Amazon aproveitar-se da situação! Deve vir estampado a ouro o Cd não? lol
ResponderEliminarLol... tem de ter cuidado e não comprar DVDs por 3 biliões! ah ah ah
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