Kmart made a boo boo.

[Roxinos]

 

Don't even try looking for it on KMart.com. They removed it from the listing after it sold out. They've already admitted it was a price error and are most likely going to refund the money to the people who bought it. My brother bought 5. The computer store it worked for bought 35.

[fader6818]

Awww, MAN. At that price, I could have done some really, REALLY good "Adopt Linux" promotions.

 

:-(

 

If only I had known...

[Roxinos]

Not like the people who bought the systems are actually going to get them. Kmart is probably going to refund the money, as said above.

[fader6818]

I do believe those people have legal recourse for that.

 

I knwo, for example, in some states, if you get charged $3 for a $1.29 box of doughnuts, the store is REQUIRED to give you the regular price, plus 10% or $5, whichever is higher, up to certain limits.

 

The same goes the other way around. If a store advertises a certain price, they are legally required to provide the product at that price to anyone who purchased it prior to announcing the typo. The specifics vary state to state, as I said.

[Noggy]

Better break out with the Martha Stewart brand toilet paper, because a bunch of K-Mart execs just pooped their pants.

[Roxinos]

No. Actually, they are not. A company or store is only legally responsible for providing the listed price if the price is stated as being a special. Otherwise, they don't have to.

 

I know this through my dad, who worked at Winn-Dixie for something like 10 years or so. It's the same laws for both Winn-Dixie and Kmart.

[apbadd]

There is no longer a pic, what was the story?

[the dude]

it was either an advertisement for a computer, or a rocket pack. 8)

[Noggy]

It was an online ad from Kmart's website. They were selling a $2000-$2500 laptop online for like $750...