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Grats on the lucky score! > A lot of people saying the orders are going to be cancelled -- seeing as I currently have both body and lens in possession, I find

by _Nat_ 7y ago

Grats on the lucky score! > A lot of people saying the orders are going to be cancelled -- seeing as I currently have both body and lens in possession, I find that unlikely. Gotta agree that it's unlikely for these orders to be cancelled. Seems like Amazon.com's got a lot of cash (without checking, but I assume?), so they can probably afford it. Instead, the smart move would seem to be to play this up hard -- perhaps, for example, pushing a few stories in advance of the next Prime Day about this mistake, driving more sales as folks hope to enjoy a similar lucky break. I mean, overall, seems like a nice feel-good story.

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unethical_ban 7y ago
Excellent point - what better way of advertising than to let some stories leak to mass tech media that you may hit a lottery, and if you do, Amazon won't take it away?
teej 7y ago
There were stories of other mispriced deals that folks got where the order was cancelled. So I imagine it’s simply a matter of what Amazon caught in time vs not.
- h6d-100c 7y ago
  A camera I ordered just shipped, so I think they are just eating the cost.
  - mkagenius 7y ago
    Only if its in your hand. They have ways.
    - h6d-100c 7y ago
      To redirect a UPS shipment after a card has already been charged? Not even in pending - the charge has cleared at this point?
      - BinaryIdiot 7y ago
        Yes, technically the person or company who is shipping with UPS (or FedEx for that matter) can redirect shipments. Sometimes it's expensive, sometimes not so much. Regular folks receiving do not have as much control. I've never done it personally but when I worked at Polk Audio way back in the day they had a special application that interfaced with UPS and they could reroute things already in route. I don't know what the limits are, etc, but seems doable. Having said that I doubt they'll do it once it's out the door.
      - rtkwe 7y ago
        Your card being charged doesn't really matter. If they wanted to they could totally redirect the package and reverse the charge. Amazon does tons of refunds every day like that, they don't hurt the company's standing with the payment processing companies like chargebacks do.

by _Nat_ 7y ago

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unethical_ban 7y ago

Excellent point - what better way of advertising than to let some stories leak to mass tech media that you may hit a lottery, and if you do, Amazon won't take it away?

teej 7y ago

There were stories of other mispriced deals that folks got where the order was cancelled. So I imagine it’s simply a matter of what Amazon caught in time vs not.

h6d-100c 7y ago
A camera I ordered just shipped, so I think they are just eating the cost.
- mkagenius 7y ago
  Only if its in your hand. They have ways.
  - h6d-100c 7y ago
    To redirect a UPS shipment after a card has already been charged? Not even in pending - the charge has cleared at this point?
    - BinaryIdiot 7y ago
      Yes, technically the person or company who is shipping with UPS (or FedEx for that matter) can redirect shipments. Sometimes it's expensive, sometimes not so much. Regular folks receiving do not have as much control. I've never done it personally but when I worked at Polk Audio way back in the day they had a special application that interfaced with UPS and they could reroute things already in route. I don't know what the limits are, etc, but seems doable. Having said that I doubt they'll do it once it's out the door.
    - rtkwe 7y ago
      Your card being charged doesn't really matter. If they wanted to they could totally redirect the package and reverse the charge. Amazon does tons of refunds every day like that, they don't hurt the company's standing with the payment processing companies like chargebacks do.