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Lenovo Y410 on sale for $279, PR stunt gone wrong?

20 points by happycry 12y ago

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andrewgjohnson 12y ago
They retail for ~$900 not their alleged start price of ~$1300 but still a deal. I can confirm that they definitely sold one today. Also strange that shipping is zero but "FEE" is $3 on final checkout.
- rdtsc 12y ago
  > I can confirm that they definitely sold one today Interesting way of putting it. How can you confirm? Do you work for them or know someone how bought one? The deal seems to be for Canada geographic region. It tried to see how far it would go with checkout (expecting an error at some point) but at the checkout page only Canadian addresses are accepted.
  - daniel-cussen 12y ago
    I think he means he bought one at that price.
  - mohit 12y ago
    @rdtsc, looks like @andrewgjohnson bought one. That's how he can confirm.
    - rdtsc 12y ago
      Makes sense. It is just a funny way of putting it. He said "they sold one" as opposed to "I bought one".
msujaws 12y ago
Most likely not a PR stunt gone wrong, but a pricing error on the website. Those who ordered will probably get an email stating that their order has been canceled and they'll be refunded their money.
- ams6110 12y ago
  Years ago a coworker had figured out the timing of Dell's web store updates. He would go on moments after the update and search for pricing mistakes, which seemed to happen with surprising frequency. Dell (at the time, anyway) would honor orders that were placed before the prices were corrected.
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alelefant 12y ago
I suspect this has spread like wildfire since their site isn't responding.
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geetee 12y ago
Canada only?
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rdtsc 12y ago
Canada only? /Putting tin foil hat on (in light of eBay and Target fiascos). Maybe they got hacked and hackers changed the price to crate a honeypot. Then spread some links on HN, Reddit, Facebook. Presented it as an "error" on the part of Lenovo. Then everyone goes to the site, puts in their credit card number and billing address they've got a nice, database within a matter of hours.
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jauer 12y ago
If you go to the main page it says "YPWWP Employee pricing event!". Maybe a discount for a partner combined with their Memorial Day sale?
- akjetma 12y ago
  "you pay what we pay" maybe?
ibejoeb 12y ago
Had one in my cart, then the session was (forcibly?) expired. Coupon doesn't work anymore. Hah, glitch fixed:
Olychuck 12y ago
I mean, who wants to buy a high performance laptop such as this that is 14 inches when there is a 15.6 inch model. They're probably massively overstocked.
Hacktivist 12y ago
Lot of posts on twitter saying their orders were cancelled. @Lenovo_Canada said the problem was supposed to be fixed hours ago. Edit: Someone made a change.org petition http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/lenovo-canada-please-honour-the-pricing-on-your-website http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/lenovo-canada-please-h...
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OriginalAT 12y ago
Just tried ordering and it would only accept Canadian addresses. Went to the US version of the site and the laptop is $789. Got me excited there for a minute!
w1ntermute 12y ago
Apparently they're refusing to honor the sales made: http://www.reddit.com/r/Lenovo/comments/26ck0d/misleading_pricing/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Lenovo/comments/26ck0d/misleading_pr... I don't understand why they won't just take the loss - it seems like it'd be worth the good PR 10x over.
cmapes 12y ago
What a letdown, tried to buy two and realized that it was Canadian only. I was trying to hack around and see if I could get the site to accept US address info by forcing it past the JS validation and the item expired while in my cart. Seems it was a price mistake and they found out about it.
ww520 12y ago
Party is over. The page is down now.
mindslight 12y ago
It is not a T or X. meh.
blazespin 12y ago
I just bought one
- blazespin 12y ago
  Lenovo reserves the right to refuse to sell a product to any customer for any reason, or to limit the number of units to a particular product that a customer may buy at any one time. If we do not accept your order we will notify you by phone or email; your credit card payment will not be processed or your direct deposit will be refunded.
michaelchum 12y ago
http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/lenovo-canada-please-honour-the-pricing-on-your-website?share_id=qMXMIQxNPo&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/lenovo-canada-please-h... This happen quite often with Lenovo... PR
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300zxkyle 12y ago
just tried to order one by "fixing" the styling hiding that model on the site. When you get to the cart it says that it is no longer available.
lupinglade 12y ago
I think they are required to honour the price in Canada.

20 points by happycry 12y ago

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They retail for ~$900 not their alleged start price of ~$1300 but still a deal. I can confirm that they definitely sold one today. Also strange that shipping is zero but "FEE" is $3 on final checkout.

rdtsc 12y ago
> I can confirm that they definitely sold one today Interesting way of putting it. How can you confirm? Do you work for them or know someone how bought one? The deal seems to be for Canada geographic region. It tried to see how far it would go with checkout (expecting an error at some point) but at the checkout page only Canadian addresses are accepted.
- daniel-cussen 12y ago
  I think he means he bought one at that price.
- mohit 12y ago
  @rdtsc, looks like @andrewgjohnson bought one. That's how he can confirm.
  - rdtsc 12y ago
    Makes sense. It is just a funny way of putting it. He said "they sold one" as opposed to "I bought one".

msujaws 12y ago

Most likely not a PR stunt gone wrong, but a pricing error on the website. Those who ordered will probably get an email stating that their order has been canceled and they'll be refunded their money.

ams6110 12y ago
Years ago a coworker had figured out the timing of Dell's web store updates. He would go on moments after the update and search for pricing mistakes, which seemed to happen with surprising frequency. Dell (at the time, anyway) would honor orders that were placed before the prices were corrected.

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alelefant 12y ago

I suspect this has spread like wildfire since their site isn't responding.

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geetee 12y ago

Canada only?

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rdtsc 12y ago

Canada only? /Putting tin foil hat on (in light of eBay and Target fiascos). Maybe they got hacked and hackers changed the price to crate a honeypot. Then spread some links on HN, Reddit, Facebook. Presented it as an "error" on the part of Lenovo. Then everyone goes to the site, puts in their credit card number and billing address they've got a nice, database within a matter of hours.

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jauer 12y ago

If you go to the main page it says "YPWWP Employee pricing event!". Maybe a discount for a partner combined with their Memorial Day sale?

akjetma 12y ago
"you pay what we pay" maybe?

ibejoeb 12y ago

Had one in my cart, then the session was (forcibly?) expired. Coupon doesn't work anymore. Hah, glitch fixed:

Olychuck 12y ago

I mean, who wants to buy a high performance laptop such as this that is 14 inches when there is a 15.6 inch model. They're probably massively overstocked.

Hacktivist 12y ago

Lot of posts on twitter saying their orders were cancelled. @Lenovo_Canada said the problem was supposed to be fixed hours ago. Edit: Someone made a change.org petition http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/lenovo-canada-please-honour-the-pricing-on-your-website http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/lenovo-canada-please-h...

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OriginalAT 12y ago

Just tried ordering and it would only accept Canadian addresses. Went to the US version of the site and the laptop is $789. Got me excited there for a minute!

w1ntermute 12y ago

Apparently they're refusing to honor the sales made: http://www.reddit.com/r/Lenovo/comments/26ck0d/misleading_pricing/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Lenovo/comments/26ck0d/misleading_pr... I don't understand why they won't just take the loss - it seems like it'd be worth the good PR 10x over.

cmapes 12y ago

What a letdown, tried to buy two and realized that it was Canadian only. I was trying to hack around and see if I could get the site to accept US address info by forcing it past the JS validation and the item expired while in my cart. Seems it was a price mistake and they found out about it.

ww520 12y ago

Party is over. The page is down now.

mindslight 12y ago

It is not a T or X. meh.

blazespin 12y ago

I just bought one

blazespin 12y ago
Lenovo reserves the right to refuse to sell a product to any customer for any reason, or to limit the number of units to a particular product that a customer may buy at any one time. If we do not accept your order we will notify you by phone or email; your credit card payment will not be processed or your direct deposit will be refunded.

michaelchum 12y ago

http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/lenovo-canada-please-honour-the-pricing-on-your-website?share_id=qMXMIQxNPo&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/lenovo-canada-please-h... This happen quite often with Lenovo... PR

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300zxkyle 12y ago

just tried to order one by "fixing" the styling hiding that model on the site. When you get to the cart it says that it is no longer available.

lupinglade 12y ago

I think they are required to honour the price in Canada.