[DEAD] Axim X3i Handheld $70 Dell price mistake!

[azncarjunkie]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Looks like the official Dell Customer Care forums have a similar discussion going on. I was wondering when that might happen. It would be interesting if there was some official Dell statement on the matter. If there were, that's where it would be I would imagine...

:music: Anticipation... An-ti-ci-paaa-aaaa-tion! :music:

lol, the discussion that goes on in those forums is hilarious. bump for finding that

 

[BoKingWen]

Two days encounting still no response by Dell........

I think I had been checking my emails every 15 mins today...........

 

[Crackabot]

Looks like some people at Slick Deals are getting shipping confirmation notices, it seems the ordered w/ second day air, and they also ordered from the second link posted today. Now I know this is a gamble, and wouldn't be pissed if it fell through, but I will be angry if people that ordered a full 12 hours after me get one and I don't.

 

[Minotaar]

one guy on the dell forums says his gf ordered with free ship. no word on if it was the "first link" or the second.

fingers still crossed...

 

[AzNmAnJLH]

I found this post from dell community funny


Originally posted by ugauga

To Dell,

I am a wealthy industrialist and philanthropist and voluntarist and atheist. Yes, that is true. And I ordered hundreds of computers from Dell in the past. That's right. And if you ship my 20 Axims I ordered at $71 a piece (for testing of course, I am not going to keep them), then I will buy a zillion computers from Dell (as soon as I get a job). If I do not get them, then I will tell all my buddies in the ghetto, and to the homeless not to shop at Dell anymore. Yeah, you heard me right.

Oh, I also plan to buy a share at Dell. I demand that you honor these orders as I represent the shareholders.

If you still do not ship my order, I will file a class action law suit. No kidding. I ordered in good faith. I saw the price and it looked a fair price. What practices are these? All my orders with Dell in the past have been canceled: karma mp3 player, 4600 desktop. I always ordered in good faith, why do not you ever ship my orders? I lost a lot of money on eBay putting these things for auction, having to pay the fees and I got negative feedback also. And if my dad finds that I used his credit card again, he will not allow me to watch TV for a week.

Sincerely,

ugauga, President, CEO, CFO, Manager of a multi-billion company and Lord of the Rings.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I expect an answer by 2am CST. If not, I am not going to buy from Dell anymore, and I'll switch to dumpster diving instead.

Message Edited by ugauga on 11-26-2003 12:29 AM

 

[mrokkam]

Originally posted by: AzNmAnJLH
I found this post from dell community funny


Originally posted by ugauga

To Dell,

I am a wealthy industrialist and philanthropist and voluntarist and atheist. Yes, that is true. And I ordered hundreds of computers from Dell in the past. That's right. And if you ship my 20 Axims I ordered at $71 a piece (for testing of course, I am not going to keep them), then I will buy a zillion computers from Dell (as soon as I get a job). If I do not get them, then I will tell all my buddies in the ghetto, and to the homeless not to shop at Dell anymore. Yeah, you heard me right.

Oh, I also plan to buy a share at Dell. I demand that you honor these orders as I represent the shareholders.

If you still do not ship my order, I will file a class action law suit. No kidding. I ordered in good faith. I saw the price and it looked a fair price. What practices are these? All my orders with Dell in the past have been canceled: karma mp3 player, 4600 desktop. I always ordered in good faith, why do not you ever ship my orders? I lost a lot of money on eBay putting these things for auction, having to pay the fees and I got negative feedback also. And if my dad finds that I used his credit card again, he will not allow me to watch TV for a week.

Sincerely,

ugauga, President, CEO, CFO, Manager of a multi-billion company and Lord of the Rings.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I expect an answer by 2am CST. If not, I am not going to buy from Dell anymore, and I'll switch to dumpster diving instead.

Message Edited by ugauga on 11-26-2003 12:29 AM

ROFL. Well... as long as it works....I dont mind any kind of posts!!



Mohan.

 

[cliftonite]

Originally posted by: mrokkam

Originally posted by: AzNmAnJLH
I found this post from dell community funny


Originally posted by ugauga

To Dell,

I am a wealthy industrialist and philanthropist and voluntarist and atheist. Yes, that is true. And I ordered hundreds of computers from Dell in the past. That's right. And if you ship my 20 Axims I ordered at $71 a piece (for testing of course, I am not going to keep them), then I will buy a zillion computers from Dell (as soon as I get a job). If I do not get them, then I will tell all my buddies in the ghetto, and to the homeless not to shop at Dell anymore. Yeah, you heard me right.

Oh, I also plan to buy a share at Dell. I demand that you honor these orders as I represent the shareholders.

If you still do not ship my order, I will file a class action law suit. No kidding. I ordered in good faith. I saw the price and it looked a fair price. What practices are these? All my orders with Dell in the past have been canceled: karma mp3 player, 4600 desktop. I always ordered in good faith, why do not you ever ship my orders? I lost a lot of money on eBay putting these things for auction, having to pay the fees and I got negative feedback also. And if my dad finds that I used his credit card again, he will not allow me to watch TV for a week.

Sincerely,

ugauga, President, CEO, CFO, Manager of a multi-billion company and Lord of the Rings.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I expect an answer by 2am CST. If not, I am not going to buy from Dell anymore, and I'll switch to dumpster diving instead.

Message Edited by ugauga on 11-26-2003 12:29 AM

ROFL. Well... as long as it works....I dont mind any kind of posts!!



Mohan.

Man waiting on 4 axims as well as a Toshiba HDTV for about 379 is going to kill me.

 

[mattford11]

some folks over @ slick deals are beginning to call DELL and from what they are saying, all the orders are being canceled. yet no one has recieved a cancelation email..... hmmm fishy....

 

[Godsmack74]

All Orders are being canceled, I just called. This is BS, they should honor the price.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: Godsmack74
All Orders are being canceled, I just called. This is BS, they should honor the price.

especially since they took it down, and then reposted it a couple hours later....

 

[Godsmack74]

Yep,
there is an offical posting at the Dell site about all orders being cancelled.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=AximOrder

 

[BoKingWen]

Oh well there will be a lot of angry people this morning. Man this one take long for Dell to finally decide to cancel all orders, I thought this one will go through.......

Now this just make my day!!!!!! *(&*(#&(*#^&#(**)(*#)(*

 

[Mr0nslaught]

Dell pisses me off like no other. :|

 

[Nick5324]

Credit goes to mcpres in the dell forum

Here is where you can file a complaint about Dell's repeated pricing "mistakes":

FTC

And also here: BBB

 

[jpetermann]

Just spent 20 minutes reading in the Dell forum... what a bunch of whiners. I ordered one as well. I won't get it, I will not die, I will not be depressed. I won't even file a class-action so i can get $.15. I have a life to live.

 

[olds]

Orders canceled?
I read on the Dell forum that some units were shipped.

 

[Fant]

Yah I cant believe these guys get so upset. They actually insist that Dell does it on purpose to generate traffic. Hello? Why would they put a price they cant honor and get 10,000 orders then cancel them all? How does this improve their bottom line? It doesnt. I for one will not complain to dell as they have given me plenty of great deals in the past. Price mistakes happen and they have clearly and repeatedly stated that they are well within their rights to cancel such orders. Jeez people need to stop whining and stop trying to screw Dell over.

 

[VaG]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Orders canceled?
I read on the Dell forum that some units were shipped.

Highly doubtful. I ordered only one, without a coupon, next day air, & within a minute of this being posted and just got a cancellation notice.

 

[dkspur]

 

[Nick5324]

Most of us realized this was a serious price mistake, and were hoping that our order would get through. However, i have a problem with poor business practices such as false advertising, bad customer service, etc. I think to many of us have had multiple bad experiences, often with large companies, and we can add this to the list. While this may have been a mistake, it's suspect due to Dell's reputation for price mistakes. Many of us looked at this "deal" and thought, "well, the 4600 deal went through....". Considering a VERY similar price mistake occured with the X5 last year in Canada (also from the Dell forum), it is interesting how history repeats itself. I guess each one of us has to decide for ourselves if this was an honest mistake or if there is something shady going on.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Fant
Yah I cant believe these guys get so upset. They actually insist that Dell does it on purpose to generate traffic. Hello? Why would they put a price they cant honor and get 10,000 orders then cancel them all? How does this improve their bottom line? It doesnt. I for one will not complain to dell as they have given me plenty of great deals in the past. Price mistakes happen and they have clearly and repeatedly stated that they are well within their rights to cancel such orders. Jeez people need to stop whining and stop trying to screw Dell over.

Agreed. But on a simular note, I am tired of people whining about people whining.
Everyone needs to get over themselves. I knew going into this that I probably wouldn't get it but so what. I wasted 5 minutes of my time, I do that every 6 minutes in OT.
Life goes on.

 

[cliftonite]

I havent gotten the cancellation notice yet but I am sure it will come soon. Oh well. :frown:

 

[dailyfreestuff]

just got this email:


> This is to notify you that, regrettably, we need to
> cancel your recent order for an Axim handheld PC. Due to our error, the
...snip...
> these problems going forward. We are sorry for any inconvenience that our
> error may have caused.
>
>
> Yours Truly,
>
> SMB Online Team
oh well

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: dailyfreestuff
just got this email:


> This is to notify you that, regrettably, we need to
> cancel your recent order for an Axim handheld PC. Due to our error, the
...snip...
> these problems going forward. We are sorry for any inconvenience that our
> error may have caused.
>
>
> Yours Truly,
>
> SMB Online Team
oh well

Mine should be here shortly. I guess I'll get two. I ordered one in SB when it was first listed and then again in home when it was re listed.
I only received one acknowledgment though.
Maybe they'll feel sorry for me since I spent $2400 with them in the last 2 weeks.

 

[BoKingWen]

I am not upset or anything about not getting one fro dell.

About Dell do these price mistake error each to get traffic we can't not rule this out because traffic means alot to a e-commerce site. They depend it on adversitment but I don't think there is any people will put ads on Dell. Who knows what they will use the site traffic for.