Free top of the line cell phone for Sprint pcs users

[ozone13]

Originally posted by: BurninFire215

Originally posted by: ozone13
Checked my order and found it was cancelled....so its definately a no-go. Oh well, I tried.

they send u an email to confirm the cancel to?

Not yet. I checked the website and my order # has been cancelled.

 

[puppyfriend]

Mine didn't even get cancelled. It's just gone. I still have the confirmation email. May I say that this is weak of Amazon. I'm not disappointed that the order is "gone". I didn't really expect it to go through anyway. I am disappointed they didn't send out an email explaining the cancellation. It would be the professional thing to do.

David

 

[Ogewo]

mine has mysteriously disappeared too.

how hard would it be just to email us?

 

[MOONKEY]

It is time to end this deal.

From Amazon,

We just discovered a glitch in our Quick-Click(tm) Buying that allows a customer to add a "parent wireless phone" to an amazon.com shopping cart at $0.00. A description of how wireless phones are ordered at amazon.com is included below. If you are currently merchandising wireless phones on your site, please remove all "buy from amazon" buttons -- and any other code that allows a customer to add wireless phones directly to an amazon.com shopping cart -- for these products. Instead, please link wireless phones directly to the appropriate product detail page at amazon.com.

For those of you who may think that this is an easy way to get a phone for free -- sorry to disappoint you! We have back end code that prevents these orders from shipping. Besides, at $0.00 there is no associate fee to earn and only a poor customer experience for your visitors. Any order that is placed for a wireless phone, without the zip code and service plan (see below), will be cancelled and the customer notified by amazon.com.

Once the bug is fixed in our shopping cart, we will notify you via this announcement board when you can re-implement the "add to cart" functionality for wireless phone ASINs.

Thank you for your cooperation



Wireless phones

When a customer goes to the detail page of a wireless phone, he/she is directed through a special pipeline to purchase the phone. The first step requires the customer to input a zip code to see which phones are available in his/her service area. The second step requires the customer to select a service plan. Only then may the customer purchase a wireless "bundle" that contains both the phone and service plan. Wireless phones can not be purchased individually unless as an upgrade to an existing service plan (which requires the same above inputs). The ASIN that is displayed on the original detail page is a "parent asin" that is used to display the basic phone product information only and can not be ordered individually. We embed complex logic on our site to enforce these business rules to ensure a consistent customer experience.

For most wireless phones, the add to cart form submit (available in your add to cart and quick-click buying code) will handle the case when a zip code and service plan have not been selected. For these cases, the customer is automatically redirected to the product detail page to select the appropriate information. The same experience is true for apparel ASINs, which require a size and color before an item can be added to the shopping cart. For some wireless ASINs, however, this logic is not being enforced. We are working to correct this soon; when it has been fixed, we will post a follow-up announcement to this board."

Thanks again for your cooperation as we address this issue.

The amazon.com Associates Team

 

[Stealth]

That sucks...wasn't really interested in getting the Treo 300 until this fiasco reared it's head...after reading the reviews at Amazon, I'm considering to get one! The post by a system admin talking about how he can ssh into his servers and fix it up remotely bought me. Sounds like a sound PDA with cell-phone capabilities.

 

[KAMAZON]

Originally posted by: mma3d
This is FRAUD. Whoever created the above link is guilty, and if you know it is fraudulent you are guilty too.

I ordered one because I thought it was a price mistake. IMHO, exploiting price mistakes is not fraudulent, because a) you can't be absolutlely sure it is not a loss-leader type sale, and b) If they are dumb enough to advertise it, accept orders for it, and ship it for the advertised price, well, caveat emptor works both ways doesn't it?

However, after further reading, it became apparent to me that the link was a fraudulent attempt to take advantage of a known bug, so I logged back on to Amazon and cancelled my order.

You should too.

--mma3d

Big words buddy, are you a lawyer to know for a fact that whoever created the link is GUILTY of FRAUD?

 

[Sept1967]

"In accordance with our posted policies on pricing, we are unable to
offer this item(s) for the incorrectly displayed price. Therefore, we
have cancelled your order for the phone(s). We sincerely apologize
for any inconvenience."



No harm, no foul, no crying...

 

[OctaneZ]

*UPDATE*
Just got an email from Amazon, order canceled
For those that want to know, no coupon was offered
-OctaneZ

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: OctaneZ
*UPDATE*
Just got an email from Amazon, order canceled
For those that want to know, no coupon was offered
-OctaneZ

Same here.

 

[WTT0001]

Ditto on the above:disgust: Oh well.

 

[codeyf]

At least my Buy.com order for the 512mb stick of PC2100 @ $27 shipped is still active....

 

[freeloaderz]

 

[freeloaderz]

DEAL IS DEAD - CHECK YOUR EMAIL

Greetings from Amazon.com.

We are writing regarding your recent order for a cell phone which was
placed through a link on an Amazon.com Associate web site. If you
have already written to us regarding this order, please note that you
will not receive a separate response.

Due to a technical error, the phone(s) you ordered had been mistakenly
displayed with a price of $0.00:

"PCS Phone Handspring Treo 300 (Sprint)"

In accordance with our posted policies on pricing, we are unable to
offer this item(s) for the incorrectly displayed price. Therefore, we
have cancelled your order for the phone(s). We sincerely apologize
for any inconvenience.

 

[Empire_DNH]

same here

 

[Maqo]

I can't believe this many people tried it...

From CNET - Amazon glitch bugles orders