+Team Perrito Blanco Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 (edited) Tha Garmin GPSMAP 60C is $299!!!! :P Through the Gig Store on Amazon. I got my order in! Edited November 21, 2004 by Team Perrito Blanco Quote Link to comment
+Milbank Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 Tha Garmin GPSMAP 60C is $299!!!! :P Through the Gig Store on Amazon. I got my order in! Hmm, I must be to late Quote Link to comment
+Team Perrito Blanco Posted November 21, 2004 Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 Wow. Just like that it's gone. I wonder if they'll honor that price now. It must have been a typo. Anyone else get in on it? Quote Link to comment
+KoosKoos Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 Interesting...when I checked the link earlier, the price was $299, but it's now showing $351...not a huge difference, but wonder what changed. Quote Link to comment
+Milbank Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 Wow. Just like that it's gone. I wonder if they'll honor that price now. It must have been a typo. Anyone else get in on it? Please let us know if they honor that price or not. I hope you get it for $299, good luck. Quote Link to comment
+Team Perrito Blanco Posted November 21, 2004 Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 They just charged my credit card. I wonder if the purchase is binding now. I just got this: Dear perrito_blanco@yahoo.com, We're writing to confirm your purchase of the following item from The Gig Store: 1 of Garmin GPSMap 60C 56 MB GPS with 256-Color TFT Display [Electronics] (available to ship by 23-November-2004) Amazon Payments has charged your credit card (Discover) for this purchase, and the funds have been credited to The Gig Store. Here's your receipt. --------------------------------------------------- Date: 21-November-2004 Amazon Order #: ------------------------------- 1 of Garmin GPSMap 60C 56 MB GPS with 256-Color TFT Display [Electronics], [$299.00] Shipping & Handling: [$8.85] Tax: [$0.00] Total: [$307.85] Buyer: perrito_blanco@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment
+Team Perrito Blanco Posted November 22, 2004 Author Share Posted November 22, 2004 I knew it was too good to be true. Oh well. Dear George, Please except our apologies. There was an error in pricing for the Garmin GPS 60C that we listed on Amazon.com. The price listed on Sunday was $299. The actual price is $379. We fixed the error immediately, but it takes around six hours for the site to update with new information. During this time we could not do anything to stop orders from going through. We simply can't afford to sell this product for $299. We have canceled this order and refunded your credit card. If you are still interested in purchasing this product, please feel free place another order through the Amazon.com site and it will ship within 24 hours. Thanks for your understanding, Apurva Patel The Gig Store Customer Service support@thegigstore.com Quote Link to comment
+Milbank Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Sorry to hear that. Better luck next time. Quote Link to comment
+Defender1 Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Team PB, that sucks you almost got away with one, I have a 60c and can tell you its worth every penny no matter how much you have to spend. Quote Link to comment
dave and jaime Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 (edited) I knew it was too good to be true. Oh well. Dear George, Please except our apologies. There was an error in pricing for the Garmin GPS 60C that we listed on Amazon.com. The price listed on Sunday was $299. The actual price is $379. We fixed the error immediately, but it takes around six hours for the site to update with new information. During this time we could not do anything to stop orders from going through. We simply can't afford to sell this product for $299. We have canceled this order and refunded your credit card. If you are still interested in purchasing this product, please feel free place another order through the Amazon.com site and it will ship within 24 hours. Thanks for your understanding, Apurva Patel The Gig Store Customer Service support@thegigstore.com CAN THEY DO THAT? HERE IN CANADA I DONT THINK THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT, ONCE THE ACCEPTANCE IS SENT(NOT NECESSARILY RECIEVED) THE CONTRACT IS BINDING. INTERESTING.... sorry for shouting.... Edited November 22, 2004 by dave and jaime Quote Link to comment
+Team Perrito Blanco Posted November 22, 2004 Author Share Posted November 22, 2004 I wrote Amazon customer service about it and will see what they have to say. Pretty much said that they charged my card and sent me an order confirmation. Then today they cancel it. What gives. I doubt that anything will come of it. Quote Link to comment
dave and jaime Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I knew it was too good to be true. Oh well. Dear George, Please except our apologies. There was an error in pricing for the Garmin GPS 60C that we listed on Amazon.com. The price listed on Sunday was $299. The actual price is $379. We fixed the error immediately, but it takes around six hours for the site to update with new information. During this time we could not do anything to stop orders from going through. We simply can't afford to sell this product for $299. We have canceled this order and refunded your credit card. If you are still interested in purchasing this product, please feel free place another order through the Amazon.com site and it will ship within 24 hours. Thanks for your understanding, Apurva Patel The Gig Store Customer Service support@thegigstore.com not to nitpick.... but: "...we could not do anything to stop orders from...", i dont realy think this is your problem, rather they offer a product, you acepted, they charged to completed the transaction. i threaten to go to small claims if they refuse, and if they then refuse id go to small claims(not sure about your system but here you could also charge them for the filing fee). Quote Link to comment
+Gonzo-YT Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 CAN THEY DO THAT? HERE IN CANADA I DONT THINK THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT, ONCE THE ACCEPTANCE IS SENT(NOT NECESSARILY RECIEVED) THE CONTRACT IS BINDING. INTERESTING.... I'm not sure if you are correct. I looked into consumer protection legislation, and there really isn't any legal reason they have to sell it to you. Not unless you can prove that they were falsely advertising a lower price just so they could sell you something else at a higher price. I know this because earlier this year I completed a transaction for a Palm Tungsten T for about $10 from a Canadian on-line retailer. Needless to say, they didn't send it. Regards, Anthony Quote Link to comment
+graldrich Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 I sure don't understand the interest in that model!They would have to improve the reception and add sd card support for me to be interested! Quote Link to comment
+redsox2k4 Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Threaten to get your Attorney General involved. A sale is a sale. They are required to honor their price. Their loss. Don't give up on it. If you need help on fighting them on it I'll help. I've gotten lots of big companies to honor their ad prices because they had no information regarding a typo. Save your emails. Quote Link to comment
+Milbank Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 improve the reception What! I have not heard of any reception problems with that model. A memory card would be nice. Quote Link to comment
+Team Perrito Blanco Posted November 23, 2004 Author Share Posted November 23, 2004 Amazon was no help in the matter. Greetings from Amazon.com. Please accept my sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you and please allow me to explain. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I've looked into the status of your recent order and have confirmed that it was cancelled and fully refunded by the seller, Apurva Patel. We find that our third-party merchants work very hard to accurately list their products, but on rare occasion a pricing error may occur. Does anyone know if I can take this any further and where? The difference from $387 to $299 shouldn't be crippling for them given it was THEIR mistake and it was charged to my card. The fact that they took my money may mean something. Quote Link to comment
dave and jaime Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Amazon was no help in the matter. Greetings from Amazon.com. Please accept my sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you and please allow me to explain. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I've looked into the status of your recent order and have confirmed that it was cancelled and fully refunded by the seller, Apurva Patel. We find that our third-party merchants work very hard to accurately list their products, but on rare occasion a pricing error may occur. Does anyone know if I can take this any further and where? The difference from $387 to $299 shouldn't be crippling for them given it was THEIR mistake and it was charged to my card. The fact that they took my money may mean something. id also look at the fact that the item was listed at another price below $379. also it was said earlier about consumer protection, you need to look at contract law, which you had with them. threaten them and file in small claims court if need be. Quote Link to comment
kb9nvh Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Go to their web site and read their policies and terms of sale. Most (including Dell and gateway and all the big ones) specifically say they are not responsible for priceing errors and wont honor them. They "might" honor the price just to maintain good will and appearances but I think your wasting time trying to sue. Dell sold me a Axim pocket PC for $79 that was supposed to be $379. Two days after the sale I got a nice email explaining their mistake and informing me that the sale was cancelled.....The forum on Dells web site were all a flutter with complaints and threats to sue......bottom line is no one got their $79 axim. On the other hand, Martha stewart online sold me something for $25 that was supposed to be $150. I bought two of them and she fulfilled my order (after I complained a bit to her sales staff). Other folks I know bought up to ten of these and they got them as well. Dont waste a lot of time fretting over not getting it, better put your energies to better use christmas shopping.... Sorry, but these are my experiences. Quote Link to comment
+Sputnik 57 Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 The "offer and acceptance" rules you learned in your college business law course (or in law school) generally don't help you here. Advertisements are not generally considered "offers" for purposes of contract law. Your remedies, if any, are local consumer protection laws that prohibit "bait and switch" advertizing, which doesn't seem to apply here. Quote Link to comment
+Team Tayjam Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Does anyone know if I can take this any further and where? . Perhaps a better question would be "do I really want to take this further, and why? It was a mistake. You realized right away it was a mistake. (In your second post you wrote "It must have been a typo"). Why not do the ethically correct thing and realize that people make mistakes and let it go? Quote Link to comment
+Team Perrito Blanco Posted November 24, 2004 Author Share Posted November 24, 2004 You're right of course. I was just wondering if there are any rules to all of this seeing as they took my money. I just felt SO GOOD after finding a great price for this thing, only to have the wind taken out of my sails. Ho hum. Guess I'll have to wait for an after Christmas sale. Quote Link to comment
+Team Tayjam Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Best wishes with finding an after Christmas sale. I'll sure let you know if I see that model advertised at a good price! Quote Link to comment
+Team Perrito Blanco Posted November 24, 2004 Author Share Posted November 24, 2004 Thank you! Quote Link to comment
Dave Lucas Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Or go to plan B... Toyota (Canada) is offering Garmin 60CS if you purchase a truck. My wife took delivery of her new Tacoma 4 door, on Friday. I take delivery of my new GPS on Christmas morning. Seems a fair deal to me :-) Quote Link to comment
+Bozz Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Toyota (Canada) is offering Garmin 60CS if you purchase a truck. My wife took delivery of her new Tacoma 4 door, on Friday. I take delivery of my new GPS on Christmas morning. Hey, your Garmin 60c only cost you $25,000! WOW, what a bargain.... sign me up.... Just kidding, that is pretty cool -- I'll have to talk my wife into a Toyota! Bozz Quote Link to comment
trisquel Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I found my 60c at more4mymoney.com for $363 including shipping and everything. So far it's a great device and I'm happy. Just arrived Monday (29th). Quote Link to comment
wildgift Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 i got it at amazon for 346; free shipping--is that a good deal? Quote Link to comment
+Team Perrito Blanco Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 i got it at amazon for 346; free shipping--is that a good deal? Good deal doood. But for $21 more, I got the 60CS there. Worth the few bucks. Consider changing your order if you still can. Quote Link to comment
+spyderman Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Hey just bought one on ebay for $ 340 plus 410 POSTAGE. A buy it now deal. Quote Link to comment
+Team Perrito Blanco Posted December 2, 2004 Author Share Posted December 2, 2004 (edited) Patience pays off there! Good for you! Edited December 2, 2004 by Team Perrito Blanco Quote Link to comment
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