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	i got nothin' about the actual wank, but: annaham 2007-02-17 01:59 am UTC (link)
	Dear Mice, Please, at least attempt to be funny. Rainbows and Unicorns, AnnaHam (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: i got nothin' about the actual wank, but: caito 2007-02-17 03:36 am UTC (link)
	More ferrets down pants! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: i got nothin' about the actual wank, but: (Anonymous) 2007-02-17 06:00 am UTC (link)
	I heartily agree with this suggestion. Lemme try: Henry, Jane, Edward, and Samantha, my furry white bbs, are poking their heads out of my pant legs right now. Also, I am juggling doves. Watch them comically crap all over me and fly away from my grasp, one by one! Ta-da! (Reply to this)(Parent)

Re: i got nothin' about the actual wank, but:
(Anonymous)
2007-02-17 07:11 am UTC (link)

*Attempts*

A burglar breaks into a house. He sees a CD player that he wants so he takes it. Then he hears a voice "JESUS is watching you". He looks around with his flashlight wandering "What The HELL Was That?". He spots some $ on a table and takes it......Once again he hears a voice " JESUS is watching you". He hides in a corner trying to find where the voice came from. He spots a birdcage with a parrot in it! He goes over and asks " Was that your voice?". It said "YES". He then says "What's your name?". It says "MOSES". The burglar says " What kind of person names his bird moses??" The parrot replys "THE SAME PERSON THAT NAMES HIS ROTWEILER "JESUS".

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	Re: i got nothin' about the actual wank, but: (Anonymous) 2007-02-17 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	This mouse approves. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: i got nothin' about the actual wank, but: (Anonymous) 2007-02-17 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	But. . . but we have very serious thoughts about whatever the hell it was that the wank was about! E-commerce, I think? BUSINESS IS SRS BIZNESS, YO. --dhole (Reply to this)(Parent)

	wrongly_amused 2007-02-17 03:41 am UTC (link)
	Haha, I just keep thinking to myself, "Now that's a programmer/web designer out of a job!" (Reply to this)

	umlaut 2007-02-17 06:03 am UTC (link)
	Considering how much money Amazon MAKES? I would admit to the mistake and let them keep the free DVDs, it would be better for public relations. Then again I work at Home Depot and am constantly annoyed by how anal they are about things, considering it's a huge company that makes millions of dollars a year. Apparently I'm missing something but all I can see is corporate greed. (Reply to this)

	wanktastic 2007-02-17 06:20 am UTC (link)
	I have 2 choices: send the CSI Miami DVDs back or admit that I want to pay to see David Caruso put on and take off his sunglasses a million times per episode. WHAT SHALL I DO? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kelmendi 2007-02-17 06:27 am UTC (link)
	Get therapy. David Caruso is the devil, and can devour your soul THROUGH THE TELEVISION SCREEN. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fevered_ego 2007-02-17 02:16 pm UTC (link)
	You think so too? Thank the gods! I thought I going insane! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fevered_ego 2007-02-17 02:16 pm UTC (link)
	+was (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cellardoor28 2007-02-17 09:34 am UTC (link)
	You will have to admit that Carusobot has eaten your soul. Sorry. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	panthea 2007-02-17 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	But you can possibly be saved, here at the Divine Church of Togo! (Yeah, I got nothin'. Just trying to distract you while I molest your icon.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cellardoor28 2007-02-17 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	Eh, Greg likes being molested. Unless it's by Kevin Federline. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	panthea 2007-02-18 12:01 am UTC (link)
	As unlikely as it may seem sometimes, Greg actually has some taste. I still haven't figured out how he hasn't had sex with EVERYBODY ON THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT by now. Have they not eyes? Do they not see the pretty? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jerel 2007-02-18 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps they've been hypnotized by the Caruso-bot also? (Reply to this)(Parent)

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	kaen 2007-02-17 10:12 am UTC (link)
	I wonder how long it's going to be before someone tries to get another free boxset out of this, by paying for their extra one then saying something like that since it's still part of the transaction made during the buy one get one free offer, so since they (eventually) bought two then... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	whimsy_chan 2007-02-17 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	Actually, as I understand it Amazon is only charging them for the boxset they should've been charged for in the first place. The glitch was that people ordered two boxsets and didn't get charged for either of them. So Amazon is saying, "Either pay for the one you were supposed to pay for or send the boxsets back." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

kaen
2007-02-17 06:05 pm UTC (link)

Ah! I was thinking that the glitch happened when they ordered three sets at once and the two lowest priced ones cost the same amount.

I think it was my desire to still have faith in humanity making me misunderstand. The people who seriously abused the glitch and are wanking about it biting them in the ass were slightly less disgusting to me when I thought that they at least had to pour a bunch of money into Amazon to get as many as they did.

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scootermcgaffin
2007-02-17 01:31 pm UTC (link)

"Total price" for both boxed sets?

I feel kinda bad for the people that just genuinely went "ooh, buy one box set get one free!" and bought two sets that just happened to cost the same, not intending to screw Amazon over.

Especially since it's "send it back unopened." I know for me Christmas isn't over until every last DVD case has been removed of all restrictive shrink wrap and I bask in the New DVD scent.

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	ladyvorkosigan 2007-02-17 02:45 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, and especially since there's people like me who probably wouldn't have even noticed their credit card didn't get charged the first time (umm, irresponsible with money? Maybe.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

whimsy_chan
2007-02-17 04:44 pm UTC (link)

I think that's a misinterpretation. The email posted to the DVD Talk Forum says, "In reviewing your order placed on 23-Dec-06, we discovered
that due to an error we did not charge you the correct amount for the
items you purchased. According to the terms of the promotion,
purchasing one DVD at the regular price entitled you to a free DVD of
equal or lesser value. You can view the terms of the promotion here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...D=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Because these items have already shipped to you, you can either keep
the items and we will charge you the amount you should have been
charged or you can return the items - at no cost to you - to
Amazon.com within 30 days. Please note that we can only accept the
return of unopened items in their original condition."

(emphsis mine) That says to me that they're only charging people for one of the boxsets, so everyone is still getting the BOGO deal.

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iammeiam
2007-02-18 12:26 am UTC (link)

I didn't participate in this nightmare situation, but Amazon and I have a long history of pricing errors. I order, they cancel a few days later, nobody gets hurt. Every once in a great while, something gets through, and I'm happy, and it makes me more inclined to throw orders Amazon's way. I shamelessly exploited the $5 off everything glitch last week, expecting them to cancel my orders. They didn't, I've opened all the stuff, but if they try to charge me the thirty or however many dollars they undercharged, I will beat them to death with my Saved By The Bell DVDs (All 5 seasons! Under $40! How could I not exploit that?!?)

Makes me nostalgic for the early days of e-commerce. Time was, you could legitimately get a company to pay you a couple dollars for buying a DVD from them. And then about ten percent of the time, the company would go bankrupt before they actually shipped your stuff. The companies may be all gone now, but they live on in my heart. Reel.com, DVDExpress, and 800.com 4-Eva!

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	(Anonymous) 2007-02-19 12:04 am UTC (link)
	Hmm. This reminds me of when my friend worked for Tesco and found out that packs of bacon were ringing up as 1p, and instead of telling the manager texted everyone they knew to get them to come down and buy all the bacon! Ethics, what ethics? (Reply to this)

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