Amazon Wank
So it seems that before Christmas Amazon had a DVD offer on boxsets - buy one get one free. Except they made a bit of a mistake and the lowest item was actually taken off twice. This resulted in, if you had two items of the same price, free DVDs.

As will happen people took advantage of this and people discussed whether that was ethical.

Skip forward to December 28th, and Amazon finally realises their error. All customers affected are asked to either return the boxsets unopened, or their credit cards will be charged the total price.

Aaaaand wank results People ask whether it's legal. Some people ring Amazon to complain. And some people sit proclaiming that it's all perfectly fine and serves folk right for taking advantage of it.

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(Anonymous)
2007-02-16 05:59 pm UTC (link)

Amusing anecdotes!

Read this on Miss Manners: A lady walked into a grocery store with her receipt. The cashiers were quite busy, so she flagged down a manager who was lurking near the customer service desk.

"Sir," she informed him, "pardon me but there was an error of ten dollars on this order. I only just noticed when I got to my car."
The manager gives the receipt a cursory glance and replies, "All sales are final after leaving the store, sorry, nothing I can do."
"Oh," she says, taken aback, "well, thank you then. The ten dollar mistake was in my favour - you charged me too little."

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	annabelle_lee 2007-02-16 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	Hee. That sounds like something my mother would do. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	evilsqueakers 2007-02-16 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	You know, as a kid, I did that. I told the lady behind the counter of a gas station I lived next door to. I told her that she had given me like 2 or 3 bucks too much and she should take it back. Didn't believe me, so I kept it. Hey, I tried and it wasn't my fault her drawer didn't balance out that night. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	scarah2 2007-02-17 03:32 am UTC (link)
	That made a big drama in the Top Chef fandom near the beginning of season 2. Lycheegate! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	thecheese 2007-02-17 05:31 am UTC (link)
	Miss Manners rocks. Does she have a fandom? If not, I'm starting one. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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