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pointandlaugh ([info]pointandlaugh) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-02-16 10:35:00


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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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[info]black_spot
2007-02-16 08:07 pm UTC (link)
He said he didn’t get any duplicates, only the DVDs he wanted to watch, and that he’s still got them. Please see the last linked threads.

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(Anonymous)
2007-02-16 08:59 pm UTC (link)
Sorry, I don't believe that.

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[info]black_spot
2007-02-16 09:23 pm UTC (link)
What, that he didn’t buy 54 DVDs?

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[info]jrs1980
2007-02-16 10:53 pm UTC (link)
I would guess the "only ones he wanted to watch" part. And don't forget that those are DVD sets, assuming four dvds for a sitcom season and six for a drama season, that's actually around 270 DVDs.

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[info]black_spot
2007-02-17 08:47 am UTC (link)
So, (working on 6 weeks timescale) if he’s now watched them all - that would have taken about 405 hours, give 336 for sleep, 126 for putting food in microwave/ordering pizza, 84 on the toilet/washing, leaves 57 hours free time. I didn’t factor in any time for the special discs with the extras on it. Then of course there’s that wonderful 1200 collection he already had, which he will need to review a few occasionally. I am seriously concerned for this guy.

Firefox ate my “/deliberately thick” end comment above.

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