amyelizabethau Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 (edited) I just had to blow off a little steam. I came home yesterday after work and sat down to do a search on a certain brand of scrubs to try and find the best deal before I purchased them. At our local uniform store they are well overpriced and although I recieve a 45% discount I can usually find the same uniforms online cheaper. So I came home and googled the brand and color I was looking for and low and behold I found a website that had them for $0.01 thats right ONE PENNY. I thought it was a little strange and I looked to see what other colors they had and they had a few other colors with some sizes sold out. I figured I could provide some extra uniforms for all my ALL my co-workers for about 15 bucks plus shipping so I racked up on all the colors. I had a hunch that by the time I got to the check out the total price would change or the shipping would be so outrageous, but it wasn't. my total for about 1300 items (all scrub tops and pants) was only about $22 plus shipping which was only $8.99. It let me put in shipping/billing address my card info and I even got a confimation email with the items and the prices. Today I got this email from the online store...... "The IguanaMed scrubs are not available to order online or in the quantities you requested. The prices range from $19.99 to $21.99. Please call or email to place an order." Ugh how stinky is that?! Edited January 6, 2009 by amyelizabethau typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conj Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 call. Maybe you can get fewer of them at that rate... worth a shot. Especially if they confirmed the order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue-Z-Q Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 It makes me wonder if you had only ordered what you wanted for yourself, if they would have just honored the obvious price error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyelizabethau Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 I thought about that also. My friend ordered 20 and I think she may have gotten the same email. Sad thing is that they didn't even go in and change the price on the website. You can still order them for a penny. I guess he just plans on sending everyone that trys to order that same email forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meinnj Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 That stinks! If you are still looking for cheap scubs check marcusuniforms.com, that is where we get all of ours from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clevelandrocksandrolls Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Was that One Thousand Three Hundred items? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyelizabethau Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sven_kirk Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 You actually thought that you would get ALL 1300 at 1 cent each! A loss like that alone would put a/the company out business for good. If the price difference was a couple of bucks, I could see of having a 'rant'. But with that large of a cost difference, I don't see where you have the 'right' to rant about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niccci Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 8.99 shipping for 1300 items... even THAT sounds like a mistake.... someone needs to contact their webmaster and tell him to stop drinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guilliam Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I'd be concerned about it maybe being a scam website and them having my cc info:eek: Especially since they still have them listed for that price but never honor it when an order is placed. You know, make the prices so low people will order, put in their cc #, and then tell them the price isn't right. Just a thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyLaRue Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 You should have just ordered a few. The amount put up a red flag to the company. I was annoyed at the game store when the price under game said $29.99 and then when they rang it up it was over $60. I mentioned it and they said they had not got around to changing the prices on the display stands behind the counter. I was annoyed but the people working there are your typical high school minimum wage employees who just don't care. Besides I have complained to corporate before about other things and they don't care. District manager cursing at employees while I was in the store for example. No shocker the company filed for BK a while back and I doubt it will be in business by the end of 09'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawna queen Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 You actually thought that you would get ALL 1300 at 1 cent each! A loss like that alone would put a/the company out business for good. If the price difference was a couple of bucks, I could see of having a 'rant'. But with that large of a cost difference, I don't see where you have the 'right' to rant about it. 1300? wow, I was thinking the same thing...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterMutts Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 How long did placing that order take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawna queen Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 How long did placing that order take?yeah, how long ? curiosity is killin' me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara3117 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I don't think a store has to honor the wrong price if the mistake is more than 50% of the actual price. That's the rule we used when I worked at a grocery store anyway. I would think even 20 items would be enough to raise a red flag. I imagine this business doesn't do much more than a few items per order when dealing with individuals. Was your credit card charged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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