Someone screwed up at The Golf Warehouse...set of Taylor Made R9s for $112

[g5jamz]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ZAQUTI/ref=oss_product

Bought a set of these this morning...for $112 bucks. 3-pw...as you see by the link The Golf Warehouse realized what was happening and yanked it.

But not before 5 of my buddies and I bought a set...some multiples. I just bought one because I own a set of Ping-Eye 2 black dots from the early 90s. Thought I was due and $112 bucks is nothing for a set.

It went viral on DealNews.com

Oh...and you can get 2 entrees for $10bucks at Pei Wei today... (their 10th anneversary)

[Johnny Rockets]

Wow...that is a deal....I guess they have to honor it huh?

I just bought a set of Taylor Made Burners last week for $225. It was between that or the old R7's that were the same price. The R7's were graphite shafts and I have never played with them so I decided on the Burners.

Enjoy those clubs........heck of a deal.

[g5jamz]

Wow...that is a deal....I guess they have to honor it huh?

I just bought a set of Taylor Made Burners last week for $225. It was between that or the old R7's that were the same price. The R7's were graphite shafts and I have never played with them so I decided on the Burners.

Enjoy those clubs........heck of a deal.

Rumor is that they won't honor the deal. It would probably put TGW out of business. Mistake is a mistake and people shouldn't be destroyed over it. So if it happens...it happens, but I'm not going to whine about it.

[Snake]

Yea more then likely they will Welch on that deal. Still I'm not sure if they can and not face some kind of punishment. If someone wanted to be a dick that is a bait and switch.

[Hawk]

I see a TGW gift certificate in your near future!

sorry for the screw up, here's $10 to spend on your next purchase!!!!

[Delhommey]

Yea more then likely they will Welch on that deal. Still I'm not sure if they can and not face some kind of punishment. If someone wanted to be a dick that is a bait and switch.

It's not a bait and switch it's an honest mistake.

Of course there are a number of assholes out there that will whine, bitch and moan to everyone in the world that Golf Warehouse not honoring the price is the worst thing to ever happen to them ever and will go to the Attorney General about it.

[g5jamz]

Yep.

Those would be ambulance chasers in the making.

[Delhommey]

That would be a large section of the buying public. We deal with it all the time.

[Carolina Husker]

They don't have to honor it. BestBuy.com was mistakenly selling 40" LEDs a few months ago for $111 instead of $1111.00 or something like that. They sold out within minutes, obviously, but they never shipped.

[Delhommey]

The amount of people that feel that a misprint becomes their divine right would astound you.

Well, maybe not.

The ones that get me are the ones that scour the internet till they find some 3rd party website that has the price lower and then swear that we have to honor that price.

[Carolina Husker]

But I found one on Craigslist for half that! Here's the link!

[Delhommey]

The best quote I ever got was a customer who explained to me without irony, "It doesn't matter what price you had on the site, it matters what I saw."

[Snake]

It's not a bait and switch it's an honest mistake.

Of course there are a number of assholes out there that will whine, bitch and moan to everyone in the world that Golf Warehouse not honoring the price is the worst thing to ever happen to them ever and will go to the Attorney General about it.

Yes but how do you prove that. Some people are not gonna want to give a good deal up.

[Delhommey]

Yes but how do you prove that. Some people are not gonna want to give a good deal up.

Bait and switch is obvious and nefarious. It involves taking someone's money and holding it hostage until the customer changes to the product of the retailer's choosing. If it's obvious there are no bad intentions (we'll usually offer a hefty discount on another product and/or an immediate refund), the customer's just being a dick. Same thing with unexpected backorders.

If I'm offering an immediate refund with a good discount on any other product or the ability to go about your merry way, not sure how anyone could really call a "bait and switch" unless they're being a 3 year old.

Some people accept it, some people throw a temper tantrum to try and get their way (make this almost all if they are a baby boomer).

We do what's fair, but funny enough we are not required by law or even by "good customer service" to take a hefty loss on a transaction. And yes I realize selling a product at a sizable loss would "make you happy."

("you" being the customer in general)