Dell Accidentally Sells 19 Inch Monitors for £9
Ever made a really bad typo? Welcome to Dell’s world! The computer manufacturer advertised one of its 19-inch monitors for $15 (£9) instead of the more expected $150.
The mistake happened in Taiwan, where the government is holding Dell to sell the monitors for the advertised price.
This wouldn’t be too bad if only one or two people got wind of Dell’s unintentional deal, however the mistake was online for a good eight hours shifting 140,000 monitors to 26,000 buyers. Well you can never have too many monitors around the bedroom.
If Dell fails to honour these sales, it will be in violation of Taiwan’s fair trade laws and the government will seek legal recourse.
So far, Dell has gone as far as to apologise for the mistake and will ‘compensate buyers’. Though what this means in practice is still a little vague.
All in all, we’ll be pretty impressed if buyers end up with a brand new 19-inch for the price of lunch.
Source: Channel Register
Related posts:
- Dell Fined for Online Mispricing
- Dell Vostro 1220 12.1-inch Ultraportable Now Available
- Carphone Warehouse to Sell Dell Inspiron 11z in the UK Even Before Dell
- Dell 10in Inspiron – not so inspiring?
Share and Enjoy:
If you enjoyed this post, please consider to leave a comment or subscribe to the feed and get future articles delivered to your feed reader.
Shame I missed it, a new monitor would be a treat!