[SunRescue] Re: Just thought I'd pass this along

[Ken Hansen]

That was a phenomonal sales volume for such a short period - I suspect that
the folks that ordered 10 were on the low-end of the qty. ordered spectrum
(I suspect most buyers bought in lots bigger than 10 ;^).

I was told by HiTechCafe folks that they do not process orders
"automatically" - they are processed by a person during business hours.
Inventory online is decremented as online orders are placed, but the sales
do not occur until a person approves the credit card/PO/whatever.

According to my source, it is possible to "snip" a sold-out product by
calling in when they open up the next morning (7:00 am local time), but, in
this case, the pricing error is no longer available.

That's right, I suspect this was a pricing error, and I would reasonably
expect them to cancel the orders placed last night at the wrong price.

I could understand a sale or "promo," but a greater than 90% discount?

Ken
BTW - my email provider is having serious lag problems, so that when I
questioned the parts being sold out I had no appreciation for the number of
"rescue" lister's that had taken advantage of this opportunity - I certainly
understand how a few hundred pieces of inventory could be reduced by a few
hundred sales :^P


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Novak" <rnovak at indyramp.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 4:06 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] Re: Just thought I'd pass this along


> On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:
>
> > They also had a few hundred, now they are claiming to be nearly out of
> > stock.
>
> Hmmm... they start with a couple hundred on promo, people buy a couple
> hundred, and suddenly they don't have a couple hundred anymore? Makes
> sense to me.
>
> > BTW, what are they doing updating thier web site so late at night (they
> > aren't open 24x7)...
>
> It at least looks like realtime stock figures, at least based on committed
> orders. I had 5 in my cart, had to reboot, came back and the price had
> been updated for me to the full price. So I suspect they just had a
> certain number of the refurbs on promo and they sold out. Not too
> surprising.
>
> Rob
>
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