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Whoops! Tesco sells Xbox 360s for �33.24

by Scott Jon Siegel on Nov 12th 2007 9:05AM

Apparently someone over at UK retailer Tesco slipped up on the company's online store, because an Xbox 360 bundle normally priced at £340 GBP was selling for just a hair over 33 pounds sterling, long enough for a number of customers to gleefully order the next-gen system at the no-gen price.

Sky News reports that once the payment is accepted, Trading Standards rules in the UK state that the retailer must comply and deliver the product. Numerous payments were accepted for the drastically-reduced Xbox 360 bundle, which also includes Forza Motorsport 2 and Viva Piñata. One crafty consumer successfully ordered 39 consoles, although no orders have yet been delivered.

Despite the rules set forth by Trading Standards, Tesco's site maintains that they do not have to conform to erroneously-marked prices unless they fail to notice before shipment. We'll wait and see if any lucky gamers get their cheapo 360s in the mail. Think anyone sprung for overnight shipping?

[Thanks, Jurie]

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Tags: mistake, retail, tesco, xbox-360, xbox360

Reader Comments (24)

Lucky basterds.

Even more hilarious is that the ad displays the consumer STILL saving money on the console set, despite the erroneously displayed cost. ;)

"I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR(pound)!"

Humm, there is a get out clause in the Trading Standards rule where if it's obviously an error, they don't have to honor the deal. It's a grey area, but they might send a few orders out of good will (Tesco is a huge company. To give you some idea how big, it beats Walmart over here in the UK by miles) but I'll bet they tell the guy that ordered 39 of them to sit and spin.

Are you saying more UK rednecks prefer Tesco over Walmart?

No, Tesco corner the market on EVERYTHING and are EVERYWHERE. They're used by chavs and middle-class wankers alike.

I love British talk.

That's only 'cos walmart bought asda... which is a bag-of-shite anyway. They'll never compete with tesco.

This is the second time this has happened. Before, it was a pricing error at the time they offered a full refund on any item bought that was mis-priced on the shelf. Apparently they forgot to check the till and shelf prices didnt match up on electronic goods.

Still, they make a loss on all game related goods anyway, so I guess they're used to it

Haha, good luck to guy who bought 39 of them.

this was an online only deal so no money is taken before the item is dispatched, and as Tesco terms and conditions state that no contract exists between the store and the customer until the item is dispatched all orders were canceled and customers were sent an email of the pricing error. no orders were dispatched. This was an error by the supplier and effected other stores such as Woolworths.

I few friends of mine noticed it and ordered one but if they'll get it or not I don't know.

Hell, I'd even have got an xbox for that price. They ought it to sell cause they already had 1 but I guess it'd be good value as long as there was warranty on it because after that you go into no mans land of RROD.

Hey look everyone - its "That Guy"! You know, the jackass who comes into a topic to say RRoD, even when it has no place. Congrats "That Guy", you have continued the fine tradition.

'That Guy' is perfectly happy reporting for duty. I like to think of myself as an unofficial member of NDF.

obviously your a half-retard member of the NDF, none of us use RROD. Go fornicate with SDF you swine

Wow. Sarcasm and exageration really does not sit well with your minor IQ, does it now? I like how you can be so ingenious to insult my intelligence. That is truly the imagination of a genius, young sir. I applaud your wit and ingenuity. I may not be the smartest person ever but I certainly am no retard. Since you brought it up, I'm currently at university (college) studying Medicine so just shut up unless you can think of better insults.

i'm in medical school =D

riposte

Can anyone show me a link to the "Trading Standards" that require the retailer to deliver the product, once payment is accepted?

I'll wager ten cents that there is an exception for clerical errors, or that acceptance is not complete merely upon entering a credit card number online.

Old news... From maxconsole.net

Super hacker Richard Branson leaves Tesco feeling blue over £35 Xbox 360 offer

Leading UK retailer Tesco is refusing to deliver thousands of Xbox 360's that were ordered through their online department which were priced accidentally at £33.24. The error happened after Virgin offered a similar deal for £35, but this was said to be some kind of clever ploy to catch out Tesco's price checking software.

quote:

Virgin soon switched their offer back to the original price and honoured the few lucky customers, leaving Tesco as the sole seller of the bargain.

Disgruntled customers are now contacting BBC's Watchdog in a bid to ensure Tesco deliver.

News Source: Totalgaming.co.uk

I think you'll find this item DOES NOT include the console! The 'Wireless Entertainment Pack' is just the 2 games and the controller as far as i can tell (still a great deal). The picture is misleading though.

A quick google uk product search shows various stores with it (though, everyone seems to have it at a different price, with different things included)

Hum - just saw the sky news picture where it actually states its a console included.

The 'Wireless Entertainment Pack' though, as a SKU, does seem to exist separately, and has similar contents, just without the console :P

Though, its definately odd. HMV.com offer it for £114.99. But say it only includes a controller and forza 2 (which is at least double the price it should be for that). Odd.

Myself and all my colleagues at my office ordered one each but they emailed us the next day to say that it was an error and they had cancelled all the orders.

I can confirm that it didnt go ahead ... i work in a games company and a big bunch of us were right on the ball with it. But we got an email Friday evening saying they had to cancel the orders. Oh well! Worth a try!

i blame it one "zero". It's always fucking things up.
Kinda like it's cousin decimal point.

haha richard branson's hilarious

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