Good deals on amazon.ca - Updated as deals are found (pt2)

Discussion in 'Coupons, Discounts & Sales' started by MilesSmiles, Dec 22, 2013.

  1. audiolab1

    audiolab1 Forum Resident

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    Ontario, Canada
    Sorry to hear about those with cancelled items. I guess I'm finally having some good luck with Amazon...all of my multitude of items have shipped and I actually received the Springsteen and Kate Bush box sets yesterday. About half of my items seem to be coming from the US as they will not arrive until Friday or Monday of next week.
     
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  2. Bloom

    Bloom You're embarrassing me in front of the wizards

    The irony here that many of the boxes wouldn't ship to USA presumably due to the weight and shipping...
     
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  3. tubesandvinyl

    tubesandvinyl Forum Resident

    Yes, exactly. Plus pictures of delivered items that were "price errors".
     
  4. adm62

    adm62 Senior Member

    Location:
    Ottawa, Canada
    But they clearly were price errors, just some were delivered and some weren't.
     
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  5. SJP

    SJP Forum Resident

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    Anaheim
    How is it a price error if some were honored?

    The whole thing was under the guise of a special Prime promotion.
     
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  6. adm62

    adm62 Senior Member

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    Ottawa, Canada
    Maybe one warehouse erroneously delivered and another didn't because they saw it was an error?
     
  7. SJP

    SJP Forum Resident

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    Anaheim
    Don’t make excuses for Amazon. They should honor all of the posted prices.
     
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  8. eddiel

    eddiel Senior Member

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    Toronto, Canada
    My guess is that it was a legit planned prime promotion but errors were made in pricing; either in terms of the amount of discount or perhaps the item should've been excluded outright.

    I'm also guessing that the shipping warehouse wouldn't know if there is an error or not. They probably don't even see prices, just what to pick. The error was likely discovered by the department responsible for the pricing or monitoring purchases. You can bet they monitor purchases and if there are spikes they investigate.

    Some likely shipped/were ready for shipping before the error was caught. Any not yet ready to be shipped/picked were cancelled. My experience with Amazon is that once an order get's past a certain processing point, trying to get it cancelled is not easy.

    This has happened quite a few times across various Amazon sites over the past few years. Whenever the sales look too good to be true, they're usually followed by posts, here, that orders were cancelled.
     
  9. adm62

    adm62 Senior Member

    Location:
    Ottawa, Canada
    All I am saying is they have justification in saying there were price errors when e.g. a box set containing 15LPs and normally costing up to $600 is marked at $21.99 (Tragically Hip).
     
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  10. tubesandvinyl

    tubesandvinyl Forum Resident

    Agreed. But they fulfilled that order to one of our members.

    They cancelled my Beatle's 7 inch singles at $27, regular price$70. That's BS.
     
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  11. tubesandvinyl

    tubesandvinyl Forum Resident

    Exactly!!!!
     
  12. SJP

    SJP Forum Resident

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    Anaheim
    Less than 24 hours since the shipping notice. Less than 24 hours since I was wondering if my order for the Bowie box would even be fulfilled. Much to my surprise, the darned thing arrived TODAY!!!

    :pineapple::goodie:
     
  13. eelkiller

    eelkiller One of the great unwashed

    Location:
    Northern Ontario
    Hallelujah.

    :goodie:
     
  14. SJP

    SJP Forum Resident

    Location:
    Anaheim
    ^^^ For the record, I didn't have to pitch a fit. * This whole thing kind of reminded me of the epic AmazonUK box set frenzy from a few years ago. Things were cancelled right and left but a lot of the orders were actually fulfilled. I'm certain that if more had been available for shipping to the USA that I'd have had cancellations as well.

    This was the Bowie vinyl box period I coveted. I previously purchased Loving The Alien from AmazonUSA for $137 thinking it was a solid price and that'd be my one and only Bowie vinyl box. Who knew this would happen?

    Glad to have both. Short of a repress of the Five Years box, I'm NOT going after a complete set.

    * AmazonCA has honored a few really tremendous deals for me. Bowie is tops but $38 for the Queen "News Of The World" box was amazing as well.
     
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  15. The Elephant Man

    The Elephant Man Forum Resident

    When I bought the 'Five Years' vinyl box, Amazon had them for maybe $125.
    I remember it being roughly $9 a disc. They were trying to clear the shelves.
     
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  16. imarcq

    imarcq Men are from Mars, I'm from Bromley...

    Location:
    Sydney, Australia
    Result! :)
     
  17. Dennis Metz

    Dennis Metz Born In A Motor City south of Detroit

    Location:
    Fonthill, Ontario
    I’m on the line with customer service and getting nowhere :cheers:
     
  18. ptijerm

    ptijerm Forum Resident

    LOL. It can at times be a painful experience...
     
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  19. Dennis Metz

    Dennis Metz Born In A Motor City south of Detroit

    Location:
    Fonthill, Ontario
    They have supposedly escalated this and will get back to me by Monday. I won’t hold my breath, but at least I got an Email confirmation
     
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  20. Simon A

    Simon A Arrr!

    Abbey Road Deluxe set $37.59. Order now! :)

    [​IMG]
     
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  21. allbrosca

    allbrosca Dancing Madly Backwards

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    Toronto
  22. Simon A

    Simon A Arrr!

    Even if it's a mistake, it's worth a try.
     
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  23. Mistermono

    Mistermono Forum Resident

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    Toronto, Canada
  24. Simon A

    Simon A Arrr!

    Yes, it is.
     
  25. Dennis Metz

    Dennis Metz Born In A Motor City south of Detroit

    Location:
    Fonthill, Ontario
    It would have been another disappointment :cheers:
     

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