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06-17-2008, 08:51 PM | #1 |
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Sony Rewards Reverse Auction PRS500U: Auction STARTING Price- $250, drops $20 ea hr.
Wednesday's Reverse Auction: low prices on the products you want!
If you are a Sony Rewards member, you have a special opportunity to get great deals in the monthly Reverse Auction starting at noon E.T. this Wednesday, June 18th. Sony Reader® Digital Book PRS500U: Auction STARTING Price -- $250, drops $20 each hour. At noon E.T., the Auction opens, the items are listed, and prices drop each hour until the Auction closes at 10PM. Once the clock starts, act fast and grab a sure deal -- or -- wait it out for a lower price and take your chances. Quantities are limited, so you may not want to wait too long to place your bid! You'll need a valid credit or debit card to complete your purchase. Shipping and handling charges apply. So, remember to check in at sonyrewards.com on June 18th, hit the Reverse Auction tab (that only appears the third Wednesday of each month), and watch the dropping prices for BIG saving -- going once, going twice...SOLD! Good luck! |
06-17-2008, 08:53 PM | #2 |
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06-18-2008, 09:11 PM | #3 |
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Man am I upset! I waited until it showed $70 and only three left but when I go to add it to my cart it says they are sold out!! What's up with that???
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06-19-2008, 12:16 AM | #4 |
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06-19-2008, 11:06 AM | #5 |
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I don't know, but I am still pretty frustrated. Here I am thinking that if there are none left, the screen would actually show zero, but hey maybe that's just my idea of how an auction is supposed to work. I tried refreshing, waiting 15 minutes to see if someone was holding it in the cart. At 10:00 PM, it still showed 3 but yet I couldn't purchase it! Ridiculous...and the last time I try this lame thing.
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06-19-2008, 11:11 AM | #6 |
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I was able to get one for $90, but I clicked to buy it at 1 minute after the price drop.
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06-19-2008, 11:14 AM | #7 | |
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Here's the email I sent them:
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06-19-2008, 03:33 PM | #8 |
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I had a friend I had told about it who was trying to buy it at the same time as me.
He bought it when it said 10 were left (~7:08), I bought when it said there were 19 left (~7:01). (Both attempted at $90). He had the same problem you did, said it was out even though it was displaying 10 as available. |
06-19-2008, 05:14 PM | #9 |
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What a waste of our time! The least they could do is make the thing accurate. I'm thinking of playing hard ball with these guys.
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06-19-2008, 07:20 PM | #10 | |
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The second you hit the server and it built the page it sent to you there probably where 3 available. But, by the time you tried to buy 10 other people could have been ahead of you. The best you can do is what you can do in a situation like this. BOb |
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06-20-2008, 06:12 AM | #13 |
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I want to know what sort of "hardball" JPlumley has in mind that could be played with that auction.
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06-20-2008, 10:20 AM | #14 |
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I don't know if I even can, to be honest. I couldn't find any terms of service for the auction that spelled out their agreement with the users. Maybe I didn't dig deep enough. I'll see if I hear from their support people and let you know. After a couple of days my angst has lost steam.
PilotBob, Even if 100 people clicked on it when there were three left, I doubt it took almost an hour for the three that actually got one to complete their transaction. According to the popup window when you click "Buy Now", you have 15 minutes to complete your transaction. I would expect the counter to decrement when you get to the cart page and then increment if the cart is abandoned. |
06-20-2008, 12:17 PM | #15 |
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Just an FYI but I never got an e-mail with an approximate date, so I called Sony Rewards to ask in person.
I was told it should take 7-10 days to ship.... They didn't say business or not, so it's possible it could take 12-14 days for this to actually get to me. *sighs* I hate waiting for things. |
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