I got a Wilton spindle sander for $39, a Delta Variable speed scroll saw for$10,Dewalt circular saw for $29 and a bimetal hole saw kit for $10 iiiiiiiiiifffffffff it comes through. Last one was at 2:00 am pacific time.
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Last edited by maxparot; 02-17-2006, 03:08 AM.Opinions are like gas;
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So much for that. It's all over there.Originally posted by Jeffrey SchronceComment
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Correct. I made a mistake on the site . . . . so many codes, so little time . . . lol.Originally posted by beetee3Comment
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One certainly could experience moral delima on the matter and you have certainly taken the admirable high road. I have certainly taken advantage of the situation, however I do not believe in the justifications that it is "big business" thus not as bad as doing it to a Mom and Pop. IMHO , it is what it is. And that is a code which applies a discount thatdoes not follow its own rules. In my opinion that is a unilateral offer and I am making the acceptance of the offer. I did not make the offer, nor did I create a malicious fabrication or coerse the offer. Naturally at 3:35 am this makes no sense, except to say that you took the high road and that is what you feel to be morally right. Stand by it and don't second guess.Originally posted by dbarnettComment
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My take on this is that if it was truly a mistake Amazon would cancel all the orders but if Amazon is willing to honor the orders then we as consumers have done nothing illegal or immoral. I happened to have ordered a PC variable speed router for about $63, a Dewalt orbital sander for about $9 and a Htiachi 135 piece quick connect bit set for about $8.50.Comment
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We all have our own personal codes and standards by which we live. That's all I'm going to say on that.
My concern about all this is that "by the rules" orders may suffer if and when they sort out the mistakes. There are already indications this is happening. Yesterday I placed an ~$103 accessory order, input the code for the appropriate $20 discount, and it applied correctly. So far so good. But a few minutes ago I tried to place a ~$125 power tool order and could not get the system to accept the relevant code for the $20 discount the promotion's rules clearly say the order should get. There is no question but that the item is eligible, so I don't know why it didn't work. I also don't know whether the order I placed yesterday will stand up. Just have to wait and see, I guess.LarryComment
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Larry - in the fine print it says you can only use the code once your second one failed probably because you were trying to use the discount to your advantage too many times. I have seen some people get around this my having multiple accounts.Originally posted by LarryGComment
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my take on it is, if it's honored/slips through then they've gotten me to spend money with them that i otherwise was not going to. the regular sale would not have been enought to make me move on what i bought.
likewise if it gets cancelled i would barely bat an eye over it, i already have a fullsize lathe,this is jsut something to take to craft-fairs and demo "live turning"
namaste, matthew http://www.tribalwind.comComment
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Not sure if it would help but try clearing the cookies and then try it again.Thanks,
PeteComment
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I am a longtime internet bargain hunter. I watch sites such as slickdeals.net or fatwallet.com. These sites post bargains and sometimes price mistakes. Amazon normally catches 99% of the errors and will cancel the order. Since these orders are going through I tend to believe that Amazon is condoning this. The same way that Lowes, Sears and HD allowed clearance items to be sold for pennies on the dollar. I know some will say that the rules on the coupon say it can not be used and they are correct. But I would argue that certain sites allow people to buy below the stated price. Dell is an example of this. Dell holds secrete sales all of the time. Sites such as gotapex.com will post the details and these sales are normally limited to a certain number such as the first 1000 orders. You can not find the sale on the Dell site and you must use special coupon codes that are only available on these bargin sites.Thanks again,
MikeComment
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Naaaaaa. Amazon has not a clue what is going on at this point. Everything is highly automated. The computers are happy. The robot warehouse pickers are happing. The mechanical labeling machines are happy. Don't get me wrong, I think someone will catch this error before the codes natural expiration date, but at this point no one (who cares) knows about this.Originally posted by greencatComment
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That, or they are aware and can't figure out how to fix it without shutting down their entire site. (I'm kinda wondering if they've been hacked, or if maybe they've got some malicious programmers working for them???)Originally posted by Jeffrey Schronce
One other point WRT orders that may or not get cancelled: recall that quite a few of us placed orders to get the free DeWalt recip saw, had everything appear to be hunky-dory when the order was placed, only to later find we had been charged the full $75 price for the saw. Those who are placing as many orders as they can to take advantage of this screw-up may be setting themselves up for a LOT of telephone time.LarryComment
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So far, charges to my bank account are in line with the online receipts. got the chargesfor the two alum blast gates at $2.80 a piece.Mike
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If at first you don't succeed, deny you were trying in the first place.Comment
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Has anyone that has cashed in on this deal actually received anything from amazon yet? Just curious.Comment
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Originally posted by ryan.s
two for my four orders have been shipped with tracking numbers, with the correct amounts billed to my CC. I can tell by the tracking numbers that they are making progress across the county.
I also know that a friend of mine just orderd the boske 1617 complete kit for 120.00 two minutes ago, and it worked fine.
But the other thread i posted, on the router bits, all of those links are now gone from any of the routers i was looking at.
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