I got a great deal by mistake.

[bugsbunny45]

Due to major illness the last two years I had not been able to do any shooting and my reloading space was kidnapped lol.
So I was looking for a portable bench. Well I was checking prices and saw the Frankford Arsenal bench. Well looking for a deal I saw prices from 180 down to 148.00 which I was about to order. I decided to check Amazon Price 45.00..Free shipping with prime.
I was thinking hummm good deal. Well I placed the order and got it 11-19-2015. Yesterday.
Today I was on Amazon the price was fixed. They had reversed the saving price with the sale price. But good news I got mines. Things do work out....

 

[sequins]

How much is it after the increase? what are the total savings?

 

[bannockburn]

bugsbunny45

Bit of an oops on Amazon's part. I wonder how many they let out the door at the inverted sales price.

 

[Coyote3855]

Raises the ethical question of whether it's right or wrong to take advantage of a seller's mistake.

 

[420Stainless]

I see no ethical question. The buyer saw something at an attractive price and bought it. It wasn't until the transaction was completed that the buyer discovered that the seller probably made a mistake. It is up to the seller to set the price, how's a buyer supposed to know that a mistake was made? If the buyer has to be liable for such mistakes, I could only imagine how many businesses would take advantage of that by offering outrageous mark downs and then coming back and saying oops, I made a mistake - give me the rest of the money now.

 

[Art Eatman]

Ethics might come into play when dealing with an individual. But any product offered in a public ad must--by law--be sold at that price. Basically, you pay for your mistakes.

Sure, if it's a widow lady who doesn't know that the item she's selling for $20 is actually worth $200, it's henhouse-ways to buy it and go. I've run across that a time or two. It didn't hurt my feelings any to explain why I was giving more than the asking price. (Garage sales don't count. )

 

[stoky]

When Amazon goes tango uniform, it will be (all) your fault.

 

[Sunray]

B&D Workmate is at $29.39US with free shipping(on orders over $35) on Amazon.com right now. Franklin Arsenal isn't listed at all.

 

[boom boom]

Believe op meant Frankford Arsenal which was a Battenfield Technologies company. Used to be associated with Midwayusa--not sure anymore.

 

[bugsbunny45]

This is from their site. When I ordered it it showed 45.00 sales price. You save 134.99
They have fixed it now. I actually kinda expected it to be a factory second or something like that for 45.00. But it was new. I give them credit for honoring the price.
List Price: $179.99
Price: $134.99 Free Shipping for Prime Members
You Save: $45.00 (25%)
In Stock.

 

[dogtown tom]

Art Eatman Ethics might come into play when dealing with an individual.

Really?
So if you borrow $10 from your neighbor and he mistakenly gives you a $100 bill instead......that's ethically wrong.

But when the ATM machine gives you more $$$ by mistake........it's not ethically wrong to keep it?

Ethics is a term you do not understand.

But any product offered in a public ad must--by law--be sold at that price. Basically, you pay for your mistakes.

Horsehockey.
I can put an ad in the newspaper to sell my home for $5,000..........but no one can force me to complete the sale. If you walk up and offer me $5000, I can choose to accept it or choose to accept $6000 from another buyer. I can also choose to accept a lesser amount.

Same with typographical mistakes.........the sale isn't complete until the seller has accepted payment........and in the OP's case Amazon accepted his payment and shipped his item.

 

[oneounceload]

Ethics might come into play when dealing with an individual. But any product offered in a public ad must--by law--be sold at that price. Basically, you pay for your mistakes.

Cabela's didn't do so - they advertised flats of their Herter's Low Recoil 12 gauge ammo for 27.99/flat. I ordered and got mine, but once they discovered the error (it was supposed to be 57.99/flat) they cancelled a LOT of orders. With free shipping over $99, I got 40 boxes of ammo at $2.79/box. Funny thing is, I ordered after a friend did and his order was cancelled. I would have thought they would have filled the ones placed until the error was caught, but I guess not. Some folks managed to get half their order while the other half was cancelled. Some were cancelled while in shipment on UPS.

 

[homatok]

Quote "So if you borrow $10 from your neighbor and he mistakenly gives you a $100 bill instead......that's ethically wrong.

But when the ATM machine gives you more $$$ by mistake........it's not ethically wrong to keep it?

Ethics is a term you do not understand."

Poor example (at least in my case). I got a $100.00 bill mixed in with the $20's from my bank, (automatic teller). I found it a couple of hours later when I went to pay for gas. I took it back to the bank and spoke with the manager who informed me their process for the loading of the machines would result in them being unable to find where the $100.00 became mixed in, so she said I was the lucky recipient of a free $80.00! Now---had the $100.00 been erroneously given by a real live teller---whole different ball game!

 

[redneck2]

Ethics is a term you do not understand.

I've known Art for a long time. Might wanna back off on that.

I'm the guy that takes $80 in cash to the lost and found at the grocery store when it obviously fell out of someone's pocket. IMO, There is a difference between a store and some little old widow that doesn't know any better.

Stores have that policy basically forced on them due to numerous "bait and switch" advertising in the past. If you're in business, you should know better. Individuals not so much.

 

[dogtown tom]

redneck2

Quote:
Ethics is a term you do not understand.

I've known Art for a long time. Might wanna back off on that.

It should not matter that the other party is a little old lady or a giant corporation.

IMO, There is a difference between a store and some little old widow that doesn't know any better.

Explain why.
Ethical behavior is ethical behavior.

 

[yugorpk]

If I go to the gas station and buy $2 worth of gas that was mistakenly priced by the pimple faced gas jockey ( we have those in Oregon ) at $0.25 a gallon instead of $2.50 am I going to tell him that he made a mistake and wait for him to call his manager so they can figure out how to reverse the error? Or am I going to call my wife and tell her to come fill up and bring the gas cans and that blue barrel in the garage I keep racing fuel in?

Personally I make a lot more than I think I should for what I do for a living and I'm not in survival mode so I'd tell the clerk. If he wants to call his manager thats his call. If my situation were different I might think otherwise. Does that mean I am unethical? I act ethical if the situation suits me but I hold the option open if it doesnt so my soul is not pure. Hmmm.

 

[dogtown tom]

yugorpk .....so I'd tell the clerk....

Sounds like ethical behavior to me.

 

[9mmepiphany]

B&D Workmate is at $29.39US with free shipping(on orders over $35) on Amazon.com right now. Franklin Arsenal isn't listed at all.

Be aware that that is the going price...Home Depot has it for the same price.

It is for the Workmate 125 and has a 350lb limit

 

[Aragon]

Due to major illness the last two years I had not been able to do any shooting and my reloading space was kidnapped lol.
So I was looking for a portable bench. Well I was checking prices and saw the Frankford Arsenal bench. Well looking for a deal I saw prices from 180 down to 148.00 which I was about to order. I decided to check Amazon Price 45.00..Free shipping with prime.
I was thinking hummm good deal. Well I placed the order and got it 11-19-2015. Yesterday.
Today I was on Amazon the price was fixed. They had reversed the saving price with the sale price. But good news I got mines. Things do work out....

Keep in mind that Amazon uses a real-time, price-adjusting algorithm based on demand on some products. I wanted to purchase a specific type of hiking boots but couldn't swallow the $299.95 price tag. I would check on them from time to time but they never seemed to go on sale.

One evening there they were in my size for an odd price -- $131.95. I figured it was a mistake so I put off the purchase until the morning. The next morning they were $125.95. So I bought a pair.

I immediately told a friend. When they checked within an hour, the price had been automatically adjusted to $155.95 (based upon my purchase.) I stopped following their pricing when they hot $209.95...

 

[orionengnr]

Yep, my wife is the Amazon expert in our house.
When I find something I want, she puts it in the "cart" and checks up on it for a while. Price fluctuates...when it drops to a point where she thinks it ain't going any lower, she buys.
I leave that stuff up to her. nothing un-ethical about being a smart shopper, especially if you know how the field is striped.

 

[gun_with_a_view]

Now you have me worried. But I reckon if I told the clerk twice it was two for the price of one and she showed me with her scanner twice that it was fifty cents each for two 12 oz. packs of some really good coffee, well I reckon further what the hay, go home and run it through my french press.

 

[Speedo66]

Speaking of ethics, I heard of an attorney who was doing a will for a nearly blind older widow, with an agreed upon price of $100. When she went to pay him with a newly printed crisp $100 bill, the attorney found that two of the bills had stuck together.

This presented him with a moral dilemma. Should he tell his partner?

That was a joke, folks.

 

[WestKentucky]

In 2009 I was on the good end of a stores screw up. I was at Sam's Club and they got their stock of Super Mario Bros Wii in. The games came in cellophane packs of 5 from the factory, supposed to be 50 bucks per game. I bought one game, and was told to hang tight that they had to go get it out of the locker. The lady came back with a cellophane pack of 5. I argued with her that I was supposed to get 1 but she insisted I take all 5. I almost got thrown out of the store for that one, but I sold the extra games on ebay and pocketed about 125 bucks after keeping my game and paying ebay seller fees.

 

[wally]

But when the ATM machine gives you more $$$ by mistake........it's not ethically wrong to keep it?

This happened to my Mom, they put extra money in her envelope when she cashed a check. When she tried to return the excess their attitude was "we don't make mistakes". I doubt it'd go any better if the mistake was against you!

Speaking of Sam's screw-ups, years ago they had 4-lb packs of frozen halibut for $2 each. My wife went up as asked "is this price right?" They insisted it was, so we bought all we could cram in the freezer. They've never had that brand of frozen halibut since.

 

[redneck2]

Explain why.
Ethical behavior is ethical behavior.

Been a lot of years since I took business law, but I 'll take a shot.

If you are in business and dealing in a product known to you, it is assumed that you are to some degree an expert. At least more knowledgable than an average person. If a guy comes in off the street and knows more than you do about your own product, that's your fault.

Suppose your car is running poorly. If your next door neighbor says "you're gonna need the engine rebuilt" that's one thing. If you take it to the auto repair shop. They charge to rebuild the engine, but all it was is a bad spark plug wire, that's fraud.

I have an acquaintance that got a rather high end pressure washer at Lowe's. Didn't pay a lot of attention as his wife was checking out and he was loading it in his truck. Got home and found out they had missed ringing it up. He was all kinds of happy at his "good luck". If it were me, I'd have gone back and made it right. In my world, you may as well have just carried it out the back door.

I understand there are all kinds of shades of grey. Lot of it comes down to personal beliefs. FWIW, I tend to favor the higher moral ground. Mark 8:36