Even if you did, you will not get four - not at that incorrect price. Despite what people think, Amazon will not have to honour that price unless they have taken your money first. Given that they only take money when they dispatch, no contract has yet been formed and so they will cancel any orders at the incorrect price and ask people to re-order if they still want to.
GT5 Pre-order £17.59 UK/EU - Has gone pear shaped.
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Nope... On my "Your Amazon page", it says, "You purchased this item on 4Aug 2009", and then links to the correct game..
2 secs. Screenshot or it didn't happen..
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They did this with Folklore and Lair for the PS3 in 2007 for 14.99 each. People ordered and then asked Amazon for confirmation and got standard emails saying yes of course we will, but 2 days later they all got cancelled. I ordered Folklore at 14.99 at they didn't honor it.
They went to the top of the charts as every game site was running the amazon error.
http://playstation.joystiq.com/2007...air-and-folklore-back-at-full-price-at-amazo/
Scroll down within the link. We all got this reply afterwards.
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Indeed - I've had this crap before with HMV. Until the money is taken, no contract is formed - merely an "Invitation to treat".
However GT5 is covered by their Pre-Order Price Guarantee - which only applies to products released after 25th February 2008 (so not the two games you mentioned). So they appear to have two policies in conflict...
Nevertheless, it'll still cost nothing to find out. As you say, we'll probably learn in the next week if they start attempting to cancel orders.
However GT5 is covered by their Pre-Order Price Guarantee - which only applies to products released after 25th February 2008 (so not the two games you mentioned). So they appear to have two policies in conflict...
Nevertheless, it'll still cost nothing to find out. As you say, we'll probably learn in the next week if they start attempting to cancel orders.
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The way I see it is if they have made a mistake then im afraid they should bite the bullet and honour the pre-order. I have to wonder was this a deliberate mistake to entice pre-orders! It will be interesting to see what happens come release day.
If they don't I think I shall give Amazon a miss in the future.
If they don't I think I shall give Amazon a miss in the future.
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Gone back upto £37.96 now apparently.
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I have seen this happen before on other games (I guess an attempt by Amazon to drive interest in pre orders)
Very happy that this time I went and ordered straight away and will (hopefully) get the right price!
Very happy that this time I went and ordered straight away and will (hopefully) get the right price!
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I noticed Amazon offering low prices for pre-ordering blu-rays such as Dances With Wolves, Contact, Heat - £9.69 to be exact.
Much the same as this offer, it only lasted for about 12 hours, then the prices shot up to £17.99.
They have since come back down to £11.98, but this is an example of what they do, so you never know with GT5, it would be one hellva bargain 👍
Much the same as this offer, it only lasted for about 12 hours, then the prices shot up to £17.99.
They have since come back down to £11.98, but this is an example of what they do, so you never know with GT5, it would be one hellva bargain 👍
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Just thought id say thanks as i put the game on pre-order from amazon uk soon as i seen this post. The price has now jumped up to £37.96 and no 1 best selling future release on amazon games. Thankyou!
👍http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsell...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0QC1SF609WKD7RAQ0HQX
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They won't honour it. It's a trick to get a good pre-order chart, to beat their own competition. They'll get more royalties, etc. They don't have a great record. Absolutely awful (bordering illegal) treatment of employees. Some story broke out last year on this.
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At the end of the day if we don't get that price then we don't get it. GT5 for £17 is a great deal and I'd otherwise be more than prepared to pay the usual £35-£40 for a new game I'm really looking forward to. I hope I get it for £17 and if they cancel the order I will be pointing out their policy to them in the hope I can still get a great deal, but I'm not going to get all worked up over it.
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I had this same issue with Lair as someone posted earlier in this thread, after many emails back and forth with amazon they basically said that when a pricing error has occured it makes any kind of lowest price protection null and void (you know how companies will always have some clause which covers themselves).
They have the power to automatically cancel your pre order without your consent or up the prices on it back to what it should be, but if you do manage to get GT for that price hats off to you! I just hope 4 copies of GT5P dont end up on your doorstep!
Actually I have a question about amazon, can you preorder items without having any payment cards currently linked to your account?
Because I want to add a card nearer the release date of another item im looking at but dont want to miss out on the intro price.
Thanks,
Robin.
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17 or 39 pounds, ill pay anything when it comes out.
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Indeed - but the Lair issue occurred before this new policy was implemented, guaranteeing the lowest price they offer for any preorder for any game/DVD released after 25/2/2008 on which the Preorder Price Guarantee is offered. Like GT5
If they do the latter, they must do the former first - they can't offer it at one price and then actually charge you a higher one without notification.
However the price is only an "Invitation to Treat" and until money is paid, no contract is formed.
I don't believe so, no. I had to enter my card details before the preorder completed.
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Amazon just cancelled my order 
1st post!
1st post!
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Mines been cancelled as well. Will fire off an email complaining later in the week, and if they wont do anything about it my order will be going to Play!
still, was kind of expected....
Bit strange really for a company which "prides its self on providing the best standard of customer experience" (have just spent the past 2 weeks writing a 5000 word report on Amazons corporate strategy, and had been reading so much of this 'we are so great for our customers' type stuff....
Now how to work this into it....
still, was kind of expected....
Bit strange really for a company which "prides its self on providing the best standard of customer experience" (have just spent the past 2 weeks writing a 5000 word report on Amazons corporate strategy, and had been reading so much of this 'we are so great for our customers' type stuff....
Now how to work this into it....
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There's no confirmation there will be a special edition, everything anyone has said especially about an edition that gives free access to DLC is pure speculation. Neither Sony nor PD has made any comments on the matter.
I've sent them an email pointing out the clear breach of thier own policy that cancelling my order is. See if I can still get it at the cheap price. If not, I tried.
I've sent them an email pointing out the clear breach of thier own policy that cancelling my order is. See if I can still get it at the cheap price. If not, I tried.
Hi. I'm from Spain, sorry for my low english level, in my country if a companie makes a pricing error must sell the item at the price offered, even if they include this possibility in their rules. Maybe in UK it's the same, someone Know?
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While I never had GT5 on order with Amazon, I am still angry about all this. While I can't prove it, I am certain that the "pricing error" was NOT an error. You can't accidently set a price at 17.99 when it should be 39.99, even a six year old wouldn't accidently press two out of four numbers wrong and not even notice it.
This is done completely intentionally, by doing this they attract trafic to their site, therefore people could very well pre-order or order something else while they are there, getting them business out of this "error". It doesn't end there either, when they cancel everybody's order, most will leave it and not re-order at the correct price, however if only 25% re-order it is still significant business that they have genarated by this "error". This is not the first time Amazon has done this and if they get away with it and people keep ordering from them, it will not be the last time they do it.
I kind of expect this behaviour from a small company, but Amazon simply do not have to resort to this underhand tactic, that they do is simply appalling. I hope everyone who has had their order unfairly cancelled fight it, sure you probably wont get anywhere, but at least Amazon might not do this again if they have to put up with lots of complaints. Challenge them, you deserve to pay the price that they offered.
This is done completely intentionally, by doing this they attract trafic to their site, therefore people could very well pre-order or order something else while they are there, getting them business out of this "error". It doesn't end there either, when they cancel everybody's order, most will leave it and not re-order at the correct price, however if only 25% re-order it is still significant business that they have genarated by this "error". This is not the first time Amazon has done this and if they get away with it and people keep ordering from them, it will not be the last time they do it.
I kind of expect this behaviour from a small company, but Amazon simply do not have to resort to this underhand tactic, that they do is simply appalling. I hope everyone who has had their order unfairly cancelled fight it, sure you probably wont get anywhere, but at least Amazon might not do this again if they have to put up with lots of complaints. Challenge them, you deserve to pay the price that they offered.
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More likely the pricing error was caused by someone confusing GT5 with GT5p (which I guess to the uninitiated would be a pretty easy mistake to make) rather than pressing the wrong buttons.
not going to stop me complaining though!
not going to stop me complaining though!
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