A NUMBER OF PEOPLE caught German site Komplett short today by ordering DRAM at a fantastically cheap price, having their credit cards charged before the Web site realised it had messed up.
The Web site received an "incredible" number of orders from carpetbaggers capitalising on its cheap DRAM and had to send out a letter this morning apologizing for the mistake, as it charged £13 for a 512MB module.
And the firm might go bust, with people losing pensions and goodness what else because of the error, it has emerged.
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Said the site in a letter to people who ordered the cheapo DRAM this morning:
"Dear Sir,
This email is in reference to your recent order with Komplett for a 512Mb RAM module, priced at £13.00
"This item was subject to a gross human error that resulted in the price offered being set at £82.00 LESS than its cost to us.
"The person responsible has been hung, drawn and well and truly quartered. His parking space has been given over to the lunch lady and pension distributed among our warehouse staff.
Full article:
http://www.theinquirer.net/20030221.htm
Very, very painful....