![]() The first part, the “bait” requires that there is a deliberate intention to deceive the customer. However, under Federal Trade Commission guidelines, Walmart is under no obligation to do that - or offer the $10 gift card - as its actions don’t constitute a bait and switch scenario. Now they want the company to honor the original purchase. While the customers don’t use the term “bait and switch” to describe the issues, they do believe the $10 gift card is unacceptable. We’ve reached out to apologize to customers and offer them a gift card for the inconvenience,” the company said in a statement. “Unfortunately, due to a pricing error, we needed to cancel some customer orders on a certain TV item. Walmart tells NBC DFW that the orders were canceled “due to a pricing error.” The women tell NBC DFW that they began receiving emails over the weekend notifying them their orders were cancelled since the customers had - according to the emails - changed their minds.īut they hadn’t, the women said. “I had what I was looking for.”Įxcept she didn’t. “I didn’t even go out after,” the woman says of missing out on other Black Friday sales. Typically, the sets sell for between $300 to $2,000. In one case, a woman says she purchased two 40-inch TVs and a 75-inch TV for $99 each. NBC DFW reports that a group of North Texas women say they were caught off guard when their orders for $99 Samsung TVs on were canceled recently. You’re free to try to take advantage of that goof, but you don’t really have much of a legal leg to stand on if they realize the error and cancel your order. If you see a TV that normally sells for $2,000 suddenly listed for sale at $99, you probably know it’s either stolen, worthless, or - most likely - a pricing error. 12.5.16 5:00 PM EDT By Ashlee Kieler error not in your favor bait and switch deals tvs black friday retail walmart lowe's best buy pricing error trying to make it up ![]()
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