Amazon's
amazing deal on
Lair and
Folklore yesterday seems to have unceremoniously come to an end. The price for each game has risen to £34.99, more than double the "sale" price. Was it a sale though? We're not sure. It didn't take long for both games to hit the number 1 and number 2 spot on the bestsellers list for Video Games. We're sure Amazon themselves would have noticed the amount of attention the games were getting if it was a mistake.
We don't know whether yesterday's prices will be honoured for those that pre-ordered the games, but are looking into it. If you've been in contact with Amazon about it, please let us know.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Theoris @ Aug 28th 2007 1:34PM
People have already been contacted, 'Hence, we will honour the prices given at the time of placing the order' (had it already ctr+c'd for an msn convo). Good times ;-D
James @ Aug 28th 2007 1:46PM
@#1 - any mention of the fate of the poor soul who entered the wrong price?
Octaeder @ Aug 28th 2007 1:54PM
Yup, I've contacted them too and they've confirmed that all pre-order prices will be honoured.
To say I'm pleased with this result would be an understatement.
Aaron @ Aug 28th 2007 2:00PM
I'm really jealous of you Euro people, well done if you jumped on this deal. Time to work some overtime.
ruibing @ Aug 28th 2007 2:07PM
I wonder how long will UK eBay be flooded with people who bought half a dozen of them at the price.
ChuckstarUK @ Aug 28th 2007 2:12PM
Dear Customer
Thank you for contacting Amazon.co.uk with your enquiry.
Please allow me to apologise for the confusion we have caused with the pricing of the items.
We have checked your order and can confirm that you will be charged 14.95 GBP for each item when we dispatch your order.
On the date of dispatch of the order, you'll receive an e-mail message confirming the date, contents and method of delivery.
Hope this information is helpful to you.
Thank you for shopping at Amazon.co.uk.
Morpheus @ Aug 28th 2007 2:55PM
Its a shame i didnt get there quick enough :/
GRANTED @ Aug 28th 2007 3:16PM
need more warhawk thread
White_hell @ Aug 28th 2007 3:56PM
they are not aloud to charge the higher price for people who have pre-ordered it
otherwise it goes against there terms and your terms.
they are only aloud to raise the price of everyone who pre-ordered it if they agree to it.
so in conclusion the people who have pre-ordered it at that price get it at that price.
ALSO i contacted Amazon about the price yesturday and i got a reply saying it wasnt a mix up and they meant to do that. Ill try and dig out the copy of the email as its kinda lost with the rest of my 1000 emails i got since 2002.
Mike @ Aug 28th 2007 6:18PM
@#3
No one entered the wrong price. Amazon have stated that the £15 price tag was a promo pre-order deal that lasts a week only and therefore anyone that preordered during this time will have paid next to nothing for those two titles.
wh1ttle @ Aug 28th 2007 9:55PM
well thanks to the internet this spread quite quicki ordered my copies, but i was gonna get folklore anyway
Mark J @ Aug 29th 2007 5:11PM
Well they aren't honouring all orders, just received this from amazon :(
"We are writing to inform you that the price for the following item was
displayed incorrectly at the time you placed the above referenced
order:
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Folklore (PS3)
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Despite our best efforts, with the millions of items available on our
website, pricing errors can occasionally occur.
In our Pricing and Availability Policy (see
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1040614),
we state that where an item's correct price is higher than our stated
price, we will cancel the order and notify you of that cancellation.
Your order has now been cancelled. If you still wish to purchase this
item, please place a new order online which will be charged at the
correct price, when we dispatch it to you.
Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused by
this error, and rest assured that we will continue to make every effort
to maintain the accuracy of all prices on our site.
We look forward to serving you again in the future."
Bit of a joke if you ask me.
him @ Aug 29th 2007 5:15PM
Amazon just bumped both games up to 34.99 and thats now the price for anyone who preorded at 14.99. I got two emails just 5 mins ago telling me about each item and that I was expected to pay the new price.
In fact they even auto-cancelled my order. Gee, thanks. Morons@amazon.
Sam Barriscale @ Aug 29th 2007 5:24PM
Just got the same email, stating that even though they are consistently 800 billion in profit every quarter, they won't be honouring the order, because they are Amazon and they can make up their own laws and not abide by basic trading standards. Bastards!
Come on Fanboy staff! Get off Warhawk and fight our corner!
Might have to wait until the morning tho, as I believe the staff at Amazon regularly cry themselves with the shame!
Mak @ Aug 29th 2007 5:40PM
Dear Customer
We are writing to inform you that the price for the following item was
displayed incorrectly at the time you placed the above referenced
order:
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Lair (PS3)
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Despite our best efforts, with the millions of items available on our
website, pricing errors can occasionally occur.
In our Pricing and Availability Policy (see
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1040614),
we state that where an item's correct price is higher than our stated
price, we will cancel the order and notify you of that cancellation.
Your order has now been cancelled. If you still wish to purchase this
item, please place a new order online which will be charged at the
correct price, when we dispatch it to you.
Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused by
this error, and rest assured that we will continue to make every effort
to maintain the accuracy of all prices on our site.
We look forward to serving you again in the future.
Warmest regards,
Customer Service Department
Amazon.co.uk
Dave @ Aug 29th 2007 6:10PM
I've had the same E-mail today too. not happy at all
Dear Customer
We are writing to inform you that the price for the following item was
displayed incorrectly at the time you placed the above referenced
order:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Lair (PS3)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Despite our best efforts, with the millions of items available on our
website, pricing errors can occasionally occur.
In our Pricing and Availability Policy (see
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1040614),
we state that where an item's correct price is higher than our stated
price, we will cancel the order and notify you of that cancellation.
Your order has now been cancelled. If you still wish to purchase this
item, please place a new order online which will be charged at the
correct price, when we dispatch it to you.
Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused by
this error, and rest assured that we will continue to make every effort
to maintain the accuracy of all prices on our site.
We look forward to serving you again in the future.
Warmest regards,
Customer Service Department
Amazon.co.uk
Sighmon @ Aug 29th 2007 6:17PM
Same here. Got the exact same email minutes ago.
So did some people really get the 14.95 deal as mentioned by some of the earlier comments?
Elegor @ Aug 30th 2007 5:26AM
Game publishers perhaps have lessons to learn following this! When two, probably fairly mediocre games, suddenly take the number 1 and number 2 spots at Amazon when they are sold at £14.99, it must say something about the prices that people are willing to pay.
At £14.99 I ordered both games, because I'm sure I'd get value for money from them even though they are likely to be pretty average. I won't be re-ordering either of them at £39.99 each though.