Apparently, the user whose PC order was canceled by Corsair without any "sensible" reason wasn’t an isolated case, as Corsair has confirmed that it also canceled DDR5 RAM orders placed on January 1. After the report on the Corsair PC order cancellation went viral, Corsair's official X handle announced the reason for the cancellation. We’ll cover this in more detail, as a larger story unfolded today and Corsair informed users via X and Reddit.
Corsair Says It Mistakenly Listed An "Incorrect" Price For Dominator Titanium 48 GB DDR5; Hence, Cancels All January 1 Orders For The Kit
https://wccftech.com/corsair-cancels-january-1-orders-of-dominator-titanium-48-gb-ddr5/
25 Comments
swordgeek@lemmy.ca · 78 pts · 248d
Worthy of a class-action lawsuit.
Corsair executives should fry for this.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 76 pts · 248d
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 247d
In France there are laws protecting companies for obvious mistakes, like listing a 3k€ TV at 30euros.
But if it isn't an obvious mistake they are forced to process any orders placed at this price
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip · 40 pts · 247d
I am more annoyed about that than the price change. X more so than reddit, but both sites suck.
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org · 19 pts · 247d
So never buy Corsair again, got it.
restingboredface@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 247d
If they don't accept pre-orders as a rule, it seems hard to believe a system error would list something on a pre-order at any price. It reads like they listed the item too low and don't want to look like jerks for not honoring their own posted prices.
scott_the_sloth@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 245d
Maybe ive just had bad luck but every Corsair component and accessory i have bought has broken within a year so I avoid them like the plague
Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca · -4 pts · 248d
That makes sense. I've had vendors cancel orders before due to pricing errors on their website. I've had it happen before with music gear and some sports equipment. The retailer didn't realize that they had something listed for the incorrect value until I purchased it. They cancelled the order and let me know that the price was not correct.
I wasn't happy about it, but I don't think it was some conspiracy or that I should sue them.
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip · 82 pts · 248d
Except this is DDR5 ram, so Corsair may be using this as a cover to hike the price since it's been so volatile lately.
Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca · -29 pts · 248d
Yes the price is volatile, which is a great reason why a company may need to raise the prices. It would have been a kind and good hearted thing to honour the existing orders, I think that it's a dick move to cancel and refund orders, but I don't think that it's illegal or that anyone was harmed in anyway.
bonenode@piefed.social · 31 pts · 248d
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 247d
boatswain@infosec.pub · 34 pts · 248d
It seems like open and shut false advertising. Why is it ok? Retailers should face the consequences of their actions.
FishFace@piefed.social · 3 pts · 247d
It's false advertising if they list one price and then charge another. It's not if they list one and cancel orders so that they can change it.
Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca · -3 pts · 248d
It's a mistake, they refunded the money. False advertising suggests that someone is selling something that is not what it appears. The person didn't get ripped off, they have their money back and they are whole. Sure I would be annoyed about it if it happened to me, but it's not a scam or a bait and switch. It's just oops, we realized we can't sell that for that price, here is your money back.
swordgeek@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 248d
Come on, there's no way you can believe that.
It wasn't a mistake. The "mistake" was in not raising their prices as fast or as much as they possibly could, and so they just decided to not to honour it, and crank the price next time around - because they could.
This is pure greed, plain and simple.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev · 2 pts · 247d
According to the article, the price wasn't the only incorrect thing, the kit itself was also out of stock. Corsair currently isn't accepting pre-orders for this kit at all, so they're not hiking the price for this product because they're not selling it.
snooggums@piefed.world · 20 pts · 247d
"We will sell you this thing for this price."
"Ok."
"We lied, lol."
Companies have all the money and power and should not be able to back out of a sale because they fucked up the price.
Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca · -13 pts · 247d
Well, they can. So...
HK65@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 245d
Not in a lot of the civilized world
Agrivar@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 247d
So, how exactly does boot taste?
Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca · -13 pts · 247d
Lmao you baby. Kick and scream and cry because you can't buy something for the price that you want.
Agrivar@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 247d
I'm not the OP, genius, just another normal person who thinks you sound like a cuck for capitalism. Cheers!
Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca · -10 pts · 247d
I didn't say you were OP, genius. lmao.
Calling people cuck's because you can't make a coherent argument... Waaaaaa, waaaaaa, waaaaaa.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 246d
Well all your doing is proving him right. You do sound like a cuck now. You didn't before but you sure do now.
Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca · -1 pts · 246d
Again, the Venn diagram of people who use the term cuck and people who have read a book before have almost zero crossover.
Are you going to call me a libtard next?
I literally could not feel insulted by someone like that talking trash. You need to have style to style, and you obviously don't have any.
Go jerk off to your Charlie Kirk shrine.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 248d
What's it like to drive a Zanboni?