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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[gutted for anyone that bought one:(]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GingerFox]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's what you get for buying a Dell. And no, I'm not saying you should buy a Macbook instead. Just anything else.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Das Gluten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 11:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[At least Tesco probably won't go bust before they get their money back.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[They always give wrong specs but giving the wrong model take the Michael. Why you would buy electronics from tesco is beyond me. Could be worse though. They could be PCworld.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kris120890]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[That would have to be the single most disappointing moment of a techie's life. WOW.<br><br>One time I bought a Monster 3D II when I was like... I don't know, really little. I worked all summer. And I got it home and opened the box and it was a book. Someone had swapped the card for a book.<br><br>...<br><br>Theeee end.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AVG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm sorry for your loss, my condolences ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[wybartel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Was it at least a good book?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nerdtalker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, I actually managed to get a replacement. Yay, Babbages! And also, the book was not good. It was a catalogue for like... wholesale kitchen appliances or something. Terrible.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AVG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 9:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, did you at least get any decent kitchen appliances at wholesale prices?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[CJ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 4:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[I totally would have got a toaster]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 26th 2009 10:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thats why geeks dont shop at Tescos<br><br>(you have to watch English tv to get that one, and even then its a shit joke... sorry everyone)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Oli D]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Your comment started off alrite but then I thought 'I need to get a Tesco Club Card'.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Down]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[The tesco adverts are annoying like most adverts.<br>Have you seen the latest cadburys advert with the kids. Now they are epic.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kris120890]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 8:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ah, the Tesco adverts, and their having a go at Asda's branded-product-comparison. Check out the small print on the Tesco advert, by the way, it makes for an interesting read (and by interesting, I mean "how on earth are they getting away with this").]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 11:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[So return it already it's hardly  tragic]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Major4Play]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, it is a big deal.  It's called fraudulent advertising.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cassini]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[it's not a big deal, it's called "a typo"<br><br>god damn consumers get so pissy over everything]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 8:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Cassini: now I know the name of it it is a much bigger deal!<br><br>...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 2:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[@uncontrol and mitch<br><br>You seem to take what I said:  "Yeah, it is a big deal. It's called fraudulent advertising.", for "I really care, personally."  Which I don't.  I just know that fraudulent advertising creates a lot of headaches for a lot of people and gets companies in a lot of trouble legally.  Not to mention, it upsets customers and wastes time, all because of a tiny typo.  So all the way around, it's no good... and a pretty big deal for such a seemingly small mistake.<br><br>Have a nice day!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cassini]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 6:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[yeah but that picture isnt a mini 9, the keyboard is edge-to-edge, and on the mini 9 it isnt.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Someone's getting fired.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cassini]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[In other words Obama might have to retake his oath again.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Down]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 7:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[HMMM HOW CAN I SHOEHORN A POLITICAL COMMENT INTO THIS ENTRY]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 8:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[@ Uncontrol<br>BY USING CAPITAL LETTERS, OBVIOUSLY! WHAT A BRILLIANT AND ENTIRELY ORIGINAL WAY TO...wait, what was the point of your comment? Humor?? Really??? <br>Besides that, congratulations on being the only person on Engadget to use the term "shoehorn". ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mindlessnerd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 10:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[What was the point of your comment Mindlessnerd? Uncontrol was justly bashing Down for inserting a political comment when the original poster's comment had nothing to do with politics.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[finnith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 1:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[do I get some kudos for the use of the word "horseshoe crab"?<br>may be I have to built a sentence around it.... you re a horseshoe crab!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pizzaman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 4:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not-so-perfect 9.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mobius_1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 8:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[If they send another inch of computer that should make things alright.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wormbolt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 24th 2009 9:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not such bad news for those who ordered - UK consumer law means if it's advertised as a Mini 10, and you pay for it as a Mini 10, and they accept your order, then the seller is legally bound to deliver a Mini 10.  If Tesco refuse to honour the order, and they WILL try it on, then a call to your local Consumer Protection Office will have Tesco changing its mind - that or pay a huge fine, and compensate you.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rockdad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 5:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm pretty sure that's not true.<br>If it's a genuine mistake (which it obviously is) then they can offer a refund.<br>I don't know where people get all these crazy ideas about consumer law from.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LordPaul]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 6:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[I spent 4 months back and forth to Tesco support just trying to find the difference between the two Dell xps m1330's they sell. After 15 emails they still were unable to tell me. Amazing really. So this doesn't strike me as that odd.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikepegg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 5:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[And, as is typical in the UK, the consumers are paying roughly double the price for the same bit of kit as sold in North America - even if you do figure in the built-in tax, the VAT.<br><br>Someone is benefiting, but it isn't the consumer - and alas, the UK's consumer protection laws don't cover price gouging in this form.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Baz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 8:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[US price is $349; excluding VAT this is $413. So no it's not twice as much. UK prices generally *used* to be almost twice as much as in the US, but that was before the value of the pound fell off a cliff.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 1:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Can't say I'm surprised really. Tesco haven't got a clue what they are selling, the customer service is absolutely non-existent and a lot the stuff they sell is just absolute rubbish. A typo like that proves what a stupid company they are.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[willwood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 25th 2009 9:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesco's £349 Mini 10 actually a £349 Mini 9]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/24/tescos-349-mini-10-actually-a-349-mini-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not as crazy as you seem to think, Lordpaul.  Over twenty years ago when a UK company advertised a HP scanner for a real low price and I bought it, I received only the scanner's SCSI adapter.  They made a genuine mistake.  I sent a solicitor's letter saying the very thing you say is a crazy idea about consumer law and they mailed the scanner by return.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RockDad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 26th 2009 3:56PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
