http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
1. walk out of the store, disappointed or angry? or...
2. demand the retailer honor his advertisement?

How do you know Dell isn't doing this to generate interest?]]>Jul 30th 2009 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
$30,000 fine or $20 million loss due to selling the stock at that price. :\]]>Jul 30th 2009 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
Here in Australia, if you advertise at a price, you sell at that price, no matter if it's a mistake. The responsability is on the retailer to ensure their prices are correct.

This can be used to exploit people, eg: I am a customer of say Acme Computers, I always buy them, never would buy anything else. I see a price for a monitor listed on Acme's main competitor Emca Computers listed for $15 (the same product for Acme is $250) and feel it's too good to pass up, I ditch my regular supplier and buy a new monitor at stupidly low prices. I get a bill for $300, a full $50 more than from Acme. Essentially Emca stole business off Acme by using false advertising, on top of this I have paid $50 more than I would have normally.

So, no, it doesn't matter if it's legitimate or not, a company, at least under the laws in my country, is required to honour all pricing advertised, if not they are likely to get fines (much higher than the ones Taiwan gave out) and have to supply the item for the price advertised. If your sales & marketing departments can't get their prices right, might be time to get some new employees.]]>Jul 30th 2009 3:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/]]>Jul 30th 2009 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
Your analogy is terribly flawed. The details really make there case here as the prices were so ridiculously marked that every single right-minded individual purchasing KNEW the prices were incorrect.

Rather, it's more analogous to you finding an HDTV at a big box retailer marked "3 for $1.00" and taking a dozen to the register expecting the price to be honored.]]>Jul 30th 2009 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/This year alone Dell has cancelled 4 different orders I've place in their US site because they made a "mistake". I think it's time for Dell to start paying for their mistakes or paying attention.
See what I did there?]]>Jul 30th 2009 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
the whole gov involoved this is because it took DELL over 10 days to respond they 1st error pricing, then it takes even longer to respond to the 2nd error.

it only takes 4hrs for them to respond the gov fine, how funny is that?

U've been treaded by what ur want to be treaded, so if u like to be a low life, plz dont say u r taiwanese, i feel sick when see/hear/stand with ppl like u specially when u r not even live on ur mother land.

sure, u can keep feel ashame of urself, but plz dont mark urself as taiwanese. u FOB. ]]>Jul 30th 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
so only people who live in taiwan are taiwanese? which century do you live in? why dont you go out and see the world and learn some manner? this is a whole another issue that i'd like to ask you not to bring up, just like when you asked other people not to bring up economy. but really i dont care that much.

yes i'm still ashamed, ashamed of people taking advantage over other people's mistakes, and ashamed at people who think its right.]]>Jul 30th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/and obviously you do not speak for everybody
not all taiwanese are like you

I strongly agree with the decision that the government has made
the whole price tag thing was a big scam!

Dell advertised its own company in this filthy way and walked away pretending nothing ever happened.
on the press conference it posed as an innocent victim who stood up and fought the "injustice"
providing the society such a terrible example how low graded a company could choose to be when it comes to making money without having to pay any price, I dont see any reason to let go of them just like that
the consumers were played around like a toy in Dell's hand

what a loser, dell
and you too, who stands on the side of this shameful crime
]]>Jul 30th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/obviously i shouldn't say ashamed and taiwan in a same sentence, else people would just assume that i was talking trash, when i really was hoping taiwan was a better place. (please dont assume i said it's a bad place)]]>Jul 30th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
You know what? I'm not British, Scottish, or Prussian either, because the people that came before me "not even live on...mother land".

Amazing how that works.]]>Jul 30th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
But for a giant like Dell, thirty grand is not really any incentive to prevent it in the future... And this is also probably right, because Dell reacted in the best possible way short of giving stuff away: they retracted the price and apologized, canceling orders.

God, I never thought I'd pay a compliment to Dell... Seriously this says "Dell handled its own blunder with dignity and grace."]]>Jul 30th 2009 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
SonyStyle for example had a supposed 50% off sale on games, except it was a pricing error, and only the least popular games that really weren't marked down in the first place shipped and all the popular ones did not. It also took Sony a week to come to this conclusion. First we received an email saying it was confirmed, then two days later an email saying our shipping was delayed, then a day later a "test - pricing error" notification that was supposedly just a test email accidentally sent out, then a day after that a real notification that it was a pricing error and our order would be canceled.

Followed by constant SPAM from sonystyle even though there was no option to check or uncheck to receive notice about new deals they have.

If there is even a hint of abuse or gross negligence and wasting of thousands of people's time, there needs to be a fine levied. ]]>Jul 30th 2009 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/01/taiwan-orders-dell-to-honor-15-monitor-mishap/]]>Jul 30th 2009 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Aug 1st 2009 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/]]>Jul 30th 2009 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
I'm sick of the internet becoming a place of traps and gotchas and bullshit advertisements. It's bad enough that everywhere is chock full of these types of advertisements and pyramid schemes in order to get people to work for a 'free iPod.' True, there's no such thing as a free lunch, so QUIT ADVERTISING IT.

We know Dell would probably not sell a monitor for $15, but that's not our job to oversee that monitors are priced correctly. Seriously, did the guy just not proofread the site after changing/listing it? That's his job. He should be fired on principle alone. That's like someone going "Oh, I should wash my hands after going to the restroom?" that works a food service establishment. Duh.

Time is money, if they waste ours they should pay for it.

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Time to pay up.]]>Jul 30th 2009 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
There oughta be laws.

I dislike Taiwan with a passion.]]>Jul 30th 2009 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
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There're so many mistakes made by Dell, and Dell didn't wanna to face that.

Please watch your mouth! U don't like Taiwan it's U R business.
NOT all the American like U !!]]>Jul 30th 2009 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
Source in german:
http://www.abendzeitung.de/geld/122181
http://www.scherzinfarkt.net/2009/07/schnappchen-shoppen-bei-otto-de/



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Seriously, Dell should just pack up and leave, Taiwan doesn't seem to want their business if they're going to try to scam them like that, they're so desperate, they'll pick up any little scrap of an excuse to get money as possible, this economy problem is world wide, remember?]]>Jul 30th 2009 4:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/
and, plz dont bring up the world economy thing on this, it got nothing to do with ur so call SCAM DELL, it only related to either ur got laid off or u r got no laid. so u can only speak with emotion.

I guess most ppl r quite low educated here, becoz they dont know how to protect their right.
got brain washed by Bush... ]]>Jul 30th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/dell-fined-30-000-by-taiwan-government-over-pricing-mishaps/Jul 30th 2009 11:44AM