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Amazing vinyl deals caused by Amazon pricing error!

6.2K views· 45 likes· 5:30· Aug 26, 2016

I ordered 30 records from Amazon thinking I came across I came across an unadvertised sale. When Amazon cancelled 13 of those 40 items, they told me it was a pricing error and not a sale. They said they will not be honouring the prices displayed at the moment of purchase. However, I now have a great tip that will increase your chances of getting that deal should such an error happen again in the future! Watch the contents of my haul from that Amazon pricing error: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iRAf8wh_LU

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In this video I break down what actually happened with that “amazing Amazon vinyl sale” that turned out not to be a sale at all. It started when a friend sent me a link to the Beatles In Mono box set—normally around $399 on Amazon.ca—and when I opened it, it was showing $92 Canadian. That was the trigger. I ordered it (so did he), then we noticed a bunch of other records and box sets were also priced insanely low—sometimes like 10x cheaper than usual—so I placed a big order of roughly 30 items and shared the deal in vinyl Facebook groups and on Reddit. A few days later, the cancellations started rolling in. Amazon called it a pricing error: their software messed up, and they don’t have to honor those prices if they catch it before shipping. In my case, about half my order shipped and half got cancelled—including the Beatles box set, even though it was in stock when I ordered, which honestly sucked. The big takeaway (and my best tip) is this: if you ever catch a pricing error like this again, pay for the fastest shipping you can. The people who paid for next-day/expedited shipping—especially cross-border buyers ordering from Amazon.ca—seemed to have a better chance of getting the order out the door before Amazon corrected the mistake.

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