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-----Original Message----- From: Buddy Love <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:40:20 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Mistake leads to $99 Pre is there a twitter app for treo 650? On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Kenneth Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sayang nga pero di pa rin aandar sa atin - di pa GSM model eh *hikbi* > > On 7/28/09, Peejay Reyes <[email protected]> wrote: > > rodmond, > > > > sayang, nakapag pa order ka sana sa kamag anak mo sa tate! > > > > > > > > > http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/290261/Palm-Pres-Cost-99-at-Best-Buy-Due-to-Weekend-Glitch?tickers=PALM > > Palm Pres Cost $99 at Best Buy Due to Weekend > > Glitch< > http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/290261/Palm-Pres-Cost-99-at-Best-Buy-Due-to-Weekend-Glitch?tickers=PALM > >Posted > > Jul 27, 2009 02:43pm EDT by Preethi Dumpala in > > Internet<http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/Internet>, > > Newsmakers <http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/Newsmakers>, Products > and > > Trends <http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/Products-and-Trends>, > > Information > > Technology <http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/Information-Technology> > > Related: > > PALM <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PALM>, > > ^ixic<http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5Eixic> > > > > From The Business Insider <http://www.businessinsider.com/alleyinsider>, > > July 27, 2009: > > > > The Palm Pre still costs $199, but over the weekend, more than a few > > customers bought new ones for $99. > > > > The confusion in Best Buy stores across the country began when a picture > of > > an in-store banner promoting a week long special of a $99 Pre with a > 2-year > > contract was posted > > online.< > http://www.precentral.net/best-buy-selling-pre-99-2-year-contract> > > > > But turns out, it was a mistake. And Best Buy marketing manager John > Bernier > > announced the error on his Twitter page > > <http://twitter.com/bernierjohn>Sunday afternoon. > > > > But somehow the deal got programmed into vendor systems and soon, stores > > across New York and nationwide began selling the phone at the new lower > > price during the weekend. > > > > Lucky customers who got their phones cheap get to keep them at the lower > > price, one sales rep told a WSJ reporter: > > > > WSJ< > http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/07/27/confusion-at-best-buy-over-rumors-of-a-99-palm-pre/http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/07/27/confusion-at-best-buy-over-rumors-of-a-99-palm-pre/ > >: > > At Best Buy’s store at 13th and Harrison Streets in San Francisco, the > > salesman told me that the $99 offer might be a glitch in the system. > “We’re > > not sure if they’re going to change it back tomorrow,” he said of the > Palm > > Pre’s price, but they had 30 in stock and had already sold 10. > > > > So if the price gets changed back to $199 tomorrow, I asked him, what > would > > happen if I bought it for $99 today? “You’re good,” he said. “You bought > it > > for $99. Enjoy your phone.” > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gimik" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gimik?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
