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Old 23rd January 2009, 08:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Overstock.com mistakenly lists Call of Cthulhu for 25% of MSRP

FFG's putting out a non-collectible version of the pseudo-defunct Call of Cthulhu CCG.

The core set costs $40, but overstock.com has it listed for $9.85 + $3 shipping.

Awesome deal.

Call of Cthulhu Card Game Core Set (Cards) from Overstock.com
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Old 23rd January 2009, 08:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Thanks, placed an order
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Old 24th January 2009, 12:17 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Placed an order as well. This isn't something they can come back and say, oops, we have to charge you more, is it?
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Old 24th January 2009, 01:13 AM   #4 (permalink)
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From their Terms of Service...

PRICES AND AVAILABILITY OF PRODUCTS

Prices and availability of products on the Site are subject to change without notice. Errors will be corrected when discovered. Our Site contains a large number of products and it is always possible that, despite our best efforts, some of the products listed on our Site may be incorrectly priced. We will normally verify prices as part of our dispatch procedures so that, where a product's correct price is less than our stated price, we will charge the lower amount when dispatching the Product to you. If a product’s correct price is higher than the price stated on our Site, we will normally, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before dispatching the product, or reject your order and notify you of such rejection. We are under no obligation to provide the product to you at the incorrect (lower) price, even after we have sent you an Order Confirmation or a Shipping Confirmation, if the pricing error is obvious and unmistakable and could have reasonably been recognized by you as a pricing error.

On occasion, you may be able to place a product in your shopping cart and submit your order for processing, but your order is subsequently cancelled due to unavailability of product. You acknowledge that products may sell quickly and there may be a short period of time after an order has been submitted, but where the product is no longer available. You agree that we may cancel your order after you have received an Order Confirmation without penalty.
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Old 24th January 2009, 01:14 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 24th January 2009, 01:35 AM   #6 (permalink)
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We are under no obligation to provide the product to you at the incorrect (lower) price, even after we have sent you an Order Confirmation or a Shipping Confirmation, if the pricing error is obvious and unmistakable and could have reasonably been recognized by you as a pricing error.[/i][/color]

That sounds like a big fat yes to the question, can they say oops! No biggie; I'll probably just cancel the order if they say something.
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Old 24th January 2009, 06:11 PM   #7 (permalink)
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That sounds like a big fat yes to the question, can they say oops! No biggie; I'll probably just cancel the order if they say something.
Ditto.
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Old 24th January 2009, 06:26 PM   #8 (permalink)
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They can't charge you more, at least, without your authorization. So worst case scenario is you just cancel the order.

I don't think that it's very likely they'd do anything, though. That clause is in there for big mistakes, e.g. a $2000 TV mistakenly listed for $200. This is pretty small potatoes.
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A tempting price but it's pretty obviously a mistake. I don't think this could even be at cost for them. I don't think it's a good idea to take advantage of somebody's typo.
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Old 25th January 2009, 02:59 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Here's hoping it isn't a mistake.
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Old 25th January 2009, 06:19 PM   #11 (permalink)
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If you look close they have the Game of Thrones card game listed for the same price. Essentially the same product so it might not be a typo.
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Old 25th January 2009, 07:33 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Looks like those Game of Thrones card games are all the expansions though.
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Old 25th January 2009, 08:16 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Well, that's what I get for reading product titles and not clicking on the links.
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Old 25th January 2009, 09:42 PM   #14 (permalink)
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A tempting price but it's pretty obviously a mistake. I don't think this could even be at cost for them. I don't think it's a good idea to take advantage of somebody's typo.
Considering Overstock is touting this as being 75% off of the Amazon price, I call shenanigans on any claim the price is a "mistake".

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Considering Overstock is touting this as being 75% off of the Amazon price, I call shenanigans on any claim the price is a "mistake".

Yeah, I noticed that too. Made me curious.
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Considering Overstock is touting this as being 75% off of the Amazon price, I call shenanigans on any claim the price is a "mistake".

More likely, they automatically check Amazon's price for each of their products and display that little box if they're at least X% cheaper than Amazon.

In other words, that's neither evidence for nor against it being a mistake.
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Thanks. I pre-ordered it.

It's possible this deal is real. Overstock does offer huge discounts sometimes when they get a really big shipment of stuff. So, I am hoping this is real.
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Old 12th February 2009, 08:16 PM   #18 (permalink)
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So... anyone received their copy yet?

So we can be told if the deal is legit or not. Pretty sure it's supposed to be out by now...
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They've pushed the shipping date back to the end of February.

EDIT: I take that back, it's been silently pushed back to the end of March and on the product page it says it's sold out.

At least one person on Boardgame Geek claims to have had their copy shipped from Overstock, but most people are in the same predicament as me.
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Yeah, mine said "Presale, expected to ship Mar 28, 2009"
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