Dell's Online Price Error Troubles Worsen in Taiwan (PC World)

By Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service - Mon Jul 6, 2009 8:00AM EDT Add articles about technology to your My Yahoo! Dell was hit by another online pricing snafu in Taiwan on Sunday, prompting a strong reprimand from the island's Consumer Protection Commission. The company was ordered last week by Taiwan's Consumer Protection Commission to make good on sales from an online pricing error and deliver 19-inch LCD monitors to local consumers for NT$500 (US$15.26). It now has pricing errors on laptop and desktop PCs to add to its woes. Price errors on Dell Latitude E4300 laptop PCs that normally cost NT$69,000 (US$2,101.34) slashed the price to NT$18,500 (US$563.40) for eight hours on Sunday, netting orders for over 40,000 of the devices, the Consumer Protection Commission said Monday. Attempts to place orders for discounted laptop PCs... [read full story]                    

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