Companys Dell Taiwan Department one 19-inch LCD monitor website by mistake was pointed out a very low price – only 15 U.S. dollars (the true price of the monitor is around 150 U.S. dollars). Wrong, of course, happens to all, but a company that Dell will pay a very expensive mistake, in 8 hours, this monitor has a 15 U.S. dollar a low price was ordered 140 000-fold.
Usually in such cases on a scale companies as Dell chooses either to supply the customer for the erroneous product price (if the order is relatively small), or to offer them substantial discounts.
Although the number of orders this time is very large, the Taiwanese government has announced that the manufacturer has respected the orders and ordered to be sold by all the monitors for 15 U.S. dollars a piece. Otherwise, the Dell will start proceedings for breach of fair trade laws.
The company Dell has already apologized to all customers who have made this 19-inch LCD monitor orders and claims that customers will receive a refund on the manufacturers error. But to think that Dell is planning to give customers a discount, rather than a voluntary sale of 140 monitors, 000 of 15 dollars a piece, losing millions of dollars.
