One person ordered ten hard drives at a time.
Hard drives were sold for a few dollars. Adobe Stock / AOP
Western Digital, one of the world’s largest media manufacturers, or WD for short, sold hard drives on its website at a ridiculous price due to an error. At its cheapest, the most popular hard drives were listed for only one dollar.
Hard drives were also sold for, among other things, three, five and ten dollars, although in reality their real prices ranged from $ 80 to hundreds of dollars. For example, a $ 600 hard drive was listed for $ 75.
The news Tom’s Hardware there are no known cases where customers could have purchased hard drives for just a few dollars. Neowin according to super-cheap hard drives were marked out of stock, so they might not even be able to be ordered.
However, Neowin says of a discussion forum publication in which one user says he bought ten copies of four-terabyte hard drives for $ 321. However, the person writes that he doubts that the order will be canceled on the part of WD.
The erroneous prices only appeared on WD’s Yankee website, but now prices have returned to normal.
Be prepared to cancel your order
Price errors in online shopping are by no means uncommon. For example, in 2020, Iltalehti reported on Hobby Hall’s mistake of selling Xbox One game consoles for 1.95 euros. At that time, the orders were canceled.
If you come across really cheap products online whose price is not in line with the recommended retail price at all, it is probably a signage error or you may be on a scam site. In the event of a clear price error that the buyer should understand, the seller may cancel the deals.
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority has issued information related to advertising in Finland instructionswhich deal with the subject.
“The price is not binding on the seller if the consumer should have understood the price to be manifestly incorrect. This is the case, for example, if the difference between the declared price and the actual price is significantly large or if the wrong price can be considered as exceptionally low compared to the general price level, ”the guidelines state.