April 30th, 2009
HOT!!! Price Mistake? Sony Handycam 120GB HDR-SR12 High Definition Digital Camcorder For Just $485.04 Shipped From PC Universe Via Buy.com!
Update 2: All orders were canceled, but buy.com sent out $10 gift certificates to anyone that made an order! Be sure to open and save the email with the subject “Buy.com item Sony Handycam HDR-SR12 High Definition Digital Camcorder no longer available,” which contains the $10 GC!
Originally posted on 04/27:
Update: DEAD
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Sony Handycam 120GB HDR-SR12 High Definition Digital Camcorder Linky
This camcorder is hundreds and hundreds of dollars less than at any other online vendor! The cheapest price at amazon is over $1,350!
“-Record 1920 x 1080 Full HD video to 120 GB hard drive
-10.2-megapixel still image capture
-Face Detection technology for video and still images
-ClearVid CMOS sensor with Exmor technology
-3.2-inch widescreen touch-panel Xtra Fine LCD screen”
“-The HDR-SR12 Handycam camcorder delivers an incredible, Full HD 1920 x 1080 high definition video package built around an internal 120GB hard disk drive.
A professional-quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* lens and ClearVid CMOS sensor (with Exmor technology) and BIONZ image processor let you capture crisp, detailed video and still images.
Additionally, Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization and Face Detection technology help reduce blur, increase color and contrast, and make everyone look their best.”
HT: D.A.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
It seems that pc universe does not have such good feedback wonder if its refurb goods
April 27th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
this worth buying to flip?
April 27th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Lets see if they ship…
April 27th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
ordered one who knows….
thanks dan
April 27th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
ok ok i ordered two
see you on ebay….
April 28th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Ordered two. If they ship, can flip them for a profit of maybe 500 or 600 a piece.
Hopefully it works. Thanks Dan
April 28th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Or Even better….sell one and make back my money for the other.. and Walla! free awesome camera!!!
April 28th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Ordered 10! Ebay here we come.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:24 am
how much are we selling it on ebay for 1000 or more
April 28th, 2009 at 12:33 am
I guess its good I got no chavrusah today by the tumult… Ill be busy flippin these the whole Zman!! Great post Dan!!
I ordered 42 of them maxed out 3 credit cards.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:34 am
do you think the seller can screw us all over and send us something else? will we be able to get our money back? i also bought two to maybe make some money so i can keep the other one!
thanks dan
April 28th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Yikes! I’ve never done this before. Bought three – hope I can turn it around and make a profit. The one that I saw on Ebay has 5 days left, 10 bids already and is up to $536.00. Can’t imagine it won’t go for more – and its not even new! Hope this is a good sign.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:39 am
people you gatta think about it, first of all you are all ganna flood ebay, the item discription says nothing about “new” ” refurb” ” reconditioned” , check out the seller http://www.buy.com/listing/sellersummary.asp?sellerID=23198101&sku=207390655&buy=0&c=1 it doesnt look to good
April 28th, 2009 at 12:41 am
We will be backed up buy.com and your credit card. They are a legitimate company.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:43 am
bought 100 of them and now their out of stock!!!!
April 28th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Guys, c’mon, lol…
When they start seeing orders for 42 of them they will obviously catch on and cancel everyone’s orders…
April 28th, 2009 at 12:44 am
no more availabe! fun is over now we have to see if they will ship them
April 28th, 2009 at 12:47 am
no way to get totally screwed. worst that can happen is they will not honor the price and will cancel order. lakewood yungerman, ur right up my alley. 50 cameras! they go on ebay for about 950. thats about 23 grand total profit if it comes through. i maxed out my starwood card for the first time ever!
April 28th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Lov Dovka. This model is being discontinued they may just want to liquidate them, and help us make some quick cash. Unless all the Dan fans will flood the market
April 28th, 2009 at 12:49 am
Sold out!!
April 28th, 2009 at 2:15 am
Price mistake has been corrected it back up for $1715.31
April 28th, 2009 at 4:23 am
1 this is not a legit store
2 this model was discontinued
if they do ship them
1 if you flood the market with them they will not sell and you will all lose your money
2 all of you guys take turns selling them play your cards right and you can make a nice profit
good luck hope you guys make a killing
chaim
April 28th, 2009 at 9:49 am
I’m gonna just get one on eBay for really cheap
April 28th, 2009 at 10:18 am
i was told my them that all orders will not be canceld
April 28th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Seller ratings…. BE CAREFUL WITH THIS DEAL
1 out of 5 ”I am extremely unhappy with PC Universe. We received an older & cheaper camera than what was paid for & ordered. Corrective action by PC Universe has yet to occur.”
Date: 4/26/2009 ListingID: 41250468
1 out of 5 ”I receive the wrong product because they don’t have it,I return it, and to this day still I do not have my credit, my money back.”
Date: 4/26/2009 ListingID: 41250468
3 out of 5 ”Contacted Seller prior to delivery to make certain that CPU was as ordered, seller confirmed that they did not have that CPU in stock and so they sent a lesser performing CPU instead, i had to refuse FedEx package. Seller promised FULL REFUND to me.”
Date: 4/10/2009 ListingID: 39785354
1 out of 5 ”I ordered the 3 year activation card and the seller sent me a two year activation card.”
Date: 4/5/2009 ListingID: 38600854
April 28th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
GUYS!
Before you go any farther, I’d like to point out that PCUniverse.com recently changed owners. Price mistakes like this can happen because they adjust everything to slow business during the transition, and then back again when done.
What you may not know, however, is that the new owner is a frum Yid from NY. So, unlike the faceless corporations like Buy.com or Amazon, you may be directly effecting someone’s parnossa by forcing them to honor this price mistake.
Just something to think about.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
UPDATE:
I just got a email from buy.com that they cancelled this order!!!!
I feel that the ones that ordered a large quantity of camcorders are at fault for this cancelation and if everybody would of ordered a normal quantity like me (1 piece) then this wouldn’t of happened.
So please, dansdeals fans please use common sense next time when such an offer comes up.
“Dan, Keep up your good work”
April 28th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
cancelled all orders
April 28th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
mine still says processing
April 28th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
canceled
April 28th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
ours didnt get cancelled yet either.
April 28th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Couldn’t everyone be happy with just one? It was a deal posted by Dan not an opportunity to get greedy and take advantage of a price mistake! I thought some of you guys were “actually” religious??????????????
April 28th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Please let me retort a bit more……..let’s see it’s not ok to shop on Shabbos because Hashem said so but it’s ok to take advantage of a retailer who made an obvious price mistake? Am I missing something here? Whatever happened to “be happy with what you have”? I guess that only applies when you’re not trying to scam a buck? I read all the prior posts and you guys need to take a look in the mirror………..and not be such hypocrites!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 28th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Just got an email with refund information.
No use calling— they are sticking up for themselves….
8. No Responsibility To Sell Mispriced Products Or Services. Buy.com shall have the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for products and/or services listed at an incorrect price, rebate or refund, or containing any other incorrect information or typographical errors. Buy.com shall have the right to refuse or cancel any such orders whether or not the order has been confirmed and your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is canceled, Buy.com shall immediately issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the charge.
Next time, you brooklyn machers shouldn’t look to make a years salary on something like this because the website will obviously raise red flags when someone is ordering 100 cameras!!!
1 or 2 is plenty….
April 28th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
GOOD JOB PEOPLE!!!
April 28th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
I spoke with the company that was selling this product (pc universe), and they said they don’t even carry the camera. They said the SKU # got mixed up and if the prder would have gone through we all would have been shipped a scanner. Now I only ordered one, but i could imagine the look on some of your faces if 100 scanners would have showed up at your door. Just be happy it didn’t happen because then there would have been a big hassle to return them, including paying for return shipping!
April 28th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
@avir r:
If a company ships the wrong item why would you have to pay for return shipping???
April 28th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
ours got cancelled too. oh well!
April 28th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
yh they cancelled my order!
April 28th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I was the one who told Dan about this deal. Yeh, they canceled the order, without telling me any reason why, I just got an email “confirming” that the order is canceled.
Sucks.
Anyway, thanks for posting the deals Dan!
Dovy
April 28th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Oh well good thing I didnt spend my profits yet! I had a feeling it was to good to be true! The last time I got a price mistake I only made $5,600 I got to be happy with what I get.
April 29th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I cant believe you guys actually thought that they would send a discontinued camcorder and lose 1000$ on each one……
April 30th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Real price is couple of hundred dollars more than Amazon.
May 1st, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Did all you guys miss the part above about PC Universe being owned by a frum Yid now?
Seriously, I’m shocked that so many of you seem bummed the order was cancelled!
May 6th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Hey all you guys out there who want to profit this way.
Just try to i magine it happening to you- if you had a business.
I know this is hard because, judging from the responses- you are all a bunch of leeches on society.
remeber – there is such a thing as ethics.