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Post number 6696

aaron — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 23:54:49 -0800

This is quite possibly the single best deal ever offered on the web. And remember, at this price, the shipping is free!

By: Kikkoman

Kikkoman — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:03:03 -0800

Don't skimp on the things that really matter...

By: Neale

Neale — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:13:29 -0800

Damn pen better NEVER run out. I'll take 2.

By: gluechunk

gluechunk — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:16:23 -0800

Hm, so what exactly is going on there? Obviously the wrong price is based on the item number, but why is the last digit an 8 instead of a 7?

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:21:01 -0800

Huh...and here I am, believing all the media hype about dot-coms running out of cash...looks like Staples.com found the answer to that trifling problem. Say...do you suppose if Pets.com had charged $400K for a bag 'o food for Whiskers, it might still be around?

By: pnevares

pnevares — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:26:20 -0800

well, it looks like whatever was linked is redirecting to their home page now. what was the deal?

By: rmannion

rmannion — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:38:54 -0800

Go to staples.com, enter 434937 in the search box. Ryan

By: youhas

youhas — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:40:50 -0800

Well, you do get a whole dozen pens for your money. I dunno. Maybe they're to milspecs or something. :-)

By: pnevares

pnevares — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:40:56 -0800

holy crap! thanks rmannion :)

By: rmannion

rmannion — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 03:08:40 -0800

np. What a steal! I feel guilty about getting free shipping on it, too!

By: allaboutgeorge

allaboutgeorge — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 04:39:14 -0800

*insert Defense Department contracting joke here*

By: lagado

lagado — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 05:22:20 -0800

Hmmm... the Bic SoftFeel Jumbo Stic Ball Pen, Black, Dozen goes for what I consider to be a fairly reasonable $5.99 That's quite a premium just for blue ink (over 7,261,068 %)

By: Dirjy

Dirjy — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 07:58:19 -0800

They only have to sell one, though.

By: Brewster

Brewster — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 08:57:30 -0800

No good, though... I tried to order 50 and got this: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Commerce.MtsPipeline error '80070216' [Staples.com]Component Execution failed for component[0xB] hr: 0x80070216 ProgID: Commerce.RequiredOrderAdjustPrice.1 An overflow occurred; the system encountered a number too large or too small to handle. /includes/globals/order_utilities.asp, line 209 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ...I wonder which one it was... a number too big, or a number too small.... good to see Microsoft never letting up on its organization-wide commitment to ambiguous error messages...