Super Smash Bros. Brawl Fans Offered $10 Sweetner From Wal-Mart

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When Wal-Mart accidentally posted the pre-order price of Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl at US 19.8, fans jumped on the “deal” with glee. Shortly after, Wal-Mart noticed it and cancelled all the pre-orders which tried to take advantage of the mistake.

The operative word being ‘mistake’. People make mistakes, it happens all the time. We were aware of this amazing price offer from Wal-Mart for Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the fibre optics were buzzing all around our office with our users going crazy for this deal. We were caught up in it too and recommended the offer to plenty of gamers who duly pre-ordered.

Apparently, those who tried to pre-order the wrong-priced game got a generic email from Wal-Mart informing them that the retailer acknowledges the cancellation of the transaction on the part of the consumers. Upset, some trooped to the Internet to flame Uncle Wally.

Some of the comments we saw about this state of affairs were downright stupid with people saying Wal-Mart should be taken to court over this … oh please! It was a mistake. A store is well within its rights to amend mistakes which is exactly what Wal-Mart did. I’m not a big fan of the multi national retailer but some people go a little overboard when companies like this make a little error like this. I say we behead the CEO

Wal-Mart is now acknowledging their mistake and is offering a nice apology in the form of a US 10 electronic gift card. Those who had their pre-orders cancelled can use it to shave off 10 bucks when they order Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii at its real price.

Acknowledging that they made a mistake is more than some stores would even bother to do. Oftentimes, in a similar situation, many stores would simply cancel the pre-orders without any notice or explanation. Wal-Mart have actually gone above and beyond the call of duty to inform their customers who pre-ordered and not happy to leave it at that have offered nearly a third of the pricing error off a purchase. Grab it with both hands we say.

Source: qj