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		mikeash on July 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100... I’m pretty sure everyone expects them to cancel these orders. The reason this is getting so much attention is because they actually honored the price, at least for some customers. Nobody forced them to do that.

brokenmachine on July 19, 2019 [–]

And in so doing earned many times that value in free advertising and feel good stories about how great they are.

Coincidence?

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