Allotments 4 All

Worrying development.............the offer was on hotdeals uk although it appears to have gone now which means alot of people will have tried to buy these sheds. They were saying homebase has some info on their site about misprints and how they don't have to honour prices. Hopefully we will all get them. Fingers crossed.

its still on there page 3 of
Sheds and outdoor buildings

now showing as out of stock using my postcode. PE37 Bah, Humbug.

Phoned them up and tried to order direct. They are aware of problem with price should be £199.

Haven't had an email confirmation yet - but they said it might be a while - fingers crossed

Showing as out of stock now :-(

The wooden midi garden storage unit has completely disappeared - was in with the plastic sheds.




(sob!)

well ive had my confirmation email - lets just hope they dont try to wiggle out of supplying it because of a "computer error" - we shall see

I've had my confirmation email as well but my card has not been charged, I do hope it all still goes through, I found the shed on there site for £169 now. lol

I think we all got a Bargain there!

im keeping an eye on my card as well graham lol

on home base site £169 now says for delivery in 14days on the bargain it was quoted as 21 days ?? curious 

Fingers crossed we all get a bargain

 "4.2 The price you pay is the price displayed on this website at the time we receive your order. No other prices published by Homebase or Argos are applicable to these items. The following exception applies:

      While we try and ensure that all prices on our website are accurate, errors may occur. If we discover an error in the price of goods you have ordered we will inform you as soon as possible and give you the option of reconfirming your order at the correct price or cancelling it. If we are unable to contact you we will treat the order as cancelled. If you cancel and you have already paid for the goods, you will receive a full refund. "

The above taken from their website terms and conditions.  Hope you get your sheds though.

I still haven't received my confirmation email, so am not pinning any hopes on receiving a shed for that price, but it was worth the try.

How can they offer the shed at £169 when Wickes and B&Q are offering the same for £129?

Quote from: asbean on July 28, 2008, 22:09:39


How can they offer the shed at £169 when Wickes and B&Q are offering the same for £129?

It's called a free market economy - if they all sold it for 129 then there would be questions asked and the matter reported for allegations of price fixing  ;D

OH rang this afternoon to see how our order of 2 sheds was going. We have been told they are aware of a misprice and each shed should of been £189 so they will not be honouring any orders and have refunded me my money which I paid using a credit card. Maybe some of you will be lucky and best of luck but I have certainly missed out.

I did buy a 7x7 off ebay for £100 though.

Sorry folks possibily seemed too good to be true, but it was worth a try.
I had a call from customer services yesterday they wanted postcode for  allotment delivery , I asked about the price and was told £35.?  no mention of wrong price so watch this space.

I am so sorry if homebase don't come up with the goods,
LB

Was too good to be true for me - they've just called to let me know there was a pricing error, and I can either pay the full price or cancel my order. Have cancelled it as hopefully will get something cheaper elsewhere.  :(

I phoned Homebase regarding my order and they were very very curt and rude on the phone.
Since calling trading standards, I have learnt from them that it all depends on what their terms and conditions say, so in this case, as the shed has not been delivered a contract hasn't been entered into even though the money has been taken from my visa  :o
Never mind eh!  I am going to boycott Homebase, Sainsburys and Argos from now on in protest as I feel that they should honour the orders placed and sack the idiot that made the typing error in the first place!!

unfortunately customer service is no longer important to these big companies.

paddy

They were pretty rude/curt when they called me too. >:(