Cheap or what?

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

http://www.extravision.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=33&products_ id=594

Adrian

[DavidU (Dave)]

That looks wrong,

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Missing digit before the decimal point methinks

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I'll take 2 thanks.

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

At that price I would take a couple as well, looking for a lightweight mount to throw in the car and mount my 350D on it.

Adrian

[DavidU (Dave)]

Ok, I just bought one for $99. I will see what happens !

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

The little Cube does the job admirably. At less than half the price.
I still use mine for wide fields.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

Ok, I just bought one for $99. I will see what happens !

Oh, you're full of cheek David.

[gts055 (Mark)]

Hmmm, I was very tempted but thought I would check with Extravision first, the reply : Thank you for your e-mail, no this is a typo - it should read soft carry bag for Smart Star products. The Cube Pro is $999.00 which is the second listed product in the Telescope section.
Not too surprising I guess. Mark

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by AdrianF

At that price I would take a couple as well, looking for a lightweight mount to throw in the car and mount my 350D on it.

Adrian

Well, you never know till you ask.
I went onto their site and tried to buy one of these. Interesting.
1. The payment by credit card mechanism doesn't work and the pay by bank transfer mechanism throws up a BSB of 123456 and an a/c number o f 123456789.

Beginning to sound bogus?

On the site there is no direct contact point. But I Googles them and found they have an office in Murrarie in brisbane. So I rang them.

1. We're a wholesaler and don't sell to the public;
2. The product mentioned is in fact a carry bag and not a mount;

So don't get too excited. It's a complete dud.


Peter

[DavidU (Dave)]

They pulled it off the site, AFTER I paid & was invoiced. Law states Items listed at an advertised price must be sold in good faith (as advertised).
Payment did go through to Extravision

[DavidU (Dave)]

Here it is
"
1 x CUBE PRO TM (IO8423) = $99.00
------------------------------------------------------
Sub-Total: $99.00
AusPOST Express Post Parcel (Insured) (Delivery to 3152 - 1
days Estimated Delivery Time*1 boxes 0kg(s) (incl $5.00 handling $4.35 insurance) ): $33.62
Goods & Services Tax: $9.00
Total: $132.62"

[gts055 (Mark)]

Hii David, be interesting to see the outcome of your transaction. Mark

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Mate if you actually get it, that's an absolute steal
Hope they don't do the dirty on you.

[JethroB76 (Jeff)]

Dell had to cough up cheap monitors or laptops in a similar situation a few years ago from memory...I think they mostly cover themselves in the fine print for such typos nowadays..

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

They pulled it off the site, AFTER I paid & was invoiced. Law states Items listed at an advertised price must be sold in good faith (as advertised).
Payment did go through to Extravision

Good luck David. How did you ascertain that the payment went through to Extravision? Did you do a credit card or Bank Transfer? If the latter, was the BSB and a/c number 123456 and 123456789? That can't be a real BAB or a/c# surely.

Peter

[renormalised (Carl)]

If they don't supply you after receiving an invoice and proof of purchase from them, threaten to sue them. They've got to supply you the goods for that price, regardless of whether it was a mistake or not.

[Barrykgerdes]

Extravision have been around for a long time and as far as I know a reputable wholesaler. The fact that the ad has been pulled indicates that there was an error. In any case if the goods have been invoiced I would expect that you will receive them eventually however begrudgingly. Lucky buy.

Barry

[DavidU (Dave)]

Originally Posted by pmrid

Good luck David. How did you ascertain that the payment went through to Extravision? Did you do a credit card or Bank Transfer? If the latter, was the BSB and a/c number 123456 and 123456789? That can't be a real BAB or a/c# surely.

Peter

Their bank is NAB and so I used my NAB and did a direct transfer which is instentanious (NAB to NAB) if the BSB & account are wrong it comes up as an error. It came up as Extravision Qld with a transfer number.
The numbers looked sus to me too, but it went through.
See how we go. I'm sure they know Consumer Law.

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

I was tempted to try to buy 1 of these but didn't go through with it. I wish I had tried now. Anyway good luck to you if you get it.

Adrian