Playstation 3 listed for 39.99 on amazon...

Out of stock. Would have been awesome, though.

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Out of stock. Would have been awesome, though.

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so it says...but if i order, do i get that price when it comes in stock? i'll buy it and give it to my little brother.

Just bought 2. If they ship then awesome...if not, oh well. Thanks for the heads up OP.

Ive seen people posting it on Facebook. Im sure they are going to get at least 100,000 orders tonight.

I ordered one.

if they cancel all the orders, eh, it was worth the try.

if they actually send me a PS3 for $40, its the steal of the century...

plus, my PS3 broke last week...

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I ordered one

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Same here, didn't say it was out of stock or whatever.

We'll see, barely above a 0% chance of going through.

I checked this morning to see if I got an e-mail from them. Still nothing.

Any updates. I haven't received any emails yet.

(no message)

From a blogger:

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"Last night, it was discovered that Target mislabled an accessory for the Playstation 3 as the console itself, hence, creating a page with the appearance that one could purchase a $40 PS3 on their website. However, if one was to READ the entire page, the description was clearly for the accessory. Also, if you were to order the it on Target.com, your receipt would clearly list a "Sharpshooter Accessory." Target has not cancelled any of these orders, but are sending out the accessories to those who mistakenly believed they were purchasing a PS3. If you ordered from Target.com, cancel now.

Target also sells its products through Amazon.com, using a service called Amazon Marketplace. Target's website provided data to Amazon that they were selling the PS3 gaming console for $40, so Amazon listed the console at that price, from that dealer. There are two telling clauses in the Amazon Marketplace contract that suggest those who purchased the device on Amazon may very well receive PS3s.

"Do not misrepresent yourself."
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"Honor your commitment to buy or sell."

(From the plain English version: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.ht...

The legalese version is here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.ht...

Target has misrepresented themselves, be it intentional or unintentional, and Amazon may hold them to honor their agreements.

The most damning clause (in legalese) states:
"By entering into this Participation Agreement and posting a listing for fixed price sale, you agree to complete the transaction as described by this Participation Agreement. You acknowledge that by not fulfilling these obligations, your action or inaction may be legally actionable."

On the other hand, Amazon themselves could take action and cancel the orders themselves.

"We may in our sole discretion withhold for investigation, refuse to process, restrict shipping destinations for, stop and/or cancel any of your transactions. You will stop and/or cancel orders of your products if we ask you to do so (provided that if you have transferred your products to the applicable carrier or shipper, you will use commercially reasonable efforts to stop and/or cancel delivery by such carrier or shipper). You will refund any customer (in accordance with this Participation Agreement) that has been charged for an order that we stop or cancel."

Bottom line: Amazon customers have a 50/50 chance.

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