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Brand new M&S chair for fifty whole English pence.

999 replies

GideonKipper · 08/01/2014 21:01

Just spotted this on the M&S site. It's rather fugly but for fifty pence....

50p armchair

Got to be a mistake? Tempted to buy one and sell it on eBay Wink.

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LooseTheBlubber · 09/01/2014 03:55

Where are you all going to put these chairs?

HungryHorace · 09/01/2014 04:40

Interesting. Their terms and conditions state that they will have accepted your order when they dispatch / commence the service requested. They will only take payment when they've accepted the order.

So, this means those orders dispatched / where money's been taken have been accepted and I'd suggest can't now be cancelled. The time to refuse the orders would be before the dispatch email / collection of funds from the bank account. Until that point you've only offered to buy the chair / invitation to treat. At point of dispatch / collection of funds there's a contract in place.

I bet they'll still try to wriggle out of it though.

I bloody wish I'd seen this earlier than I did as I'd have ordered a couple of the ugly bastards. DH was most upset I missed out! :-)

LooseTheBlubber · 09/01/2014 04:45

I would have ordered a pair for a relative, and I bet they would have loved the fact they had new recliners delivered for free, they would have ignored the fugly fabric.

kreecherlivesupstairs · 09/01/2014 05:11

We need chairs. They aren't for sale any more Sad

ExcuseTypos · 09/01/2014 07:02

I wonder if anyone will wake up and deeply regret what they got up to last nightGrin

EmpireBiscuit · 09/01/2014 07:10

Still no recliner decliner here - what of they actually arrive?!

ziggiestardust · 09/01/2014 07:17

They've taken the £1 out of my account as well... And no decliner email, although I bet that will happen today!

GinSoakedMisery · 09/01/2014 07:18

177? That's just greedy and jeopardises it for all of us who genuinely want this chair.

No recliner decliner yet.

OhTheDrama · 09/01/2014 07:24

I wonder if anyone will wake up and deeply regret what they got up to last night

Nope, it was the most fun I've had in ages and some charities will do very well out of it.

HermioneWeasley · 09/01/2014 07:31

Watching with interest

Doodlekitty · 09/01/2014 07:33

Mine says dispatched. I thought if they did come they would ring to arrange delivery. we shall see

rallytog1 · 09/01/2014 07:34

I've just seen on the news that M&S sales were down over the Christmas period. MNetters, we may just have saved the company with our flurry of orders.

I suspect we'll get the decliner emails around 11am, following M&S's emergency wtf staff meeting that will no doubt be called around 9.01am this morning.

HoneyDragon · 09/01/2014 07:38

What I hope M&S do is get their own back.

I hope they say they will honour the sale according to availability. Then I hope they secretly cherry pick all the twats who ordered a hundred or more and insist on delivering them. To their home address only.
Grin

Notawordfromtheladybird · 09/01/2014 07:42

Murad wouldn't even honour a combination of a discount and gift set in the Xmas bargain threads, even though it was their mistake (bad wording in their t&c and website allowing multiple codes on one order). Lots of posters had their money taken, orders cancelled and money took a week to be refunded. Some didn't even get an email cancellation, just they money refunded.

HolidayArmadillo · 09/01/2014 07:42

Blooming heck, delivery by feb 13th. Wtf am I going to do with it?!

ALMOSTMRSG · 09/01/2014 07:46

Delivery by 13th Feb, my order says.

SpottyTeacakes · 09/01/2014 07:46

Marking my place to see what happens!

MyLeftElbow · 09/01/2014 07:51

Well, they've taken the money! I'm just waiting for the recliner decliner email now Grin

QOD · 09/01/2014 07:59

Missed the chair!

HoneyDragon · 09/01/2014 08:05

They can't honour the chairs can you imagine the sulking on here if some got one and some didn't Shock

OhYouBadBadKitten · 09/01/2014 08:11
Slubberdegullion · 09/01/2014 08:24

[the non-reclined sad face]

Slatecross · 09/01/2014 08:25

My order says dispatching soon! Grin

IndiansInTheLobby · 09/01/2014 08:42

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GinSoakedMisery · 09/01/2014 08:45

I wonder if the despatch confirmation is legit, or just a computer generated thing?

I can just picture my dads face when I present him with the bargain chair Grin

Oh well one can dream.