Page Computer - www.pagecomputer.com - advertised wrong price for Microsoft keyboard and mouse

Page Computer - www.pagecomputer.com - advertised wrong price for Microsoft keyboard and mouse

From: Mike Vandenberg [Email User]

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I have a deception I think everyone should be aware of with a company called Page Computer (pagecomputer.com) Page Computer, Inc. 4665 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029-3342 Phone#: 323-665-7777 Main Fax#: 323-843-9573. They advertise with PriceGrabber (pricegrabber.com) but like to show prices lower than what they actually sell the products for. I was looking for the Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Elite Keyboard and Mouse and at pricegrabber.com Page Computer advertised the price at $67.90, which was the lowest price anywhere.

When I clicked on the link to take me to where I could purchase this the price at their site was actually $78.90, and then they had guts enough to advertise “free shipping” with the purchase of this keyboard. Free shipping for an additional $11.00 is what they should say and that alone is a ripoff!

This is the equivalent of bait and switch on pricing since they advertise one price but when you go to buy it the price jumps $11.00. This is also too deceptive for me to live with. I contacted Page about this but haven’t heard back from them and probably never will either.

I’ve run into this sort of thing previously at pricegrabber.com where I’ll see a lower price displayed but when I get to the site the price has mysteriously gone up. Pricegrabber will tell you right out they are not responsible for the prices since it’s the merchant that reports it to them. This means that Page Computer lied to pricegrabber.com about the actual price of the Microsoft keyboard just to lure people to their site.

The above message is Complaints.com Consumer Message # 20 January 1, 2004