Something isn’t right, here. $3.99 for shipping? He should be eligible for the free, Super Saver Shipping since the price is over $25.

A man in the U.S. has ‘bought’ an item on Amazon with a price tag of nearly three billion dollars – just to see what would happen.

Brian Klug spotted the copy of the Discovery Channel’s ‘Cells’ CD-ROM for sale at $2,904,980,000 (£1,800,979,540). Out of sheer curiosity, convinced the price tag was a mistake, he put in his credit card details to buy it and stepped back to see what would happen next.

First off, Mr Klug from San Mateo, California, was charged $3.99 for posting and handling. […] Mr Klug had Amazon’s Visa three per cent rewards card, thus entitling him to roughly $87million in rewards.
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In possible anticipation of such instances the Amazon website does state: ‘Despite our best efforts, a small number of the items in our catalogue may be mispriced.




  1. Dallas says:

    He inadvertently checked “Defense Department” for special pricing.

  2. Steve says:

    Third party sellers have the option to offer free shipping but are not required to honor Amazon’s $25 minimum. Perhaps the seller is operating on a tiny profit margin and missing the 3.99 would cause things to dip into the red. CD-ROM’s tend to seem over-priced, but a lot of work goes into creating them.


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