Erin writes, “I was searching for an iPod Nano on Google Products and this link came up!” That’s one hell of a markup there, anonymous web store with no branding and an empty “Contact Us” page. Our favorite part: “NOT FOR RESALE”—don’t even think about buying this and marking it up for your own store.
(Thanks to Erin!)
“Blue iPod Nano” [sdppro]
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Oh, it’s the Nano AIR, right?
The American dollar is the new peso.
Frankly, at that price, they can’t stop me from buying a bunch and selling them!
Guys, look at the URL – “webstoretest1.” When you’re developing an e-com site, one of the final stages is to launch a test to make sure your code works etc. The company I work for first launched with product sku’s “STARWARS” (description: “Star Wars TIE Fighter”) for $15,000 and “TOILETPAPER,” also for $15000. The idea is either to launch your site on a QA platform (which is expensive) or in a live environment with ridiculous pricing and/or SKU’s (so that no actual consumers order the product). I’m sure this company isn’t serious.
@winstonthorne: They may not be serious, but it’s still funny!
but I already ordered 2!
he pretty much already does.
Oh, that’ show much the nano itself is? I thought that was for the headphones
excellent, now I can get a twin for the one I already have….yeah
CyberRebate is back!
@winstonthorne: At 15 g’s I might actually consider that TIE fighter…
@JohnOB1:
But remember, IT JUST WORKS.
Wow, I’m totally selling my car for this!
Must. Resist. Temptation.
consumerist is slipping….
i like the one customer review.
@babaki: Lighten up, cupcake.
So…. did you buy it or not?
This is a new way Drug dealers are bringing the Dope into the US
@winstonthorne: That $15k toilet paper better be the softest, most comfortable thing to ever come near my hind quarters.
@shan6: Amen to that; beats the crap out of an econobox. And fuel-efficient, too!
@clevershark: “It’s like wiping your ass with silk” -Merovingian, from “The Matrix: Reloaded”
@shan6: I’ll give them 20.
But it’s a collector’s item now!
@shan6: He actually meant “Thai” fighter. For 15 big ones, a martial arts master will come from Thailand and kick your butt. Sounds like a good deal, eh?
If the guv’mint can pay $800 dollars for a toilet seat, surely $8.5k for a genuine iPod Nano is a steal?
Distributors, by arrangement with manufacturers, can sell limited quantities of common products to retail stores at a steep discount — and these products are marked as “Not For Resale” or NFR. The idea is that stores can buy “demo” models of stuff the stores will send to consumers. I had some pretty darn good deals on stuff when I was running a store myself. That doesn’t explain why it’s listed on a public site or for that decidedly NON discounted price
For that price, it better give you a live concert of whatever artist you’re listening to with iPod portability.
looks like a test site to me.
@winstonthorne: A QA platform is expensive? How much does it cost to put everything in a subdirectory that’s password-protected? If the answer is “more than $0″, you’d better hire a new IT team, because they’re ripping you off
” You can’t afford to be as cool as me. Feb 28, 2008
I tote my little blue iPod mini around with me on all of my international jet-setting trips.Thinking of getting one for my daughter, and at $8,500.99 it’s a steal!”
so which person that works for that site posted that review?
if you look at some of the other products on this site, it seems to back up winstonthorne’s theory:
for the iPod touch 16gb:
“This is a Test Product. Please do not buy it.”
if you look at some of the other products on this site, it seems to back up winstonthorne’s theory:
for the iPod touch 16gb [www.webstoretest1.com]
“This is a Test Product. Please do not buy it.”