Amazon Marketplace seller mistakenly listed item as 1p. I bought, 3 days later they cancelled order!

[221b]

Hello

I have a price watch set up for a book I like and recently I discovered it had dropped to 1p on Amazon Marketplace with £2.80 postage obviously.

I snapped it up, delighted.

Three days later, the company emailed me, saying they had mis-priced the item and were cancelling my order and refunding me.

Is there anything I can do about this?

Many thanks

Helen

[daffy654]

No there isn't. There is no way of forcing a retailer to sell you an item at the listed price if it was a mistake.

[factor-fiction]

No, I don't think so. If it's a genuine mistake they can cancel. On Amazon marketplace there is a facility for the seller to cancel the sale. for example they could have simply said that they had run out of stock. I know I advertised a book on there and then when someone bought it I couldn't find it!

[Old_Geezer]

As I understand it the price given is an offer to potential buyers to make a deal, if you try to make one they still have the right to reject. Bit off I know, but... if it is a genuine mistake, probably only fair.

[221b]

Many thanks, daffy654, factor30, and Old_Geezer for your answers...

Helen