What we need , is to bring wages back to what they were in 1933 !!! In 1933, the average Lawyer made just $3,868 for the whole year !!

A similar thing happened to me, Midlander. Midway advertised a sale price on some brass I needed all summer long--but they were out of stock and wouldn't take backorders.

Then in September they got in the product--but immediately took it off sale. My complaint to their "customer service" resulted in a kiss-off.

The old bait-and-switch. Midway lost my business.

Jim

Geez some people are ridiculous. They had an item on sale, ran out of it, and never bothered to update the website because well, they didn't have any TO sell. They wouldn't take back orders because they didn't know how much the price would go up by the time they were finally able to get some in. When they DID get some in, likely having paid a higher price, they then updated the website and listed the item for sale. What the heck did you want them to do? Sell thousands of orders of brass at a loss??

The one thing I saw in the OPs post here that makes his complaint a little more valid than James, is he said they sent him an email notification that the items were in stock again and that that email also listed the sale price. Now that part seems kind of shady.

I'm sure its all automated and sent before the new price was edited into the website. I bet if the price went down instead of up we wouldn't of heard a word about it. lol

I have two online retail stores. I sell items related to construction / industry. My costs are going through the roof so I've raised my prices twice in the last 2 months.

What if the item went out of stock. They ordered more but had to order it at a much higher price. The new batch of whatever-you-wanted cost them more so they raised the price.

Some of you are apparently clueless how things operate. They aren’t sitting around a table each week discussing what to put on sale and how to fool people. The ads and sales are for the most part automated, and some of the sales are scheduled way in advance. Some times things just work out that they run out of an item at the same time it goes on sale, even less surprising with the supply chain issues right now. Its just bad luck and didn’t cost anyone here a nickel. Franky, the customers they may lose over something so simple are the customers they’re better off without.

Boy ADC if you aint a smart one, guess you get the einstein award today.

I guess so. I just explained the most logical explanation for the situation and you and James won't hear it because you got let down when you didn't get a steal on something that was advertised at a lower price in the past. I suppose you go to the grocery store and expect to buy food at last week's sale prices? Same thing. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings.