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Sometimes being at the right place at the right time pays off...until it doesn't. 。
A customer of Qantas Airlines spotted a ridiculous deal of a lifetime over the weekend in the Qantas online store. The Australian airline mistakenly priced, then eventually cancelled, Apple Mac Pro computers at a $4,000 discount, sparking a flood of orders from bargain hunters. 。
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, the normally $4,899 priced server computer was listed for 93,000 points, or around $549. The glitch was posted to a forum for deals on Oz Bargain, where a user shared the good fortune.。
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Thanks for signing up! 。 Unfortunately, Qantas caught onto their mistake quickly.。“We are in the process of refunding members. As a gesture of goodwill, we are also crediting those members with 2,000 Qantas points and offering them a 20% discount off the full number of points required for the product if they still wish to make a purchase,” a Qantas spokesperson told。
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Better luck next time, folks -- the Mac Pro is officially back in the store for 719,690 points, or $4864.89. But if someone can get a year's supply of chicken nuggets from Wendy's on Twitter, maybe you can retweet your way to a machine before it gets revamped by Apple. 。
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Tweet may have been deleted。[H/T Business Insider]。Featured Video For You。The Mac Pro is getting a major do-over 。