Office Depot $6 iPod speakers showed up

[rgG]

They sound rather tinny, but not completely horrible. You can listen to them and they would be OK for a kid or somewhere that you just wanted to hear your music without headphones, but nothing like the Altec Lansing imMini's that I have. These are made to "look" just like the imMini, except that they have no dock and sound a lot worse.

Again, I would say they are worth about $6, but the fact that they misrepresented what they were and also acted like they had previously sold for $49 is what irritates me. I would have thought an outfit as large as OD would be more concerned about things like that. I guess not.

[GGD]

[quote rgG]Me too. I got mine today and I think they were barely worth the $6, no more. I noted when I posted the deal here that they gave very little info about them. I am sorry that they were not anywhere near as nice as I thought they should be, since they had apparently been $49. I would have really been upset if I had paid anything like $49. I wonder if these and the $49 ones had the same SKU.

Sorry it was a crappy product. I had no way of knowing and I was the first one suckered in. I guess that old saying about if it looks too good to be true, it probably is held up once again. I don't think they said that it had a dock, but I also think they were intentionally vague.

Again, I am sorry that it turned out badly for all of us.
I don't blame you at all, we all read the same description from Office Depot, and it's not quite as vague as you recall.

"iPod/MP3 Portable Speakers With Dock Station"

"This compact portable speaker system does double duty as a docking station for your iPod or MP3 player."

"Also includes and AC adapter, a USB cable and a user's manual."


The item number on the website which was listed as $49 about 15 minutes ago, and is "unavailable" now, was 148708342, and the SKU on the packing list was 0708342, and has a description of "MP3 DOCKING STATION". The SKU is similar, to the ending digits of the item number.

My packing list says the UPC is 6-82256-10386-2 which doesn't seem to be a valid UPC, while the UPC label on the white boxes say 6-82256-10386-7 seems to be the valid UPC for this "product". http://www.upcdatabase.com/item.asp?upc=682256103867

I do think we got the product that they were intending to sell, but the description is far from accurate.

[BLeonard]

I've got two on order. I ordered basically because when you did a pricegrabber search on the same item the same description and item number came up at Office Depot for $49.99.

If they were actually selling this crap at $50 I'd be surprised.

Sounds like I will be asking for my money back.

[Jack D.]

I ordered two and just called up to cancel after reading these glowing reviews.

[samintx]

I tried to order with original post but they were Out of stock....glad my order was not accepted.

[Carnos Jax]

rgG, don't feel bad. Nothing for you to be sorry about. We all read the same info. Nothing was misrepresented by you, it was OD. Besides, shouldn't be a problem now, everyone will get their money back and get to keep the things.

P. S. Echoing GGD...

[rgG]

Thanks Carnos Jax and GGD for telling me it wasn't my fault. I guess I knew that, but it is still good to hear it from you guys. I was really hoping that they would be better than they are. What sold me on the deal was that they said they had the docking capability. I figured they had to be pretty decent if they had the dock, but that is the main thing that they lied about. I was also misled by the $49.99 previous price. I can't believe that they ever sold any of these for that price. At least it seems that OD is giving credits, so that is good.

The next time I post a deal I hope it is a real deal and not a bait and switch.

[iaJim]

Not your fault rgG. Not mine either, I hope for reposting the availability. They misrepresented the product, and I had expected that they might not sound good, but thought that if they had a dock it might still be OK. Oh well, only $6, and I knew that going in. I wrote to them but haven't heard back after a day and a half.

[rgG]

iajim,
I also sent OD an email explaining that the product description did not match the product. I'm not really concerned about the $6 but I would like them to explain how they can say "dock station" and "USB cable included" when there was neither. We will see if they respond.

[Racer X]

don't hold your breath.