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The Offer
- Clarks website is currently letting you trigger their promo codes multiple times. I wasn’t able to get it to work properly, but others on Twitter were successful (maybe mobile will work better than desktop?). The trick to get it to work is to enter promo code EXTRA40, press update and then add it again. If that doesn’t work then adding EXTRA30 first, removing ti and then adding EXTRA40 also seems to be working. Somebody on Slickdeals was able to get it to trigger more than twice…
Our Verdict
This is likely an error, no guarantee anything will be honored.
So one order with my boots was canceled and the 1st order that had my son’s 2 pairs of shoes is on the way to be delivered the 23rd. I wish I had more orders 🙂
In processing your order ….., we realized that we were unfortunately out of stock of the item(s) listed below. As such, the following items will not be shipped
Damn
Yup, same thing. I sorta think it’s their cover- how could their stock be that off? Coz other things were listing as out of sale. Oh well, win some/lose some, but I still need winter boots 🙁
Same here
One of my 5 orders shipped and was delivered. It was not the only order with next day shipping, but the only order with a nonsale item. Interestingly that nonsale item was OOS but order still arrived.
Order cancellation email this morning. It was worth a shot…
“In processing your order ####### we realized that we were unfortunately out of stock of the item(s) listed below. As such, the following items will not be shipped:”
Got an email saying my one ordered pair of shoes was out of stock. Oh well.
Can’t believe you listed this here as a deal. Embarrassing. A decent person would advise the company of the clear glitch in their systems.
i’m a bit twisted, but don’t see substantial difference between this and price error on Amazon or error fare for airplane tickets.
Thanks for being true to the deal and sticking up to Don. Not to speak ill of your reader since I understand that’s his personal opinion, so I would just simply like to thank both parties for their input. Keep up the great work and keep the deals coming.
Don, I think you are on the wrong website to declare what people SHOULD and SHOULDN’T do. I talk to tons of people who think that taking advantage of marketing offer for credit cards is morally wrong since I have no intentions of using the card long-term. People have issues with manufacture spend on credit cards, people have issues with stacking coupons codes, etc. Basically your comment is asking us to empathize with corporations and businesses that have no problem charging high fees and interest rates and mark-ups and this site is obviously NOT frequented by people who think that way. As long as we’re not breaking laws…don’t worry about it. We extend that same logic to companies. They can charge 25% interest which is NOT decent, but they aren’t breaking laws.
I do think it’s important for each of us to think about the moral side of things, and to continue to do so. Here’s what I think: this IS different than getting a credit card without the intention of using it past the minimum spend. In this case, it was a glitch – some IT person who had a bug that wasn’t fixed. The company didn’t intend it and wasn’t even aware of it; theoretically (like if it were a small company) it could put them out of business (though of course they could just decide not to honor the prices). In the case of credit cards, the company intends it, and is fully aware that there’s a certain percentage of people who won’t use the card as they want them to.
But this deal is also different than walking in to a store where the cash register is open and there’s only one employee who just left, and taking the money – that is, it isn’t stealing. And it’s not too different than price errors on Amazon or airline tickets, although somehow it feels different to me.
And even though it feels different when it’s a big company that might take advantage of a glitch, than a small company, it’s different in the impact on the company, but I’m not so sure it’s very different in the moral question.
I try to let readers make their own moral decisions as everybody has a different point in the sand. Do you think a leaked credit card link is acceptable for example?
Another example is: what about Uber codes? Usually those aren’t meant to be public and applicable to existing users. Should we not post those?
It’s very difficult to decide what to post and what not to post.
I think another “check in the system” is that by far and away most deals that are posted can be cancelled or nullified in some way by the company. If the promo is honored for someone that it wasn’t intended, that is usually a business decision. I think reasonable people can disagree what “line” they have. With that being said, if it’s not appealing, move on, I’d like to use my own judgement on deals rather than have them censored.
AL, I think that’s an excellent point: when the company has an.option to cancel or nullify it – which is the case in a leaked code – then I think that allows the company to make their own business decision. Same with stuff like not having language in an offer that they normally have (for example, it seems like Citi sometimes does this on purpose just to “up” their numbers, knowing that some of the increase is from churners)
I think in general, err on the side of posting things (unless it’s illegal) – people can make their own decisions. And I like how you warn people when it’s a leaked code, etc. that there could be negative consequences.
But I’ll just say again, that I think each of needs to continue to make our own moral judgements. Sometimes our judgements change, or we might just decide that even though we think something is morally . acceptable, it’s not morally positive, and just not where we want to put our energy (that’s the case for me with MS; I’d do it if necessary but prefer other approaches).
DEAL IS DEAD, both codes are expired now, damn it !
Seems like the deal is dead, 40% is no longer a valid promo code and it won’t let me apply 30% off more than once. Does it have to be on certain types of shoes?
On the one hand, this seems morally iffy. On the other, papa needs a new pair of shoes!
Showing me I can get a pair of shoes for free(actually that they owe me $9.01) but when I try and check out it says Sorry there seems to be a problem
Was it a particular pair of shoes? Certain category?
Was not able to get code to repeat on desktop or moblie. However, getting 2 pair of dress shoes for net $90 is less than 1 pair my SO would have purchased for me in retail was a deal either way.