Coupon glitch in gasoline results in internet ordering boom


50,000 customers have the mail order company Otto ordered on Sunday to their hearts content while goods coupons redeemed, which did not exist. A technical glitch in gasoline had spread like wildfire through various coupon portals on the Internet, had been handed over Facebook and Twitter and had triggered the order boom. The value of the so-ordered goods arrived, according to a company spokeswoman on Tuesday a high single-digit millions, two thirds of which was attributable to the value of the supposed vouchers. Otto has canceled the orders within reason.

At Otto ordering pages are available in the appropriate input box for the customer the option to redeem a voucher code. Otto sets this code for example, competitions. Some users had apparently determined by trying a five-digit number that worked in gasoline as a code - the ordering system accepted the coupon. Within a short time from the Internet came to another slightly different codes, which were also adopted. At the end, some 40 combinations of numbers in circulation, leading to discounts from 88 to 400 euros. Then, Otto the error and stopped the orders.

When Otto had occurred as early as 2009 to a technical error, were offered as expensive notebooks at a price of 49.90 euros. At that time, nearly 2,600 customers received a voucher instead of the product. So in this case was due to the high number of orders can not be expected. There is no agreement on the purchase of the goods had been concluded by redeeming the voucher, which is the same if the receipt of the order has been confirmed. "We regret the error and are sorry to customers for the resulting confusion," said a spokeswoman for Otto.

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