E-commerce Opinion South Africa

Clothing store Mango angers customers after 'technical issue' leads to R1 sale

Shoppers are outraged after clothing store Mango listed a range of products for R1, before cancelling all orders on those products.

On Monday 16 May, at 10am, the store — based in Barcelona, Spain — posted an advertisement to Facebook advertising 50%-off clearance sale on a range of Spring items.

Customers soon realised the products were marked considerably lower than advertised, and ranged anywhere from R1 to R9 per article of clothing. Around 3pm the same day, customers began receiving cancellation and refund notices from Mango. Upon checking the website, many discovered that all previously heavily discount items now reflected the advertised 50%-off pricing.

Customers were angered by the lack of social media response to complaints, as well as the cancellation email stating: “We advise you to check all the details provided when you placed your order and to try and place the order again at Mango.com.[sic]”...

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