“In what appears to be a serious mistake by retail giant Wal-Mart, the company posted a price for Microsoft’s recently announced 30-gigabyte media player, Zune, at $284.00 on its Web site… As reports began surfacing on the Web, the company quickly moved to take the item down… ‘This price was incorrectly and inadvertently listed at Walmart.com,’ said Amy Colella, a spokesperson for Wal-Mart,” ABC News reports.

ABC News reports, “If that price holds up, the player would fall in line with similar products from Apple and Creative. Apple’s 30-gigabyte iPod, for example, retails for around $300.”

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Lee" for the heads up.]
Sheesh. 15 seconds and 3 clicks is all it takes to get it right: Apple’s 30GB iPod retails for US$249 (the 80GB iPod is $349). You’d think Disney’s ABC would be able to get it right, wouldn’t you?

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