Harrods sells out of luxury £950 Aspinal of London bags at a bargain £8 after a 'website pricing blunder'

The famous department store sold out of the bargain bags within hours
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Francesca Gillett15 December 2017

Scores of people have been snapping up luxury designer handbags from Harrods for just a tiny fraction of the price after an apparent website blunder.

The department store completely sold out of its cheap Aspinal of London handbags online on Thursday after gleeful shoppers quickly realised the upmarket bags were listed as heavily under-priced.

Fine Italian leather handbags which would have usually cost several hundred pound were listed at under £5.

One £250 pure leather tote bag cost just £2.13, while the brand’s Marylebone tote bag usually costing £950 was on sale for just £8.08.

Pricing gaffe: The Aspinal of London designer handbags were massively under-priced online.
Harrods

An Aspinal of London Lottie shoulder bag, which usually costs £340, was also being bought by buyers for just £3.61.

"I couldn't believe my eyes and luck when I saw the handbags," one delighted shopper told the Standard.

'Sorry this item is sold out': The Essential Pebble Tote which usually sells for £250.
Harrods

"Now I hope that Harrods honour the mistake and I get my £800 handbag for a fiver."

The pricing gaffe appeared to affect most of the range, although a few handbags remained listed at full price.

The correctly-priced £950 bag with its cheaper version beside it.
Harrods

By Thursday evening, the entire range of the cut-price handbags were sold out on the Harrods website.

According to one shopper, who said her entire office were quickly buying up the bargain accessories, the last three handbags were bought at just before 4pm.

The customers have called on Harrods to honour the mistake and still dispatch the handbags to the lucky shoppers.

On Friday, Harrods announced it will not honour shoppers' bargain-priced orders.

In a statement, the Knightsbridge department store said: “Due to a supplier computer pricing error, a number of Aspinal products were displayed for a short period of time on our website at the incorrect price.

"We took immediate action to rectify this pricing error and the issue was resolved quickly.

"Harrods has personally contacted any affected customers to inform them of the error and that orders would not be dispatched. We apologise for any inconvenience caused”.

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