Best Buy ‘deeply sorry’ for selling high priced bottled water right before Hurricane Harvey.
Best Buy said Wednesday that it is “deeply sorry” for charging over $42 for packs of bottled water in Houston as Hurricane Harvey approached land.
Walmart.com sells 24 packs of 20 ounce bottles of Dasani water for several dollars cheaper ($34.20) and 24 packs of 16.9 ounce Dasani bottled water for around $14 less than Best Buy’s price ($28.74).
The individual who posted the photo said the overpriced water was for sale in Cypress, Texas, a suburb northwest of Houston.
You should be ashamed.
Best Buy responded in a statement later the same day.
A company spokesman called the whole thing a “big mistake,” CNBC reported.
The mistake was made when employees priced a case of water using the single-bottle price for each bottle in the case,” the spokesman added.
According to CBS News, bottled water at one store sold for as much as $100 per pack.
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