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Wayfair said womans order wasnt in stock; Why was it still for sale? [Video]

One holiday bargain hunter asked NewsCenter 5 for help after Boston-based Wayfair canceled an item she found marked down during Black Friday. The online home furnishing retailer claimed the product wasn’t in stock, but the customer found it was at a much higher price.Ashley Paine is in the market for a new patio set, and so over Thanksgiving weekend, she found herself browsing Black Friday sales on Wayfair.”I found one that was on a really good deal. It was 70 percent off,” she said. “Almost a no-brainer to buy it at that point.”Paine promptly placed the order, paying $269.99 for a five-person seating set, quite the markdown from its $900 price tag.”It did feel too good to be true,” she said.Turns out, it was. Little did she know she’d soon be seeing red over that Black Friday special.A few days later, Wayfair sent Paine an email, canceling the seating set, …

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