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Profeco: Dell Must Follow Through With Cheap Laptop Sales

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 07JUNIO2016.- Ernesto Nemer Alvarez, Procurador Federal del Consumidor (Profeco), y Mario Di Costanzo, presidente de la Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros (Condusef), firmaron un convenio de colaboración para tender miles de casos de personas defraudadas, dieron a conocer que serán tres áreas de atención donde se han generado la mayor cantidad de casos: robo de identidad, créditos fantasma y despacho de cobranza que realizan prácticas indebidas FOTO: MOISÉS PABLO /CUARTOSCURO.COM

Head of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco) Ernesto Nemer announced that he will demand that the Dell company respect the price of 679 pesos ($34) that was announced on the internet.

Nemer said that after making a mistake with the pricing, the company tried to remove information.

Nemer also met with representatives of the company to hear all of the complaints about the issue. In the last 48 hours there have been 202 contacts to Profect on social networks, the consumer hotline and Profeco delegations.

Profeco also asked Dell to improve its costumer service, especially in high-volume shopping seasons like Buen Fin.

Yesterday, Dell accidentally offered Alienware laptops on its website for 679 pesos, when the true price is 44,000 pesos.

Alienware 15 and 17 laptops are specialized gaming laptops.

Many people took advantage of the “sale” and bought up to five laptops in a single order. However, Dell tweeted that the pricing was a mistake and offered an apology.