Shoppers Fume Over Sears' $69 Ipad Ad Mistake

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Sun, 07/17/2011 - 2:50pm

A online Sears ad that mistakenly advertised the 16-gigabyte, Wi-Fi-only iPad 2 for $69 — and got shoppers' hopes up and orders placed — was retracted by the retail giant, which blamed a third-party seller of the popular tablet for an advertising typo.

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