Back in March, a random glitch on Amazon.com allowed comic book lovers the chance to order some pricey titles at discounts of up to 90-percent. The resulting fanboy glee quickly turned to rage, however, when the online retailer announced it wouldn’t be honoring the sales.Flash forward to this weekend, when one of Amazon’s very own properties showed the company how to cop to a mistake while still keeping customers happy.From midnight to 6 a.m. on XX, Web discount warehouse 6pm.com — a sister site of Zappos which was itself bought by Amazon last year — accidentally priced every item, including expensive GPS at $49.99. But rather than cancel orders, 6pm chose to honor them instead. Eating $1.6 million in losses, but http://gawker.com/5545767/internet-store-accidentally-prices-everything-4999-loses-16-million-updated
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