An online petition has helped force M&S to honour orders for Panasonic 50 inch 3D plasma televisions after shoppers snapped up the sets for just £199 following a pricing blunder. The petition, called 'Marks & Spencer supply our tv's that we paid for' was set up by customers after M&S cancelled their orders saying the price was an error. In an effort to back out of the deal and prove the customer wrong, M&S had refunded customers and credited them with a £25 goodwill gesture. However, faced with a group determined for M&S to fulfil their orders, the retailer took what it said was 'a business decision' and changed its mind.

'We can confirm that there was a pricing error on the TV and after reviewing our position, we decided to honour original orders at the incorrect price. We have contacted all customers involved,' said a spokesperson for M&S. M&S refused to confirm how many customers had ordered at the incorrect price but the online petition had 34 signatures. Most petitioners used armchair legal arguments and one penned a protest song....Read more here---: Marks & Spencer Panasonic 50-inch 3D TV glitch: Petition forces M&S to honour orders at £199 | This is Money