Well it wasn’t a joke. In Taiwan Dell announced they are selling a 19” for $15.. The “promotion” was live for eight hours. But guess what..it was a typo 
The price should have been $150. After 8 hours and 140 000 orders made by 26 000 customers that joke/typo “promotion” might cost them a lot..:)
Statistics says that’s 5.3 monitors ordered per customer, on average. Well I guess one couldn’t reject such a tempting offer, I would get a dozen myself..
The thing now comes down to calculations. The Taiwan government will hold Dell responsible if they don’t ship the ordered monitors. That will be in violation of Taiwan’s fair trade laws and the government definitely will seek legal recourse. I am sure accountants at Dell are now pretty busy calculating which option will cost them less.. shipping 140 000 at $15 or having to deal with the Taiwan authorities and a possible lawsuit.. That’s a BAD typo!
