Amazon Goof Gets Final Four Winner Wrong
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College basketball fans may have been surprised to turn on their computers Monday morning and find an e-mail from Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) proclaiming, "UCLA Wins."
The online retailer mistakenly sent the e-mail to customers ahead of the NCAA championship game Monday night between the Florida Gators and the UCLA Bruins.
The body of the e-mail included the message "Congratulations (placeholder for winning team)," and went on to offer customers the chance to purchase an NCAA cap and other goods.
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"I don't know if we had some Bruins who were wishful thinking," Amazon.com spokeswoman Patty Smith said, adding, "Clearly, it was a mistake."
Florida won the championship game.