KUN0017 4 GEN 0155 KUWAIT /KUNA-FZK4 SCI-JAPAN-E-MISTAKE Brand-new eMac PC at KD 7.5 ?! 100 million orders in a night With photo TOKYO, April 23 (KUNA) -- Some 20,000 shoppers in Japan have placed more than 100 million orders in one night to purchase eMac personal computers after a glitch in the Yahoo! Japan Shopping site mistakenly its price this week. The Apple Japan's desktop computer, eMac M9461J/A with a 17-inch display, was wrongly sold at JPY 2,787 (KD 7.5), about one-40th of the actual price, in Yahoo Japan's shopping site by Tokyo-based Catena Corp. The Apple's official price of this computer is JPY 115,290 (KD 312). Catena said that there was a mistake in the shopping site and that it can not process any orders made with the wrong price. According to Yahoo Japan Corp., Catena had correctly input price and other information to sell the computer, but apparently made a mistake in putting a merchandise code. Some 20,000 shoppers in Japan have placed more than 100 million orders in one night to purchase eMac personal computers after a glitch in the Yahoo! Japan Shopping site mistakenly its price this week. The Apple Japan's desktop computer, eMac M9461J/A with a 17-inch display, was wrongly sold at JPY 2,787 (KD 7.5), about one-40th of the actual price, in Yahoo Japan's shopping site by Tokyo-based Catena Corp. The Apple's official price of this computer is JPY 115,290 (KD 312). Catena said that there was a mistake in the shopping site and that it can not process any orders made with the wrong price. According to Yahoo Japan Corp., Catena had correctly input price and other information to sell the computer, but apparently made a mistake in putting a merchandise code. (end) mk.rk KUNA 231318 Apr 04NNNN