Micromax's Yu Yureka to Go on Sale Wednesday for 'Impacted Customers'

Amazon, the exclusive online partner for Micromax's Yu Yureka, has announced that the smartphone will be available on Wednesday for limited consumers. The online retailer has revealed that the sale is meant for "contest winners and impacted customers" who had earlier booked the handset but were unable to avail the product due to certain issues.

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The 'Exclusive Access Sale' for Micromax's Yu Yureka on Wednesday will be held between 2-3pm IST. The online retailer in a press statement has detailed that eligible consumers on Wednesday will receive an invite email from Amazon.in - contest winners who won the Yureka smartphone in any contest hosted by Yu across their social media channels; as well as customers whose orders had to be cancelled when they purchased the Yureka at the MRP (Rs. 12,499) instead of the sale price (Rs. 8,999) during the first sale hosted on January 13, registered users who were unable to purchase the Yureka due to payment issues on the e-commerce website, and customers who received a defective or damaged Yureka smartphone.

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The company also confirmed that the third sale for the Yureka smartphone will happen on Thursday as earlier planned. The last sale saw 15,000 units of Micromax's Yu Yureka go out of stock in 4 seconds. 10,000 units of Micromax's Yu Yureka (Review | Images) Cyanogen OS-smartphone were made available for the company's first flash sale, a sale that saw much controversy with site glitches including incorrect price listings and allegations the company actually made only 3,000 units available for sale. The company announced that 10,000 units had gone out of stock in 3 seconds.