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| (...) Of course, this fine might have something to do with their "silent cancels." Maybe it's not as sinister as canceling orders because they realized the price was too low. Maybe they're just trying to avoid fiascos like the last holiday season. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) I prolly hit fire too fast on that, sorry, the fines were for not sticking to the "ship within 30 days or crisply notify buyers" rule that the FTC has in place for all [mail/phone/inet]-order companies, and all were a result of the holiday (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Actually, I think I could have better explained my point: When I ordered the Amazon Ancient Ruins and Countdown Corner the very afternoon that the prices were announced here on Lugnet, only to later have my order canceled, I, and probably (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Some thoughts: I received everything I ordered (2 AAR, 2 CC, and 1 KLC). I have not seen any indication that they don't intend to honor their prices. My conclusion would then be that due to an inventory error in their system, people were able (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Just FYI, here's the replies I have received from KBKids.com. I wanted to check the goverment sites to clarify if this "FTC rule" is valid for backordered items, as KBKids says it is. But I haven't had time to look. It still would seem that a (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) It is. I suspect the problem is that (iirc) they have to give you a definite date of expected arrival if they offer you the option of waiting for a backordered item. Ran (24 years ago, 29-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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