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Re: MF at etoys.com
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:59:38 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Christopher Wiggenhorn writes:
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > Also BTW:
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> > Today's USA Today (McPaper, but hey... it's free at this hotel) tells that
> > online retailers got fined 1.5M USD by the FTC (including our
> > notorious "silent cancel" friends at kbkids.com who were fined 350K USD)
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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.
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 season. TRU.com got slapped too.
++Lar
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Message has 2 Replies:
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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)
| | | Re: MF at etoys.com
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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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| (...) 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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