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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:54:06 GMT
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Christopher Lannan wrote:
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> In lugnet.loc.uk, James Brown writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.uk, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > What if joe public (non-AFOL) found that site last night. Say he did not know
> > > if the deals were good or bad, and placed an order in good faith. Now he
> > > expects his items. Is that theft?
> >
> > Hmm. The technic shuttle was advertised at 59 GBP off, from the original
> > price of 99 GBP. The current price was *obviously* wrong at 4 GBP. So joe
> > public can't do math?
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> > It's not theft, but it is (IMHO) unreasonable. The Entertainer made an
> > obvious mistake, and it is not fair to hold them to their 1 digit mistake.
> >
> > Look at it the other way. If you bought the shuttle from them and accidently
> > wrote a cheque for 400 GBP instead of 40, would it be fair for them to hold
> > you to that?
> >
> > It was an obvious mistake either way, right?
> >
> > James
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> I agree. And anyway, after you decide you're going to "hold them to it" and
> they say "no" it is no longer an ethical question, but a legal one, and here
> in the States (and it seems in the UK too) the law sides with the "give it
> back" side. Folks over here always talk about "false advertising" when they
> can't get a product at an advertised price, but this is not false advertising,
> as advertised prices are an "invitation to negotiate" or something like that,
> in legal speak. "false advertising" refers to making claims about a product
> that are untrue. As stated earlier in this thread, businesses do get in
> trouble when it can be shown that they do this a lot and its beginning to look
> like it's not a mistake.
Or "bait and switch" where they advertise something they don't really
have to get you into the store, and then turn around and say, well, we
sold out of the $20 TV, but we've got this nice model which is a lot
nicer for $500.
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) I agree. And anyway, after you decide you're going to "hold them to it" and they say "no" it is no longer an ethical question, but a legal one, and here in the States (and it seems in the UK too) the law sides with the "give it back" side. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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