From: Ken D'Ambrosio (kend_at_cisco.com)
Date: Sat Apr 24 1999 - 15:10:23 EDT
Count me in. I would have, of course, been overjoyed for them to have
even come across with this as a mistake -- but it just didn't happen. I
doubt that ANY of us would want to have to back up, with cold, hard cash,
every comment we've ever made. A typo -- nothin' more. Let it die.
My $.02 worth...
Ken
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, STeve Andre' wrote:
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 15:05:59 -0400
> From: STeve Andre' <andres_at_pilot.msu.edu>
> To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: RE: $313.95 !!!!!!!!! THINKPAD 560 P2-233 4.0GB
>
> I must say, I agree. Which is the greater fraud--the attempted selling
> of a TP for a fantasy price, or the attempted forcing of the dealer to
> actually get that price?
>
> You have to prove that you were damaged in order to succeed. Other
> than heart palpatations at the thought of getting one for that price,
> you can't.
>
> This is not a reasonable thing to fight and harms the cause of *real* fraud.
>
> --STeve Andre'
>
> At 11:40 AM 4/24/99 -0700, Michael Geary wrote:
> >> Hello ,To the people who purchased the above computer on 4-14-99 from
> >> accessmicro.com and were told it was a typographacial error on 4-16-99
> >> please contact me. We will probably have more leverage power banding
> >> together to
> >> force this company to honor their advertising.Thanks Jerry
> >> djmusic_at_inreach.com
> >> We have Better Business Bureau
> >> Attorney Generals Office
> >> Federal Trades Commission
> >
> >Oh, let it go. Somebody made a mistake--an obvious mistake to anyone who is
> >familiar with ThinkPad pricing. And now you want to use force (your word) to
> >compel them to honor their typographical error?
> >
> >I'd have more sympathy for your cause if you could explain how you were
> >harmed by this mistake.
> >
> >-Mike
>
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