From: Lew Jansen (lewj_at_mindspring.com)
Date: Sat Apr 24 1999 - 23:22:14 EDT
More to the point, from my fuzzy recollection of Contract Law class when I
was getting my business degree, this case wouldn't stand a chance. I don't
see how you could argue that anyone ordering at the $314 price had any
reason to believe the price was "real". It was obviously "too good to be
true", and therefore "had" to be a typographical error on the part of the
vendor. Courts generally wouldn't force the seller to honor the price
where the buyer knew the price was unrealistic. (I'd love to cite the case
law on this, but I have no idea where my old contract law books and notes
are, so I can't; take my comments for what they're worth)
Had the price been much closer to market value (say the average street
price was $2500 and the erroneous price was $2200), folks might have a
case. However, in this situation, I would be REALLY surprised if anyone
forced this company to honor that price, mostly because even the average
consumer would realize it was far less than what it ought to be.
-- Lew
At 11:40 AM 4/24/99 -0700, Michael Geary wrote:
>> [...snip...] 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
>
>Looking for a Geary? We're at Geary Central: http://www.geary.com
>
>
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Lew Jansen
lewj_at_mindspring.com
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