NEC-Mitsubishi 21" 1600x1200 LCD ... for $1?
my guess is it was a severe typo, but it let me go all the way up to the payment...and shipping was 16 pounds, so like...$25. i got all the way to the confirm order page, and i dont know wha to do...i was just looking for an 8" jeez...
whatcha think? and is there a website like...lyability for the wrong price?
my guess is it was a severe typo, but it let me go all the way up to the payment...and shipping was 16 pounds, so like...$25. i got all the way to the confirm order page, and i dont know wha to do...i was just looking for an 8" jeez...
whatcha think? and is there a website like...lyability for the wrong price?
It was a popular idea years ago that in these cases the advertiser was required to sell at the price listed until all of the places it was listed were corrected or outdated. Like an ad in the newspaper saying that they had some kind of produce for sale at a cost of 2 cents a pound but was supposed to say 20 cents a pound. In most of these cases the loss was negligible compared to paying lawerscum to deal with it.
I'm pretty sure that today if a price is obviously too low it's assumed to be an honest mistake and the vendor is not required to sell at that price. You might be able to get it at that price but it would take a lot of time and effort. If you were to bring this to court likely the first question would be: "Didn't the price seem too low?" and the second would be: "Why didn't you check with the seller to ensure that it was right?"
There are a lot of modern myths about this sort of thing, but it's unlikely that if the price is a mistake they will have to sell it at that price. If it's part of a scam like the ebayers shipping & handling charges scam, you have a better chance but will still most likely have to put a fair amount of effort into it.
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I'm pretty sure that today if a price is obviously too low it's assumed to be an honest mistake and the vendor is not required to sell at that price. You might be able to get it at that price but it would take a lot of time and effort. If you were to bring this to court likely the first question would be: "Didn't the price seem too low?" and the second would be: "Why didn't you check with the seller to ensure that it was right?"
There are a lot of modern myths about this sort of thing, but it's unlikely that if the price is a mistake they will have to sell it at that price. If it's part of a scam like the ebayers shipping & handling charges scam, you have a better chance but will still most likely have to put a fair amount of effort into it.
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Was it this? http://www.bmcnetworks.net/product_info.php?products_id=27262
If it was then it is already corrected. No doubt a mistake.
If it was then it is already corrected. No doubt a mistake.
You're standing on a sidewalk within sight of an electronics store, when a truck turns into the parking lot. As a wheel bumps over the curb, the trailer door slides open a little bit and a box containing a 21" LCD monitor falls out onto the sidewalk at your feet. At this point, what are you expected to do? There is a concept known as "good faith" where you are legally expected to do what any honest person would do; that is, take the box to the store and give it back to them. It's a situation where you observe the loss of someone's property, you have the power to restore their rightful property, and so you must.
An automated system on the internet is similar to fell-offa-truck because there is no human other than yourself who can see the problem and rectify it. The same thing can and does happen with unexpected deposits being made into people's accounts; if they spend the money, they are liable for fraud and other charges.
An automated system on the internet is similar to fell-offa-truck because there is no human other than yourself who can see the problem and rectify it. The same thing can and does happen with unexpected deposits being made into people's accounts; if they spend the money, they are liable for fraud and other charges.
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