My Luck

[playafly187]

ill be the first to tell you, i have terrible luck... just ask XPTB

here is just one example of that luck in action:

i noticed on the [H] forums that there was a 'hot deal' for a geforce fx 5900xt card over at pcimicro.com for only $129. what a steal! i hopped on the deal and placed my order.

a few hours later, i get a call from a foreign guy with pcimicro. turns out, they had the wrong price listed for the card; it was actually $50 more....

so no video card for me :x

[undergroundtech]

Heh, that sounds like my luck :?

[playafly187]

and it only got worse from there...

went to a car wash, put in the code, pulled in.... car wash machine spits out the soap as it moves back to get the rear of the car.... then it makes some clicking noises and well, that was it. it remained stuck in the rear until we drove out... with soap all over the car...

[Beemer]

a few hours later, i get a call from a foreign guy with pcimicro. turns out, they had the wrong price listed for the card; it was actually $50 more....

so no video card for me

Hey, they are the ones that made the mistake, you should at least get some sort of discount!

[Kattikawn]

Haha, if they had actually paid for the car wash. ;)

[Trunks]

Don't they have to give it to you for the listed price, or is that just in wal-mart?

[playafly187]

probably just walmart..... and some grocery stores

[silenze]

That can be an iffy situation, if they had a disclaimer on their site about inaccuracies, I could see them getting away with blowing him off... On the other hand, if the price was setup in their secure ordering system, and the order was processed, you would think the card would legally be your's.

Without the disclaimers in the local paper, for example, (they're there because we don't do the actual entering of the numbers/etc, their artists do, and there is of course room for error.), we could technically beforced to sell a car for a ridiculously low price if the situation ever occured.. or be sued for false advertisement.

But I don't know all the details of the videocard situation.

[masterspud777]

That can be an iffy situation, if they had a disclaimer on their site about inaccuracies, I could see them getting away with blowing him off... On the other hand, if the price was setup in their secure ordering system, and the order was processed, you would think the card would legally be your's.

Without the disclaimers in the local paper, for example, (they're there because we don't do the actual entering of the numbers/etc, their artists do, and there is of course room for error.), we could technically beforced to sell a car for a ridiculously low price if the situation ever occured.. or be sued for false advertisement.

But I don't know all the details of the videocard situation.

I thought the law says that since they posted the price as $129, and you placed the order while that was the posted price, they have to give you the card at that price. What you just experienced is a form of what is called "bait and switch (http://www.investorwords.com/389/bait_and_switch.html)." The seller advertises a low price on an item, and then when you express interest in the item, you are pressured to "trade up" and buy something more expensive (whether that be the same exact product or not).

I'm pretty sure there is a law about what just happened to you, saying that a seller MUST sell at his advertised price if a buyer expresses interest. I think you would have a pretty solid case in a court... not that you would bother to go that far over 50 bucks. If you just mention some of this stuff to them, though, and make it sound like you know what you're talking about, they'll probably give it to you for $129.

Do a google search for "bait and switch" or some combination of words like "illegal" "price" or "dishonest" and you'll find some pretty interesting articles.

Best of luck.

PS here is an interesting read...

http://spl.haxial.net/dishonest-advertising/

I think the guy who wrote this gets angry and tries to take legal action against some stuff that's totally valid to do (such as taking 1 cent off of a 200 dollar price to make it 199.99 and make it look like less that 200 dollars) and that I don't have a problem with, but an interesting read nonetheless.

[silenze]

The seller advertises a low price on an item, and then when you express interest in the item, you are pressured to "trade up" and buy something more expensive (whether that be the same exact product or not).

Lures... then using the value of perception, to sell the perception of value: the new car has a warranty, the one we have advertised for $3,999.99 in the local newspaper is AS-IS -- you DO want a warranty, don't you? Great, who wants to be first on the DMV paperwork?! ;)

[undergroundtech]

I don't know... I've heard of airlines selling air-fair online with the wrong price and they ended up honoring the purchase price.
I don't know if they did it because it was the right thing to do, or if they were forced to.

[masterspud777]

I don't know... I've heard of airlines selling air-fair online with the wrong price and they ended up honoring the purchase price.
I don't know if they did it because it was the right thing to do, or if they were forced to.

guess I always thought they were forced to...

[XPTB]

Yeah your luck is horrible.... because all of my speeding tickets happened when you were in the car. Asshat. :wink:

Wanna hear some more of this guys luck? I still remember in the 10th grade, Mr williams history class, that one black chick that kept hitting on you. She would always try to sit in your lap and rub all over ya.... funny shit

[silenze]

lol