lafayette;169696 Wrote: > Robin, > > Couldn't agree more. It could just be poor web site design, but that > should make that upfront. > > I operate under the assumption that consumers, and especially consumers > of high-end, expensive products, look fully into the details of their > purchase before commiting to them. He failed to do so and, as I said, > has only himself to blame. > > Still, you are right: > > 1. No risk does not mean not cost, and > > 2. They would do far better to list that caveat on the front page. > Having failed to do so, knowing BCD, is more of an oversight than an > ethical lapse.
The more I think about it, the more I agree with P Floding and Robin's later assessment. The only sensible reading of "no risk" is "no financial risk". P Floding hit the nail on the head for me when he said "what other kind of risk is there?" for this kind of transaction. This caveat means essentially, "30 day trial period with a $150 fee that can be applied towards the purchase price". Seriously: it's absolutely logically equivalent, as far as I can see. If that's what they said, at least they would have been obvious. IMHO what they did was commit a sleazy linguistic sleight of hand. I honestly don't think I know anyone who would interpret "No Risk Trial" and "30 day trial period with a $150 fee that can be applied towards the purchase price" as having the same semantics. As I said earlier, whether or not this is a legal difference is a moot point. I won't do business with a company I perceive as being unethical. Who knows what other dirty tricks they might have up their sleeve, say when you need warrantee service? Kind of reminds me of the scene in "the Meaning of Life" where a guy has to give up his liver while he's still alive because he didn't read the fine print of his organ donor agreement. -- totoro squeezebox 3 -> mccormack dna .5 -> audio physic tempo 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ totoro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31562 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
