---- Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes I'd expect them to sell it to me at that price. There was an > instance I read of several years back where Dell's online site had, I > believe, Canon EOS 5D's improperly advertised at a substantially lower > price. From what I recall, they sold the completed orders at the > advertised price
The completed order is a contract. The advert is an offer, which they are free to withdraw at any time. > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:22 AM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 01:01:06AM -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: > >> > >> > >> Pretty much the same way as many PDMLers, I've been considering > >> B&H as a reliable vendor. I've bought a bunch of euqipment from them, > >> and except for the fact that they wouldn't ship a $40 reflector to > >> the hotel or to the FedEx office, I had no problem. > >> > >> So, I was surprised to read the response from Henry Posner > >> (whom I rembember when he was responding to complaints on Usenet - > >> in rec.photo.equipment.35mm back in mid-90s) > >> to a message from an unfortunate buyer Polymistis (1/26/10, 9:47am) > >> http://www.resellerratings.com/seller1914-p1-s2-d1.html#reviews > >> > >> I am totally surprised why he thinks "I also note our website says, > >> "Prices, specifications, and images are subject to change without > >> notice." is an excuse for changing the price (or the item sold) > >> after the sale has happened. > >> Well, yes, they made a mistake. I can understand that they don't want > >> to sell the product at 1/2 price. But then they sholud apologize for > >> it profusely - why do they blame the buyer for it? > > > > What's the big deal? > > > > If an update to their web site accidentally listed a K-7 at the K-x > > sale price would you expect them to sell you one for that? Really? > > > > I'm with Henry on that one - the price was obviously an error. > > > > > >> On a different subject, - I am rather annoyed by the recent thing > >> that B&H (and a few other resellers, including Adorama, Buydig, > >> Amazon, etc.) started doing when they do not show the price on their > >> website until you add the item to the shopping cart. > >> Some of them say that it dictated by the manufacturer not allowing > >> them to display low prices. I am not sure if that's all true, - but > >> that sounds like a bunch of bologna. > >> Does anybody know if there is any substantial reason behind that game? > > > > Yes. The sale price is below what they have agreed with Pentax as the > > "lowest advertised price", so they don't show it on an open web page. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
