Never mind Mark, I read the 2nd part of your post. Tom C.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > Then explain to me why deceptive and false advertising is an issue and > why there are laws prohibiting it. Worse case scenario (not B&H), if I > can advertise anything I want and then amend the terms at will, when a > customer attempts to purchase... is that purely informational or is it > a fraudulent act? I have a feeling some of the statutes governing this > topic will differ from state to state, country to country. > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >> Tom C wrote: >> >>>I suspect B&H is required to meet the terms of the advertisement, by >>>law >> >> No they aren't, in fact. Under the law an advertisement is considered >> "informational", not an "offer". When the customer attempts to make >> the purchase that customer is making an "offer" which is then open to >> "acceptance" (or not) by the seller. >> >> Deliberate false advertising is certainly illegal, but laws do make >> allowance for mistakes, typos, etc. in advertising. >> >> HOWEVER... In this case it appears that B&H *did* accept the offer by >> billing the customer's credit card. At that point they were legally >> bound to provide the goods at the agreed-upon price. The advertising >> is irrelevant. >> >> -- >> 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.
