RE: MD: Prices On Websites and Legal Factors Implied
Keith Wilson wrote: If a price on a website is incorrect, how legally binding is it? In the UK, a price label in a shop window is termed "an offer to treat" (cheat?), and there is no legal requirement to actually sell at that price. I imagine on a web site you have even less chance of enforcing the price :-( stinks, don't it ? simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Prices On Websites and Legal Factors Implied
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I think you need to email them and find out the correct price. I doubt if they will just give it to you. Keith Wilson wrote: If a price on a website is incorrect, how legally binding is it? I was on a website today, and saw a price for a MD7xx battery for 0.00 and a postage cost of 1 ukpound. On the final checkout screen I saw this: Listed below are the items you have selected this session. If you are happy with this choose a payment method and fill out the form. To change any item return to your shopping basket basket.ihtml ID name price quantitytotal 8020107 Sharp AD-S30BTX Lithium-ion battery for MD-MS702H ?CALL ?CALL 2 ?0.00 ?0.00 Total Total Postage Estimate Ex vat Inc vat United Kingdom Postage:0.00 0.00 ?1.00 Scale of postage charges Additional postage may be added to your order by our operators. If so this is the scale of charges which will apply up to ?50 ?50 - ?100 ?100 or greater UK ?1.00 ?3.50 ?6.00 Euro?1.00 ?5.00 ?12.50 Other ?3.50 ?5.00 ?20.00 For security your IP address has been logged xx.xx.xx.xx I have hidden the links, and my IP address for confidentiality's sake, I like my ass where is is and not sued! In the UK, legally can I hold them to this? Keith - Senior Development Programmer Email : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] SMS : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Work : 01689 835 353 Fax : 01689 838 323 Mobile: 07879 427 867 ICQ : 32923233 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Prices On Websites and Legal Factors Implied
Hi, In the small print somewhere on the site, there is probably the letters eoe, meaning errors and omissions excepted. The shop will probably claim this excuses it from sticking to an 'obvious' mistake like free batteries. Maybe you would win a case, if you went to court with lawyer, barristers, etc... Maybe not. I'd just order it anyway, and see if it arrives (depends on how automated the site is) Keep the order printout so if they charge your credit card, complain to your card company. Oh, and can you tell us what site it is so we can all try it?:) Cheers, Alan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Keith Wilson Sent: 06 March 2000 12:22 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MD: Prices On Websites and Legal Factors Implied If a price on a website is incorrect, how legally binding is it? I was on a website today, and saw a price for a MD7xx battery for 0.00 and a postage cost of 1 ukpound. On the final checkout screen I saw this: Listed below are the items you have selected this session. If you are happy with this choose a payment method and fill out the form. To change any item return to your shopping basket basket.ihtml ID name price quantitytotal 8020107 Sharp AD-S30BTX Lithium-ion battery for MD-MS702H ?CALL ?CALL 2 ?0.00 ?0.00 Total Total Postage Estimate Ex vat Inc vat United Kingdom Postage:0.00 0.00 ?1.00 Scale of postage charges Additional postage may be added to your order by our operators. If so this is the scale of charges which will apply up to ?50 ?50 - ?100 ?100 or greater UK ?1.00 ?3.50 ?6.00 Euro?1.00 ?5.00 ?12.50 Other ?3.50 ?5.00 ?20.00 For security your IP address has been logged xx.xx.xx.xx I have hidden the links, and my IP address for confidentiality's sake, I like my ass where is is and not sued! In the UK, legally can I hold them to this? Keith - Senior Development Programmer Email : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] SMS : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Work : 01689 835 353 Fax : 01689 838 323 Mobile: 07879 427 867 ICQ : 32923233 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Prices On Websites and Legal Factors Implied
Keith Wilson wrote: If a price on a website is incorrect, how legally binding is it? Simon Barnes said: In the UK, a price label in a shop window is termed "an offer to treat" (cheat?), and there is no legal requirement to actually sell at that price. I imagine on a web site you have even less chance of enforcing the price :-( stinks, don't it ? But in the above example the trader could be guilty under the trade descriptions act. ;) Tim Arnold Slough UK - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Prices On Websites and Legal Factors Implied
If a price on a website is incorrect, how legally binding is it? I was on a website today, and saw a price for a MD7xx battery for 0.00 and a postage cost of 1 ukpound. In the UK, legally can I hold them to this? That depends - in a shop situation, the marked price is an "invitation to treat", which is not a binding price until an agreement has been made between the buyer and seller (typically when you have over the money/swipe the card). Formally, the buyer makes an offer which the seller has the right to reject. This is just implied usually - the buyer's happy with the marked price, the seller's happy to sell at the marked price. This means that you don't have the right to buy something at a marked price - the seller can simply reject the offer. It gets more complicated with online shopping - at what point in the transaction has an "agreement" been made, and is the automated response of a webserver as legally binding as the verbal/written agreement from a human seller? Possibly worth a try, but from similar examples (Argos 2.99 TVs, etc), you don't have much of a case. -- Simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Prices On Websites and Legal Factors Implied
Hi, About whether prices on websites (or elsewhere) are legally binding in Britain, I had this experience in Dixons a few years ago. I wander in to browse with a particular interest in memory modules for the Psion3a organiser to see just how much more they cost there than by mail order. To my surprise a 512K RAM module is priced at ukp80, rather than the ukp130 it usually sells for, perhaps ukp110 at best by mail order. Wow-- it's obvious some assistant read the price of the 512K Flash module which is a lot cheaper and stuck that on. So I buy it. When he inputs the item in the till it comes up at the much higher price, so he calls the store manager who after a quick think put a "special discount" entry on the purchase to make it the lower price. Once I had bought the item, I confessed I knew all along it was incorrectly priced and enquired whether they were obliged to honor the price displayed (I had thought they were). I was told by the manager they need not sell it, but must then remove it from sale for 24 hours before redisplaying at the correct price. I was told the same thing when buying my Washer/Dryer at another shop (underpriced about ukp150-- they'd forgotten the sale ended some time back). In both cases they honored the price as they weren't really making a loss (but very little profit either), however selling the battery for free and ukp1 postage would be a definite loss. If they spot the error I bet they cancel the order. However many companes give free carraige on net purchases and I bet that's because it saves their staff inputting details-- you may find no-one spots the bargain battery until it's too late :-) Once they've charged your card and shipped it-- I bet theres no legal way they can demand it back. Thats what I think anyway! Cheers, PrinceGaz -- "if it harms none, do what you will" Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://website.lineone.net/~princegaz/ ICQ: 36892193 Earn a minimum of $20 per hour by watching ads on the net! Visit http://www.bepaid.com/users.rhtml?REFID=10164669 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
