Re: Electronic Express

"Glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (wrestleantares) wrote in message
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> > On 15 Sep 2003 21:25:04 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Glenn) wrote:
> >
> > >this is a reply to the person posting about Electronic Express in
> > >Tennessee.
> > >
> >
> >  While I certainly don't have a problem with your complaining about
> > problems, the blatant attempt at blackmail is repugnant.
> >
> > The company does not have to honor the mistake.
>
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> Our actions are not meant to be considered blackmail.

But your actions are clearly so.

> What we want to
> do is to call attention to companies especially this one who advertise
> "sale" and "closeout" prices (no matter how low they are) to honor
> those prices.

Which they don't have to.

> As far as the idea of blackmail, after the way we were treated and
> still are being treated, we do not want their products nor will we
> ever buy from them again.

You literally said: I'll "retract" my site as soon as I can purchase those
Polk R-30's for $23. And now you don't even want those speakers anymore? Wtf
are you doing?


> What we want is for the company to send us a
> letter in writing that they will honor the advertised price in
> question and an apology for their rudeness.

Don't bet on it.

> This is not the first time this particular company has advertised low
> prices and then decided several days later that their low prices were
> a "mistake". Only after you order from them or go into their store do
> they decide to change the prices. We want the company to "wake up" and
> stop their false advertising practices or their bait and switch
> practices and advertise according to the law. If all companies do what
> this company does, then how would a consumer ever know what the sale
> price really is?

False advertisement is when someone willingly puts up an ad with a cheaper
price as 'bate' for someone to buy the product at the regular price. Nothing
indicates that this is the case here. People make mistakes. Get over it.
Just don't buy the speakers.

Floris