Re: False advertising, is it illegal?

Ray,

It's not so much a matter of "legal" as business practice. You describe a
scam which has been the stock and trade of dodgy mail order camera venders
for 50 years.
What you need to do is:

Call the seller and cancel  the order.
Write the seller and cancel the order, sending by real mail with a certified
mail deliver receipt.
Call your credit card issuer and reverse the change, which almost certainly
has been processed, even though they haven't sent you the camera. [This is a
common abuse practiced even by the "great" B&H Photo in NYC.]
Buy from a dealer with a confirmed price or even on ebay from a private
seller before you get into bed with this type of vender again.  [I got a
mint Pentax 67II with AE prism off ebay this year for about $1325 delivered.
Very nice deal.]



"Lunaray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Is it illegal to post false info & erroneous prices on a commerecial
dealer
> web site?
>
> Case in point:  I ordered a Pentax 67 II body & AE prism finder at Wells
> Digital http://store.yahoo.com/wellsdigital/10291.html only to find out
that
> this is a "Grey Market" item (not as they describe on their site) and the
> price is higher than indicated.  I don't know what they're actually asking
> for these two items, I got a message on my answering machine telling me
that
> there is a problem with the price they quoted me on the phone and on their
> web site and I won't find out intil I can call them back on Monday.  Now I
> don't mind taking a chance at buying something "Grey Market" to save some
> bucks, but I certainly don't like being lied to.  Has anyone here bought
> anything from this company?  Thanks!
> --
> Ray ( www.rayspace.com )
> -------------------------------------------
> "I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere,
>  than in any city on earth" - Steve McQueen
>
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