steves@kepler.UUCP (Steve Schlich) (02/19/86)
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You won't get PageMaker for 34.90 because of a misprint or a typo. Read
the fine print at the bottom left of the ad in question. Such errors are
accounted for.
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One town looks very like another /
with your head down over your pieces, brother.
---from "One Night in Bangkok"
Steve Schlich, MicroPro Product Development
{dual,hplabs,glacier,lll-crg}!well!micropro!kepler!stevesolson@harvard.UUCP (Eric Olson) (02/21/86)
In article <505@kepler.UUCP> steves@kepler.UUCP (Steve Schlich) writes: > >You won't get PageMaker for 34.90 because of a misprint or a typo. Read >the fine print at the bottom left of the ad in question. Such errors are >accounted for. Although I don't approve of getting on these people's case because of an honest error (assuming it IS an honest error), it IS illegal to advertise something at a price and then not honor that price. The disclaimer, virtually always included in ads that quote prices, may give the seller some protection in some states. However, if you complain enough to the right people (or threaten to complain to the right agencies), the seller will probably back down to avoid trouble. Given that the lead time for most magazines is around 3 months, I would say that if the price is misquoted in print three months in a row, the seller must know that he is advertising the wrong price and hasn't bothered to change it. Then I would get mad. Or even. -Eric.