External 250GB hard drive £23.86 from Dell

brinky_2

Are there any legal eagles out there?

Once DELL have reserved funds on a credit card havent they accepted an 'invitation to treat' and therefore a contract is established?

Isnt it up to DELL to make sure before reserving funds that they have got their sums right?

asharon

brinky wrote: »

Are there any legal eagles out there?

Once DELL have reserved funds on a credit card havent they accepted an 'invitation to treat' and therefore a contract is established?

Isnt it up to DELL to make sure before reserving funds that they have got their sums right?

No because they haven't taken any money.

Park_Ranger_2

Why not have a mass phone in to Trading Standards on Monday morning. If enough complaints are made, TS will have to investigate. It's still unlikely to get anyone a hard drive but it'll cause Dell a bit of work and embarrassment when it hits the press.

Odd_Fellow

asharon wrote: »

No because they haven't taken any money.

This is quite irrelevant as Dell is in breach of it's own T&C if it's issued a Order Confirmation.

Inactive

Oh I see that we have moved to the " Legal Challenge Mode " now, oh so predictable.

Everyone is now in the " Let's Sue Dell " mode.

All of the unqualified legal experts will now have their say.:rolleyes:

Of course the truth is, everyone will have a whinge, but nobody will actually do anything about it, so why not just move on.

Park_Ranger_2

Odd_Fellow wrote: »

This is quite irrelevant as Dell is in breach of it's own T&C if it's issued a Order Confirmation.

From the order confirmation.

'Please note - your order is subject to our Terms and Conditions of Sale and Service. Dell will not be responsible for typographical, pricing or other errors and reserves the right to cancel any orders based on such errors'

jmc160

Ivan_Konstantinov wrote: »

how does it waste money dood, it's a few megs of storage on their server, duhh :rolleyes:

You said:

that the consumers secretary of state takes action against Dell and others

Do you think someone's gonna do that on their own time? Out of the goodness of their heart? My guess is their wages are gonna come out of our taxes "dood".

System

brinky wrote: »

Isnt it up to DELL to make sure before reserving funds that they have got their sums right?

asharon wrote: »

No because they haven't taken any money.

But they have taken money from my bank account, not just reserved it. Surely that means that a contract has been formed?

missionman

I have had no response from Dell at all. An e-mail explaining that it was a mistake and they are sorry would be something. Or maybe an offer of a discount on the proper price ??

alchemista

I tried to press action on an earlier price mistake. One clause is that if it's obvious that there was a price error (like a major price difference), CAB told me chances are it would never hold up in court. At the end of the day, it would have to be you convincing a judge that they need to honor the deal. Nobody's going to automatically make them send you a hard drive.

If you think it's worth your time, money, and risk that the judge won't side in your favor, to get this hard drive, then by all means go for it. However, chances are it's not, unfortunately.