widescreen TVs for 49p!!!!! [CLOSED]

BritBrat

What forum?

Oh I forgot some must use real names. LOL

cymro1170

Dave=m55 wrote:

"At common law, when the mistake is operative the contract is usually void ab initio".

Wow! You really like to quote this don't you?
Where did you cut and paste it from?

danio_2

I think Argos/GUS should revise the way it takes our Money (ie) NOTHING taken until despatch.

The way they are doing it now,(Take the money first, THEN confirm your purchase....Or not as the case may be) doesn't leave the purchaser with much protection at all, Imagine for instance (and i'm not saying that this is the case with Argos) A company offers an item worth £500 for £10, It is pretty obvious that they are going to get heap loads of orders, They take your money then the company goes bust, Where does that leave us! Right at the bottom of the creditors list, without a hope in hells chance of seeing the money again.

Sorry for sprouting on lol, BUT this is IMO why online shops should revise the way they take your money.

EvilMonkey

pocketing the extra money from the interest earned on OUR money.

I'm not convinced there would be a huge amount of interest on the money. 2 thoughts spring to mind. Firstly, it's doubtful that argos will actually have any of the money into their system for any time to actually do something with it. Secondly they time taken to clear up the mess is going to soak up a fair bit of time \ money. I'm fairly certain this isn't a trick by argos to steal your interest....

E.M.

danio_2

EvilMonkey wrote:

I'm not convinced there would be a huge amount of interest on the money. 2 thoughts spring to mind. Firstly, it's doubtful that argos will actually have any of the money into their system for any time to actually do something with it. Secondly they time taken to clear up the mess is going to soak up a fair bit of time \ money. I'm fairly certain this isn't a trick by argos to steal your interest....

E.M.

It doesn't matter if they make 2p interest or £200,000 interest, It's the principle of the matter.

dadada

danio wrote:

It doesn't matter if they make 2p interest or £200,000 interest, It's the principle of the matter.

Nasty Big Companies must have principles ?

But MSEers are not obliged ?

danio_2

dadada wrote:

Nasty Big Companies must have principles ?

But MSEers are not obliged ?

I DO have principles!!

soolin

I was bored and did a google search on argos, it appears that Argos have mispriced TVs before back in 1999:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/09/08/argos_bts_badly_ups_price/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/09/09/argos_3_tv_fiasco_provokes/

http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/news/2107977/tv-offer-leaves-argos-red-faced

You'd think they would learn wouldn't you?

Soo

danio_2

soolin wrote:

I was bored and did a google search on argos, it appears that Argos have mispriced TVs before back in 1999:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/09/08/argos_bts_badly_ups_price/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/09/09/argos_3_tv_fiasco_provokes/

http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/news/2107977/tv-offer-leaves-argos-red-faced

You'd think they would learn wouldn't you?

Soo

Which is why I said in a previous post that they should learn from their mistakes first time round, But there have been more recent Errors made by argos, 2 jump to mind
1. The webcam saga
2. (More recently) The Walkie Talkie mess....Where they offerd them on their website for something like £8.78 reduced from £34.99, people reserved them online, but argos refused to sell to some people at that price, even tho £8.78 was still showing on their site.

ca-uk

i might be looking at this too simplistically, but, say i was to walk into a shop and buy a packet of crisps - they've priced them up at 2p, get to the checkout, pay my 2p - as soon as that money goes in the till, the crisps become my property. as i walk out of the shop, the shop man says "oi, mate, i'd mispriced them - they should've been 20p! come back and pay me 18p" - i'd say - sorry, not my problem, the crisps are now mine.

why does this not apply to buying something online? just because i don't physically have hold of a tv and the ability to leg it, should that make a difference?

surely companies should be accountable for their mistakes?