OT: Consumer Advertising Law

[Robert Bushman]

FWIW, I've lived in Cleveland, NYC, Seattle,
and now here. They have no Fry's, only CompUSA
(and DataVision in NYC - marginally better
than CompUSA, but still not in the same league
as Fry's). Would you rather have CompUSA
with a spotless accuracy record, or Fry's with
typo's?

Fry's with a spotless accuracy record isn't an
option. Increased government interference reduces
consumer freedom - makes every store a bland,
monotonous, soul-crushing experience like CompUSA.

JM2C

On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, James Durham wrote:

> IMNAL, but fry's has been messing up on the advertising price for some years
> now. Then they post a paper on the front door of the store explaining there
> was a mistake and what the advertisement should have said. I have made about
> 6 trips to fry's only to get turned around.
>
> On Friday 19 July 2002 10:29 am, Logan Kennelly wrote:
> > While looking for a new laptop, I stopped by Fry's Electronics to find the
> > model I wanted at $600 below retail.  When I asked why it was so low, I was
> > told that it was a mistake and they adjusted the price in their computers.
> > Although I was told that they would sell me the product for the listed
> > price, the store manager eventually stated that they were under no
> > obligation to do so and cancelled the lower price.
> >
> > Since I am not an expert in consumer law, I thought I would put the
> > question to the list: Is there any law regulating this situation, and, if
> > so, what is it?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
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