OT: Consumer Advertising Law

[Robert Bushman]

On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Logan Kennelly wrote:

> As a side note, Robert's story about the web site just barely over the line
> sounded a lot like BestBuy.com's situation (except with all of the dollar
> values doubled (Canadian?) ) with the new GeForce4 4600.  They advertised
> the price twice (one being an absolute, and one being "$300 off"), but did
> not intend to sell at that price.  However, what got BestBuy.com in trouble
> was that people ordered them and paid for the item, but Best Buy refused to
> ship it to their customers.  Instead, they tried to give the money back
> after the transaction had been made.  If this was the example, then it
> doesn't apply since Fry's wouldn't take my money in the first place.

Yup, that's the one.