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Viking Direct Samsug TV

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  • #62
    Jev/N
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭Jev/N


    djimi wrote: »
    Nothing illegal about it.

    Well there is actually


  • #63
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,224 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Jev/N wrote: »
    Well there is actually

    what was illegal?


  • #64
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Jev/N wrote: »
    Well there is actually

    Care to elaborate?


  • #65
    Jev/N
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭Jev/N


    godtabh wrote: »
    what was illegal?
    djimi wrote: »
    Care to elaborate?

    I'm surprised that posters don't think this is illegal.

    I might clarify that I'm speaking about a situation where a company intentionally creates an erroneous pricing 'mistake' on purpose, and then relies on the doctrine of unilateral mistake and their various Ts&Cs to get out of honouring offers/contracts with would-be purchasers.

    It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the above is not only ethically wrong but also legally so.

    From the Consumer Protection Act, 2007, you could just look at the following:
    - unfair commercial practices;
    - misleading commercial practices; and, finally
    - prohibited commercial practices.

    The last point may be stretching it but is definitely arguable.


  • #66
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    I would have thought that for a one off like this it would be very hard to prove that it was a deliberate ploy rather than a genuine mistake?


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  • #67
    Jev/N
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭Jev/N


    djimi wrote: »
    I would have thought that for a one off like this it would be very hard to prove that it was a deliberate ploy rather than a genuine mistake?

    I wasn't really arguing the proof. The point made was that it wasn't illegal, which in my mind it was - if it was a deliberate ploy.


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