RE: The Vaio model in question...

[Jon Fautley <jon@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Mark Harrison wrote:

> Alas, no.
>
> The "Argos case" set the legal precedent that if the price
were "obviousl=
y wrong" that was sufficient to prove that the purchaser had entered
into t=
he contract in bad faith, and the vendor could repudiate the contract on
th=
at basis.
>
> There was a lot of discussion about the applicability of the Argos
case w=
hen the Kodak cameras thing happened. That was different, and the
consensus=
was that the Argos ruling did NOT apply, because =A3150 wasn't
"obviously =
wrong" for a digital camera. The logic being, there WERE plenty of
digicams=
at that price point, so it wasn't reasonable to assume bad faith - the pur=
chasers were potentially justified in believing that this was merely a
spec=
ial offer, offering a better model for the price of a lesser.
>
> =A375 would appear "obviously wrong" as a price for a
laptop. As such, I =
would imagine that the "Argos case" precedent would apply.
>
> Note: I'm NOT a lawyer. However, my job requires that that I
understand a=
reasonable amount about contract law as it applies to selling on the Inter=
net :-)

The device is a 'digital diary' tho (look at
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=3DPCG-C1VE)

There are plenty of digital diarys at this price point...

I'm also no a lawyer, and doubt that we'll get the lappys... but here's
hoping :)

J

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Butler [mailto:roaming@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 26 July 2002 17:35
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] The Vaio model in question...
>
>
> Shouldn't payment accepted =3D sale accepted =3D> no turning back?
> Dell for instance, hadn't accepted the orders for the monitors the
other =
week so fair enough, but once payment is accepted isn't that it?
>
> Just did a 2nd order in case we get em :D
>
>
> Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 26 July 2002 17:08
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] The Vaio model in question...
>
>
> http://www.vaio.sony-europe.com/eng/products/notebooks/models/c1ve/conten=
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