Re: The Vaio model in question...

["Quinten Uijldert" <yahoogroups@xxxxxxx>]

And what about the complete lack of terms and conditions?  Nowhere to be found on the site...  Does that mean that normal law applies (which could mean there is a contract to honour) ?

 

Just asking...

----- Original Message -----

From: Kenneth Watt

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 5:47 PM

Subject: RE: [ukha_d] The Vaio model in question...

Agreed Mark.

 

However it is a long discontinued model and this could just be a clear out of a load that has been kicking about a warehouse somewhere and, I suspect it is that anyway, given that the newer models have been around for some months now. I know that because of the research I did before getting the VAIO I now have, but this would be very nice for SWMBO. ;)

 

See http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=PCG-C1VE

 

K.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 26 July 2002 17:43
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] The Vaio model in question...

 

Alas, no.

 

The "Argos case" set the legal precedent that if the price were "obviously wrong" that was sufficient to prove that the purchaser had entered into the contract in bad faith, and the vendor could repudiate the contract on that basis.

 

There was a lot of discussion about the applicability of the Argos case when the Kodak cameras thing happened. That was different, and the consensus was that the Argos ruling did NOT apply, because £150 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 purchasers were potentially justified in believing that this was merely a special offer, offering a better model for the price of a lesser.

 

£75 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 Internet :-)

 

Regards,

 

Mark

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