Re: FW: Shop@Kodak DX3700 Digital Camera

["kennethwatt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

ROTFLMAO!

This is good, they're getting hammered over this and I have to say=20
my interpretation was the same as yours Micheal, the way that the=20
confirmation mail is worded it makes out that it is a reciept for=20
the purchase and proof of warranty in which case the deal has been=20
done as they say!

Personally, under Scots Law AFAIK, its a pain in the ass to use the=20
small claims court but I may make an exception just out of badness=20
if they do not honour the agreement, just going to court with all=20
the claims will cost them more than it's worth just to give us a=20
free camera, let alone make us pay the =A3100. Whoever mentioned the=20
Hoover fiasco of a few years back was correct and this is *exactly*=20
the situation they found themselves in, i.e. it would be more=20
expensive to fight the ensuing court battles than just to honour the=20
deal.

K.

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Michael Mc Aree" <michael.mcaree@t...>
wrote:
> Kodak dude just been on 5 Live spouting the the email confirming=20
the
> order was the 'Invitation to Treat'=20
> Ho, Ho, Ho, :-)
>=20=20
> He said 25 people had ordered on New Years Eve @ =A3100 and were=20
told it
> was a mistake. He said they had then removed the link, which was=20
like
> taking ti from the shelves, but you could still get to it using a
> bookmarked URL.=20
> Bluff to try to stop people chasing them up.=20
>=20=20
> BTW those other Trading Standards officers are wrong !! The email I
> received states
> "Please keep this message as your receipt of the purchase."
So I=20
have a
> receipt for a purchase and expect my Credit Card to be debited=20
only when
> the goods have been dispatched. My Online Order status remains @
> PROCESSING yet they have changed it to not show the full Credit=20
Card
> number as it did earlier today. Why have they not cancelled my=20
order??
>=20=20
> This is a balls up similar to Hoover and there is no way out for=20
Kodak.
> It will cost me an afternoon an =A313 to go to the small claims court
> while it will cost Kodak more than the =A3200 that they may loose.=20
Their
> big problem is that they physically can't fulfilll the orders!!
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> Michael