|
Fair
comments Jon and I admire your sentiments but the error was theirs and not
mine.
Before I order ANYTHING online I check and double check the details. People
on
this list have been screwed bt telecos because their routers/ISDN lines did
not
hang up when they thought they have. BT did not say "OK Iunderstand - no
charge". Kodak developed a mistake on Dec 31st and failed to rectify it
until
6th Jan !!! This offer had been on Digital Photography forums for days and
Kodak
still did not act. They may have taken down the sign at the front door
pointing
to the bargain, but they left them on the shelves still priced @ £100. If
this
happened with 6 cameras Kodak would deliver and say nothing. The fact that
it
has happened with 10,000 does not change the facts of the case. They
invited, I
offered and they accepted.
I
ceretainly accept that mistakes do happen but I was not knowingly
profitting
>from
ne
offer from a manufactuer (not a retailer) came along and I acted.
If
we take your view then Kodak don't supply 10,000 cameras and have 10,000
potential customers - who have an interest in digital cameras - who now
have a
10% discount before the end of the year!!! What do Canon or Fuji think of
this?
Not too pleased I'd say. I would have bought a digital camera in the next 3
months anyway and the Canon Ixus was on my agenda. The Kodak offer looked
like a
cheaper way to get into this medium so I chose it.
If companies want to minimise costs by using the internet as
a
direct selling tool then they should at least understand the fundamentals
of it.
This is a company where the net earnings were $1,440
million. I will not, and should not, give them such latitude as you
describe. If
the product was for sale @ £2.39 instead of £239 then I might understand.
But
£100 looked to be a 'special offer', maybe it was and it went pear shaped
on
them?
"But we
didn't mean it" doesn't wash with me. there is a simple rule in life -
"you
can do whatever you want in life as long as you are prepared to take the
consequences"
My 2p
:-)
For more information: http://www..automatedhome.co.uk
Post message: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subscribe: ukha_d-subscribe@xxxxxxx
Unsubscribe: ukha_d-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx
List owner: ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
|