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- From: ylee@oracle.uucp (Yichin Lee)
- Subject: Misprinted Ad with great prices
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.004620.11385@oracle.us.oracle.com>
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- Reply-To: ylee@oracle.uucp (Yichin Lee)
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 00:46:20 GMT
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- Consumer advocates among the netters,
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- A local golf equipment shop, the Nevada Bob's in Belmont, California, put out
- an ad in a direct mail package that reached me yesterday. In the ad they
- advertised golf gloves for 4.99, golf balls for 13.99 etc., and also, let
- me quote: " ANY SHOE IN STOCK $5.00, Limit 1, must present coupon,
- Expires 10/15/92."
-
- That was all they have for this item in the ad. It was obviously a misprint
- from "$5.00 off". I went in anyway to see how they plan to honor the ad.
- Since I recall that the local Good Guys made a similar booboo a couple of
- months ago, selling 25" Sharp color TV for 129.00. They end up having to
- sell every such TV in store for that price.
-
- Well, Neveda Bob simply put a A-4 size poster in front of their door saying
- that this was a misprint, and they are not going to honor it.
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- Please tell me if they are doing the right thing? Do I have something
- in my hand that I can nail them? I'm not going to raise havoc but am curious.
- Thanks.
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- Yichin Lee
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