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- From: jwc@netx.com (Jeff Comer)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Misprinted Ad with great prices
- Message-ID: <1155@netxcom.netx.com>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 19:11:25 GMT
- References: <1992Jul23.004620.11385@oracle.us.oracle.com>
- Sender: news@netxcom.netx.com
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: The Chaos Bobs
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- ylee@oracle.uucp (Yichin Lee) writes:
- >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."
- >
- >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.
-
- I'm pretty sure all advertisers are immune from printing mistakes made by
- the publishers. For example, what if Joe Bloe Oldsmobile listed a 1992
- Cutlass Supreme for $2199, accidentally having left off an extra '9'? If
- you can prove it was a deliberate come-on, you have a case. But since the
- original ad copy is probably lost or destroyed and belongs to the publi-
- sher anyway, you're out of luck.
-
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