Bait and Switch!?!? - Page 2

Steve R · #21 (**permalink**) 04-07-2003, 08:19 PM

Chuck,
No rebuttal here. My mom taught me the same thing and she is ALLWAYS right

Steven

CobraX · #22 (**permalink**) 04-07-2003, 08:28 PM

Just last week I agreed to pay the advertised price in full for a un finished Cobra project, the guy edited the price AFTER my acceptance then called and said that he made a deal for XX amount and if I paid XXX amount then the car would be mine, well I didn't think I was entering an auction as he posted his price right on the F/S post.
I passed on the deal because I could see spending 2 days and 1,000.00 to show up to take delivery and have to renegotiate a new price. Sorry, not for me.
If it’s an auction then it’s an auction, if it’s posted for X amount then sell it for X amount.

albright42 · #23 (**permalink**) 04-07-2003, 08:39 PM

How 'bout the reverse: Many years ago I advertised a car for sale for $4900. A potential customer said "will you take $4600 for it?" I said "yes". He said : "Would you take $4400?" . After that episode my response to similar questions became "I'll consider any legitimate offer, accompanied by a deposit."

bsa

Excaliber · #24 (**permalink**) 04-07-2003, 09:13 PM

I can understand making a mistake entering the price wrong. E-Bay has a similiar feature to re-track your bid, on good faith if you entered the wrong number.

I recently sold my house, at a VERY fair below market price. The buyer and myself agreed on the price and shook hands. We were BOTH happy. THEN the next day the buyers freakin' real estate agent starts jerking my chain and wanting an even lower price!!!! I was shocked! Eventually we did the deal at the originally agreed on price. BUT by the time we had finished the paperwork, it TOTALLY sucked ALL the "joy" out of the deal.

I had been feeling good I could offer this nice lady my house at a great price and she really appreciated it. In the end, I didn't care if the stupid house burned down one day after she moved in!!!

The older I get the less it has to do with "money" and the more it has to do with something I can "feel good about it". Whats that worth??

Ernie

JWheaton · #25 (**permalink**) 04-08-2003, 07:18 AM

I think that people who post ads should PROOFREAD them

cobrashoch · #26 (**permalink**) 04-08-2003, 09:04 AM

Guys- I can think of about 2 million reasons why a price should not be binded to a ad. No, one shouldn't mis-rep. a ad or practice to deceive in a ad. It really is about the "good will" between a buyer and a seller though. For those that think a price should be set in stone to preserve a sense of honor I submitt to you that you will have problems with that sometime down the road. Been there,done that. Garys still right.
cobrashock

cobrashoch · #27 (**permalink**) 04-08-2003, 09:54 AM

All of the examples above are made by honorable folks, both buyers and sellers. They are also good examples (All of Them) of ads written in such a way to confuse the prospective buyer when showing up to buy something. Add to this mix the buyers expectations and what you have is confusion. This is very common and largely the rule folks, and I stress the "honorable" again. Reason #1 of 2 million.
cobrashock