RE: UKNM: e-commerce own goal

[Richard Uttley]

I heard on the radio that this could be an interesting case. In the

opinion of the legal beagle who was airing his opinion the case may be

viewed this way:


If you pass a high street shop window where goods are displayed without

prices then this is an indication of the goods that this business has to

offer - hence an invitation to treat with no contract is implied.

However, if you take the case of a ticket machine at a car park where

the price is clearly displayed in respect of the goods (in this case

parking time) on offer. The law (according to the beagle) sees this as a

contract offered by the seller (the owner of the car park) which can be

accepted by the buyer inserting payment and pressing a button. The

dispensed ticket is evidence of the contract. Very similar in fact to

accepting a price displayed on the Internet, making payment by giving a

credit card number, clicking the submit button and receiving

confirmation by email.


Now I may not have the wording verbatim and I can't vouch for the

validity of the beagle's statements, but it makes sense to me and I can

see it making an interesting column inch or two.

 

*	richard m uttley

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> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Steve Johnston [SMTP:Steve [dot] JohnstonEntranet [dot] co [dot] uk]

> Sent:	10 September 1999 18:25

>

To: 'uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com'

> Subject:	RE: UKNM: e-commerce own goal

> 

> As the speculation is to continue, here is my next bit of third-hand

> heresay. Apparently, the price was advertised correctly, but was

> rounded

> to �3.00 from �299.00 when it arrived in the 'shopping basket'. No

> offer

> or advertised-price gaff just a simple mistake for all to see. And

> Taylor Joynson Garrett should be

> ashamed-of-themselves/very-proud-of-themselves for being the first to

> commercially exploit the publicity.

> 

> Steve Johnston

>

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> > -----Original Message-----

>

> From: Paul Douglas [paul [dot] douglasfuturenet [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:paul [dot] douglasfuturenet [dot] co [dot] uk)]

> > Sent: 10 September 1999 12:03

>

> To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> > Subject: Re: UKNM: e-commerce own goal

> > 

> > 

> > And now it looks as though a disgruntled customer is going to sue:

> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/990909-000012.html

> > 

> > Ray Taylor wrote:

> > > 

>

> > From: Robert Hamilton (brandwidth) <listsbrandwidth [dot] co [dot] uk>

> > > 

> > > >> I read that Argos had consulted with ASA before making their

> > > >> decision not to honour the orders.

> > > >

> > > >Surely it's trading standards, not advertising? The ASA 

> > have nothing

> > > >to do with the former (wherever you read it!).

> > 

> > [Sam says: article chopped for brevity...]


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