Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 3029011, member: 59677"]Legally (disclaimer IANAL) Jason did nothing wrong... it's all basic commercial law as I was taught in B-school. He made an offer (based on the dealer's indication), the dealer accepted the offer. Transaction done. [USER=76863]@baseball21[/USER] - It would even be fine if he had offered $50 - dealer is free to accept, decline or counter. It would also have been fine if the dealer countered "oops that was in the wrong box, its 190". It's open and between participants of reasonably equal position and knowledge. It's different if the Cable company says "we said 59.99, but for you, that's a nice 65" 4K TeeVee youse got, for you it's 99.99" because their (semi)monopoly position renders the negotiations unequal. [Sadly it would probably be OK if there was an asterisk on their ads aying  "large TVs more expensive, see our website for details"] Morally, I think [USER=44004]@Mainebill[/USER] hit the nail - everybody made something, using their chosen level of knowledge. Both specialized to their choosen role. Bill could have spent the long northern winter gaining an extensive, encyclopedic knowledge of VAMs and die states. But then he'd be Jason - an inch wide and a mile deep - instead of Bill - a mile wide but only an inch deep. Thankfully, there is room under our tent for both![/QUOTE]