TV/VCR Combo to good to be true!!!!!

[beanz]

Here is the latest e-mail I received from DAMIANCO.Dear Customer,


Please be advised that the information on a free offer that has been
circulating on a forum, has been sent to you in
error. Although Damianco.com does provide great savings for your dollar, it
does not give away large ticket items
like TV-VCR Combo. This information is bogus, and any orders containing this
item will be canceled.

We are sorry for any inconveniences caused , and there will be in
investigation on this matter.

The following advise is given to all our customers, and we would like to
share it with you, so that you do not
experience any problems in the future:

If a deal looks too good to be true, call the company, or send an e-mail
first to verify, and do not give out any
information on your credit card until you are absolutely sure that there is a
deal. Please take extra precautions when
ordering on line. This is for your safety.


Sincerely,


Damianco.comCOM

[bbelover]

I got the same thing, and was gonna post it..thanks

[bruceh]

I got an e mail originally FROM THE COMPANY confirming the order at $0.00. So other than their screwing up the pricing on their web site, what made the offer "bogus"??? Aren't they obliged to honor the price if an order goes through and is confirmed??? And their subsequent e mail (I got one too), implies that credit card info might have been stolen, like the page on their web site had been taken over by a hacker??? Any comments on all this....

[bethie_alane]

oops, sorry i started a new thread with my e-mail letter too

sorry bruce, i don't know if they have to send you the tv, i know that a CC compnay can dispute a charge if a company charges x but then decides to charge y to your CC

[BaybrookA@aol.com]

Rats! It was worth a shot, tho.

Dawne

[missmeow]

Not to start a fight here, but I really don't think people should complain when an offer this outrageous doesn't work out. I didn't do it because I knew this exact thing would happen. Everyone screws up, and I bet the programmer that made the mistake is either fired or getting h***.

Here is the real-world analogy: Because of an error in the price sticker machines, an item is marked $0.00 in the store. Would you just walk out of the store with that item? No, you would be arrested for shoplifting. If you took the item to the checker first and it rang up as $0.00, would you smile at the cashier and walk out of the store without paying? The cashier would call their manager and the appropriate price would be entered - that e-mail that beanz received is the manager.

I know this is an old debate, but I think people shouldn't do things online that they wouldn't do offline. I have no problem presenting discount coupons at stores when I have clerks in front of me. But stuff like this I just wouldn't do.

[bbelover]

Well as I posted before, Sears had to stick by its price when someone mistakenly mark the refrig down to 127.00..I don't know if its legal or not, but i imagine if 500 people went over for that deal they wouldn't possibly make it good..Aren't they only a small company? Its ok by me, that I didn't get one, but it was worth a shot..Also in our grocery stores if an item is mismarked, u get the item for what it is marked, the next one comes at the regular price..I'm not holding my breath...

[tschmitt]

guys - I took business law and I know, FOR A FACT, that even if a store advertises a price in the newspaper, it is NOT obligated to sell the item at that price. So, Sears could advertise a stove for 1 dollar and have a thousand ppl come to buy it and tell them "it's 400 hundred dollars" and no amount of legal battles, police on the scene, whining, moaning, complaining, threatening, etc. will make them sell for a dollar. THEY are protected by the law, not us...so that story about Sears - either it's BOGUS, or Sears felt it was in their best interest to sell it to the customer to make them happy (my money is on the bogus bet, though.) Sorry to disappoint you all.