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Article #41778Re: Canadian ISP Makes Really Bad Decision
From: Carter Lee
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 22:31
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 22:31
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SB wrote: > > "Carter Lee" wrote: > > >I take it that you do have a clue what it means legally. Are you going > >to keep us in suspense or are you going to tell us? > > It's easy ...just go here and read all about it: > > http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/guides/baitads-gd.htm > > It's in "legalese" but to be guilty of "bait and switch" a seller has > to either advertise a product that is not available for sale WITH THE > INTENT to switch the buyer to something more costly, OR make a > SIGNIFICANT effort to badmouth that product and upgrade the buyer to > something different. > > Either way, it MUST be EASILY assumed by the actions of the seller > that there was NO INTENT to sell the advertised product in the first > place. > > Repeated such events make the assumption a formality. Thanks, I always knew that. Now everybody knows and you can no longer make smug remarks about the clues others might or might not have about this subject, which is the way it should be. Carter
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