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In sac.general Ron Ablang <ablang@post1.com> wrote:
: Did anyone catch that in the CCN?

: It was a special on sale for $39.99 just for June 30th, 1998 only.
: It turns out that that was yet another misprint, that they wouldn't
: honor.

: Computer Warehouse has no HONOR.

I never thought I'd spring to the defense of Computer Warehouse, but it
may, in fact, be a misprint and, if so, why, exactly, SHOULD they honor
something that another party misprinted?  Having been with a company that
advertised with CCN for a number of years, I can say with an opinion based
in some experience that CCN definitely has poor proofreading skills. 

Pricing is frequently misprinted in newspapers.  Go into Fry's in any 
given week and you'll probably see at least one notice of a misprint as 
you walk in.  I don't think this smacks of blatantly deceptive business 
practices by Fry's--though Fry's certainly follows any number of fishy 
business practices.  

The assumption that Computer Warehouse purposefully misprinted the price 
to draw people into the store is a bit ridiculous, especially if you do a 
quick scan at Pricewatch and see that even the cheapest prices on the 
AWE64 are WAY above that price.  Does it make sense to you that Computer 
Warehouse should honor a price that even they cannot buy the product 
for?  And, if you really think Computer Warehouse is engaged in deceptive 
business practices, get a lawyer and file suit against them. 

This reminds me of the time I was in the Good Guys a few years ago and 
they misprinted the price on a 25" TV for $198.  About every 10 minutes 
someone would walk in and ask about this TV and, while most people walked 
away disappointed, no one walked away accusing the Good Guys of deceiving 
people.  I doubt the Good Guys WANTED people to be walking in every 10 
minutes all day long for days asking about the stupid television. 

In other words, don't piss on Computer Warehouse just because you didn't 
get the "deal of a lifetime" on the AWE64. 

-- 
Jim Antoniou (antoniou@mother.com)