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03-13-2005, 10:09 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
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Best Buy Ad with XP Home for $40?
Does anyone else's Best Buy ad have XP Home for $40 with a mail-in rebate? I just read on-line that Best Buy said there is no rebate and they will not honor the price, even if you bring in an ad. How is this legal?
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03-13-2005, 10:18 AM
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Captain Obvious
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
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Sounds to me like they misprinted there AD. If you go in there and holler loud enough I bet they would give it too ya
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03-13-2005, 10:22 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Davis, CA
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Legally, they're not obligated to honor ads with typos, but you could try. They're running that ad in my area, too.
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03-13-2005, 10:25 AM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Flower Mound, TX
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I don't know if that could be considered a typo. A typo would be advertising something for 10.00 when it's supposed to be 100. |
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03-13-2005, 10:36 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
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Yeah, it shows on page 8 in the bottom right hand corner.
It says save $60 39.99 after Instant Savings & Mail-In Rebate Reg Price $99.99- $10 Instant Savings = $89.99 - $50 Mail-In Rebate = $39.99 Not really a typo. They just say there is no MIR. I just called here and they said they have no rebate, nor will there be one. |
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03-13-2005, 11:14 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The Mad City, WI
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Same ad here. There are too many "mistakes" for it to be a typo. They also haven't "fixed it" on the website version of their weekly ad.
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03-13-2005, 11:39 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The Mad City, WI
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The thread about this on Fat Wallet now has people saying they're getting the rebate form printed out at the register.
http://www.fatwallet.com/t/18/448512/ |
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03-13-2005, 01:27 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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Best Buy is known for their bait-and-switch.
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03-13-2005, 04:48 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Seven miles up
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I hate Best Buy, used to love it, now I hate it.
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03-14-2005, 02:38 AM
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SI Games
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Melbourne, FL
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Are you sure about that - in the UK, if you advertise it at a price you sell it at that price typo or not (there have been several cases where a company has mis-priced something and ended up giving away bargains). |
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03-14-2005, 07:05 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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yep. Our catalogs are chock full of errors every month, but we usually don't honor them.
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03-14-2005, 07:13 AM
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lolzcat
Join Date: May 2001
Location: williamsburg, va
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This (I believe) is how it is for the price displayed in the store.. but for sale ads, all they have to do is post a correction in the store (entry way, customer service, wherever) and they do not have to honor the ad...
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