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Easy Mac
03-13-2005, 10:09 AM
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?
Airhog
03-13-2005, 10:18 AM
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 :D
clintl
03-13-2005, 10:22 AM
Legally, they're not obligated to honor ads with typos, but you could try. They're running that ad in my area, too.
Cap Ologist
03-13-2005, 10:25 AM
Legally, they're not obligated to honor ads with typos, but you could try. They're running that ad in my area, too.
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.
Easy Mac
03-13-2005, 10:36 AM
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.
Craptacular
03-13-2005, 11:14 AM
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.
Craptacular
03-13-2005, 11:39 AM
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/
sterlingice
03-13-2005, 01:27 PM
Best Buy is known for their bait-and-switch.

SI
PilotMan
03-13-2005, 04:48 PM
I hate Best Buy, used to love it, now I hate it.
Marc Vaughan
03-14-2005, 02:38 AM
Legally, they're not obligated to honor ads with typos, but you could try. They're running that ad in my area, too.

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).
Draft Dodger
03-14-2005, 07:05 AM
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).

yep. Our catalogs are chock full of errors every month, but we usually don't honor them.
wade moore
03-14-2005, 07:13 AM
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).

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...