A happy ending is when the negotiation goes exactly how you thought it would. Any other outcome isn't happy, even when the consumer's rights were preserved in the end.

If Apple advertised its products with a wrong place for one second, they should honor what they told and sell for that price to all those who saw the advertisement.

Not only they didn't do that, they also charged the corrected price from the consumers who purchased the products while the announced price was still erroneous.

That's Apple.

Also in Italy, if you put up that price and ppl buy and pay, YOU MUST honor it. So i hope some mactard got it in time.

But what amazes me is the fact that they changed the price AFTER the purchase and STILL charged the customer, someone should be held criminally responsible for that.

Also in Italy, if you put up that price and ppl buy and pay, YOU MUST honor it. So i hope some mactard got it in time.

But what amazes me is the fact that they changed the price AFTER the purchase and STILL charged the customer, someone should be held criminally responsible for that.

The Taiwan consumer authorities have dealt with this problem many times. Previously lackluster and accounting challenged computer company Dell was forced to honor its online pricing mistake.

Moral of this story is that all companies try and refuse to honor their online mistakes. However those crafty Taiwanese claim that the online price is a legally binding contract with the public. So no shafting involved, there's only happy endings for the consumer.

xoxo
Shaft Jr.