Misleading Advertising
Jun 9th 2005, 3:06 am
#16
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Re: Misleading Advertising
Just because something is advertised at a certain price theres no obligation on the vendor to actually sell it to you. If they agree to sell it then it must be at the advertised price, however they can simply refuse to sell it. Bad customer relations but sometimes better than make a massive loss due to a mistake.
Jun 9th 2005, 6:37 am
#17
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Re: Misleading Advertising
Originally Posted by jcapulet
Here's my favorite about false advertising...supposedly "1-hour photo" places who say to come back in 3 or 4 hours...because they are backed up or whatever. Shouldn't they be called "4-hour photo" processors?
Especially interesting was when I brought my film to a Ritz or MotoPhoto (sp?), and they couldn't do it one hour by any means
Especially interesting was when I brought my film to a Ritz or MotoPhoto (sp?), and they couldn't do it one hour by any means
Jun 9th 2005, 1:45 pm
#18
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Re: Misleading Advertising
Originally Posted by licon
I think it means "when at all possible". If 30 people show up all within the same hour they can't physically process the film in that time - the machine can only take so many.
Jun 9th 2005, 3:06 pm
#19
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Re: Misleading Advertising
Originally Posted by jcapulet
I can see your point, but calling it 1-hour photo is misleading. "Express photos" , "Same Day photos" or something along those lines would make more sense to me
Hey, people call it "Fast Food" but its generally neither fast nor food.
Jun 9th 2005, 3:17 pm
#20
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Re: Misleading Advertising
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
When I worked at Tesco, I was surprised what the supermarkets would do when faced with a customer complaint. In the situation you describe, Tesco would most definitely honour the price. Some customers will actually switch the POS labels to make it look like we made a mistake, then they'd get the product for the price of something completely different.
I guess Tesco didn't really care, they make billions anyway.
I guess Tesco didn't really care, they make billions anyway.
I remember a while back a story about Airtours or First Choice selling flights to Florida on their website for £29 return, this family bought about 15 seats and they honoured the price!
Jun 9th 2005, 7:47 pm
#21
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Re: Misleading Advertising
My pet hate is trying to buy 'fragrance free' toiletries (I like to add my own essential oils to them). Check the ingredients list of most items that say 'Fragrance Free' on the front and what will you find as an ingredient?......fragrance.
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Jun 10th 2005, 1:51 am
#22
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Re: Misleading Advertising
Originally Posted by Paint
My pet hate is trying to buy 'fragrance free' toiletries (I like to add my own essential oils to them). Check the ingredients list of most items that say 'Fragrance Free' on the front and what will you find as an ingredient?......fragrance.
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