GHL On Sale - BRS

[Scorpius]

It wouldn't be completely shocking if they just honored the sales, but nobody who took advantage should feel legally entitled.

You're entitled to your opinion

 

[Cell]

You're entitled to your opinion

Really? I guess you are in the "going to be outraged if this goes thru because you missed out" group.

 

[Dolphins18]

It wouldn't be completely shocking if they just honored the sales, but nobody who took advantage should feel legally entitled.

This is how I feel about the situation.

 

[Cell]

i'd sue them if i was in this boat. Why not? Free for me. lol. At least send them a good (maybe somewhat funny) demand letter.

Take them to small claims court? Not worth the time or effort for what amounts to a couple grand that isn't even a loss.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

I doubt the disclaimer impacts the analysis.

First, I don't ever remember having to read this policy/term (or even check a box that i did read it) when ordering; therefore, it's not a part of the offer, acceptance, consideration, or ultimately the contract in that respect. Vaguely placing some boiler plate on website does not automatically make it a part of a sales contract.

Second, once money in tendered and taken by the offeror, the deal is done and all terms are in the contract (or supplied by law in some cases as necessary). The only terms BRS has in its sales contracts are price, shipping, tax, etc. At no point when you are clicking buy, etc., do you ever agree to allow them to change the price later.

I would want to review the UCC or statutes for anything specific to internet sales, but based on standard contract law, the above is sound analysis.

To your second part, I wonder if a legal argument can be made if simply charging a credit card constitutes 'money tendered'. In theory, money was not tendered as the person charging the credit card still has not paid anything or out of pocket anything. All that was tendered is a promise to pay and yet they have not paid anything yet nor the goods promised to be paid for delivered. No money has changed hands and by simply reversing the charge, neither party is impacted (well financially) and are in the same place prior to the failed arrangement.

I would argue that this is the same argument that is made for people trying to get credit card charges reversed when they put deposits down on items.

 

[EpipelagicReef]

Y'all are something else. I ordered well before this thread and currently everything is "Shipped" but not picked up by UPS. I fully expect them to cancel my order Monday morning because it's logical and they're covered legally in that situation. I'm not sure why anyone with any actual legal experience would feel otherwise, insanity.

That said, if they do actually ship the items there is no recourse for them to get them back. They could maybe fire me as a customer but I just don't see that happening.

 

[jhuntstl]

The issue here is clear.

Not enough people got in on this juicy scam, and I doubt I'm the only one who feels left out. I'm upset. Not enough to pretend like I'm morally superior. Not so much that I've become emotionally invested in whether others receive their stolen goods. But just enough to say we can do better next time.

This thread was the only alert? No sitewide banner? Email or text alert? How can we be more effective moving forward? These opportunities are few and far between. They must be jumped on and it's only fair if everyone gets a chance.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

The issue here is clear.

Not enough people got in on this juicy scam, and I doubt I'm the only one who feels left out. I'm upset. Not enough to pretend like I'm morally superior. Not so much that I've become emotionally invested in whether others receive their stolen goods. But just enough to say we can do better next time.

This thread was the only alert? No sitewide banner? Email or text alert? How can we be more effective moving forward? These opportunities are few and far between. They must be jumped on and it's only fair if everyone gets a chance.

I wonder if you would use the same logic on insider trading when only a select few get in on the deals.

 

[EpipelagicReef]

The issue here is clear.

Not enough people got in on this juicy scam, and I doubt I'm the only one who feels left out. I'm upset. Not enough to pretend like I'm morally superior. Not so much that I've become emotionally invested in whether others receive their stolen goods. But just enough to say we can do better next time.

This thread was the only alert? No sitewide banner? Email or text alert? How can we be more effective moving forward? These opportunities are few and far between. They must be jumped on and it's only fair if everyone gets a chance.

R2R was hours behind on this. Set up your own price trackers on items you're interested in and you might get in early.

 

[Dolphins18]

Looking forward to photos of the GHL stacks when we get them!

 

[Kodski]

Jesus some people are salty. I can't tell if its because they have a chapped bum from missing the deals or because they can't stand the thought of someone potentially coming out ahead. Either way, I think there are a lot of "so that's why the world is the way it is" examples in this thread...

Either it works or it doesn't work. We as a community do not need to argue over laws that LITTERALLY none of you (myself included) have any idea of what you're talking about. "But, I googled it" isn't going to hold up in court, nor help you to interpret the law. Sorry, if that were the case everyone would be lawyers and attorneys. So why doesn't everyone stop wasting their time speculating/arguing and just wait another 24-48 hrs politely and QUIETLY to find out what happens. The silence will add to the suspense.

 

[Kodski]

It looks like all GHL line items on the invoices were changed to "Mindstream Aquarium Water Monitor".

All mine still hold true to my original orders

 

[homer1475]

EDIT:
Wrong thread lol

 

[rtparty]

Jesus some people are salty. I can't tell if its because they have a chapped bum from missing the deals or because they can't stand the thought of someone potentially coming out ahead. Either way, I think there are a lot of "so that's why the world is the way it is" examples in this thread...

Either it works or it doesn't work. We as a community do not need to argue over laws that LITTERALLY none of you (myself included) have any idea of what you're talking about. "But, I googled it" isn't going to hold up in court, nor help you to interpret the law. Sorry, if that were the case everyone would be lawyers and attorneys. So why doesn't everyone stop wasting their time speculating/arguing and just wait another 24-48 hrs politely and QUIETLY to find out what happens. The silence will add to the suspense.

To be fair, there is at least one attorney in here who has looked up the actual laws and provided cases within Minnesota that may apply. They didn't use Google either.

To your other points, this thread has been fantastic. I hope it goes another 15 pages today of back and forth banter.

 

[Acros]

It looks like all GHL line items on the invoices were changed to "Mindstream Aquarium Water Monitor".

Mine says GHL product that I ordered.

 

[Kodski]

Well hopefully this won’t add fuel for the fire but I just saw BRS adverting GHL with the new pricing scrolling through Facebook

 

[Kodski]

To be fair, there is at least one attorney in here who has looked up the actual laws and provided cases within Minnesota that may apply. They didn't use Google either.

This I did not know/realize. That person has a hill to stand on then. Lol

 

[rtparty]

Well hopefully this won’t add fuel for the fire but I just saw BRS adverting GHL with the new pricing scrolling through Facebook

That's all based on your cookies and auto population of those ads.

Go search mattresses for a few minutes and then login to Facebook. That's a fun one

 

[FishyFishFish]

To be fair, there is at least one attorney in here who has looked up the actual laws and provided cases within Minnesota that may apply. They didn't use Google either.

To your other points, this thread has been fantastic. I hope it goes another 15 pages today of back and forth banter.

Except the cases provided weren't applicable to this situation, which is a bit worrying for a professional attorney.

 

[Kodski]

That's all based on your cookies and auto population of those ads.

Go search mattresses for a few minutes and then login to Facebook. That's a fun one

Right, I understand that. However, I believe an argument can be made that this is actively advertising potentially incorrect pricing vs just visiting their website to find something has been incorrectly priced. That would then change the dynamic of the scenario I would think.