[plug] Where to buy computer bits in Perth

[Simon Newton]

I've heard the same, which makes me wonder if it could be extended to
the following:

A company advertises a part on their website for $100 ('inviting' me to
purchase it for that price). However the person who wrote their shopping
cart didn't know thing about security and I'm able to set the price to
$1, and purchase the product. Is this not me making a counter offer and
the program blindly accepting it?

I've never tried this but I'd be really interested to see how such an
argument would hold up in court.

Simon N

On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 16:58, Michael Bell wrote:
> 
> 
> Quoting Milan Pospisil  (quoting Ari about Austin):
>  
> > Hi Ari;
> >  It seems to me that what Austin have done might be quite illegal.  I know
> > for sure that if a supermarket advertises an item let's say for $10 and at
> > the cash register they ask $15 for it, they have to sell it to you for $10,
> > whether they like it or not....
> 
> I can't cite the source, though I'm sure it was usually reliable, but I was told once that the 
> price's marked on the shelves aren't actually binding:  items are purchased under a contract
> of offer and acceptance so the marked price constitutes an invitation to you to make an
> offer of that price at the checkout, where they/she/he/it may decline to accept your offer.
> 
> Of course it'd be a public relations nightmare if they didn't stand by the price though.
> 
> -- 
> Michael Bell (who is in)
> Perth, Western Australia (and is not a lawyer 
>                                          (but did pretend to be one in front of the mirror once))
> 
>