Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 11:38:41 06/18/03
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On June 18, 2003 at 14:07:29, Mr j smith wrote: >On June 18, 2003 at 13:02:31, Joachim Rang wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>obviously you did not know the facts. On the websites chessbase.com and >>chessbase.de there were prior to the release and a few days after a wrong >>advertisement which claimed that J8 will also include the versions which were >>used in New York. There are several printed ads too, which claimed that. >> >>To take your example: This would be a similiar situation, if Mercedes Benz >>advertized its new S-Class in two versions, claiming that each version will have >>air conditioning system. Now you buy the cheaper one and notice that there is no >>air conditioning system. You ask Mercedes what is the reason and the say, sorry >>it was a mistka of our marketing department. We corrected the advertisments and >>sorry your version has no air conditioning system. >> >>Every court in every country will give you the right in such a case, to either >>give your product back or to get compensation for the lack of an assured >>characterisitc of the product. >> >>Do you agree? >> >>On June 18, 2003 at 12:50:24, Mr j smith wrote: >> >>>For those who continue to insist that Chessbase has wronged them by not >>>including 2 free engines with their purchase of Junior 8, in the face of the >>>plain meaning of the advertisments (which clearly state that only Deep Junior >>>purchasers receive the 2 free engines ), in contrast to the ambiguous cd covers, >>>and example from the real world may help show why your whining will fail to >>>bring you satisfaction. >>> >>>Suppose that a franchise holder of Mercedes Benz automobiles places an ad in >>>various newspapers and by accident the people in charge of the advertising copy >>>switch prices and certain details of a Mercedes Benz with a plain old Ford >>>sedan. In my example instead of selling for $50,000 the Benz was advertised for >>>$10,000. >>> >>>Do you think it would be both fair and legal for Mercedes Benz to honor such a >>>mistake? Of course not. There is no court in the United States that would >>>honor such an obvious mistake, and in the United States, there is the UCC >>>(Uniform Commercial Code) which deals with such issues. >>> >>>From the examples of advertised print that I have seen it would seem that there >>>was a mistake on the part of the advertisement department of Chessbase, which >>>Chessbase almost immediately rectified. The mistake however is only >>>superficial; the CD cover. A careful reading of all the ad copy clearly states >>>that only Deep Junior 8 was offering 2 free engines, not Junior8. > > >No, unfortunately for you, I am not wrong. The printed ads I have seen here do >not give rise to any claim on the part of purchasers of Junior8. Chessbase made >a mistake and almost immediately rectified the ads. Furthermore, if you >carefully read the ads, which for some reason you refuse to do, it is clear that >the 2 free engines come only with deep junior, not junior 8. No you're wrong...first it took about 2 or 3 weeks before ChessBase rectified their error with their advertising at the ChessBase site, and two you _can't_ send a product out explaining, "With Junior 8 you get two engines the latest version of Junior 8 and the original version that played Kasparov." and _not_ deliver! Notice it says Junior 8 and _not_ Deep Junior 8! Take your Bullshit elsewhere! T.M.
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