Author: Alex
Date: 12:12:10 06/18/03
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On June 18, 2003 at 14:38:41, Terry McCracken wrote: >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. HEAR HEAR! Why not just fix it chessbase?? Mr. "J" Continues to ignore the facts....... Indeed as posted here advertised as 2 count em 2 engines. Alex
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