Author: Mr j smith
Date: 15:54:04 06/18/03
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On June 18, 2003 at 18:02:23, Joachim Rang wrote: >On June 18, 2003 at 14:04:21, Mr j smith wrote: > >>On June 18, 2003 at 13:05:13, Joachim Rang wrote: >> >>>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. >>> >>>This is a different case. >> >>No it isnt a different case. Its the same logic. >> >> > >I'm afraid not. I'm not a lawyer but I had a course in civil law in the >university and there is a big difference between these two cases. the difference >is mainly due to the fact that in one case you already purchased the product, >which gives you certain rights in your example you didn't yet purchased the >product which gives you not such rights. I could quote for you the paragraphs of >the german civil law - but I think you are not interested. I'm pretty sure that >in America these laws are similiar. > > > >> >> >> >> An error in an ad, don't give you the right to make a >>>purchase based on that error. If you already bought a product and it lacks >>>certain assured characteristics (due to an error in the ad for example) you have >>>the right to demand either a fix or a compensation. >>> >>>> >>>>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, Germany and most of Europe has laws based on the Roman civil code. In America, our laws are based upon the English Common law. As I have stated, from what I have seen, it seems that Chessbase doesnt have to provide free engines since its ads clearly state that the engines are included with Deep Junior only.
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