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Subject: Re: laws are not similar

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 13:05:36 06/19/03

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On June 18, 2003 at 18:54:04, Mr j smith wrote:

>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.

Obviously you don't believe the people here who claim, that there were old ads
and that Chessbase changed these ads. Chessbase itself admitted the wrong ads -
so your speculations are nonsens.

Here is the description which was on the Chessbase site and which is still on
Chessbase ch and in two print chess magazines in Germany.

http://www.chess4less.com/2-junior8.htm

regards Joachim




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