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Title: Free Bike
Post by: slackline on May 10, 2013, 11:30:54 am
2013 Giant Glory for £0.00 (http://www.teamskene.com/mountain-bikes/2013-giant-glory-1) :clown: :lol:
Title: Re: Free Bike
Post by: SA Chris on May 10, 2013, 12:19:02 pm
?

If there was an error it's been corrected.
Title: Re: Free Bike
Post by: andy_e on May 10, 2013, 01:17:03 pm
I wonder if you ordered it at the price it was originally put on for they'd have to honour the price and give it you for free?
Title: Re: Free Bike
Post by: slackline on May 10, 2013, 01:20:56 pm
I wonder if you ordered it at the price it was originally put on for they'd have to honour the price and give it you for free?

No they wouldn't.  The price displayed is an "invitation" to customers to make a purchase at that price.  A contract is only entered into when payment is accepted, if its mistakenly offered for £0 then no payment can be made and no contract formed.  Its why you can ask in shops for money off e.g. there is often some price bargaining to be had when buying a kitchen. See this (http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/sep/10/does-shop-honour-price-shelf) and Wikipedia : Invitation to Treat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_to_treat) for greater detail.

Title: Re: Free Bike
Post by: SA Chris on May 10, 2013, 01:31:03 pm
If it was an automatic online payment system you might possibly have got them to accpet payment if you had bought it together with something else maybe? However, I very much doubt it would have made it through to shipping without getting flagged up.
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