[ale] Online haggling via POST (from 2600 Nov. issue)

[Pete Hardie]

Dow Hurst wrote:
> Anyone see the article on buying stuff online at a much reduced priced 
> by creating your own forms and URLs with reduced prices for an item? The 
> author basically post a URL to the online system for an item but put in 
> his own price.  He had the transaction successfully complete, get 
> reviewed by several humans, his bill of sale stamped by a human, and 
> shipping/packaging/delivery done by humans.  No one noticed he bought a 
> Wacom tablet for $125 dollars instead of $725.  His legal counsel said 
> the transaction could be possible legal since a catalog is not a binding 
> price but a negotiable price in contract law.  This seemed rather 
> intriguing to me.
> Dow
> 

I've seen mention of this before, I believe last year, when the internet 
shopping boom hit, and someone noticed that the POST for most online shopping 
deals included the price, and constructed POSTs with the price they wanted.
If you can find the URL you referred to, I'd love to see the legal stance on 
this - if I can get cheaper Christmas gifts, I'd love it!


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