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

[Ben Coleman]

On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 17:12:22 -0500, 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

How much do you really save once you figure in the cost of having to
hire legal counsel?

Ben
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