how do you know they could have honored it?
just because you say it is breaking the law doesn't mean it is breaking the law.
Because I've been in contact with Troy Industries this morning about this.
well i called santa clause this morning and he said you are wrong.
already linked and quoted it above.
i see nothing you posted making a receipt of payment a contract, and every hit on google says a receipt is not in any way shape or form a contract.
A sales receipt is evidence that a sale contract was made.
Is a receipt the same as a contract?
answer: No, you can't return a contract, that's permanent. A receipt you can use to return your unwanted purchases. A receipt is something you get to show your purchases and a contract is something you sign permanently to make an agreement with somebody. They are two totally different thing's. A receipt is not a contract in any sense imaginable. It is for money paid by one person to another, and that's all. Therefore, if there is a dispute about whether an amount was paid, that is where the receipt comes into the picture. No other contractual agreement can be inferred from a receipt.
I paid, signed for, and agreed to terms of an order fulfillment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RATEoDH9WiYThey COULD honor the sale, they made a decision not to. That is the breaking the law part.
As an update, got off the phone with Troy Industries, the company making the rifle.
1) Troy is very upset with DSG (Dick's Sporting Goods) right now over this incident.
2) Troy Industries MAY be looking to seek litigation as well for perceived damages and loss of image from DSG over this
3) Troy is going to fulfill all orders placed at Dick's by customers. They will announce how they plan to do so as soon as the logistics are worked out.
Troy Industries is continuing to make and had shipped orders to be fulfilled to DSG. DSG HAD a huge shipment ready to give to customers they were sitting on. Those items were neither given to customers nor have they been returned to Troy Industries.
Depending upon what DSG does with those firearms can lead to them getting into a larger amount of trouble than what is already brewing for them. The smart thing for them to do would be to just take the items that they have in stock and fulfill their orders. The shitstorm that will land on them if they don't I have no sympathy for them over. Talking lawsuits from customers, lawsuits from Troy Industries, and fines from the FTC are easily foreseeable. Who knows what else may occur as well.
As for my lawyer, he is drafting a legal letter to send to DSG today. After that, he said to wait and see what happens. Since the manufacturer might make good on all this despite what DSG has done, then I can get restitution that way. However, he said if that happens, there is still a chance for a large class action lawsuit to be filed and it would be in my best interest to jump on board if that happened.
Real mature.
They are getting hammered o reseller ratings. 1.45
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Dick_s_Sporting_Goods
pft.
while it understandble why dicks did what they did they fucked up. what they should have done is fill the orders that were paid for and not take any new ones.
Frankly doing what they did is going to hurt them in the long run more then it will help. I for one will take my hunting orders over to gander mountain instead of dick's.
no its not. its proof that a purchase was made, thats it.
I did read your burger link and it refers to contracts you sign not a cash register receipt.
im gong to have to go with this. link.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_a_receipt_the_same_as_a_contract
Won't matter. The next time they have a super hot deal the same children crying now will be shopping there again to save seven cents.
The contract is implied. Not every contract is something you sign or write out. The contract becomes valid as soon as the buyer agrees to the merchant's selling price and pays them.
The receipt isn't the contract of course. It is proof that the transaction occurred and thus evidence of the contract between buyer and seller taking place.
Buying an advertised special makes someone an extreme couponer now? I'm sure if you buy something on sale you ask for the full price, since you don't want to be one of THEM.This. These extreme couponer types are hardly the ideal customer that stores seek.
So they should take a several thousand dollar loss on each order because it's the right thing to do? They gave these crybabies $100 for their troubles.
Correct, that's why I didn't even bother with responding. It states very clearly that exact info on the www.ftc.gov site. Of which I linked and told him about before.
Anyhow, Troy is also thinking of litigation as I said because they are losing revenue over this. Dicks put in an order for all the customers that put in an order for those rifles. So Troy has been making them to fill that order. Dicks is now refusing to accept the orders that were already paid for to be fulfilled. Not only has Dick's broken sale contracts with every customer that ordered these, they broke a signed sales agreement with Troy Industry.
One more thing Last I heard several people are in contact with the NRA for funding any form of litigation over this against Dicks. Again, Dicks is going to get screwed over this big time if they don't go through with the orders.
they would have taken the loss anyway. this was a black Friday deal.
they decided to stop selling some rifles (totally there right and understand it). Instead of filling orders they had they cancelled them. that i disagree with.
IF not for teh shooting they would have filled the orders.
They are taking a beating and rightfully so.
Someone at Troy should be fired for talking about potential litigation against a reseller...
I was under the impression that the prices for these skyrocketed after the shooting incident? Maybe Troy decided to charge 3x the amount for the remaining order and Dick's pulled the moral card to back out.