cheaper rubber?, maybe a fluke Options

[rufio0205]

has anybody purchased from http://www.sierramadrecollection.com/store..._list&c=141

because i found the infamous windshield top seal (914.563.039.10) for $50...

can anybody confirm my suspicion of this being garbage or is it worth the $50.

914.563.039.10

[rufio0205]

Hi Thomas,

Thank you for the order you placed today. Unfortunately, there is a mistake on our website for the Windshield Top Seal, 914 (70-76). The price for this item is $287.15, not $49.97 as shown on the website. I sincerely apologize for the error. I am happy to cancel the order and refund your total payment of $61.94. However, if you still want the item I can charge your card the difference in price. Please let me know how would like to proceed.

Regards,
Christina Perez
Sierra Madre Collection
888-986-4466

nevermind about cheap rubber....pardon my french but...DAMN

EDIT: Couldn't I get them into a law suit for false advertisement...they still haven't changed it on their website and i did screen shots of it being $49.75 or whatever. Anyone know anything about this?

Completely ridiculous. Display the true price or don't display anything.

sorry just needed to vent. I dont have $300 for the actual real deal. that is why i am complaining.

[ArtechnikA]

...Unfortunately, there is a mistake on our website for the Windshield Top Seal, 914 (70-76). The price for this item is $287.15

EDIT: Couldn't I get them into a law suit for false advertisement...

Short answer - no. Historically, an advertisement is an 'invitation to negotiate.' There is no liability for typographical errors. They've done their part by offering to refund you money and cancel the sale.

Yes, it sucks, especially that they haven't bothered to correct the 'error.' -That- could be the basis for a deceptive marketing practice. Could -you- sue? probably not. It is a law enforcement matter. Send a complaint with your documentation (timestamped screenshot of original price, your correspondence, timestamped screenshot of current (still wrong) price) to the local district attorney / consumer affairs guy.

This is the textbook case: car dealer decides they want to be cute and advertise a car for "2995 bananas." Guy show up with 2,995 bananas, wants the car. They refuse. He sues, gets car. A stretch decision, the court deciding an ad was a contract with strict terms. But if the ad were for $2995 and it really should have been $29,995 it wouldn't have gone that way.

Most sites have a generic 'not responsible for typographical errors' which gets them out of such issues. This is reasonable. If you were a small vendor and mis-posted a price by - say - a missed decimal point, you wouldn't want a big distributor saying 'cool - I'll buy 10,000 at that price.'

Haven't we heard Sierra Madre here before? pretty much always in the grey zone of 'oops, just a mistake...' Followed by vigorous protestations against accusations of wrongdoing... They've been off my list for a while.

Take their 'refund' offer (should just be a cancellation of pre-authorisation) and be glad they contacted you -before- just charging the higher ("correct"...) price and offering to refund you -that- -- especially if it would have involved two-way shipping, withholding funds until part is returned, and the "we never got it back" scenario.