Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!mmdf From: lou@vaxsc Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: NEW Commodore Upgrade for A1000 Owners! Message-ID: <53146@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 9 May 91 19:19:06 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.edu Lines: 37 In article , tbissett@nstar.rn.com (Travis Bissett) writes: > kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland) writes: > > [ much cussin' and swearin' about the latest power upgrade offer] > > [ sheesh! This poor sap is Real Unhappy! He keeps goin' on . . .] > > [ more drivel and mental bilgewater about how the new deal screws students > and the general public.] > > > the multi-scan (cost me 600 dollars). I'm buying a NeXT or IBM 486. > > To hell with you Commodore. And I know your employees and lines are on these > > networks. If I could sue you I would. > Two things come to mind here. 1. I believe U.S. law is constructed such that you can sue anybody, for anything, except the U.S. Government. For that you need permission. Winning, however, is another topic altogether. 2. Do the words Caveat Emptor mean anything to you. It's also the basis for most of U.S. Tort law. Most American businesses are in business to make a profit. Sometimes, businesses get a little overzealous in this goal and lose sight of ethics. However, putting on a sale, after you've bought something is not unethical by most standards. Disheartening, maybe, but not unethical. I would likely be upset too, but I would be more upset if I found out that the dealer knew, and didn't tell me. That would be unethical, in my opinion. And, unfortunately, I have known of Amiga dealers in the past who would do this. Much has changed lately, though. As the old saying goes, Patience will out.