A certain retail store on Black Friday ran a paper advertisement stating that you would receive a "free" item (originally worth $x) with the purchase of another item for $xx. The ad stipulated that it would only last "while supplies lasted".
I arrived at the store at opening and was the first one to purchase the item in question. I received the item, but was told that there were no more of the "free" item, which should have been impossible since i purchased the first one.
They said that other people had purchased the item earlier in the week and gotten free cases; however, that still doesnt explain how something that's being advertised for "FRIDAY/SATURDAY only" was not in stock on the first day of the purported sale.
They agreed to give me one of the free items when they came back in stock, but when I returned later next week, they no longer wanted to abide by the original verbal agreement.
So - are they guilty of false advertisement? or just shady practices?
2007-12-01
13:17:08
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