heres my story, i get to the mall at 4am and wait for 1hour in the front doors, when they opened at 5 i ran to the nearest game store and wait 3 hours more until 7am. When they opened there was 5 people in front of me, all buying a nintendo Wii, just like me. The Wii costs $270 including tax and i believed at that moment i have more than enough to buy one. In the shop, there is 7 that they are selling. I was buying the 6th one. so there are two lines and the 7th guy is buying the last wii. the guy who is selling my wii is counting my money, again and again and again.after the 5th time of counting he says i am $15 short. by now i am pretty much freakin out, but a few moments later some one agrees to give me money. but by then the other line already sold it to the 8th person in line. I left the shop and i counted my money to see if i really was short. and it turns out that i had $277! i went back to the shop and showed him my money but he says "how do i know you didnt switch the money?"
2006-11-24 13:34:43 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Just goes to show the people that you should be studying more in school than playing those big money makers for the rich, game stuff.
2006-11-24 13:39:13 · answer #1 · answered by me_worry? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, on what ground are you going to sue. Second, did you calculate the sales tax into the price because the tax would add at least twenty some dollars onto the price. Third, the guy did count your money a number of times so at least it's clear he made an effort to see if the error was his or not. It sucks I'm sure, but life is not always fair.
2006-11-24 13:45:50 · answer #2 · answered by nonaya b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would really be pissed, why didn't you count the money in front of the sales person. They shouldn't have two lines buying the same product.They should have given numbers to the first ones in line that were buying the nintendo Wii. Yes I would sue.You were accused of switching the money. good luck
2006-11-24 13:43:58 · answer #3 · answered by bettys 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although unpleasant and unfair experience to you, you really have no basis for lawsuit. You can sue anybody for any reason, but in order to win, you have to prove there was either a crime or negligence that caused you damage.
Since there is no way you can prove you had the sufficient money in the first place, it would be impossible for you to prove the unit was rightfully yours. Even if you could prove it, it would be hard to say, you had a "right" to that unit, or say the store had an obligation to sell you the unit.
I'm sorry, it would be waste of your time and money to sue the store.
2006-11-24 14:09:11 · answer #4 · answered by tkquestion 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, don't you have sales tax? Because sales tax on 270$ where I live is a heck of a lot more than the 7$ you had (277 total).
No, you don't sue. You live and learn and trust me, there'll be more WII's out there before xmas.
2006-11-24 13:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by Munya Says: DUH! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will not be able to prove that you had the money without a video camera filming your every move from the time you left the cash register to when you returned to show the cashier the money. Unfortunately, you're only options will be to either attempt to get one online, or, if you do not want to fork over the ridicules amount of money, you can wait about six to nine months. I hope this will help you.
2006-11-24 13:42:53 · answer #6 · answered by cc41girl88 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope...you should get a life. Suing doesn't solve anything.
Next time show up with 10s and 20s...much quicker to count.
Besides, the Wii isn't in tight supply. Get one tomorrow, or next week, or the week after.
Jeez..it's just a game. In order to sue someone you have to show that you were wronged either intentionally or due to willful neglect. You were neither.
2006-11-24 13:40:11 · answer #7 · answered by non_apologetic_american 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you can not sue over that it is just a game system. You should complain but I doubt it will do you any good. It sounds like you have a very bad experience and like others have said there will be more Wii's out there anyways.
2006-11-24 13:42:58 · answer #8 · answered by Slugger 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sue him that guy obviously doesn't know how to count make him pay you a nintendo wii or the 22$ he counted short.
2006-11-24 13:38:44 · answer #9 · answered by Stuffy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't sue over that and even if you could it would cost way more than what you would pay for the Wii. But you can file a complaint.
2006-11-24 13:38:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋