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What the fukc hell!?!?
What kind of retarded insane freak with the gall to call themself a programmer would do something so idiotic?
 

Plese excuse that outburst but i'm going to get myself a $1.60 laptop.(What the fukc hell!?!?)

Ok, ok ok, i'm sorry, i just can't beleive that degree of stupidity. Can the programmer be sued?

I recently wrote that type of app(javascript 'n' html and such- Mickey Mouse stuff;-) for a class(no cgi backend, next class) and i had price embedded in the html and stuff, but it was only there so I wouldn't need to query the database for a pricecheck of a windowshopper.

Before the customer actually made a purchase(clicked yes), i would validate all the prices from the database. The only item passed to the server would be the id or isbn or whatever you're selling(or however you're naming your products).

instant update: Can the guy cheating the idiots be sued?(Alls hes doing is saying, "hey this cost $2")

 
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Re: (crazyinsomniac) Re: Electronic Pricetag Alteration
by Albannach (Monsignor) on Mar 07, 2001 at 19:37 UTC
    I have no doubt that the vendor's high priced lawyers (without whom the laptop would cost a lot less than $1600 but that's another rant) would argue that you are CHEATING (bad, bad you!). However, I wonder (not being a lawyer myself) whether editing the page and submitting it back would constitute a counter-offer (no, I won't pay $1600 for that fetid heap of prehistoric puke, how about $1.60?), which the vendor's server can either accept or reject. If it accepts the offer, what is wrong? Is the server not acting as a legal agent of the vendor? If not, what business does it have selling anything at any price?

    If you ask me, vendors (or anyone) who lose out because they were too cheap or stupid to do things right are simply getting what they asked for.

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