Settle a dispute...
#41
11-03-2011, 11:24 PM
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You did the right thing. Get rid of the girlfriend, please believe me when you run into these b!tches that always want to get something for nothing you gotta run. If you don't sooner or later she'll bleed you dry!!!!!!!!
#42
11-03-2011, 11:31 PM
Ultimate HDF Member
I think you did the right thing, but aside from that I don't think a dealer should be penalizing the girl that made a mistake. $66 is a lot more to her then a high priced dealer. Now if she has been making a lot of mistakes like this then maybe teach a lesson, but if it was an honest one time mistake I don't think they should make her pay.
#45
11-04-2011, 12:20 AM
Club Member
... the gf and I are having.
A few weeks ago, I went to Hal's Harley in New Berlin, WI, and bought some new goggles. Handed over my card, signed the paper, out the door. A little after that, my dad gets a message on the machine. It's Hal's, and they're trying to contact me and found him. No idea how they got his number, but anyway...
I called them back, and they need me to come in, because the lady only charged me $0.66 for my $66 goggles. I go pay it.
While I'm there, they tell me that if I hadn't come back, the lady that rung me up would've had to pay the difference for her error. I'm not sure I believe that, I've never heard of that, and I felt a little weird like I had just been lied to, but whatever; I got $66 goggles and I was there to pay $66.
Girlfriend says I shoulda never gone back, it's their error, they're a big company, and they should've just called it a day. I say, what difference does it make, I paid $66 for $66 goggles. It would've been nice if they could've offered me 10% off my next purchase for the mistake or something, but in the end, who cares.
I guess I don't want to post this in the good dealer thread or the bad dealer thread, because it wasn't really... good or bad. It was a mistake, we all make them.
But I do need to prove to my girlfriend that I was right.
A few weeks ago, I went to Hal's Harley in New Berlin, WI, and bought some new goggles. Handed over my card, signed the paper, out the door. A little after that, my dad gets a message on the machine. It's Hal's, and they're trying to contact me and found him. No idea how they got his number, but anyway...
I called them back, and they need me to come in, because the lady only charged me $0.66 for my $66 goggles. I go pay it.
While I'm there, they tell me that if I hadn't come back, the lady that rung me up would've had to pay the difference for her error. I'm not sure I believe that, I've never heard of that, and I felt a little weird like I had just been lied to, but whatever; I got $66 goggles and I was there to pay $66.
Girlfriend says I shoulda never gone back, it's their error, they're a big company, and they should've just called it a day. I say, what difference does it make, I paid $66 for $66 goggles. It would've been nice if they could've offered me 10% off my next purchase for the mistake or something, but in the end, who cares.
I guess I don't want to post this in the good dealer thread or the bad dealer thread, because it wasn't really... good or bad. It was a mistake, we all make them.
But I do need to prove to my girlfriend that I was right.
#46
11-04-2011, 01:11 AM
Elite HDF Member
Of course you did right. Karma is a bitch too.
I'm very impressed with so many guys on here being keen to the warning sign with your GF. It's a red flag. I'll be curious to know her other views on M/F relationships and entitlements. Maybe it's a one-time thing, maybe it's not....
I'm very impressed with so many guys on here being keen to the warning sign with your GF. It's a red flag. I'll be curious to know her other views on M/F relationships and entitlements. Maybe it's a one-time thing, maybe it's not....
#48
11-04-2011, 01:24 AM
Elite HDF Member
That type of "training" is called "changing" and she won't change unless she wants to, period. And trying to change someone is a futile waste of time.
#49
11-04-2011, 06:27 AM
Road Warrior
cherish these moments! 
question: were you asking about the legality of the situation, or the morality? if the latter, then i agree with everyone else: you were 100% right to go back and pay for what you bought. im somewhat surprised they chased you down for it, but good on you for being honest and doing the right thing.
as for the legality, im not sure. in online sales, if a company mistakenly lists a tv for $5 or something, and you add it to your e-cart and purchase it, the company still has the legal right to cancel the sale because it's an obvious error on their part. (i forget the exact wording of the law, but i know this for fact.) however, in your case the transaction had already been completed, and you already had the product in hand... im not sure they had any legal right to force you to pay anything more for it. but im not a lawyer.
at any rate, good man.
question: were you asking about the legality of the situation, or the morality? if the latter, then i agree with everyone else: you were 100% right to go back and pay for what you bought. im somewhat surprised they chased you down for it, but good on you for being honest and doing the right thing.
as for the legality, im not sure. in online sales, if a company mistakenly lists a tv for $5 or something, and you add it to your e-cart and purchase it, the company still has the legal right to cancel the sale because it's an obvious error on their part. (i forget the exact wording of the law, but i know this for fact.) however, in your case the transaction had already been completed, and you already had the product in hand... im not sure they had any legal right to force you to pay anything more for it. but im not a lawyer.
at any rate, good man.
