Mothercare carseat reduced from £119 to £9!

[stripeyknickersspottysocks]

Thought this is a total bargain.

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The legals as I understand them are; that Mothercare accepted the offer by their confirmation email - not when the consideration (£9) changes hands.

But can you have a contract without considersation?

No, but the consideration only has to be agreed as part of the contract - which it was. You can create a contract without money being the consideration for example, using a peppercorn.

Yes, I know consideratin can be anything - just wondered what it was in this case. Wasn;t sure if just the promise of money changing hands would count.

As I say though - I am in no way legal and just curious.

There must be a legal way out of it for retailers anyway. It has happened before and the retailers have't had to fulfill orders. I am sure if they legally had to it would have been made known many times over.

Just got an email from "Matt" now - they're 'fessing up to the pricing cock-up now. Hi Matt

Yes there is a way out for them - they can use mistake saying it was so obvious that consumers should have realised. That's covered in the T & C's anyway.

It's happened with Kodak and Argos and these have been well publicised. Sometimes they capitulate, and sometimes, not.

I can't believe you're complaining about not receiving something at a price that was so obviously a mistake!

No, I think the complaints are at the way that MC have handled the error, and the fact that as someone pointed out earlier, they are very quick to hide behind their T&C's when it suits them (as most big retailers tend to be)

I think this might have been a scam so that people see how great the seat is and then buy one anyway...

Mine's been cancelled too. Hey ho. Am resigned to it, although what a ridiculous t&c statement that is: the agreement between us will be binding once we send the confirmation email, unless we decide that it isn't binding.

Great.

Mine arrived about 20 mins ago by courier - lovely i am so pleased.

Oh nice one nappy - had you had a cancellation email at all?

oh no i thought matt was my own personal friend!!!

sadly my nose is as long as pinnochios (which i cannot spell). YES i have had a cancellation email and a Matt email and ds keeps asking when his new big boys seat is coming grrr. I was just wishing out loud.

omg matt wrote to u all

No-one really thought that they would get one did they? When you order goods you sign up to the terms and conditions. The terms and conditions are clear that MC don't have to honour contracts where there is a misprice. It was worth a shot, but hey-ho "If it looks to good to be true.." and all that.

I bet Matt loves me.

Sorry it turned out to be an error.

I have actually just emailed matt back saying how he has really upset my little people and i hope he can sleep at night knowing he has ruined the hopes of the future generation. I also pointed out false advertising etc... but he will probably just circulate my email and snigger. Never mind worse things happen ..........

It was good while it lasted Stripey

well from now on we just have to call something or someone who fails to follow through a mothercare matt.

I have emailed Matt back too, my garbled and ill informed attempt at legalese was laughable TBH but its a bit of sport on a boring rainy day.

i emailed sauciness to matt!!!!

Matt doesn't exist. They got together and had a meeting to decide on a professional yet friendly sounding sign off name for emails. Matt is actually a computer, operated by a bored woman named Lynn who reads Mills and Boon when nobody is watching.

Awww - I got an email from Matt too (which is kind of weird, given that my DS1 is also called Matt - and if this is your idea of a joke darling, there will be Consequences)