Quote Originally Posted by Red BD View Post
Hmmmmm...there may be no hard and fast rule, and why Gree can probably rely on the TOS.

Equitably the thing that jumps out at me in all the cases (except the airline ticket being sold to unwitting passengers)is there seems to be a strong possibility that the allegedly aggrieved knew or reasonably should have known of the mistake.
In the present situation the mistaken offer was apparently tucked away in a $40 Bundle. The Bundles surrounding it were nothing out of the ordinary. The offer pretty much screamed "stupid mistake."

Should people be allowed to benefit from another's stupid mistake? Maybe if it's Gree's mistake and 10,000 gold at issue, but 2,000,000? That amount would tend to negatively impact the game not for Gree, but for poor schmuck players like me who only look at a $40 bundle when I only have $40 to spend, and whose friends are not going to tip me off to its existence either because I have no friends or because I'm not part of a Top Syndicate where word spread to glom onto the glitch (or whatever).

Crime Cow, you have a good point about the airline tickets, albeit not a proportionate one. I doubt you think equity would be served if a court provided the same remedy to Grandma Crime Cow who skimped to buy even the cheap ticket and ended up in 1st Class and to Dippy's Universal Wholesale Ticket Bazaar.Com which purchased 10,000 for resale.
I wouldn't.
Now, I think the title of this thread has real importance. Whose complaining and why did they really buy a $40 bundle?
It's obvious that Gree will never weigh in on this issue, or they will do so right after they fix the accomplish issue. I don't know that too many people are angry anymore, as those that were angry have probably already taken steps to correct the situation, as namedud alluded to above. Keep in mind that the airline example has happened many times in the past, but I haven't heard any recent examples. This has cost airlines tens of thousands of dollars in some of the extreme examples. Unfortunately, I've never come across any of these pricing errors as I would have pulled the trigger, unlike the gold which I still feel was way overpriced.

It sounds like this is outside your area of expertise, but you mentioned the TOS as Gree's fallback, so please review the section below and provide your thoughts. I went to the same imaginary law school as some others on the forum, so my expertise should not be relied upon, but I think the two highlighted sentences are the focus, with the second one being the key. I would say the first sentence does not apply in this situation as Gree made a modification that only affected a few users and a specific package, which appears to be covered more by the second sentence, in that all sales are final. However, it would be interesting to hear a breakdown of how you view this from a legal standpoint. I could take one of our corporate attorneys out to lunch and I'm sure they could break it down for me, but I really don't want to spend that much time with them as it will bring up a whole host of other topics they want me to address and I don't want to spend any real money to investigate this, so your opinion is appreciated.

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