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    Image of Odin Odin
    12/17/09

    In reply to 50 Million Window Blinds Recalled After a Decade of Strangling Children
    It is ridiculous. Tragic deaths or not, 8 in ten years is a ridiculously low statistic. Yes I'm reducing human lives to a statistic but so is this recall in trying to justify this. There's so many potentially dangerous things in the home, hell the kitchen is a deathtrap waiting to happen. Removing something because in rare circumstances it has the potential to be dangerous is no solution. It's just an excuse for lack of parenting and lack of safety proofing. If you think that hanging string is gonna be a danger to your tots then make sure it's out of reach or cover it up.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/17/09

    In reply to Dell Pranked After Announcing Layoffs, Now Selling Computers for $10
    The only problem is, that even at $10.99, I still don't want to buy a Dell.
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    Image of dfp3050 dfp3050
    12/17/09

    In reply to Dell Pranked After Announcing Layoffs, Now Selling Computers for $10
    This might be a stupid question, but...

    If someone found a 'deal' on the Dell website (the 10 buck computer, for instance), is Dell legally obliged to honor the sale?
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    12/17/09

    @dfp3050: I think they might, once you've actually paid for it and are expecting the item, I think they have to. Once you pay for it, it's like a legal contract that both sides agree on isn't it? Otherwise it'd be false advertising.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    12/17/09

    @dfp3050:
    I think only once payment has cleared. Most places don't take payment until they process and/or dispatch the order though. If that's the case this would probably be flagged in the processing stage and they'd cancel the order.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    12/17/09

    @dfp3050: They are under no obligation to honor sales based on pricing errors or POS errors (whether via internet, phone or sales counter). If you paid, and were awaiting your order, they could justifiably cancel the order and refund your money. Good customer relations policy would suggest that they offer you some sort of compensation, such as a discount coupon, free shipping on a subsequent order, etc. Then again, they may not want to encourage and reward people who were trying to take advantage of an obvious error or prank.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    12/17/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: The term "false advertising" is typically reserved for claims of product performance, durability, and capability. Typographical and pricing errors are generally exempt, and nearly all retailers make claims to such effect, letting them reserve the right to dispute such errors through the use of clerical data, SKU information and other related means.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    12/17/09

    In reply to Dell Pranked After Announcing Layoffs, Now Selling Computers for $10
    Merry Christmas, employees! Now, let's move some hardware!
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    12/17/09

    In reply to Dell Pranked After Announcing Layoffs, Now Selling Computers for $10
    What better way to add confusion to chaos than by promoting people to flock to mistakenly priced products.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/17/09

    @yantelope: We don't want the efforts of the begrudged, misguided, and future unemployed to go fruitless, do we?
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    12/17/09

    @OCEntertainment: no no, you're right, we must perpetuate the cycle for when we too lose our jobs and seek revenge.
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    12/17/09

    In reply to Dell Pranked After Announcing Layoffs, Now Selling Computers for $10
    All dead. X-(
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    Image of ID Ron Burgundy ID Ron Burgundy
    12/16/09

    In reply to I Spoke Too Soon, My iMac Is &#$@ed, Too
    Dang. I hope mine will arrive alright. I was planning on ordering it on Thursday...
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    Image of MrEvil MrEvil
    12/16/09

    In reply to 50 Million Window Blinds Recalled After a Decade of Strangling Children
    I hate to sound like an ass. I really don't want to. But seriously all this crap that can supposedly murder your children didn't even come close to harming myself or my little sister. Basically if me or my sister fucked with anything potentially dangerous we got a paddlin.

    Play with the power windows on a car...that's a paddlin

    Play with the miniblinds...that's a paddlin

    Mess with the tractor (yes, a tractor) that's a paddlin.

    I don't know, my parents really weren't all that strict, but I somehow managed to make it to adulthood with all 10 fingers and all 10 toes and no severe brain damage.
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    Image of poisonpanik poisonpanik
    12/16/09

    @MrEvil:
    That would require that parents in the US actually do real parenting instead of pawning it off on a government agency, the schools, the TV, or the internet.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/15/09

    In reply to 50 Million Window Blinds Recalled After a Decade of Strangling Children
    It doesn't stop with children & blinds, either...
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    Image of B3ND3R B3ND3R
    12/15/09

    In reply to 50 Million Window Blinds Recalled After a Decade of Strangling Children
    "Any loop is the enemy of children."

    Item #2 on the list - Fruit Loops.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    12/15/09

    In reply to I Spoke Too Soon, My iMac Is &#$@ed, Too
    Does anyone know a site like AppleDefects that gets updated? That was really useful for keeping up on the myriad hardware defects in Apple products back when they updated...
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/15/09

    In reply to 50 Million Window Blinds Recalled After a Decade of Strangling Children
    So if loops are the enemies of children, can I no longer use VBA for my Excel Macros?

    /facepalms self
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    Image of Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    12/15/09

    In reply to 50 Million Window Blinds Recalled After a Decade of Strangling Children
    Oh great not only am I out of the loop there are babies who are more in the loop then I am. So are there any loop holes in this recall? Its taken 10 years to recall the shades because of the loop, 10 years? I think that is loopy.
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    Image of PaddyDugan PaddyDugan
    12/15/09

    In reply to 50 Million Window Blinds Recalled After a Decade of Strangling Children
    What kills more kids than anything? Cars. Recall!
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/15/09

    @PaddyDugan: Pffsh. Yeah, right. I'm betting you couldn't find more than, say, ten kids that cars have killed in the last ten years.
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    Image of PaddyDugan PaddyDugan
    12/15/09

    @OCEntertainment: 260,000 killed annually; 10 million injured (UN Stats). I know I'm preaching to the choir, but the perspective (or lack of) just blows me away.
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    Image of davisr davisr
    12/15/09

    In reply to 50 Million Window Blinds Recalled After a Decade of Strangling Children
    Kids can also die from eating Legos. Or money.
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    Image of jmurph05 jmurph05
    12/15/09

    @davisr: False. I've survived from eating many Legos when I was little
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    Edited by jmurph05 at 12/15/09 5:18 PM jmurph05 was starred jmurph05 was unstarred
    Image of G.O.D. G.O.D.
    12/15/09

    @jmurph05: Ooo that must of hurt your RECTUM.
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    Image of rrogers9 rrogers9
    12/15/09

    @G.O.D.: Nah....it just made him shit bricks.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/15/09

    @G.O.D.: Rectum? Dang near killed him.
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    Image of G.O.D. G.O.D.
    12/15/09

    @AmishJohn: HAHA that never gets old.
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