It occurs to me that the Homebase Bargain serves to neatly catergorise the 
posters here - in the blue corner, those who viewed the entire episode with 
wry amusement, and who would never stoop to taking advantage of a blatant 
pricing error, much less threaten to sue the corporate pants off Homebase 
for failing to supply a TV/DVD combination for less than 50p!

While, in the red corner, we see the greedy merciless hordes who would 
willingly see Homebase collapse into insolvency - as long as they could rub 
their hands and gloat over their stupendous bargain!

What's more, as I stand here seething in the red corner, I suddenly realise 
that I'm not a very nice person at all - I wanted that telly, and I don't 
care how many Homebase stores might have to close in order to pay for my 
bargain!#

I blame Thatcherism.....

"Epix"  wrote in message 
news:3nlfj5F23e1bU1@individual.net...

> It occurs to me that the Homebase Bargain serves to neatly catergorise the 
> posters here - in the blue corner, those who viewed the entire episode 
> with wry amusement, and who would never stoop to taking advantage of a 
> blatant pricing error, much less threaten to sue the corporate pants off 
> Homebase for failing to supply a TV/DVD combination for less than 50p!
>
> While, in the red corner, we see the greedy merciless hordes who would 
> willingly see Homebase collapse into insolvency - as long as they could 
> rub their hands and gloat over their stupendous bargain!
>
> What's more, as I stand here seething in the red corner, I suddenly 
> realise that I'm not a very nice person at all - I wanted that telly, and 
> I don't care how many Homebase stores might have to close in order to pay 
> for my bargain!#
>
> I blame Thatcherism.....
>


LOL me too!!!

Got my email. Didnt expect the tele but you have to have a punt on these 
things dont you..... ah well c'est la vie  :-)


Chris

i dont know which corner i stand in yet, course i'd like to say i like the
TV but o the other hand i dont any part to blame foe shutting them down.

But standing in the middle i dont want them to get away with this, otherwise
everyone will use the same idea to promote one company.  Just so one one
uses the same idea..... i think some sort of compensation should be at hand.



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"Epix"  wrote in message
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> It occurs to me that the Homebase Bargain serves to neatly catergorise the
> posters here - in the blue corner, those who viewed the entire episode
with
> wry amusement, and who would never stoop to taking advantage of a blatant
> pricing error, much less threaten to sue the corporate pants off Homebase
> for failing to supply a TV/DVD combination for less than 50p!
>
> While, in the red corner, we see the greedy merciless hordes who would
> willingly see Homebase collapse into insolvency - as long as they could
rub
> their hands and gloat over their stupendous bargain!
>
> What's more, as I stand here seething in the red corner, I suddenly
realise
> that I'm not a very nice person at all - I wanted that telly, and I don't
> care how many Homebase stores might have to close in order to pay for my
> bargain!#
>
> I blame Thatcherism.....
>
>

I am with you..

Never thought I would get the tele, but a offer of compensation, maybe 20% 
off next order or something made me take a punt..


"Platinums.co.uk" <Dont.exist@dont.bother> wrote in message 
news:W_fRe.1980$k4.1930@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...

>i dont know which corner i stand in yet, course i'd like to say i like the
> TV but o the other hand i dont any part to blame foe shutting them down.
>
> But standing in the middle i dont want them to get away with this, 
> otherwise
> everyone will use the same idea to promote one company.  Just so one one
> uses the same idea..... i think some sort of compensation should be at 
> hand.
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Electrical Kettle instant hot water (home, office)
> Platinums.co.uk - or remember this
> Kettle.us.com
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>
>
>
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> "Epix"  wrote in message
> news:3nlfj5F23e1bU1@individual.net...
>> It occurs to me that the Homebase Bargain serves to neatly catergorise 
>> the
>> posters here - in the blue corner, those who viewed the entire episode
> with
>> wry amusement, and who would never stoop to taking advantage of a blatant
>> pricing error, much less threaten to sue the corporate pants off Homebase
>> for failing to supply a TV/DVD combination for less than 50p!
>>
>> While, in the red corner, we see the greedy merciless hordes who would
>> willingly see Homebase collapse into insolvency - as long as they could
> rub
>> their hands and gloat over their stupendous bargain!
>>
>> What's more, as I stand here seething in the red corner, I suddenly
> realise
>> that I'm not a very nice person at all - I wanted that telly, and I don't
>> care how many Homebase stores might have to close in order to pay for my
>> bargain!#
>>
>> I blame Thatcherism.....
>>
>>
>
> 

"^A^ngel" <voodoo_virgin(MYWINGS

> Got my email. Didnt expect the tele but you have to have a punt on these 
> things dont you..... ah well c'est la vie  :-)
>
>
> Chris
>


did you think you had any realistic chance, have a punt as you say but you 
knew the outcome when you ordered didnt you

"Phil"  wrote in message

> Never thought I would get the tele, but a offer of compensation, maybe 20% 
> off next order or something made me take a punt..
>



this is very unliely dont you think  lol, whats more likely is that people 
at HQ are laughing in the faces of all you gullible people who thought they 
could get something for virtually nothing.

Epix wrote:


>
> I blame Thatcherism.....


I blame you.

Gaz

"Gaz"  wrote in message 
news:3nlhpnF24h24U1@individual.net...


> I blame you.
>
> Gaz
>


boring <YAWN>

>
> this is very unliely dont you think  lol, whats more likely is that people 
> at HQ are laughing in the faces of all you gullible people who thought 
> they could get something for virtually nothing.
>


No, I suspect HQ are not happy, the error will cost them PR, simple as.

"Phil"  wrote in message 
news:4ogRe.326$84.51@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...

>
>>
>> this is very unliely dont you think  lol, whats more likely is that 
>> people at HQ are laughing in the faces of all you gullible people who 
>> thought they could get something for virtually nothing.
>>
>
> No, I suspect HQ are not happy, the error will cost them PR, simple as.
>


agreed but the fat remaisn i bet they were still laughing at all the british 
people who thought they could get something for virtually nothing, whats 
more they have probably made a bit of interest on all the ineterst on teh 
peeps who paid the price.

Then again it could have all been one big excersise just to get publicity, 
as have you seen the state of some homebase stores, absoltely vile and like 
something from the 80's.

"Platinums.co.uk" <Dont.exist@dont.bother> wrote in message 
news:W_fRe.1980$k4.1930@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...

>i dont know which corner i stand in yet, course i'd like to say i like the
> TV but o the other hand i dont any part to blame foe shutting them down.
>
> But standing in the middle i dont want them to get away with this, 
> otherwise
> everyone will use the same idea to promote one company.  Just so one one
> uses the same idea..... i think some sort of compensation should be at 
> hand.
>
>


It was a mistake - you were obviously NEVER going to get the TV - stop being 
such tarts you lot in the red corner :-)

-- 
Dan

UKHierarchy wrote:

> 
> "Phil"  wrote in message
> > Never thought I would get the tele, but a offer of compensation, maybe 20%
> > off next order or something made me take a punt..
> >
> 
> this is very unliely dont you think  lol, whats more likely is that people
> at HQ are laughing in the faces of all you gullible people who thought they
> could get something for virtually nothing.


The people at HQ certainly always thinks they can get something for nothing,
so the punters were just turning the table on them.

UKHierarchy [UK@Hierarchy.uk] said

> 
> "Gaz"  wrote in message 
> news:3nlhpnF24h24U1@individual.net...
> 
> > I blame you.
> >
> > Gaz
> >
> 
> boring <YAWN> 
> 
> 
> 


Yes you are.

"Epix"  wrote in message 
news:3nlfj5F23e1bU1@individual.net...

> It occurs to me that the Homebase Bargain serves to neatly catergorise the 
> posters here - in the blue corner, those who viewed the entire episode 
> with wry amusement, and who would never stoop to taking advantage of a 
> blatant pricing error, much less threaten to sue the corporate pants off 
> Homebase for failing to supply a TV/DVD combination for less than 50p!
>
> While, in the red corner, we see the greedy merciless hordes who would 
> willingly see Homebase collapse into insolvency - as long as they could 
> rub their hands and gloat over their stupendous bargain!
>
> What's more, as I stand here seething in the red corner, I suddenly 
> realise that I'm not a very nice person at all - I wanted that telly, and 
> I don't care how many Homebase stores might have to close in order to pay 
> for my bargain!#
>
> I blame Thatcherism.....
>


No there is another class that I belong to.  One that is willing to take a 
chance on an error - but understands it is a long shot and does not bitch 
and moan when the company catches on.

"UKHierarchy"  wrote in message 
news:nfgRe.1994$k4.1385@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...

>
> "^A^ngel" <voodoo_virgin(MYWINGS
>> Got my email. Didnt expect the tele but you have to have a punt on these 
>> things dont you..... ah well c'est la vie  :-)
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
> did you think you had any realistic chance, have a punt as you say but you 
> knew the outcome when you ordered didnt you
>


Miracles do happen.  Okay, the 50p one was very long odds but pricing errors 
have been honoured in the past.  Woollies gamecube, ebuyer camera, cpw 
phone, etc.

"Epix"  wrote in message 
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>
> I blame Thatcherism.....

 No definitely communism, "all property is theft".

"Les"  wrote in message 
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> UKHierarchy [UK@Hierarchy.uk] said
>>
>> "Gaz"  wrote in message
>> news:3nlhpnF24h24U1@individual.net...
>>
>> > I blame you.
>> >
>> > Gaz
>> >
>>
>> boring <YAWN>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Yes you are.


arent you les

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:50:34 +0100, "Road_Hog" 
wrote:


>
>"Epix"  wrote in message 
>news:3nlfj5F23e1bU1@individual.net...
>>
>> I blame Thatcherism.....
> No definitely communism, "all property is theft". 
>

Thought that was anarchism?

"Niall Leonard"  wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:50:34 +0100, "Road_Hog" 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Epix"  wrote in message
>>news:3nlfj5F23e1bU1@individual.net...
>>>
>>> I blame Thatcherism.....
>> No definitely communism, "all property is theft".
>>
> Thought that was anarchism?<



The quote was from Ulrika Meinhoff (of Baader-Meinhoff fame) she may have 
pinched it from Lenin, or one of the other luminaries of Communism.

It's quite accurate if you think about it - for one person to own something 
necessarily means that everyone else is deprived of it.

The problems always seem to occur when Communists actually *do* manage to 
acquire possessions - all that caring 'n' sharing stuff goes out of the 
window, then.

>
> The quote was from Ulrika Meinhoff (of Baader-Meinhoff fame) she may have 
> pinched it from Lenin, or one of the other luminaries of Communism.
>

 It was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon actually, who was an anarchist.

Henry

lok at it this way, homebase may just say cancell all orders (cheaper this
way) but it would still send out TV to the selected few who insist on the
order.

So to safe hassle homebase will send out the TV's on the condition it tells
that person to kepp the mouth shut.

I'm sitting i the middle, if get it yippee.... if i dont tomorrow is just
another day.

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>
> "^A^ngel" <voodoo_virgin(MYWINGS
> > Got my email. Didnt expect the tele but you have to have a punt on these
> > things dont you..... ah well c'est la vie  :-)
> >
> >
> > Chris
> >
>
> did you think you had any realistic chance, have a punt as you say but you
> knew the outcome when you ordered didnt you
>
>

if that is the case then i feel sorry for the customer service depertment
right now.  I hope they on a big fat bonus by end of the month.




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"UKHierarchy"  wrote in message
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>
> "Phil"  wrote in message
> news:4ogRe.326$84.51@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
> >
> >>
> >> this is very unliely dont you think  lol, whats more likely is that
> >> people at HQ are laughing in the faces of all you gullible people who
> >> thought they could get something for virtually nothing.
> >>
> >
> > No, I suspect HQ are not happy, the error will cost them PR, simple as.
> >
>
> agreed but the fat remaisn i bet they were still laughing at all the
british
> people who thought they could get something for virtually nothing, whats
> more they have probably made a bit of interest on all the ineterst on teh
> peeps who paid the price.
>
> Then again it could have all been one big excersise just to get publicity,
> as have you seen the state of some homebase stores, absoltely vile and
like
> something from the 80's.
>
>

"Epix"  wrote in message 
news:3nlnfmF254jpU1@individual.net...

>
> "Niall Leonard"  wrote in message 
> news:fa9bh19vpjlof646kd5ut17oi4hac8i2j6@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:50:34 +0100, "Road_Hog" 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Epix"  wrote in message
>>>news:3nlfj5F23e1bU1@individual.net...
>>>>
>>>> I blame Thatcherism.....
>>> No definitely communism, "all property is theft".
>>>
>> Thought that was anarchism?<
>
>
> The quote was from Ulrika Meinhoff (of Baader-Meinhoff fame) she may have 
> pinched it from Lenin, or one of the other luminaries of Communism.
>
> It's quite accurate if you think about it - for one person to own 
> something necessarily means that everyone else is deprived of it.
>


Put that way, I'm deprived of my time going to work for someone so I can 
deprive everyone else from owning some particular thing- its a means to an 
end- in the same instance I must have given my time against my will, actual 
forced labour, for it to be theft.

Ad

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:09:31 GMT, "Platinums.co.uk"
<Dont.exist@dont.bother> wrote:

<..............>

you are a top posting idiot

Platinums.co.uk wrote:

> i dont know which corner i stand in yet, course i'd like to say i
> like the TV but o the other hand i dont any part to blame foe
> shutting them down.
>
> But standing in the middle i dont want them to get away with this,
> otherwise everyone will use the same idea to promote one company.
> Just so one one uses the same idea..... i think some sort of
> compensation should be at hand.
>

Compensation for what?

You knew it was an obvious cock up.
You have not suffered any harm or loss

-- 
Alex

Hermes: "We can't afford that! Especially not Zoidberg!"
Zoidberg: "They took away my credit cards!"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk    www.ebayfaq.co.uk

stress?....... first it was stress from excitement, then stress from
disappointment
its not the first time argos done this, what if they make a habbit of this?
You must agree its a good way to get in papers, advertise and collect
customer info.

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"Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOOO!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Platinums.co.uk wrote:
> > i dont know which corner i stand in yet, course i'd like to say i
> > like the TV but o the other hand i dont any part to blame foe
> > shutting them down.
> >
> > But standing in the middle i dont want them to get away with this,
> > otherwise everyone will use the same idea to promote one company.
> > Just so one one uses the same idea..... i think some sort of
> > compensation should be at hand.
> >
> Compensation for what?
>
> You knew it was an obvious cock up.
> You have not suffered any harm or loss
>
> -- 
> Alex
>
> Hermes: "We can't afford that! Especially not Zoidberg!"
> Zoidberg: "They took away my credit cards!"
>
> www.drzoidberg.co.uk    www.ebayfaq.co.uk
>
>

"Platinums.co.uk" <Dont.exist@dont.bother> wrote in message 
news:AEuRe.1308$t_4.891@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...

> stress?....... first it was stress from excitement, then stress from
> disappointment
> its not the first time argos done this, what if they make a habbit of 
> this?
> You must agree its a good way to get in papers, advertise and collect
> customer info.


Stress? ffs, get out more.