What to do about false advertising?

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: coolpurplefan
Grow up? Are you implying my negative reaction is not justified given their FALSE ADVERTISING?

False advertising is:

- will make your penis bigger (when it won't)
- will improve your health (when it won't)
- will make you a hit wit da womenz (when it won't)
- will improve your fuel economy (when it won't)
- ocean front property (in Idaho)
- never been wrecked (when it has)

IOW, the discrepancy must be qualitative in nature by promising some benefit or value that is materially false, misleading, or exaggerated. False advertising cannot be a simple error or omission in an objective listing of product specifications or characteristics.

This would be an example of false advertising:

"AMD Athlon X2 will make your penis bigger!"

This would not be an example of false advertising:

"AMD Athlon X2 with 2 x 512KB L1 Cache."

They did not change their website nor did they even answer me for an entire week.

At the time that I replied to your thread, you had only contacted them "yesterday".

 

[coolpurplefan]

Sun 9/07/08 12:01 AM

Copied and pasted from the first email I sent them about it.

If their IT staff was only part time, waiting more than a week for something that people could sue for is irresponsible. I mean, if I remember correctly, they started to allow class-action lawsuits in Canada several years ago. I don't know if that law was repealed or not but this just seems a little odd to say the least.

 

[tcsenter]

The item title is ADO5400DOBOX, which is G2 stepping, but the specs are for ADA5400CZBOX (ADA5400IAA5CZ), an F3 stepping part.

Problem is, TDP for ADA5400IAA5CZ is 89W, not 65W as stated. So even the specs don't match ADA5400IAA5CZ.

The performance difference between equally clocked 1MB and 512KB parts is not significant. Clock speed rules on AMD64, L2 cache matters little. If you have the choice between higher clocks or larger L2 cache, buy higher clocks.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: coolpurplefan
Sun 9/07/08 12:01 AM

Copied and pasted from the first email I sent them about it.

If their IT staff was only part time, waiting more than a week for something that people could sue for is irresponsible. I mean, if I remember correctly, they started to allow class-action lawsuits in Canada several years ago. I don't know if that law was repealed or not but this just seems a little odd to say the least.

Ok, enough with the law suit talk already.
You're not going to take the time to file one. So either send the CPU back or suck it up and move on with your life.

This pathetic thread has run its course... It's over... Time to grow up.

As Denzel Washington would say... "It's time to Man Up" :laugh:

 

[coolpurplefan]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: coolpurplefan
Sun 9/07/08 12:01 AM

Copied and pasted from the first email I sent them about it.

If their IT staff was only part time, waiting more than a week for something that people could sue for is irresponsible. I mean, if I remember correctly, they started to allow class-action lawsuits in Canada several years ago. I don't know if that law was repealed or not but this just seems a little odd to say the least.

Ok, enough with the law suit talk already.
You're not going to take the time to file one. So either send the CPU back or suck it up and move on with your life.

This pathetic thread has run its course... It's over... Time to grow up.

As Denzel Washington would say... "It's time to Man Up" :laugh:

You're the one who wants to have the last word on my thread? Just kidding. Anyway, I thought that was a little weird.