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KPN

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4. False advertising. Years ago in Boston, sometime in the mid to late sixties I believe,

Thu Oct 20, 2022, 07:54 AM

Oct 2022

a car dealership advertised a new vehicle on the lot for just x,000 “bananas” (somewhere btwn 3 and 7000 my memory tells me) on its sign board. A lady had a truck load of bananas delivered to the dealership and demanded the car. The dealership refused of course and the woman took them to court. She won! I was so impressed I can still see the photos of both the signboard and the truckload of bananas in the paper as I delivered it on my paper-route that day.

I’m guessing Austin Clagett has himself a new F150, either from the dealership or the golf course, or maybe 50-50 both.

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Golfer sues Ford dealer and country club, saying they reneged on F-150 hole-in-one prize [View all] sl8 Oct 2022 OP

I will contend that a "Facebook like" is insufficient knowledge. A crosspost would be another story Tetrachloride Oct 2022 #1

It still seems like the dealership knew. Tanuki Oct 2022 #2

Sounds good to me. Tetrachloride Oct 2022 #6

Ford is highly pissed at its' dealers right now. gibraltar72 Oct 2022 #3

False advertising. Years ago in Boston, sometime in the mid to late sixties I believe, KPN Oct 2022 #4

contract law... offer and acceptance lapfog_1 Oct 2022 #7

Ah. Makes sense. I've been watching for an opportunity like KPN Oct 2022 #10

It's a unilateral contract. IMO, the golfer gets the truck. Scottie Mom Oct 2022 #5

I'm surprised they didn't try to get by with just giving him a set of keys and not the actual truck, Tanuki Oct 2022 #8

If I recall, tRUMP had such a thing at one of his golf courses and of course, a hole-in-one SWBTATTReg Oct 2022 #9

Hole in one insurance Mopar151 Oct 2022 #11