Companies that deliberately mis-advertise products

ubersonic · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:38

Does this enrage anyone else?

I have spent the entire morning trying to find a replacement AUO B173HW01 V.5 screen for my Precision M6600 CAD laptop and I have been through hundreds of product pages on dozens of web site and every single time they have small print about how they will send a "compatible" panel depending on stock, basic brain function tells me that most if not all of these sites have no stock but are offering the product with the specific intent to ship a "compatible" instead. How is this even legal? If a company sold Ferrari F355's with the small print that they may ship "compatibles" if the was a shortage and then sent their customers a Nissan Sunny then they would be straight to court.

Sorry this has turned into a rant, I did honestly intend to gauge peoples opinions on this type of behaviour, not only do I consider it fraud but it's double annoying as it makes it even harder to spot the genuine retailers.

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:45

I know shocking right.

Terrier_Jimlad · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:47

Had to replace a screen on a work's Precision M6500 laptop a few months ago, Dell couldn't source me one. Found a company in the UK who supplied one, cant link them here for obvious reasons but can drop you a trust with the name/website if you need.

Doohickey · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:51

How can it be fraud if they're telling you the conditions of sale, even if it's in small print? It's your risk to take.

Destination · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:59

Surely you just DSR it?

Greebo · 13 Jul 2015 at 12:00

Doohickey said:
How can it be fraud if they're telling you the conditions of sale, even if it's in small print? It's your risk to take.

I get what the Op is saying, its just so they come up in product searches and looks like they sell the product.

Happens all the time with spare parts.

But surely you wouldnt accept using google for searching for say a HOF 980ti and it comes up with ocuk but on their page it says "depending on stock, we may send you a compatible card"?

MikeTheNative · 13 Jul 2015 at 12:03

Can't you contact the websites asking them if they have stock of the specific part?

ubersonic · 13 Jul 2015 at 12:04

Doohickey said:
How can it be fraud if they're telling you the conditions of sale, even if it's in small print?

Because they are advertising something they don't really have, and attempting to hide the fact they will send you something different/cheaper instead.

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Found a company in the UK who supplied one, cant link them here for obvious reasons but can drop you a trust with the name/website if you need.

Please.

Kuros · 13 Jul 2015 at 12:08

Just ring them up to find if they have stock? It's not miss-selling if they tell you before hand.

ubersonic · 13 Jul 2015 at 12:12

Kuros said:
Just ring them up to find if they have stock? It's not miss-selling if they tell you before hand.

They don't, that's how the scam works, gave up calling after the bi-dozenal company.

Haggisman · 13 Jul 2015 at 12:35

Almost as annoying as when you're searching for something, and the morons put "ITEM YOU DON'T WANT!!! NOT <LIST OF ITEMS INCLUDING THE ONE YOU DO WANT>"

So that when you search for the item you want, you get a load of results for items you don't want, specifically telling you it's an item you don't want.

Kelt · 13 Jul 2015 at 13:14

Yeh, imagine a company selling a product with memory and not telling you that an eighth of it was gimped...

ubersonic · 13 Jul 2015 at 13:25

Kelt said:
Yeh, imagine a company selling a product with memory and not telling you that an eighth of it was gimped...

Lol, I did not see that coming XD

But it's more like if you ordered the GTX970 and then they sent you a GTX460 because of "stock issues".

olivier renault · 13 Jul 2015 at 13:26

Those products are probably EOL. Always read the small print for that sort of stuff. Refurb, compatible replacements, ect... has to be expected.

nutcase · 13 Jul 2015 at 13:50

Chip shops who offer "salt and vinegar" when what they mean is "salt and brown water".

mrk · 13 Jul 2015 at 13:52

"LED TV" "LED Monitor"

No, they are not "LED" panels, they are LED backlit LCD displays :mad:

OcUK are famous for playing along with manufactured titles from manufacturers too, so slapped wrists all round

ajf · 13 Jul 2015 at 14:00

Out of interest what is specific about that one screen model that would mean a compatible is not suitable?
A lot of model laptops are shipped with different screen brands and models anyway.

leaskovski · 13 Jul 2015 at 14:07

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Had to replace a screen on a work's Precision M6500 laptop a few months ago, Dell couldn't source me one. Found a company in the UK who supplied one, cant link them here for obvious reasons but can drop you a trust with the name/website if you need.

Got me one of these! For a 5 year old laptop, it is still better than the new units that our IT guys think are acceptable for power users. lol

ubersonic · 13 Jul 2015 at 14:23

ajf said:
Out of interest what is specific about that one screen model that would mean a compatible is not suitable?

Quality basically, it's one of the best panels you can get hence why it came in a two grand laptop, replacing it with any unbranded chinese panel that fits would be very obvious and look like vomit.

The are probably some comparable premium panels out there now that could be modded to work or whatever, but I would rather get the OEM part, especially when I know they are still out there, you just have to battle through the see of hay to find the needle.

Raumarik · 13 Jul 2015 at 15:59

leaskovski said:
Got me one of these! For a 5 year old laptop, it is still better than the new units that our IT guys think are acceptable for power users. lol

Power user? What? You mean advanced newbie?