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To: whisperer who wrote (76813)	5/2/2008 2:27:30 PM
From: Stock Farmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197076

According to the above argument, I can walk into my favorite electronics store, pick up a laptop and put down 20 bucks on the counter at the check out. When the cashier kindly gives me back my 20 bucks and tells me the price for the laptop is 2 grand, I can claim the laptop for free.<g> Yes you can. Until of course the cashier calls the police and due process takes its course... Sooner or later, presuming you end up with the laptop and the store ends up with some cash, you will pay. And maybe some lawyers will be paid too. Given the way things operate, it would probably be cheaper for you to pay the two grand than the costs of lawyers and court fees etc. to find out that really the price should have been $199. Cheaper for the store owner to let you have it for $20 too, for that matter. How negotiations turn out are often a measure of negotiating power more than some "absolute" value.