Originally Posted by
oc2005
Yeah and how did you get the page to do that? By manipulating the parameters in the private url to remove the targeted users information. So either 1. you applied using someone else's link that had their information on it or 2. you "hacked" the link to remove the targeted users information.
People can make all kinds of crazy claims, but we all know the likely truth...it should have been clear this was a targeted offer that wasn't open to the general public, but people saw Lifetime Diamond and got greedy and tried to get an offer that wasn't offered to them. We all wish we received that offer, but claiming you're entitled to compensation for applying for an targeted private offer that you didn't actually receive is not going to get a lot of sympathy from many of us.
No, that's not the case. While it's true that the URL did have pre-populated, targeted name and point values, the link worked for everyone and the offer said nothing about being limited to only those who received the email, which is the fine print that usually accompanies targeted offers.
One could reasonably assume, as I did, that this was just a programmer's clunky attempt at personalizing a landing page, but NOT necessarily making a targeted offer. At no point is the information from the URL actually used for anything other than display in the HTML interface.
Anyway, this is some serious grey area here. Probably something where there is no correct legal answer. Again, I'm only talking about the legality of it, not what's "deserved" or other philosophy.